How about ending this wol age when you said you would and giving us another short age after?
Just don't have freeze time be over a weekend again
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How about ending this wol age when you said you would and giving us another short age after?
Just don't have freeze time be over a weekend again
I think with all the whining about the age being short, avoiding another short age is better.
People chose their races/perso's based on this being a 1 month age. Combos with a bad late game want to be stuck with them for an extra 5-6 weeks even less then they would want another short age I would think.
oooh yeh not really looking forward to another 4 to 5 weeks with the combo I picked =)
I think we should have another short age rather than extend it. OMAC should always keep their word.
you must have access to a different blog to me, all i see are approximate timings announced. Dont be surprised if a coding project runs over.Quote:
Originally Posted by raion
Pretty bad job of 'approximating' when a 4 week age is announced and you want to now extend that another 4-6 weeks don't you think?Quote:
you must have access to a different blog to me, all i see are approximate timings announced. Dont be surprised if a coding project runs over.
no, i think its next to impossible to know how long a code re-write of a game like uto would take. as long as they update us as they learn more then im happy.
This is about keeping the age length to what was stated. The recode is a completely different topic
Yea and then we get to sit here and listen to you all ***** about not getting changes, or new age bugs, and age reset causing trading problems, and blah blah blah.
No thank you. Extending the age is ftw. Short ages are ftl.
the age length was based on an approximate length it would take for the recode/beta. but i'm betting people will complain either way - if you want a short age then please post some reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiskinator
*signed!*Quote:
Yea and then we get to sit here and listen to you all ***** about not getting changes, or new age bugs, and age reset causing trading problems, and blah blah blah.
No thank you. Extending the age is ftw. Short ages are ftl.
*signed!*
*signed!*
Actually, all those whining in these forums is almost ridiculous.
"Oh, I did fail to cast this spell a couple of time with my human.... why not blame OMAC, and make a complete pointless statement that there is no other explanation for this failed spell than OMAC who didn't remove Autofail" .....and "Oooooh, I fail to pick the right targets.... but wait: no, obviously it's OMAC who nerfed the Undead Elite Conversion Rate into uselessness."...... yeah, right?
I wasn't complaining about the age extension. I was complaining about the horrible 'approximation'. lol
Have you ever been involved in any programming task?Quote:
I wasn't complaining about the age extension. I was complaining about the horrible 'approximation'. lol
Seriously, it's rather impossible to set an 100% accurate release date, since there will always be such situation in which you have to deal with unexpects setbacks, annoying bugs etc etc etc....
Duke Nukem anyone?
Blizzard is notorious for horrible release date announcements, and it gets bumps by years.
The difference is that the quality of their product is worth it, whereas OMAC has failed to shown they understand and care about this game.
Give more trade codes?
Its more they are just very careful with what they say. They don't give any time frame until they are 100% sure they can make it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Realest
A lot of the stuff with bugs and trades going wrong would most likely have been solved (or at least dealt with quicker) if freeze time was not over the weekend. From what I understand there is no-one around who can really sort things out then
not really Fiskinator. I remember when I was in High School waiting for warcraft 3, and it was bumped back by something like 3 years.
Thats quite some time ago. I mean blizzard as they operate currentlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Realest
Actually, I'm kinda confindent that Sean and Brian might be able to set this sinking ship back on course.
:-)
Putting the quality parameters aside, notice that OMAC bumped it by a month not a few years. If Sean and Brian really didn't care, as you say, they would have just released a buggy version of the recode now. I'm sure there will be bugs in the future, but at least they do their best to minimize them and get the recoded game to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Realest
lol, man, are you honestly saying this stuff with a straight face. They cannot even implement simple gameplay changes now. I know you can blame the old code, but its really not that many lines they have to debug for, and they still fail at it.
My point there was that when you show your product is worth waiting for, timeframe wont matter. Blizzard delivers quality, so people have no problems waiting for years. OMAC continually presents failure, so skepticism is warranted.
I don't think that they can't as much as they just don't. They work on the new code. Roisin is working on the old code.Quote:
Originally Posted by Realest
I agree with that. I sure hope Sean and Brian won't disappoint. Since I still have some hope, I'm willing to give them the extra time they say they need without complaining about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Realest
Ok. Less derailment, more discussing another short age :)
Worst idea ever.
And mods: Isn't your job description to keep the forums clean, not hearting OMAC? I can't imagine you being so "understanding" of this nubbery before you got those shiny badges.
I don't think any of the mods <3 omac - we play the same game as you remember. What we do dislike though are posts that dont add anything, like blatant flaming and off topic crap (so i prolly shouldn't reply here :D)Quote:
Originally Posted by Osiris
anywho, back on topic
i was under no allusion that the age would be 4 months long, i expected recoding to run over a lot. Id rather continue the current age then start a new one.
take this to another thread please
the whole point of having a short age was because we expected it to be extended. rather than having one 6 month age, we can have an almost 3 month age like normal
<3
If we all were expecting the age to get extended.. why is everyone complaining ?
And to nip the coding thing in the but before it goes any further.
90% of game makers meet the the release dates that they set.. 90%.. well probably more, but you get the picture.. The reason that they do this is because of the amount of staff that they have working on the product. Square~Enix has on average 35 people working on each game they put out.. and these games are ALWAYS released on time, without any noticable bugs or flaws (if this wasnt the case then the final fantasy series wouldnt be the biggest RPG franchise in the world) Companies like Blizzard, who have about 7 people working on each game is a different story. They will push back a release time because they have so fewer people working on a project's development. Brian and Sean are 2 people, working on 1 project, give them a little bit more time.
But then they're not making anything close to FF, Warcraft or WoW. They're making a remake of Utopia, a very simple game. All I can say is, I really hope it is worth it. Fast loading, no GGI errors, trading etc. working more easily, no huge bugs, etc.
By the way, you "nip in the bud", not "in the but".
but, bud.. one sounds ok the other sounds like a beer.. (i'm a short order cook at a bar/grill)
and but/butt sounds so much better than bud.. Its not like we are talking about flowers here =P
An other short age would be better, or at least some bonus codes to cover up, i got people waiting to join, and they had planned to join around now. Now it will take an other month, at least, until i can give them thier slots.
>_<