Producer's Letter 3/17/2009 - Page 3

Deson · 03-18-2009, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Scayre

The fighter revamp have nothing to do with the revamp to lavastorm or any of the other updates they were planned coincident with update 51 or 52.

Yet both were put on hold because of the revamp and it looks like now they have to rebuild the patch to exclude it. It was a legit question and even more so now with them proposing long times between LU's after just announcing they planned on having about 10 this year.

Scayre · 03-18-2009, 02:46 AM

These updates are mutually exclusive, one has nothing to do with the other. I have seen no post by SOE saying they need to rebuild the patch that would take longer then say, oh 2 days.

If you were looking forward to the fighter revamp it ain't coming. The other stuff, Lavastorm, etc will still be patched. So sorry if you have to wait a few more days for the other stuff you have been drooling over.

Deson · 03-18-2009, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Scayre

These updates are mutually exclusive, one has nothing to do with the other. I have seen no post by SOE saying they need to rebuild the patch that would take longer then say, oh 2 days.

If you were looking forward to the fighter revamp it ain't coming. The other stuff, Lavastorm, etc will still be patched. So sorry if you have to wait a few more days for the other stuff you have been drooling over.

Yet good stuff was delayed because of the not so good. The question was legit, because while the answer should have been obvious, the behavior of SOE prior to now makes it a question that needed to be asked.

Scayre · 03-18-2009, 02:52 AM

OK so what is getting delayed because they decided to abandon the fighter revamp?

Deson · 03-18-2009, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Scayre

OK so what is getting delayed because they decided to abandon the fighter revamp?

Besides the fighter stuff that needed to be touched anyway but presumably wont because of the scrapping? Nothing after they get the build but the thing is, they already massively delayed two LU's when they didn't have to.

Scayre · 03-18-2009, 03:01 AM

They did a bad job of clarifying what exactly was LU 51 and LU 52. 52 is coming, most of what was promised in 51 is already in game, minus the fighter junk. 52 will contain the lavastorm revamp and the other AA quest stuff involving it.

I will admit that they might have to rethink the 2x raid stuff, but anyone that has played this game for a long time knows that 2x raid content is a joke for well geared players.

demonrage · 03-18-2009, 04:49 AM

from talking to one of the devs expect test to get an update this week
after its cleaned out of the fighter revemp

dont expect lu 51 to hit live next week but most likely the week after.

lu 51 will include x2 zone x4 zone lavastorm revamp hate meter. and gear upgrades for the x4 sets do to the relese of the t3 armor from new x2 zone fighter sets getting most of the change do to removal of fighter revamp at this time so all the taunt crit and the like we he reverted or replace with other bonuses

Holymoly · 03-18-2009, 05:05 AM

For those that can't read the original post by SOE, I'll paraphrase:

"OMG. We've just realised Aeralik doesn't know what the fuck he is doing and so have kicked him in the nuts and thrown them in the bin with LU51. Basically we now realise we have to listen to you, the playerbase, as apparently you HAVE known what's best for the game all along. We are deeply sorry and promise we'll never allow Aeralik anywhere near a computer ever again. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa."

Pwnstrrr · 03-18-2009, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by serum321

I'm all for working with the players, that sounds good there, but then..."This will mean more time in between updates." You mean like 6 months? GU has been postponed for going on 3 months now because of this fighter revamp and now its all going to be scrapped and they are going to start all over and move SLOWER in the process, seriously wtf?

There was a customer survey that asked if we'd want more elaborate, detailed and polished GUs over a longer period rather than short ones.

I think 3-6 months is good for large updates. Arena Net does skill revamps every 2-3 months just to keep the meta game fresh.

Faeth · 03-18-2009, 08:28 AM

Our discussion of this in guild chat today:-

You can imagine the conversation at the offices:-

"Oh dang - we got all confused - lets scrap it all and try again!"

"Hey Guys - whadda we do now? It ain't working?"

"I know, lets try asking those clever player types this time!"

"And quick! Bring out some free loot cards to distract the morons!"