jp1 said: I’m talking practicality here, not what’s right or wrong. If people want to prevent this type of communication in the future then negative backlash is a sure fire way to accomplish that. Sure you can scream about the breadcrumbs not being a sandwich, do you think you will get the sandwich or they will quit throwing the crumbs? Hedge your bets wisely.I am as frustrated as anyone about lack of communication. The fact is it’s entirely in their hands how to respond, it’s easier to spin a meeting in your favor with “look at how they respond when we give them something” than it is to say “I abandoned the thread for two weeks and people got upset”. Which seems more likely? Anyway, it’s not a hill I’m ready to die on. Folks will do what they will do.
Bowgentle said: jp1 said: Sure, I understand being frustrated. I agree an update is warranted, but it is possible that during development there were some unforeseen challenges, something came up in QA, final approval is sitting on someone’s desk who is out for vacation, etc... They might not have an answer is my point. I’m just saying if they get backlash when they listen to ya and offer some communication history seems to indicate they will just stop altogether, not pop in and offer additional info as requested.Also, to be fair they have already indicated the timeline was not specific. I’m not trying to invalidate anyone’s feelings of frustration here, I have them too...I just think we need to temper our expectations a little. They never have gotten backlash when they were talking.Never.The backlash always starts happening when they STOP communicating.
jp1 said: Sure, I understand being frustrated. I agree an update is warranted, but it is possible that during development there were some unforeseen challenges, something came up in QA, final approval is sitting on someone’s desk who is out for vacation, etc... They might not have an answer is my point. I’m just saying if they get backlash when they listen to ya and offer some communication history seems to indicate they will just stop altogether, not pop in and offer additional info as requested.Also, to be fair they have already indicated the timeline was not specific. I’m not trying to invalidate anyone’s feelings of frustration here, I have them too...I just think we need to temper our expectations a little.
tiomono said: Bowgentle said: jp1 said: Sure, I understand being frustrated. I agree an update is warranted, but it is possible that during development there were some unforeseen challenges, something came up in QA, final approval is sitting on someone’s desk who is out for vacation, etc... They might not have an answer is my point. I’m just saying if they get backlash when they listen to ya and offer some communication history seems to indicate they will just stop altogether, not pop in and offer additional info as requested.Also, to be fair they have already indicated the timeline was not specific. I’m not trying to invalidate anyone’s feelings of frustration here, I have them too...I just think we need to temper our expectations a little. They never have gotten backlash when they were talking.Never.The backlash always starts happening when they STOP communicating. "Your supposed to lose" was communication.Never say never.Side note on grilled cheese, YouTube Elmer fudd grilled cheese.
Godzillafan67 said: tiomono said: Bowgentle said: jp1 said: Sure, I understand being frustrated. I agree an update is warranted, but it is possible that during development there were some unforeseen challenges, something came up in QA, final approval is sitting on someone’s desk who is out for vacation, etc... They might not have an answer is my point. I’m just saying if they get backlash when they listen to ya and offer some communication history seems to indicate they will just stop altogether, not pop in and offer additional info as requested.Also, to be fair they have already indicated the timeline was not specific. I’m not trying to invalidate anyone’s feelings of frustration here, I have them too...I just think we need to temper our expectations a little. They never have gotten backlash when they were talking.Never.The backlash always starts happening when they STOP communicating. "Your supposed to lose" was communication.Never say never.Side note on grilled cheese, YouTube Elmer fudd grilled cheese. If they had communicated "you're supposed to lose" prior to everyone losing, then the forums might have had a bit less vitriol when the bloodbath commenced.
IIAlonditeII said: Godzillafan67 said: tiomono said: Bowgentle said: jp1 said: Sure, I understand being frustrated. I agree an update is warranted, but it is possible that during development there were some unforeseen challenges, something came up in QA, final approval is sitting on someone’s desk who is out for vacation, etc... They might not have an answer is my point. I’m just saying if they get backlash when they listen to ya and offer some communication history seems to indicate they will just stop altogether, not pop in and offer additional info as requested.Also, to be fair they have already indicated the timeline was not specific. I’m not trying to invalidate anyone’s feelings of frustration here, I have them too...I just think we need to temper our expectations a little. They never have gotten backlash when they were talking.Never.The backlash always starts happening when they STOP communicating. "Your supposed to lose" was communication.Never say never.Side note on grilled cheese, YouTube Elmer fudd grilled cheese. If they had communicated "you're supposed to lose" prior to everyone losing, then the forums might have had a bit less vitriol when the bloodbath commenced. What is "supposed to lose" in reference to?
The very first time the MPQ player base encountered Galactus, we lost. We lost hard. If they had told us ahead of time what to expect, then our expectations would have been tempered appropriately (or closer to appropriate levels). This advance announcement of an upcoming announcement with no further follow up feels familiar.
https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/33616/on-galactus-run-1-game-feel-vs-ultron/p1
3rd Paragraph from IceIX:
Galactus is different. The "minion" fights against the villains are relatively simple. They're there as minor hazards but relatively easily winnable. Galactus on the other hand is a massive threat. He's not going to be stopped by gnats. Iron Fist punching him in the toe isn't very painful. So he gets bored and swats them away. In game terms, this means that players are going to be beaten. Winning a round against Galactus is an achievement. You're supposed to lose. Every time you do, you're still chipping away at his life. It's an exercise in damage in aggregate. Over the 3.5 days, hitting him over and over to finally bring down the big bad is somewhat slow, but certainly effective.
shardwick said: Ice literally said on the first page of this thread that we would know more about how the feature worked in a couple weeks. It's been a couple weeks now. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that they would be providing more details this week.
IceIX said: chrisH said: Can you give some details on what counts as progress towards your target hero cover? Opening tokens, placement in events ect? Those kind of details will be coming out in the next couple weeks, yes.
chrisH said: Can you give some details on what counts as progress towards your target hero cover? Opening tokens, placement in events ect?
ThaRoadWarrior said: When I want to make a distinction between 2, and more than that, but less than a lot, i'll use the word "few" myself.
tiomono said: Few does not mean 2. It means more than one and less than a lot. Stop putting specific expectations on things when we were not given specific timing for more information.If you had a wait of 52 weeks and had like 6 weeks left it could be appropriate to describe the wait as a few weeks when looking at the total time.
IIAlonditeII said: tiomono said: Few does not mean 2. It means more than one and less than a lot. Stop putting specific expectations on things when we were not given specific timing for more information.If you had a wait of 52 weeks and had like 6 weeks left it could be appropriate to describe the wait as a few weeks when looking at the total time. He also said couple, which means "2".