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i think the explanation for the lack of readme and a decent manual, and the minimal communication, is rather more simple. its an issue of lack of time and forced priorities
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Well yes, but if you're in this sort of situation then you recognise the need for a re-jig of priorities. The demands of mile-stones et al remain fairly constant (I've worked in complex software dev)...you still allocate time to do those small things you say you are going to do. Especially when they become disproportionately important to your customers/fans. It's commonsense and silly not to.
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the incomplete/unfinished beta release of CoD was forced by the "money men" who put their foot down after repeated delays and postponements of release dates (going back to 2006).
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No offence, but this sounds like a cut n'paste from the Chivas book of holy supposition. We dont know what went on really, but it's been repeated so long it's become lore round here. Speculation...
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because of the good reputation of the il2 series, sales were initially pretty good and they recouped enough money to allow the project of a series of sequential releases in the SoW series to continue,....but....with CoD having been such a fiasco because it quickly became evident to users and reviewers that there were major prblems, both in poor sales as well as in product reputation and reviews, Luthier was told after 6 months not to continue to pour resources into it and focus on the next project (we have been told this directly)
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Are you sure early sales were good? Figures? By what yardstick? I've heard abut the general situation but don't remember seeing it quoted...?
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if luthier does continue to work on CoD, he gets chastised by the bosses and risks the survival of the series (one more fiasco and they are dead, WE are dead), and if he doesnt work on fixes for it he is exposed to the howls of discontent and tirade of abuse in the forum. since the gfx and game engine needs to be fixed for BoM to succeed, we have the benefit of getting the fruits of that labor (and we just did with the beta patch of august 2012 which was a MAJOR improvement for mid and low end pc's, basically it made the game playable), but "content fixes" (other then a few glaring ones that majorly affect functioning of the product, like CTD;s etc..) have not been a priority at all and most efforts were put into BoM.
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Is this supposition or fact? Where is the proof of the situation? Luthier may be saying whatever he likes for a variety of reasons (some to quell anxiety etc).
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however frustrating that is for us with the further delays, luthier mentioned in his last post that his team will put one last big effort into fixes for CoD (now that they have reached a milestone in the development of BoM which satisfies the bosses), which is pretty good news for us if we can get him to fix the main issues that affect gameplay and use of CoD (AI commands, LoD visibility, FM and DM issues,...).
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*Surely* one lesson of the past 18 months is not to take anything said at face value? Actions, not words....