Dev tracker - nothing meaningful being focused on
https://trello.com/b/ZVrHV38P/apex-tracker
*engages sarcasm*
Plenty to look forward to in Apex for 2020!
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- @GRiPSViGiL Doesn't seem to be updated as some of the resolved issues still say "coming in future patch" or whatnot.
Nonetheless, hoping they at least get the skin issue resolved soon so I can flex a bit on my favorites. - @iBlockHead Because updating info for your customer base is hard right?
Yeah I was aware of how outdated it is but that speaks volumes to me. - @GRiPSViGiL I'm unsure how hard it would be considering it's not a system they advertise much so having to go back on it and edit things in and out would seem like a one person job but at the same time, forgetful.
Basically seems like they either choose to ignore it altogether or that one person forgot/is to lazy to edit it.
They need a better system, monthly updates of screenshot plans like SWBF2 would seem much easier than having a whole site to edit things and color code it all together.
I mean the last major event on that is Fight or Flight and that's old, not even bothering to add the current events tells me its going in the tin bin soon. I am usually very skeptical when it comes to dev trackers. They sound awesome on paper and are implemented with the best of intentions. But, they are also rarely correct because once excitement dies down, it seems like devs forget that those actually have to be updated. Like it has to be someone's job to go around the office, ask what things are been worked on, annotate the progress, double check what can be officially published, and then that person, or someone else, has to sit down and update the website. Also there are always changes to the timeline and allocation of resources, probably on weekly if not adaily basses, so as soon as something is published, it can be put on the back burner the next day.
It's better than nothing, but a lot of times they all end up with the same issue, where they are kinda just there.
@iBlockHead wrote:
@GRiPSViGiLI'm unsure how hard it would be considering it's not a system they advertise much so having to go back on it and edit things in and out would seem like a one person job but at the same time, forgetful.The Dev tracker is a fairly straightforward system as far as I can tell. It’s basically a template of buttons, like you can make with Microsoft Word. I’m imagining it to be as easy as you just writing down what you want and it’ll have options like ‘coming in upcoming patch’, ‘updated’ and more, so parameters the devs themselves set. When done, they can just flick a button to update the status. That’s the reason people use it. It’s well known and easy for both the companies and users.
Not updating this speaks volumes for me, cause contrary to what you said, they actually promote(d) it quite heavily (at least in the beginning) on their twitter feed and on reddit. This is just like updating the website which was months outdated :P
it looks more and more that the website/social media people are forgetful about what’s important and are rather focussing their attention to the positive tweets they can find amidst the hoards of negative ones and reply to those... which I will def say is a full time task, seeing as they are far and between :P
- @Koochi-Q I know they promoted it before, forgot when but it was in game and you were able to check it out, however they completely dropped it and I haven't heard anything about it and the site itself seems like they just put it aside now or something.
I hope it's just cause the person who updates it is on a long vacation and will be updating it soon around next month (Jan).
This is a great game that deserves to be taken care of. - @Koochi-Q And I don't see any mention of the infamous audio issues. Players have been complaining about it since the start of the season, that's 3 months, which only points the obvious here, that devs are just being deliberately ignorant. I mean they have not even acknowledged the issue. Then they call us * and freeloaders. Hypocrisy at it's finest.
- @iBlockHead Yea, for a while it was even in-game. Totally forgot about that :P on reddit, sometimes they still refer to it tho. It seems weird tho. I dunno if you have some website hosting/management skills, but trello is basically Wordpress meets Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. It requires basically no skills but is efficient for the onlookers. So that they don’t keep up with it for me is either:
1) too busy with other stuff (can be either or both positive or/and negative
2) laissez vaire attitude; not caring enough
3) no/miscommunication between the different groups (devs/artists/audio/marketing etc) working on this game
3) abandoned it for whatever reason
@BaldWraithSimp, yup XD I know that alot of ppl commented about that one, but it should be somewhere in the past ‘updated’ ones cause I know it was there at some point :P There is no way this is any harder to update than a spreadsheet. The code is already there. All they have to do is update between quotes or something.
Lack of this being updated just shows their workmanship or lack there of. Laughable they haven't addressed server tick rate. Pro's have been abandoning this game due to burn out and poor performance. Writing is on the wall. This game is been on the down swing.
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