How long are we supposed to wait?

#20 - March 1, 2014, 3:19 p.m.

We didn’t promise anything, we shared our high level road-map plans.

This is why we don’t like sharing dates. I know you’re waiting on things, and the wait is driving me crazy too, but saying we made promises when we clearly did not does not help get it the content out sooner.

If you want greater transparency, like I do, then you must accept that dates, features, and plans are not a static promise. Things can happen to shift priorities, dates, or designs, causing things to changed, be pushed back, be accelerated, or be put on the back-burner.

/rant

#25 - March 1, 2014, 4:11 p.m.

xantosnightwish.5438:

Thank you for engaging the players Justin and we do appreciate your hard work.

I would just point out that ANET did make promises before release of automated tournaments and a overall solid PVP experience. Your website even advertised these features after release, only to be eventually taken down around DEC 2012.

So yes, technically you guys did make promises. And yes, they were not met. Admitting that is not actually detrimental to ANET if you just come out and say “look we know we didn’t meet yall’s expectations but we’ll work harder on it and change the way we do things a lil bit”.

Instead a lot of developers seem to come on here and simply say “No we didn’t promise anything” and “why are you guys confused”. Enough is enough. Just be straight with the community. Exact dates are NEVER needed. Just general ballparks. And stop use vague terms like “feature patch” and “maintenance patch” that seem to confuse half the community (not me).

I know we can be aholes. I do apologize for that. But at the same time I cant help but feeling that ANET had a lot of interested and passionate players wanting to take the game to the next level and that those players were taken for granted and ignored for almost two years.

I completely get that, and while I have no idea how/why sPvP got off-track around launch, I’m determined to keep moving sPvP forward to be what many of us hope it can be.

I generally try to be very understanding, and put myself in the shoes of our players, which is usually very easy because we often share the same concerns. Occasionally it just gets on my nerves how myopic some people in the community can be at times.

#39 - March 1, 2014, 9:51 p.m.

Guys, cool your kittens. I’m not trying to dismiss your concerns, I share a great deal of them. I was just making a personal statement about how I feel about some types of criticism do more harm than good.

@Dojo.1867: If you really aren’t having fun, maybe you should take a break? I want as many people playing the game as possible, but no one should feel obligated to play. If you are still having fun, just relax and enjoy yourself while we continue working to improve the game. We will, barring black swans, have more news soon; we’re just waiting for the LW season to come to an end.

@Amstel Steel: lol

#41 - March 1, 2014, 10 p.m.

Yasi.9065:

Isnt that what implementing time gated stuff is intended to do? Just wondering…

I can’t speak for the design of such things, but I can see potential tech restrictions that would make persisting all this content perpetually more difficult than it’s worth (imo).