SOE suffers from a lack of communication

Discussion in 'PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion' started by OmegaPREDATOR, May 7, 2013.

  1. OmegaPREDATOR

    I know Lupperza have work somewhere else atm (have a nice trip and good luck) but why there is no more information about "small" hotfix/modifications you make last weeks ? And it's true also for past time, no information except for GU and even for that some change are not say nowhere.

    An example is the vehicule fall damage who return, but are not explain nowhere.
    (for people who don't know, before GU08 when you fall from hill and touch the ground with your "wheel's", you add no damage, now you take lot's of damage).

    Is that so complexe to give hotfix/modification informations every time ?
  2. Smalltown

    Gee, you think?

    It's like SOE hasn't even been called out for its terrible communications before. Hell no one remembers Star Wars Galaxies and the sheer decapitation/cash scam that came with the NGE. No sir, no one at all!
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  3. VampireCrono

    not sure if troll...
  4. OmegaPREDATOR

    No I don't troll. I just want SOE be more serious (ok, I dream) about communication.
  5. ent|ty

    Developers use Silence because it works and makes bad things go away so people forget more quickly.

    And it works.
  6. Tobax


    Lack of communication or a case that you don't know best place to look? the PS2 forums are far from the best place to get info and your better off reading Higby's tweets for everything other than the GU updates.
  7. SpcFarlen

    Last "hotfix" was to the Planetside.exe file. Any changes made would probably go over the heads of every player because it may have been to just streamline code, unless it was a crash fix. Even then "Patchnotes - Crash fix for .exe". Small things like that really dont merrit a new posting, not to mention the launcher itself checks files when it starts up so if Planetside.exe was corrupted (say by the patch) it would detect that and replace it.

    Not every time a file is downloaded means its been patched to a new version either, the game does self repair itself if it sees a file missing and can further look at corrupted files by doing a validation. This is not unknown for MMOs who role out patches fairly frequently. File corruption can happen through patching, its why many have a validation utility and why services like Steam also do the same for their customers. It ensures the user has the best possible experience by making sure the files are not corrupted and running as intended.


    No more ninja patch conspiracies please, we dont need the :eek: to breed.
  8. Bloodmyth

    I guess you guys haven't played as many games as myself (or maybe you're just not as old as I lol) Poor communication is common practice in the gaming industry, but I have to be honest and say that I certainly don't find SoE among the worst.
  9. Halcyon

    Still waiting on information for reimbursements for common pool items from duplicate SC purchases.
    1+ months and counting with no word.
  10. Jaloro

    Actually Higby commented on this very thing only a few days ago. You just weren't paying attention.

    As for the OP, got to be a troll. I cannot think of a more communicative development team.
  11. Riftmaker

    It used to be way worse than it is now. Yes,it still is bad if you think about the small hotfixes/updates but the devs are more active on the forums than they used to be.
  12. Wasdie

    Silence is a very powerful tool. Often patch notes have tiny fixes that aren't even worth mentioning. Sometimes back-end security updates, technical issues, UI issues, or many other little things. They don't need to tell us everything.

    Even moreso I prefer them not actually giving out straight numbers as it's very rare where the numbers tell the whole story. The forums just get stunk up withe people crying about buffs/nerfs without even playing them. I hate that.
  13. iller

    Reddit is the Official Forum.

    (hence why I don't use it ... I don't like Devs getting all defensive vs. my well-stated cases with their usual Spin)
  14. Halcyon

    Well I just went through all of Higby's tweets on the twitter feed, and all the SOE tracker posts.
    Didn't see one thing.

    So maybe you can enlighten all of us with whatever Higby said and provide a link?