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Originally Posted by Magnum
Simply because he is Dan Dimitrescu, lead designer of Silent Hunter 5.
I fail to understand why the heck they don't step up and get the hits instead of sending some clown who has no clue about SH anyway.
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Well, I am here, and I seem to be taking lots of hits. Not enough hits for you?
I'm not trying to hide, but keep in mind that I'm (still) working in this company and I'm bound by my contract. In theory I'm not allowed to directly interact with the people, as there are people (PR, marketing, community managers) who are better trained to do this job - and who have more time for it. Division of responsibilities.
Again, theory...
My primary reason for being here is to help where I can. The 2nd, is ... I enjoy this community and have many friends.
Part of the help of course would be through direct communication on the future of the series, but that is expressly forbidden, and its easy to understand why if you think about it. Would I do it differently if I was my own master? Yes... I think so, but then I would have done many things about this game, differently.
Right now I'm helping another team finish a project, not related to Silent Hunter. Working full time on it, plus some extra time.
Will Silent Hunter have a future with Ubi? Its not up to me, really, but I can say that the ComDevs presence on the forums is genuine and on what he gathers depends much on the future of the series.
So I suggest you interact with him, give him your feedback. Of course I am here and I am not alone, but the more channels of communication send the information, the better. Plus, I am sometimes looked at as "the hardcore guy with the subsim tshirt" which puts a certain tone to my feedback.
However, what I suggest is, don't restrict your feedback to stuff like the detail functioning of the hydrophone or some very deep modding stuff. That is valuable, but we here the only ones that understand the importance of it. For the rest, it only rings like "damn hardcore guys they're never happy".
Focus on the big stuff, what do you think the problems are with SH5. What are game breaking bugs? What prevents it from being a good/acceptable/great/awesome/mediocre game, in your opinion. What do you think it needs? What would make you more happy with the game?