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Massively Speaking Episode 185: Bree-to-play
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Reader Comments (4)
Posted: Jan 8th 2009 12:21PM TheJackman said
There is no hiding behind walls of a forum for this designers they are put up in front of a web cam and can tell to every one why its not working.
This guys where funny from the start the game may turn out to be a lot less them what we expected but when they marketed it I really was thinking this is the next big thing this is the game that show that WoW is not the only one that can pull big numbers.
Later it was canceled and revive and later EA come in to the mix and the beta... and the rush and the content cut and so on.... How every when this guys keep doing what they doing maybe in 1 or 2 years this game will beat WoW!
Posted: Jan 8th 2009 1:30PM (Unverified) said
I don't care how many people Jacobs parades in front of a webcam so that he can toss blame at them, WAR is Jacobs' baby. Maybe if he wasn't so busy putting out podcasts and acting like an insane British used-car salesman hawking his wares, and actually, oh, I don't know, DOING HIS JOB, *MANAGING*, ensuring basic elements of the game that should have been working at launch...actually work! Tossing about blame in public is no way to run a business, and the state of this game, for better or worse, is a direct reflection of Jacobs abilities at leading a team, or lack thereof.
As for WAR, too little, too late.
Posted: Jan 8th 2009 2:28PM Anatidae said
In fact, if you write a well thought out post it gets buried on official forums because they are filled with crappy QQs. No one bothers to respond much to anything that is well written as there is no need. But some punk simple posts, "Nerf warlocks" and that thread becomes the top post for weeks.
So far, the best 2-way communication with any developers have been in the form on grab-bags, moderated webcasts, and similar tools where select questions are posed to the team and they answer them.
So far, out of all the MMOs, I feel as the Mythic team is the most communicative. So far anyway, we have a few new launches coming with teams that also seem to be very open too.
Posted: Jan 8th 2009 2:32PM (Unverified) said