CosmicCleric

CosmicCleric, 9 miesięcy temu

Popular does not mean standard

Depends if you mean generally considered by the public, or specific to an organization that definds standards.

I think we both know he meant the former, even though you replied to him like he was saying the latter. AKA, “Ackshully…”

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

from small studios operating on pizza and hope.

And that’s how it started.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

Remember fellow gamers, you hold the power of the purse, you get the final vote with your wallet.

If some studio head or developer manager tries to tell you that you have to accept micro transactions and such, just say no thank you, and move on.

There are plenty of other games from other good studios out there for you to give your hard-earned money to.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

Stupid question, but have you been letting Steam do game updates?

Unless you’ve changed the default settings, you have to let Steam do updates while not playing any games through Steam. By default it won’t do any updates in the background.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

I know I’m nitpicking here, but for a game that is as highly praised as this, I expect it also to nail all those minor things that other games have already figured out already

You realize that smaller companies have to do triage and prioritize what they’re working on, yes? Take bugs/enhancements in a certain order? And usually the major things get taken care of first before the minor things are.

Also, some of the things you ask for, they may just not agree with you as being needed in the game.

Have you submitted that list to them for their consideration, directly (Github, etc.)?

Edit: typo

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

If he’s an actual shill from ActiBlizz I would vote a lot lower than 4/10, for having done such a poor job, based on that ratio.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

Like it has many little issues I would not expect from a seasoned developer

You wouldn’t expect little bugs from a newly released AAA game? Really?

It sounds like you were expecting 0% bugs.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

[Proceeds to X]

Sometimes, if the subject is important enough, you just have to X.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

While not exactly their in-game shop…

gamingideology.com/…/diablo-iv-unleashes-player-r…

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

Critical mass has been achieved.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

They’ve been working for almost a generation now on changing the mindset of gamers as to what they should expect from a game, and here comes a really good game from a little known studio doing exactly what games used to expect before the mind changing was attempted.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

but I’ll keep working for them because they pay me.

That’s just it, you can move to a different company that has a better working situation in environment. You just have to be a brave enough to fight the inertia that keeps you where you’re at.

And in fact, if you want your salary to steadily increase over your career, you’re supposed to move from company to company every couple of years.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

This is just a reminder to an industry that is trying to tell us that pay to win mechanics are the standard that they do not in fact get to dictate what those standards are. We do.

Quoting for emphasis. We control the purse, we have the voting power of the wallet.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

Blaming consumers

No, blaming CEOs and the c-suites

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

and do not care about workplace abuse

I think the recent ActiBlizz situation proves that one incorrect.

Not saying that 100% of Gamers care, just saying it’s not 0% of Gamers who care.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

It isn’t developers just being pissy this is their way of trying to stop their idiot boss from ruining their current project or making massive projects without enough time or staff.

Unions.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

Most of the things I’ve experienced have yet to be addressed.

I was going to reply humorously with a comment along the lines of you should be moving from a technical to a spiritual solution, an exorcism perhaps, but I don’t want to kick somebody when they’re down, for the sake of comedy.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

Dont say no thank you, give them the middle finger

You could also do both, for that slightly comedic type of reply. Keep them guessing.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

Not all the issues are bugs.

As a software developer of over 30 years, I’m aware of that.

CosmicCleric, 10 miesięcy temu

Even most indie developers wouldn’t have these issues

Got to be honest, I don’t think your perspective is very accurate on the subject.