"Whatelse73;c-2422849" wrote:
"BubbaFett;c-2422823" wrote:
"Whatelse73;c-2422793" wrote:
CG probably forgot it was a thing for a few months. If only they had a testing program with players where the players could keep them set on what's going on. Or maybe if they had some kind of developer tracking setup to see what's going on and what they're working on? They could even share it with players, so we could see at least some of the future happenings and even bug fix statuses.
Not sure how new you are to the game, but they tried that.... A bunch of the players in the beta program couldn't keep their mouths shut and broke their NDA, including some using it to make YouTube content for self profit....
Thus is what remains..
I've been here a little while and they shut down the beta program, but leaks seem to continue to happen. So perhaps it wasn't the beta program? Or, even if it was just one person, why punish all players for it? The beta program only helped players AND CG with improving the game.
Well we know for sure that there was at least one leak among the beta testers - but you're right, the leaks continue, though slightly diminished. That being the case, surely there were SOME people in the old beta program that had proven themselves trustworthy. Shutting down the whole thing has always struck me as a very heavy handed response considering how much good the program obviously did. The number of bugs introduced in new patches ticked up considerable and notably after the beta program disappeared. QA testing and automation can only do so much - there's no replacement for human interaction with and understanding of the game and it's mechanics and nuances.
CG employs a lot of very smart people. Surely they could come up with a way to compensate for the occasional leak. That being said, details of Leviathan requirements have been slow to come and I haven't heard a peep outside of wild speculation through unofficial channels.
To the thread topic though, I'd love to have these deals available to me. I don't think I'd suddenly start emptying my crystal stash for them but I have seen screen shots of the occasional pack that I would definitely spend on if the timing was right.
