Real Talk

Was it really worth releasing i17 with this many bugs that were reported in beta just so it could be timed with the anniversary?

Sure it´s a new issue and there are things going to be broken but a lot of the stuff was known and not dealt with.

Some things were stealth added and since noone knew about them they couldn't test them.

What's up with that?

Every issue release is the buggiest issue release someone has ever seen.

Would it KILL the guy to throw in a bit of colour in his repertoire? I mean, seriously, he's all black and red and black and red. Wolf Spiders are mostly black, occasionally with red insignias or details, Mu Mystics are predominantly red, with the occasional black tint, Seers of the Fortunata are all read with a hint of purple here and there which gets lost, Night Widows are predominantly black, with a bit of grey, Arachnobots ARE black the lot of them, though they do have the odd blue power effect, Arachnos Drones are all black with red blinking lights, the Tarantula are mostly black though their fire and toxins have some colour to them, but the Mistresses and Queens just have more red markings, Crab Spiders are all black and Bane Spiders are almost all black and red. I mean seriously. I'm starting to lose my colour perception from all of that monochrome.

See, I complain about the Isles being all white and black and brow, but at least they have COLOUR to them. Blue water here, green grass there, the neon lights of Jackpot, the colourful circus of the Carnival of Shadows, the awful pimp suits of the Family. It's not a lot, but it's THERE. And again, I'm not asking for the dude to go out and paint flowers on brick walls. But would it really hurt if his soldiers' uniforms or his architecture were a little less Saturday morning cartoon villain. What, does Lord Recluse have a red light filter in his helmet or something?

Seriously, leave those blue. They make Arachnos maps a LOT more interesting and a LOT less sterile (ironic with their cluttered design).

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

I resent the implication that being negative is "real talk". I mean, you're entitled to your opinion and back it up and all, but the thread title seems to imply that your negativity gives your post more merit, and that don't sit right with me.

As far as bugs: All expansions will have them. There's no way to test them all. And by no way, I mean almost literally. Ranging from tiny things that the developers would never imagine*, to things they couldn't test**, to things they couldn't fix in a reasonable amount of time***, things have to be let go. It's a matter of business and marketing. They could release one slightly better expansion with three or four more months of testing, or they could release it now and get all the publicity of saying that the game updated on its Sixth Anniversary. And frankly, I don't begrudge their choosing the second option.

Sure, it was imperfect, but there is a judgement call as to how long they can keep players interested. They felt that April 28th was the farthest they could push testing and still keep player interest. If it had gone on longer, there's the possibility people would have complained. They made their choice, and they will clean up the mess in a future patch.

But the mess is more of a slurpee on the floor and less like a nuclear reactor left unchecked. I approve heartily.

~m~

* When I go to Steel Canyon and stand on the lower east side and then scratch my left arm pit with celery, the game lags a lot!

** It's implausible to ask a developer to be familiar with virtually all potential combinations of video cards, computer set ups, operating systems, and personal settings on a computer that would have to fall in place for certain graphical issues.

*** If that costume piece clips horribly, and fixing it would delay the game another week... just ship the costume piece now with a warning, I say. Not enough people will really care.

Chief Scientist: "Lord Recluse, we've developed a liquid which can turn an ordinary Arachnos soldier into a superhuman powerhouse, and totally under your control! Simply by immersing our normal soldiers in this liquid, we will soon have an army that can easily conquer the combined armies of every country on earth!"

Lord Recluse: "Hahahahaha! Yes! Start immediately! But before you do, make sure the liquid is red."

Chief Scientist: "I'm sorry sir? Did you say make the liquid red? The liquid is blue because of the exact mix of ingredients."

Lord Recluse: "No, no... Maybe you don't understand. The liquid to create my unstoppable army MUST be red. So, do that and you can continue with the unstoppable soldier program."

Chief Scientist: "Lord Recluse, I must protest. Trying to make the liquid red is preposterous and will set us back months - even if it works! I mean you've got to -" *SNAP*

Lord Recluse: "You! Over there! By the test tubes! Do you understand what I want?"

New Chief Scientist: "My Lord needs a consistent color scheme!"

Lord Recluse: "Eeeeeexcellent..."

If all else fails, just wrap the test tubes in red cellophane

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.