The Crystal Ball 2

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by Fjordmonkey

And you still forgot the main thing when buying ANY piece of software: Caveat Emptor. Let the buyer beware. It's what the rest of us has learned through bitter experiences, especially those of us that have played MMO's in the past. Yes, we bought a piece of software because we wanted to support a great series. But it seems that many has forgotten the rather MASSIVE issues that the original IL2 had, and has forgotten just how 1C has done communication over the years, especially when under the wings of Ubisoft.

So... you're saying they did a piss poor job before, so it's okay for them to continue to do a piss poor job? Oleg's not running the company any more. I have no confidence in MG's ability to deliver the product we paid for.

It's the same crap that every community has to put up with when the community is outright hostile towards anyone bringing in the news. If you constantly shoot the messengers, and that IS happening here, regardless of how you look at it, they will, eventually, stop sending messengers. It's a fairly simple prospect, wouldn't you think? Hell, I know I wouldn't bother saying anything until things were ready to go out the door in this environment, as it takes far more time and effort to try to calm the rabid hounds in here than to just leave them be.

Go back a few years in posts and I think you'll find the atmosphere and tone on these forums to be markedly different. I used to be a fervent defender of this project. I also suggest that you have a look at some of the update posts. There are lots and lots of people saying their thank-yous to the developers, myself included. More than once I've tried to get the developers on board with the idea that if they would just be open with us, things would be better. "Hey guys, we think we fixed A B and C but we're having a problem with X, Y, and Z. Still working hard on it, sit tight." Three sentences once a week could have saved MG all kinds of headaches.

they'll be crucified regardless of what they do.

Patently false and you know it.