8 years ago

Unpopular Opinion

With the release of the new Dark Side TB and TW, I have seen almost nothing but posts complaining about bugs or missing rewards or the delay of events calendar.

I honestly think it’s kind of sad the amount of negativity towards the developers, especially considering some of these people are full grown adults.

Edit: Accidentally posted before I was finished.

But anyways, the purpose of my post is not to bag on the players bc I know that there is reason for their frustration. I personally just think that y’all could use a bit more patience lol.

I just want to take a few minutes to thank the developers for this great game that has entertained me to no end. To those that think programming is easy, I’d seriously like to see you try. I know these guys are paid to do it and are supposed to be professionals, but I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect everything to be perfect the first time around. If mistakes are made, they do take action to correct them and the players are usually compensated for their troubles.

Now on the other hand, I know that if bugs and such are not pointed out that nothing will change, but there are less negative ways to go about bringing attention to them. And also, I think that once it is brought to their attention that people could just wait until the next time an event rolls around before spamming the developers. Then if it remains the same, people would be more justified in negative comments about it.

Sorry I totally just went off on a tangent from what I intended to say but honestly I just think that the devs are doing a great job with the game even with the bugs and errors which will eventually be fixed anyways (hopefully). Everything they release is meant to please the players which some never seem to have enough and others have way too much to handle.

Obviously the people that have spent a fortune on this game will have a different view than I do, but at the end of the day this is just a game. It is meant to be enjoyed. If you find yourself getting kittened more often than you are enjoying the game, i think it’s time for a step back to look at why you are even still playing the game. I myself have taken several breaks from the game either because it got hard to keep up with everything or just simply because I got bored and logging in to complete all the activities became more of a chore.

I know I’ll probably get a lot of hate for this but this is my opinion and I will stand by it.

GenKenobi1138
8 years ago
You need a Puffin!
GenKenobi1138
8 years ago
"Scott1138_MoT;c-1367121" wrote:
You need a Puffin!

But you’re not wrong...
JPROCKS569
8 years ago
Most days when I’m not brooding, I would agree with you. But not getting the rewards you rightfully earned and getting the run-around response of “just wait 24 hours and then submit a ticket” is basically a response I’d expect from an intern who is going through their first day on the job - most of the negativity especially in the last 24 hours is justified.
JaggedJ99
8 years ago
Where there's negativity, the "don't be negative" soap box thread won't be far behind.
DeepChu
8 years ago
I don't think is developers fault, is just poor QA testing, maybe becaus from higher places they wanted to push the content asap, maybe to keep the income cash flowing.

That is always a bad move. To release a bugged / untested version always lead to disaster and to a lower revenue.

Now let's see how this mess is fixed, but (and I agree with the OP) don't blame developers, you need to aim higher.
kello_511
8 years ago
I think the problem comes in because we have been down this same road many times before. Lessons aren’t learned and the cycle repeats itself:

severely bugged content is rushrd out (often right before a long weekend), feedback is given, they have to scramble to fix it (usually creating some new bugs in the process), we go through a few iterations of re-fixing bugs until most of the major ones are addressed.
In the meantime while these bugs are being fixed, other issues in the game are ignored or previous fixes stop working (squad management was introduced and now only half works, heist events stop appearing on schedule, etc).

Rinse and repeat every few months. And after it happens the first half-dozen times, the “goodwill” of players starts eroding because we all foresee this with each new update - so the devs can’t reasonably claim to be surprised by it anymore.
KrelVarlie
8 years ago
There's always been negativity on this forum but I don't know if complaints about missing rewards should be dumped into that category. The DS TB was full of bugs and because of that was a huge irritation to lots of people in lots of guilds. Then on top of all that irritation, people didn't get anything for it.

If someone comes on once and posts that about a bug or lack of rewards, it's valid it's only when they post multiple times even after it has been acknowledges that I think it is called complaining.
liovandamme
8 years ago
Moved to Feedback/Forum & Website.
VeeKnea
8 years ago
First with these forums - it’s the yelp effect- more inclined to write something when something is wrong or not how one planned. That being said it’s also the internet and I’m sure kozi the mods and devs have a thick skin for it and know how to pick the posts apart.

As Kello said above it is the same Road we have been down. I think every major release of content has been bugged, delayed, or both. Which from what I understand happens all the time and bugs just creep out, out of nowhere.
The game has changed so much and this our response to change. In terms of communication things have gotten better. Some of the stores revamp have been for the better (pov pending)

But there are still little things that happen out of nowhere and for no rhyme or reason other than for money.

I think we really need a state of the galaxy by top hat to really go over everything that is going on. Even the part of ea’s bf2. Because I feel that is also a factor of why we are so on edge of late.
Jordylee24
8 years ago
The reason for the negativity is because while billed as a f2p game, plenty have dropped hundreds while plenty more have dropped thousands. Only to have it look like the devs only view us as atms and are milking us out till we dry up. But the drought is coming peeps.
There's many players that would still be willing to pay. I still am tho I don't why. But when buggy and untested content gets dropped, they drive us away.
Its absolutely mind boggling that these past 6 days could happen in a game that's the #3 grossing game on play store. It's like ea is literally trying to go to the bottom. All we want is smooth polished modes dropping as we make them $200k daily. And a new raid but....