How long will you chase your tail?

melissa b

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

Its pretty clear that anet is buying time for GW2. The delay to
updates and the small size. Taking months to give us
the smallest of improvements that we want.

Players waiting for the odd crumb anet throws us.

These updates could all be stacked together and done
very fast but then we would have nothing to cling to
and we would move on.

So anet has us chasing our tails and we can't see right
In front of us. How well is it working on you?

I Is Special

I Is Special

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Join Date: Nov 2006

NJ

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It is working quite well!

Great job Anet i love you!

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Ultra Mega

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Join Date: Aug 2005

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What do you mean buying time for GW2? They don't need to keep people playing until GW2 is released, they have your money. Why would Anet dedicate the man power to push out lots of updates very fast when there is no revenue to be made in doing so.
They have a limited team working on GW so updates are less regular and contain less updates than they used to, nothing to do with making you chase your tail.

If you are no longer having fun playing this game then don't, if you are just waiting around for updates to keep you interested then move on to something else for a while and come back to GW later.

foeslayr

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

The Forsaken Alliance

Me/Mo

Quote:
They have a limited team working on GW so updates are less regular and contain less updates than they used to, nothing to do with making you chase your tail.
Agreed. Last time I checked I believe that team was...1?

Faer

Faer

La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo

Join Date: Feb 2006

Coder's Note:

It is better to update one line at a time than to update the entire code at once. It takes longer, and makes more end-users groan, but you are far less likely to experience problems, and when problems do arise they are much easier to isolate and fix.

Stalling or not, it's not good practice to overhaul an entire game in one shot.

Gift3d

Gift3d

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Join Date: Feb 2007

Las Vegas

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Faer View Post
Coder's Note:

It is better to update one line at a time than to update the entire code at once. It takes longer, and makes more end-users groan, but you are far less likely to experience problems, and when problems do arise they are much easier to isolate and fix.

Stalling or not, it's not good practice to overhaul an entire game in one shot.
Most people have no clue whatsoever about the time and effort it takes to script, program, code or what have you all these updates, run them through tests to make sure there are no bugs with the new coding so players can't whine and bitch like mad more than they already do. Also above all, release them in the time they were said to be released. It's not a bunch of idiots sitting behind ArenaNet desks in front of computers thinking what's the best way to grief our customers/players, it's a ton of hard work i'm sure. Let the programmers do their thing, and have fun playing the game. Let them take their sweet ass time, if whoever feels something needs a bit of extra time i'm sure it's for the best, and because of this we will probably have a better quality game in the long run.

Also i expect a lot of people to go on about that last sentence and hop on the "blame izzy" bus.

Angelica

Angelica

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Join Date: Jan 2006

Aussie land

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Luminarus

Luminarus

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Join Date: Aug 2007

Sydney, Australia

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Meh... I still enjoy the game. If i didnt I wouldnt play. If youre just waiting for gw2 go play something else in the meantime. If you dont like gw because they stuffed it up and think they are gonna do the same for gw2 why are you even still playing?

Basically another QQ thread that gw2 is taking too long and anet sucks... +1

BuD

BuD

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Join Date: Mar 2006

Nunya

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gift3d View Post
so players can't whine and bitch like mad more than they already do.
Is that even possible?

MagmaRed

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Join Date: Mar 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by melissa b View Post
These updates could all be stacked together and done
very fast but then we would have nothing to cling to
and we would move on.
I am very glad you don't have Izzy's job. Although I wouldn't say he is the best at it, he at least understands what balance is. His failures are not in knowing what balance is, it is in making it happen. You don't seem to grasp what balance is. If you did, you'd realize that your idea of making all updates happen at once would fail miserably.

Aera

Aera

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Join Date: Dec 2005

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- If you're bored, go play something else
- If updates are the only thing you are looking for in this game, go play something else
- If it's GW2 you're after, go play something else till GW2 comes out

Xx Da Best Xx

Xx Da Best Xx

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2008

LA

Pretty pointless thread...

Also, "chasing your tail"? That doesn't really even fit the situation.

Da Rk Bl Ad E

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

Belfast - Northern Ireland

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Quote:
Originally Posted by melissa b View Post
Its pretty clear that anet is buying time for GW2. The delay to
updates and the small size. Taking months to give us
the smallest of improvements that we want.

Players waiting for the odd crumb anet throws us.

These updates could all be stacked together and done
very fast but then we would have nothing to cling to
and we would move on.

So anet has us chasing our tails and we can't see right
In front of us. How well is it working on you?
What did you expect to gain from this?

If you don't like it then leave, I doubt anyone can honestly say they care

the Puppeteer

the Puppeteer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Da Rk Bl Ad E View Post
What did you expect to gain from this?

If you don't like it then leave, I doubt anyone can honestly say they care
what he said

BenjZee

BenjZee

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Overacheivers [Club]

Mo/

im liking this, expected a bitch topic about Anet sucks cuz they promised ectohzzzz....or some random BS. Theyre doin the best they can.
Last time i checked:
A) I dont have a tail, metaphoric or not
B) There are those of us who are infact playing this as a GAME for FUN and not as something to waste time time for GW2.

oeg82000

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2008

Mo/

i dont really care about GW2,i dont think it bould be better then gw1,and i dont like chars they are making there,i like human chars only.they better make more camps as nf

Gift3d

Gift3d

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Las Vegas

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lycan X View Post
Is that even possible?
Good point, i guess not. What i meant was to not encourage players to whine more

Inde

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

We have posts on the update thread all ready. And I'm not sure this thread is actually contributing to any discussion.