Announcement Ask the CMs in English

sad how u all r clinging to a dying game.
if they would of listened,
we would have tons of gold,
better gear with higher stats,
better pvp with the better gear with the higher stats,
better crafting with target crafting,as i said before,which u all didnt like,
don't nerf our toons,nerf ur mobs and bosses,
set stats on main bosses,so we can make groups to defeat it,without the scaling of 1-5 ppl in groups,
oh playing with groups is fun on this but stop the scaling to group size,
the drops at end game is a joke,and finding 1 key in a shabby chest? well why? we should get 20+ keys,
release your choke hold on this game and start increasing drops and stats,and u will all be impressed in what ur creating,
need more maps too,
k i can go on n on but hey, i have games to play too,have fun all

 

i have been saying this over and over stop complaining that other type of toons are OP but give ways that would improve the other classes ,,many players that have put real money in game are being punished for doing so because they make make their toons better than free to play ones,,,, well what do you expect... free to play receive the anders free so they can be as those that paid for their toons? All could be OP if they wished to purchase anders for gems and such ,, if you don't then that's on you stop whining that this guy is stronger and has more damage/health/armor.. Work on your toon ,, and quit crying others are better.

 

I had a look at the February roadmap, and it looks very very empty... Take a closer look at the 5 items presented, and you realise its very little updates to the game for a 3 week update schedule.

What has happened to glyph removal from items and crafting 2.0?? Have these been pushed back YET AGAIN!!? To March? To April? Should we expect these features with a range of 3-9 months depending on how closely your team focuses on its deadlines and priorities?

I should add that I don't want the team to rush features and produce another horrid update like the moon events, but when they constantly side track themselves to produce features that nobody has asked for, we get nowhere...

 

I believe it was Baragain that suggested the dev's put their ideas out so players could rank them in order of desirability or worth pursuing.

Of course it could never happen because I doubt more than 1 or 2 of their own ideas would ever make it into the game, but it was a neat thought.

Things players want require thought and effort, DSO likes to simply throw things into the game and see if it somewhat works as planned.

Look at how long players have wanted items as good or better than the old low level items that were according to DSO a mistake, yet never fixed.

Consider how long players have been asking for ess slots, pointers, better crafting, and the list goes on and on, in the meantime DSO has brought us mood lighting, regurgitated maps called hard, a CV system and so on.

 

Usually companies are using modifications of win-loss analysis/decision matrix when prioritizing features. Then they also consider the cost, so whichever feature has better resulting business value divided by cost is being added into a sprint/iteration/release. Usually release is paced withe some larger items together with smaller low hanging fruits and defect fixes, so the average Cycle Time of the feature (work item) is less than 7-8 days, so they can fill the iteration up.

They have their own idea of how would certain feature impact the revenue. Also, some features/user stories/epics are strategic, so they go through much more holistic evaluation.

Bu my point is, they could still benefit from (and so are we) Baragain's idea of user voting. They would just add that as a column to their desicion matrix. The weight of that column would be ofc up to them, but anyway, it will be quite an improvement for the playerbase, another important feedback loop they already started with PW feedback gathering.

 

Hey Haruki... can you take a hint? We want more input in making this game better, and I'm not talking about this "Ask the CMs" thread where we whine and complain and tell you all that BugPoint has done wrong lately and you offer us the party line/platitudes in return. I'm talking about shaping the future of this game one release at a time. You've earned some good will from having corrected the Jester gems SNAFU before it ever hit the live server. Now keep it up and this will become a game that I'm excited for each new release, not dreading what new garbage will be pushed on us with the expectation that we pretend to enjoy it.

 

Zzzzz...... so much for your promise Haruki ....

 

https://board-en.drakensang.com/threads/clover-lottery-of-december-winners-here.70432/

Heredur players must have some nice incomes/cheap andermant prices.

 

It is obvious there is no such indepth analysis. Instead what is obvious is the development is champion based which makes it "Do and React." IOW a developer comes up with an idea and pitches it as the greatest thing since the game was created. Since s/he is passionate about it, the boss says that sounds really cool, go for it. He programms his little heart out and comes up with the thing he said he would and it is shoved into the game. This is why we have CV AND still have a crappy mouse--someone actually wanted to do the CV. This is why the defend series of events was dropped for 2 years, but we have a "reworked" moon event. No doubt the champion for the series left or was sacked and no one wanted to pick it back up. This is why Gnob was ignored for 18 months. Without a champion wanting and willing to do the work, it gets lost.

I know there is of course what you have mentioned, otherwise we don't get things like inventory expansion and Jesters in the game. Those are moneymakers. As is the teleport to the boss thing coming with R160. THose are ones the boss prioritizes and tells one of the programmers to do. Why hasn't the Essense switching tool implemented? Cause no one wanted to do it and it wasnt a money maker the boss wanted done. It is why the simple things we have asked for repeatedly are ignored and why there is no unified plan for balancing the classes. Someone gets the idea of a cool new weapon to add with some kind of cool skill enhancer. No one bothers to ask, Hey what will this do to PVP? So instead its shoved into the game and we have the DK Life scenario. Have you seen the Bearach weapons? Any idea what is going to happen. I know, do you? Good news is they won't be widespread for a while and lesser tier versions will make it in play more often, so it wont be a grand upset like a purchasable weapon. But we can definitely look forward to more OMG that class is so OP.

There is definitely no comprehensive plan it is "Do and react." Stick it in the game see what happens and make changes to it later if they complain.

Its like a pick-up basketball game. 5 guys on the floor with a couple of subs, but no game plan or idea of what everyone else is doing.

 

If the test server was used as an actual testing ground, this would eliminate 99% of the in game issues. Of course this would require listening to those who test, and that in a nutshell is the issue.

They are constantly throwing new stuff out and hoping it sticks.

I know that they have their self imposed 3 week schedule for new ideas, but they don't get that forcing bad ideas upon players is worse than no ideas.

One of the more frustrating things that has been happening more and more often is their breaking something and then fixing it just to claim that they are listening. The mount/teleport thing is a perfect example.

Hopefully one day they'll learn that happy customers spend more than unhappy customers.

 

Oh, hi my little friend you back again Its a fact that Haruki makes an excellent job.

 

3 weeks ago you were thinking the opposite

 

big upgrade pakage with 81 percent discont same package waz in december but it waz almoust three times cheaper so i want ask *** is going on ?

 

Must have missed it due to that "Announcement" was followed up by another one within 1 hour time....

Now tell us it had nothing to do with amount of purchases pfffff.... but not in the email before hand encouraging us to spend first.... If I knew this was the case, I would have purchased 8k ander x 100 rather than in big chunks...

 

You hit the nail on the head BigPapa, this is exactly what has been going on.... It is a one way street for Bigpoint, and they don't realize exactly what Rhysingstar said, that happy customers spend more than unhappy ones.

 

Haruki,

I have heard some... let's call it rumors, about some players abusing a bug, which allowed them to open the 1500 coins chest unlimited number of times during previous event. Any statement on the matter? Ppl are sharing screens of characters with 5 maximum cooldown gems (5x 4.5% less cooldown in amulet +), as well as other jokers, max 5x speed and 5x armor.

That would be crazy if those would not be banned.

 

Wow! That's insane!
Yes, please, I want to know about that too. I have not heard it or saw it, but I believe Sebastian_fl

 

...part of the agile methodology, which you are quoting and that definitively is part of bigpoint developments (take a look at their job offers... ) INCLUDES story scoring _AND_ voting.
Once upon a time in this same thread I suggested CM to put online their official issue tracking platform, that should contain bugs, changes, suggestions, release roadmaps...all rankable and with voting options by subscribed users (us), with official feedback from them. Using a forum for this is so inefficient that either a) is intentional or b) is so...noob.

Will never see anything so transparent, though. I'm pretty sure of it.
Gogorok

 

that is true, i think u should check that, cause it will not be fair, a lot of people spent real cash to buy andermants and then they hope to get that stones, but this bug users get it free for a few days, i hope u will check this and punish them