No dev love for the other forums?
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Bramphousian,
Posted on: 2010-03-06 12:31 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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you... do... know that the developers have been busy working on a complete new expansion for the game... right?
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Originally Posted by MEdelen
I was looking at the dev digest and I noticed, it's been months since a dev or moderator has posted anything in the other forums. Especially the training room, or player questions. Only the devs truly can answer player questions since the players don't know what this game can and cant do due to engine and software limitations. One dev actually posted an Ask a Dev thread, and got 3 pages of questions with not one answer. Why ask a dev if there will be no answer.
Look through the other sections of this forum, go to the development section, answer the questions in ask a dev. That was just a slap in the face to tell us to ask you a question and never answer any of them. |
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Unacceptable! They should make themselves available 24 hours a day. Every day. Holidays or not. Busy schedules or not. I don't care what their current undertakings entail. I need forum answers. I need them immediately. The devs need to cave to my every whim! Anything less is deplorable.
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Originally Posted by je_saist
you... do... know that the developers have been busy working on a complete new expansion for the game... right?
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Thank you, Champion.
no excuse to ignore the community. I mean come on...if you make a thread called "Ask a Dev", you should take a minute to check in on it and answer even a few questions.
With as many people working on this game, there is time to answer some questions.
Actually, if you actually look in the Dev and Community Digests, you can see that they've been posting in several of the forums, not just this one. And right now, I expect several of them are posting in the Issue 17 Closed Beta forums.
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Originally Posted by MEdelen
I was looking at the maker of the pie digest and I noticed, it's been months since a maker of the pie or moderator has posted anything in the other past piesrys. Especially the training room, or eater questions. Only the makers of the pie truly can answer eater questions since the eaters don't know what this yummy filling can and cant do due to engine and software limitations. One maker of the pie actually posted an Ask a Dev thread, and got 3 pages of questions with not one answer. Why ask a maker of the pie if there will be no answer.
Look through the other sections of this past piesry, go to the cowbell ringing section, answer the questions in ask a maker of the pie. That was just a slap in the face to tell us to ask you a question and never answer any of them. |
Feel lucky that we get as much interaction with the devs as we do 
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Actually, the Player Questions forum is for players to seek answers from other players, not from the devs.|
Originally Posted by MEdelen
I was looking at the dev digest and I noticed, it's been months since a dev or moderator has posted anything in the other forums. Especially the training room, or player questions. Only the devs truly can answer player questions since the players don't know what this game can and cant do due to engine and software limitations. One dev actually posted an Ask a Dev thread, and got 3 pages of questions with not one answer. Why ask a dev if there will be no answer.
Look through the other sections of this forum, go to the development section, answer the questions in ask a dev. That was just a slap in the face to tell us to ask you a question and never answer any of them. |
As for the Training Room, it's pretty quiet lately because the training room has had the DP Closed and Open beta, and they've been posting in the beta threads instead.
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Did someone actually just use "slap in the face" in a non-sarcastic manner? Wow. It's been a while.
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Originally Posted by MEdelen
...That was just a slap in the face...
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Can no longer take any post, here or anywhere, that uses that phrase seriously. Except, of course, if you are talking about a time when you were literally slapped in the face.
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So...since the devs aren't posting on what YOU think they should be posting on, they're not posting at all?|
Originally Posted by MEdelen
no excuse to ignore the community. I mean come on...if you make a thread called "Ask a Dev", you should take a minute to check in on it and answer even a few questions.
With as many people working on this game, there is time to answer some questions. |
1. Start your day by writing down all the post totals of all your favorite devs.
2. End your day by writing down all the post totals of all your favorite devs.
3. Subtract "start of day total" from "end of day total."
4. Realize that the devs are posting a ton on relevant topics.
Just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they aren't staying busy.
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Originally Posted by MEdelen
I was looking at the dev digest and I noticed, it's been months since a dev or moderator has posted anything in the other forums. Especially the training room, or player questions. Only the devs truly can answer player questions since the players don't know what this game can and cant do due to engine and software limitations. One dev actually posted an Ask a Dev thread, and got 3 pages of questions with not one answer. Why ask a dev if there will be no answer.
Look through the other sections of this forum, go to the development section, answer the questions in ask a dev. That was just a slap in the face to tell us to ask you a question and never answer any of them. |
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You can count the number of dev posts in the history of the market forum on one hand with fingers to spare.
Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad one.
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You really don't think things through or pay attention to basic facts when you come up with this, do you?|
Originally Posted by MEdelen
I was looking at the dev digest and I noticed, it's been months since a dev or moderator has posted anything in the other forums. Especially the training room, or player questions. Only the devs truly can answer player questions since the players don't know what this game can and cant do due to engine and software limitations. One dev actually posted an Ask a Dev thread, and got 3 pages of questions with not one answer. Why ask a dev if there will be no answer.
Look through the other sections of this forum, go to the development section, answer the questions in ask a dev. That was just a slap in the face to tell us to ask you a question and never answer any of them. |
Read the description of Player Questions. Have an epiphany on the meaning of words. Realize there have been under 20 developer posts in that section for a reason.
Look at the Training Room and Tech Issues sections. Realize there are a ton of competent people that make a habit of answering those questions you say players can't answer. Have an epiphany on what redundancy is.
Lastly, ask yourself: would I rather have devs working on this game, or writing posts about it?
PS- oh yeah, like others said, accept the fact that since there's a Closed Beta on, their attention may be a little focused on that than it is on people begging for more I17 or GR info. As I said above, better to get the job done before deadline than to explain it really well but never get it done.
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Same holds true for the 2 sections the OP named. It's really a little ludicrous to expect developer presence in places where it's never been. Besides, given their history of lurking without posting, I don't see it as an issue.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
You can count the number of dev posts in the history of the market forum on one hand with fingers to spare.
Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad one. |
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
Theres a good reason for this: Villains post on those other forum sections. And as everyone knows, the Dev's hate Villains.
So really, it's all the fault of the villains.
And communists. Damn dirty commies.
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and don't forget the Nazis.
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Originally Posted by LiquidX
Theres a good reason for this: Villains post on those other forum sections. And as everyone knows, the Dev's hate Villains.
So really, it's all the fault of the villains. And communists. Damn dirty commies. |
@Doctor Gemini
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Actually. I think the Nazis rank higher than Villains. After all the 5th column made a comeback and the villains still haven't gotten any recent love. |
Originally Posted by Doctor_Gemini
and don't forget the Nazis.
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Yes it is.|
Originally Posted by MEdelen
no excuse to ignore the community.
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You know this statement in your OP?
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| Only the devs truly can answer player questions since the players don't know what this game can and cant do due to engine and software limitations. |
You, as a player, do not know their schedule. Please don't speculate unless you want one of us creating threads about how you don't dress properly enough for success at your job.
Even when I disagree with their developmental decisions, we have some of the most well-intentioned, earnest, player oriented developers and otherwise Red Names out there. The times they let you down are not a slap in the face. They are an inconvenience or vague frustration. Kind of like when your parent buys you a $90 gift every holiday season and then gets you a $30 one during the recession. It's disappointing, not a slap, a word which implies serious harm with active intent.
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If I were involved in an MMO, the last thing I'd ever want is to have my finger in the waters of a player economy. Saying anything that affected it or how people view it would be detrimental bordering on unethical.|
Originally Posted by Nethergoat
You can count the number of dev posts in the history of the market forum on one hand with fingers to spare.
Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad one. |
That's definitely a situation where you read what people say and quietly write reports on it.
Almost right. A slap in the face means intentional harm and disrespect...not serious harm.
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Fair enough. I felt ick about that word as I picked it. Knew there was a better way to phrase it. Also, I like your other avatar better.
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Originally Posted by LISAR
Almost right. A slap in the face means intentional harm and disrespect...not serious harm.
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It was actually said ages ago by another red name of whom i cant remember the name. that the devs are busy, more so with new issues near release and in this case an expansion that they can hardly post on the fourms during work hours.
I was looking at the dev digest and I noticed, it's been months since a dev or moderator has posted anything in the other forums. Especially the training room, or player questions. Only the devs truly can answer player questions since the players don't know what this game can and cant do due to engine and software limitations. One dev actually posted an Ask a Dev thread, and got 3 pages of questions with not one answer. Why ask a dev if there will be no answer.
Look through the other sections of this forum, go to the development section, answer the questions in ask a dev. That was just a slap in the face to tell us to ask you a question and never answer any of them.