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Maybe if the community would have been a bit more supportive towards the devs when the game came out they would consider making the 1.3.
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Our fault... 
OK, feel guilty if you wish, I suppose it is possible.
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Partly, yes. Just browse the SHIV forums, what can you see? Hate, petitions, threats to sue them etc. Now, why would they want to work more for a community that only supports them when everything is going smoothly, but as soon as something bad comes up, the community is threatning them? |
Sorry.
You are confusing cause and effect. 90% of the anger is because the publisher bailed. (nothing to do with devs or bugs, or typical angst that dissipates with patch)
...and "something bad" with being abandoned. Gross understatement. A no more patch statement with the current state of the game is traumatic for many. Without patches, GWX would have probably never seen the light of day because a large part of the community would have bailed on a bad base.
...and support with being sensitive to their feelings. Given time and support from the PUBLISHER, I am sure the devs could have kept improving the game. Patting them on the head instead of pointing out problems would have simply short circuited that process.
Maybe if we had sent little love notes over the year while they were coding, 1.0 would have been better, and we would not have had to hurt any feelig with honest reviews.
It is NOT the consumers fault that the producer delivered inferior product and followed it with inferior support. People were being reasonably tolerant and patient with the inferior product, but when the asinine request for us to beg for further support came out, people got angry.
Even if your comments were closer to the truth than they are, why go there now ? Its rather unsporting all things considered. Last thing we need is friendly fire. |
Good post, you covered everything I wanted to say.
I played during the 1.1 patch, then stopped because I didn't want to ruin the game for myself by getting annoyed at bugs, so I haven't been playing much either...