A quick word about software engineers.
Hey guys,
I'm an Android Developer and I'd like to say a few things on behalf of the devs. Let me preface by saying I do not develop games. I work mostly in mobile security. That said, I feel comfortable making these points about software development in general.
1) I see a lot of threads about how the devs are messing the game up. Unfortunately, your anger is likely aimed in the wrong direction. The devs probably have very little to say about who is strong and who is fast. It's more likely they received a task in some project management tool that says. "Add character 'insert characters name'. Use the following stats."
2) They probably care more about the game being liked and played than you might believe. In my experience, developers take their projects very serious. It can be extremely frustrating when a change comes down from the project management team that says to change something you know will not be in the best interest of the project. They may have even argued for countless hours to try and get them to reconsider. But in the end it is not usually a developer's call.
3) You should probably (speculation here) be mad at some project managers or sales people who did some math and figured out if you keep adding new characters with higher speed and higher dps you sell more crystals and bundles. They probably don't even play the game.
4) Those above named individuals likely care very little about what is written in this forum. They could care less if Poe was too fast or if Yoda is too hard to 7*. They care about one thing. Money. This is a business, and I find it very unlikely if anything going on in here strike or boycott wise is going to effect sales enough to deter them from their current plans.
With that said, can we try and relax a little? It is a game. It is fun. It is not perfect, but no game ever is. The meta will change whether is intentional or accidental. Most importantly, if you feel it absolutely necessary to vent, it is probably significantly more annoying to field phone calls to the customer service teams than it is to just ignore these forums. So place an angry phone call instead of polluting the forums we use for strategy and community. Now back to your regularly scheduled ranting.
I'm an Android Developer and I'd like to say a few things on behalf of the devs. Let me preface by saying I do not develop games. I work mostly in mobile security. That said, I feel comfortable making these points about software development in general.
1) I see a lot of threads about how the devs are messing the game up. Unfortunately, your anger is likely aimed in the wrong direction. The devs probably have very little to say about who is strong and who is fast. It's more likely they received a task in some project management tool that says. "Add character 'insert characters name'. Use the following stats."
2) They probably care more about the game being liked and played than you might believe. In my experience, developers take their projects very serious. It can be extremely frustrating when a change comes down from the project management team that says to change something you know will not be in the best interest of the project. They may have even argued for countless hours to try and get them to reconsider. But in the end it is not usually a developer's call.
3) You should probably (speculation here) be mad at some project managers or sales people who did some math and figured out if you keep adding new characters with higher speed and higher dps you sell more crystals and bundles. They probably don't even play the game.
4) Those above named individuals likely care very little about what is written in this forum. They could care less if Poe was too fast or if Yoda is too hard to 7*. They care about one thing. Money. This is a business, and I find it very unlikely if anything going on in here strike or boycott wise is going to effect sales enough to deter them from their current plans.
With that said, can we try and relax a little? It is a game. It is fun. It is not perfect, but no game ever is. The meta will change whether is intentional or accidental. Most importantly, if you feel it absolutely necessary to vent, it is probably significantly more annoying to field phone calls to the customer service teams than it is to just ignore these forums. So place an angry phone call instead of polluting the forums we use for strategy and community. Now back to your regularly scheduled ranting.
