Hi everyone,
I’ve been reading these forums a lot lately and wanted to give my opinion on certain things.
What amazes me the most on these forums is the negative feedback people give to bioware / EA. Mostly I’ve read about to many bugs in the software or people ‘demanding’ certain features they want implemented. Of course it’s perfectly reasonable to post bugs or wishes but try to do this in a constructive manner. (sidenote: No I don’t work for bioware and I am not a ‘fanboi’!)
Having worked as a professional software testanalist for several years now gives me certain ideas an insights (at least I hope) about software development. Every business comes to a certain point where they have to choose between releasing the software on one hand including bugs or not releasing it because it is not ready on the other. The point is you could probably keep testing the same software for 20 years and still find defects. A release that is 100% bugfree is impossible! Did they release SW:TOR to soon? I guess it depends on your point of view and the expectations you had. And that is different for everyone.
Next to that are the wishes (things like LFG, bigger planets, different player models, more species etc.) If you release software it is perfectly normal that users want changes. The thing is that every user wants different stuff changed. And not all wishes can be realized. You can not make software that pleases every user! That is just as impossible as releasing software bugfree. Besides that, not all wishes and bugs have the same priority.
Do you need to keep post bugs and wishes: YES, of course! But now and then try to step back and realize is that fixing bugs costs time. Implementing wishes costs time. If you like this game then keep on playing despite its bugs. If you don’t like it go and play something else and come back later to check if it has improved. But stop with the rage posts saying you’re going to quit, it’s unplayable, ‘demanding’ things NOW or stuff like that. That will not help improve the game. Try to be constructive to improve SW:TOR so that we can all enjoy it.
And as a final note: remember that no game is perfect!
May the force be with us.