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You grossly underestimate how long it takes to produce content.
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I don't know how good the devs are, so I am not sure how long it should take them.
Babord seems like a nice new area, but right now the main priorities should be, "Are the players enjoying the game?"
I am not, and was wondering what everyone else's take on the matter is.
Judging by the poll answers, people aren't seeing improvements. By improvements they don't mean, new hats, and furniture. They mean improvements to the system.
Anytime someone suggests something, it's always "yes, but this might cause lag", while the devs say that it won't, but never do it, or say it's pointless. Is it really? Where is graal's replay value? It's currently at 0, unless you call getting gralats for more hats, replay-ability.
Not talking about new graphics either, so Babord can be on hold for now. I mean, do we really need another area that will cause another week/month of server lag, die out after a few weeks, and then everyone goes back to graal city, which is the main theory of "what causes the lag?"
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So, first of all, I think you have gotta internalize the fact that this is volunteer work. They have careers of there own that they have to progress in, activities they enjoy that aren't graal related. For how many people work on graal that I know of, I'm surprised at how much they are able to do. For example, a couple days ago Dusty was able to add a easy way to stop the hats from rotating, hours after I posted the thread about it.
Plus you think about all the bugs they have to fix, tile errors that need fixing, and hats that have to be made, it is a constant. So I think you have to appreciate that for what it is.
That doesn't mean I have low expectations of them, I scrutinize their work and if I think it's bad I let my thoughts be heard. But it's like art in a way, you shouldn't really whine about it, you should give constructive criticism.
Sorry about the rant/whiteknight, but tired of seeing the Dev's get flack for the pace at which they produce content.
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Who said I don't appreciate what the devs do, the scripters, not the graphics team. The graphics team is fine right now, and I'm glad they finally have a solid team, for now.
I am talking about improvements, not some new hat/furniture. I like the new nexus, but it's not a game changer. Anyone saying things like this is pretty much yanking at this point.
If the script team isn't getting paid, then they should. I believe they do, even if they say that they don't. It can go from volunteer to a full-time job, and maybe then they will improve the game in ways that people keep asking for.