Munkenmo wrote on Jan 15
th, 2015 at 1:47am:
Short sightedness and a lack of understanding has been killing this game since MOTU.
Yes. This game has gone completely into the toilet since MotU. It all started with the fucking "voting" concept the devs did during forum discussions leading up to MotU.
A developer is theoretically paid due to his ability to do design. Letting random people on the internet vote on the game direction got Turbine the shit that it has today.
Whoever thought that letting Axer, Quahlor, Fran and other associated idiots decide game direction was a good idea needs to find another career. Hopefully, that happened in one of the 2 announced layoffs.
noamineo wrote on Jan 15
th, 2015 at 2:01am:
You know what the sad part is? "Game Designer" is the most under-appreciated, shitty job on the planet, and I say that as a guy who works in customer service! It sucks because if you're a designer, your job is hard
Since you are only smart enough to land a customer service gig, I'll cut you some slack for saying some of the stupidest things I have ever seen on the Vault.
In any real software job, the asshats who somehow got to be game devs for Turbine would get their asses fired in a couple of months. Just look at the shit they do
1) Radically alter systems they don't even vaguely understand.
2) Release updates with no real testing, except by customers.
3) Ignore reports made by customers on Lammania of game breaking bugs (e.g. duping).
4) Treat their customers with open contempt, unless the customers are fawning idiots (e.g. fanbois).
OK, it is the internet. Customers will say mean things about you (especially if you are really good at 1), 2), 3) and 4)). Boo hoo. If a real software engineer fucks up a major customer's system, he'll certainly hear "mean things" too.
Wipe wrote on Jan 15
th, 2015 at 4:19am:
I think Severlin is the worst producer for basically coming to game, making big changes across the board without any knowledge
Yes, without a doubt.
Wipe wrote on Jan 15
th, 2015 at 4:19am:
Either way, the game's fucked irreparably at this point.
Yes. The people blathering "it will be fine once we get an endgame" are idiots. There won't be any meaningful number of people left to play this mythical end game.
The entire Champions experiment showed just how fractured the customer base is at this point. I doubt that there is anything meaningful that could be done to change game play that won't piss off too many customers. The game is what it is. Turbine has painted themselves into this corner, and there is no way out. When you break a product this badly, there really is only one recovery plan: create a new product.
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