Holiday Office Closures

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  • Alfje17
    Alfje17 GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 4,324 Chairperson of the Boards

    @entrailbucket said:

    The devs turned me into a newt!

    A newt?

  • ThisisClemFandango
    ThisisClemFandango Posts: 1,261 Chairperson of the Boards

    Now , if she....weighs the same as a duck.......she's.. made of wood?

  • KGB
    KGB Posts: 4,008 Chairperson of the Boards

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Alfje17 said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    The devs turned me into a newt!

    A newt?

    I got better.

    I got a rock.

    KGB

  • Phumade
    Phumade Posts: 2,665 Chairperson of the Boards

    @entrailbucket said:
    I do wish we could get some examples of other free to play phone games that are "respectful" of their players. Like, does Candy Crush treat its veteran players with respect? Genshin Impact? Fortnite?

    It's hard to know what respect means in this context and how it's expressed by game developers.

    FTP epic games are actually very well managed. I've only played fortnite and Rocket League. but I can say there battlepass is more or less free after you purchase the first season. (i.e. the IAP from the pass is more than enough to buy the next season.)

    They do a good job of rotating weapons and map layouts. The collabs in Fortnite are exceptional. I.e. usually a custom map with different weekly objectives. Its much more comprehensive than just Chibifying chars.

    Even if you arent a high level / Comp level skill in shooters, its a good/friendly experience to explore all the new maps each season.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 8,027 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Phumade said:

    @entrailbucket said:
    I do wish we could get some examples of other free to play phone games that are "respectful" of their players. Like, does Candy Crush treat its veteran players with respect? Genshin Impact? Fortnite?

    It's hard to know what respect means in this context and how it's expressed by game developers.

    FTP epic games are actually very well managed. I've only played fortnite and Rocket League. but I can say there battlepass is more or less free after you purchase the first season. (i.e. the IAP from the pass is more than enough to buy the next season.)

    They do a good job of rotating weapons and map layouts. The collabs in Fortnite are exceptional. I.e. usually a custom map with different weekly objectives. Its much more comprehensive than just Chibifying chars.

    Even if you arent a high level / Comp level skill in shooters, its a good/friendly experience to explore all the new maps each season.

    I guess I don't get how that translates to respect, or what it means for a developer to "respect" players.

    It's also worth noting that Epic has billions of dollars in revenue (so somebody is paying them for stuff!) and thousands of employees. I'm not sure if MPQ has ever had more than 5 or so full time employees on it.

  • StillMonsoon3
    StillMonsoon3 Posts: 114 Tile Toppler

    @ThisisClemFandango said:
    Now , if she....weighs the same as a duck.......she's.. made of wood?

    Who are you who is so wise in the ways of Science?

  • Tpsimoes
    Tpsimoes Posts: 103 Tile Toppler

    It's Monday and by now we should already have the visibility for the PVE... and still nothing :o

  • Alfje17
    Alfje17 GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 4,324 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Tpsimoes said:
    It's Monday and by now we should already have the visibility for the PVE... and still nothing :o

    They're based in the US, so I wouldn't expect anybody to be in the office for a few more hours.

  • Chrynos1989
    Chrynos1989 Posts: 620 Critical Contributor

    I would assume we get a boss from Thursday on and are back to normal pve next Monday, following the 1 week postpone post on Discord and the fact they have to get into things first
    God knows what BCS left behind, maybe glued locks and a dead fish in the AC…

  • Tpsimoes
    Tpsimoes Posts: 103 Tile Toppler

    @Alfje17 said:

    @Tpsimoes said:
    It's Monday and by now we should already have the visibility for the PVE... and still nothing :o

    They're based in the US, so I wouldn't expect anybody to be in the office for a few more hours.

    Yeap you are right!
    I though that they would leave it (PVE) scheduled for deploy... 😅

    But it's nice... this disconnection it makes us all think 🤔 a bit more in the gaming and time that we put into it.

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 6,826 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 5 January 2026, 14:21

    The publisher is 505go, located in California.

    The new developer is Infinity Plus 2, located in St Kilda Australia near Melbourne. Their first workday of 2026 ended about 6 hours before slice 1 was supposed to start assuming they end at 5 pm.

    Hence they had a full day of work and didn’t get a new pve up.

    Who knows if their second day will be more successful but maybe we will see one before sub 1 ends, around slice 4 start time.

    Odds are 50/50 no PvE starts until Thursday. Who knows?

  • LavaManLee
    LavaManLee Posts: 1,876 Chairperson of the Boards

    OK, so why no DDQ? That has been on autopilot. It could have been set up. They have gone on vacations before over PVE changeover and with DDQ.

  • BewareThyself
    BewareThyself Posts: 5 Just Dropped In
    edited 5 January 2026, 14:54

    Wow! It seems I hit a nerve with you. But good points all and thanks for pointing them out and covering down on the devs. Are you getting some sort of kick backs for this? Not being a smart ****, genuinely asking. However, my opinions are valid, as are yours, and I’ve seen nothing but a watering down of the game. The whole “they’re just punching a clock” doesn’t wash with me. I mean what could be easier than running a longstanding game with a loyal fan base and how can you F that up. Of course they deserve a vacation but this is the computer age and things can be preprogrammed as to not alienate your players. You expect me to believe they’re putting in endless hours on this. The evidence shows otherwise. But as someone pointed out, and very astutely, I’m just a username to them and of course shouldn’t expect these Gods to waste time with a single customer. I mean, what would ensue? quality, a seamless experience, perhaps changing some of the challenges so we all aren’t grinding the same nonsense every day? What chaos would come from that? And how dare I voice an opinion and speak my mind! But in the end, I concede your point, they don’t care and are only interested in money, not players or quality of experience. I think that’s obvious and it didn’t use to be like this. But continue praying at the Altar of the Dev, maybe they’ll give you a pat on the head.

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 6,826 Chairperson of the Boards

    @LavaManLee said:
    OK, so why no DDQ? That has been on autopilot. It could have been set up. They have gone on vacations before over PVE changeover and with DDQ.

    If you’re asking if what they did is acceptable….no. But the ddq event is probably set up for an entire cycle of 161 or so crashes all at once, with new 4 star characters being inserted as needed into the "run crashes in alphabetical order by sub name" order. The 3s are just the same until/unless a new one is added. IDK if they change up the Behemoth Burrito very often if at all with new 4s.

    So they probably set that up a while ago and it could run for like 3 years - besides not adding in new 4s- as is.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 8,027 Chairperson of the Boards

    I see a DDQ for today. Did it just show up now or is it a platform-dependent thing again?

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 12,157 Chairperson of the Boards

    DDQ is there for me.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 8,027 Chairperson of the Boards

    @BriMan2222 said:

    @BewareThyself said:
    Wow! It seems I hit a nerve with you. But good points all and thanks for pointing them out and covering down on the devs. Are you getting some sort of kick backs for this? Not being a smart ****, genuinely asking. However, my opinions are valid, as are yours, and I’ve seen nothing but a watering down of the game. The whole “they’re just punching a clock” doesn’t wash with me. I mean what could be easier than running a longstanding game with a loyal fan base and how can you F that up. Of course they deserve a vacation but this is the computer age and things can be preprogrammed as to not alienate your players. You expect me to believe they’re putting in endless hours on this. The evidence shows otherwise. But as someone pointed out, and very astutely, I’m just a username to them and of course shouldn’t expect these Gods to waste time with a single customer. I mean, what would ensue? quality, a seamless experience, perhaps changing some of the challenges so we all aren’t grinding the same nonsense every day? What chaos would come from that? And how dare I voice an opinion and speak my mind! But in the end, I concede your point, they don’t care and are only interested in money, not players or quality of experience. I think that’s obvious and it didn’t use to be like this. But continue praying at the Altar of the Dev, maybe they’ll give you a pat on the head.

    Not trying to be a smart*** myself, but some breaks between paragraphs would make this much more readable.

    I'm confused. Is "needs paragraph breaks" a valid opinion? It says here that all opinions are valid, but your opinion seems to be invalidating the other guy's opinion that paragraph breaks aren't necessary.

    ...oh no, I think I just expressed an opinion about this! Is my opinion valid? This is all really difficult to figure out.

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