The Missing Quarter...

MajinDragon · #1 11-19-2009, 11:40 PM

Where is it? Q3 was in July which means that Q4 is over a month late and coming ever closer to Q1 2010. I don't wanna bust Dev balls here but I'm just curious what, if anything, is planned for this quarter.

With any scheduled (perhaps not official dates but quarterly dictates a 3month regime) they really ought to be some communication if there are any delay problems or the offering of a teaser/preview. We've all seen teasers used very well on other games.

seanthien · #2 11-19-2009, 11:50 PM

I think communication is a good idea. We mostly assume nothing is happening when we don't here from any staff member, causing the staff members that are working to become displeased while we're also angry for not being fill in on anything.

When Tig occasionally puts forth his plans/ideas/thoughts, I'm really "satisfied" that he is doing so. I rarely see communication, and I think it's a good thing.

Crimson2005 · #3 11-20-2009, 08:03 PM

Communication is a good idea, but they like to keep development on debug secret for some reason, probably just to make us think that things are actually going on when in truth there isn't. Atleast that's the impression I get. Prove me wrong with a good update please, changes like adding no-pk to a room won't suffice.

I mean an update in 2009, not 2010.

seanthien · #4 11-20-2009, 11:49 PM

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Communication is a good idea, but they like to keep development on debug secret for some reason, probably just to make us think that things are actually going on when in truth there isn't.

It works, atleast until you start to notice that no efficient updates happen.

scriptless · #5 12-05-2009, 07:13 AM

Who is to say the updates Tig has been doing, such as change in plat weight, change in diamond price and the many other things that Tig has worked on are not Q4 updates? Not saying they are but the "dev" team or Tig as I like to call it works hard for you guys. Appreciate the updates he does bring and don't worry about things that have not been done yet.

Felix_Xenophobe · #6 12-05-2009, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by scriptless

Who is to say the updates Tig has been doing, such as change in plat weight, change in diamond price and the many other things that Tig has worked on are not Q4 updates? Not saying they are but the "dev" team or Tig as I like to call it works hard for you guys. Appreciate the updates he does bring and don't worry about things that have not been done yet.

random guy #523 comes in telling us how "O THEY ARE RELEASING LOTS OF NEW STUFF BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU GET"

scriptless · #7 12-06-2009, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Felix_Xenophobe

random guy #523 comes in telling us how "O THEY ARE RELEASING LOTS OF NEW STUFF BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU GET"

Nope my ID on the forums is 6059, but thanks for asking

But would you guys rather updates all at once and call it "quarterly" or would you rather faster updates but in smaller releases? Lets take alook at what was recently "released".

diamonds now ~250 plat to shops
platinum coins now have a "reasonable" weight
updates graphics for various items
part of the mudlib changed to support additional updates
bomboria trade now becomes no-pk

This is just to name a few

Maybe they should have been waited and released as an "official" quarterly update but this list is just as big as any other quarter update.

However, "update" simply means change and does not specify to change for the good or worse. So like it or not, you guys GOT your updates be happy that there's more to come with a quarterly update (unless this is it, then please label them as so).

CABAL49 · #8 12-06-2009, 08:06 AM

I agree with the new kid. Tig works hard, he is hardly some lazy bum. But there is only so much he can do really.

pig132 · #9 12-06-2009, 08:48 AM

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[*]bomboria now becomes no-pk

am i missing something or is that really stupid?

why on earth have an outside (of all places) level, but just one area where it is a nopk zone? thats down right retarded

scriptless · #10 12-06-2009, 11:09 AM

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am i missing something or is that really stupid?

why on earth have an outside (of all places) level, but just one area where it is a nopk zone? thats down right retarded

Sorry, I ment Bomboria Trade Center!! :x I refer to the Trade Center as just Bomboria sometimes, most of the people on the server will end up there anyways if you tell them to go to Bomboria.

MajinDragon · #11 12-06-2009, 01:32 PM

Ugh, no1 said Tig doesn't work hard enough

Just asking where the quarter is. These little updates recently may well have been Q4 but there hasn't been any confirmation of that. And confirmation is needed for scheduled updates or else the expectation leads to confusion. Like so...

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Sorry, I ment Bomboria Trade Center!! :x I refer to the Trade Center as just Bomboria sometimes, most of the people on the server will end up there anyways if you tell them to go to Bomboria.

We need a pub in Middleton, that town is way cooler than Bomboria.

Gothika · #12 12-06-2009, 02:35 PM

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We need a pub in Middleton, that town is way cooler than Bomboria.

Thats upto the Dustari Developers.

CharlieM · #13 12-06-2009, 04:46 PM

If I remember Q1 was released in October of last year was it not? So then something got messed up, and theres no point going by the 3 month quarters anymore. I'm just trying to remember though, and generally speaking 1st Quarter info isnt all out until mid december, They are actually in the first quarter right now and have been since october

cyan3 · #14 12-06-2009, 05:18 PM

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If I remember Q1 was released in October of last year was it not?

Q1 was on the 19th of December 2008.

CharlieM · #15 12-06-2009, 05:20 PM

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Q1 was on the 19th of December 2008.

k, there still off