well, heads need to roll they gave a 30 days pass - that is only given after careful evaluation and you can bet you arse they had that meeting you speak off. then they come up with this patch that beside not fixing (not yet confirmed officially but you can find claim on the forums) two issues (crafted custom gear RE and cover) also adds what i also perceive as a major bug (yet not game breaking) (disappearing BiS gear). well.. now heads gotta roll.

and even more, it's not so unheard off IT "peeps" to like games... most of them started this path by playing computer games and 1) tweaking their computer to make the game run better, 2) creating applications to cheat i know, i was hexa editing HOMM 2 saves to gimme resources and experience, as well as tweaking my PC and OS to make Carmageddon run on a poor Cyrix processor...

rarely (3 people last year) because we test it. internal test, special department test and client test (on a server that's actually a (small) copy of the live server). and the client signs an agreement that the new version is ok and then, and only then, the new version is sent to the live servers. sometimes, and only a few people are allowed to, hotfixes (or improvements) are sent directly on the live servers for various reasons. those people are usually not in the position of getting their heads chopped off. those people don't make changes to the code unless they are 100% foolproof. not that many people get to that position. just a gist. [edit] P.S. don't get me wrong, bugs happen. it's just that such an obvious bug, no matter if is a minor bug, a major bug or a critical bug, is unacceptable to pass through the tough tests. and say what you will, this is an OBVIOUS bug (just open the char tab).

just working as intended

rumors are that the cover is still broken.

have to say that this brought me tars in my eyes... *sigh*

more hilarious is seeing people "defend" the (real) need for maintenance tomorrow because BW messed things up while bashing people that are upset this maintenance is cutting from their game time. we should all bash BW... sorry, but it's true. it's not the people that are missing the matrix cubes fault, it;s not the people that feel cheated because their playtime is cut into. it's BW's fault. P.S. shocker!

well, i don't really care if you believe me or not, i'm not into the business of blowing my own horn. but i can bet that you;re not, or at least that you have no idea what is it like to work FOR a client that does NOT actually accept crap. P.S. if this had happened where i work there would have been lay offs and refusals of payment. this is not related to software in particular, but to any serious business. this is why the last "great patch" they gave a 30 days free pass...

1. erm.. do YOU? i'm a software developer and let me tell you, this king of stuff in unacceptable and most of the times some heads roll. of course, unless you have peacefully pink dreaming clients that accept all this crap and still pay you monthly for giving them even more crap. yes, the "fix ASAP" attitude is good, but some heads still gotta roll. they shouldn't have introduced those bugs in the first place (not to mention the crafted gear "fix" or the cover "fix" - they even pathetically changed the patch notes as to not get us all raged up over the crafted gear...) 2. so did BW. Todays maintenance.'tomorrow's maintenance is to (hopefully) fix things they broke (or not even solved) in this patch.

unbelievable... is there anything in this "patch" that's actually working "as intended"?

this patch was supposed to fix things as well... oh darn, it did not. search the forums, it seems there's more to it other than the matrix cubes: like the orange crafted gear that;s not RE (except the War Hero crafted gear (!?!)) or the supposedly fixes to the cover... i agree, it's a thing they need to address ASAP but hey, accept the backlash. they screwed it up in a royal fashion, and this is what is supposed to happen when they screw up.

because of course it makes sense, both of them being Planets... or Citties... whatever ;-)

maybe because he hope that the game will be better, and he likes it so he gives it a chance unlike you who decide that everything is perfect and chose to ignore the crap. i sure wouldn't pay monthly for a game i didnt like just to bash it (hint for all of you fanboys accusing anyone that criticizes the game) .

you sure m8? i don't have IA or Smug chars but if what you say it's true than this has got to be one of the worst patches yet... have no fear, fanboys are here to defend it though...

3am in Australia is irrelevant. they have not yet heard of time zones.

you must be joking aaah, but i do sense the smell of sarcasm, or is my olfactory sensor wrong?

no, he was purposely exaggerating to underline a simple idea: numbers do matter. the more people will unsub, the more will follow for various reasons, least the perception of a failed product. at least that's what i get from his post...

"lol" just doesn't fully describe what i just did not even "rofl"

Your sig says it all... lol

*my generation usually considers "knowing" people as knowing and interacting with them in RL not a virtual environment. So yes, 14 real flesh and bones persons... -> ooops, quoted instead of editing <-

Oh, thank you thank you. I'm willing to bet my life on the fact that this is just damage control for yet another glitch in the patch. This only makes it worse. Out of 14 people i know that bought this game none but me still plays it - i love Star Wars universe, i;m kind of a freak (my wife tells me) watching the movies once per year, and i plan to indoctrinate my son into this as well, but this won't hold me for much longer. You will soon find yourselves barking at the moon. P.S. don't take it personally please, i know you;re just a messenger -> AllisonBerryman

sorry, i think we both misunderstood each other. i was under the impression that you advocated that BW's patch notes (that were btw changed recently to reflect reality... sort of) are ok. so for my part, if that was not your intent, i beg your pardon.

nah, they won't. there's gonna be nobody to preach it to (all of them being fanboys) on the other hand, maybe they;d just create threads like: "SWTOR is great, 500k is perfect, post only if you agree" with tons of "/agree" replies

reading that part... erm, what do you mean by having 5 millions? what i'm trying to say is that this is EA and EA has shareholders. They WILL cut their loses. Period. There is no certainty that you will get those 3M you speak of, especially since the project is.. well.. dead in the water. many people do resort to cannibalism in this instance, and try to cut loses some other way. what if you could salvage 2.5M from those 3M already spent and have a total net loss of only 0.5M? you got me wrong, i don't want to bash you or nothing, but we're both using here analogies and not facts. spoiler alert - we're both speculating. nobody's right.

sorry, don't take it the wrong way but... you're thick m8. i will come again and will give you more details in some other post... maybe. geez....