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Crates and weapons delay
Sensei:
Atm, WormNAT2 fix is much more needed than new W:A update, imho.
I think lot of occasional players left because Hosting Buddy was lagging crazy for a few weeks.
And most of the league players were using WormNAT2 module, but unfortunately, it still isn't fixed as I've heard yesterday.
It's not the main reason W:A isn't played like before, but it definitely had some role with ppl giving up.
skunk3:
--- Quote from: TheWalrus on October 09, 2017, 08:33 PM ---4.0 isnt done vince, dunno where you got that idea
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Judging by the posts in this thread, elsewhere, and also hearsay, I came to the assumption that 4.0 was already complete but for whatever reason, we'd have to make do with 3.8 being released until a couple more things were ironed out.
Read DC's post on page 3. Maybe he was referencing 3.8 specifically, but there's other posts going back YEARS that kinda hint to the fact that 4.0 is complete, unless I was entirely missing something. Anyhow, it's good to be corrected and know what is going on. Personally, I am more than fine with 3.8 rolling out and hoping/waiting for 4.0 to come later as it has been SO LONG since any sort of an update has been released for this game. @DeadCode - if instead of 4.0 you were referencing 3.8 in your post near the bottom of page 8, then the same question applies - if "almost everyone" agrees that it should have been released long ago (and therefore, presumably finished) then why hasn't it been released yet?
I also agree with Sensei in that WormNAT2 needs to be fixed for sure.
All I can say is that I hope that updates continue to come for years... no other game has ever drawn me in like W:A and if I had the know-how I'd work feverishly towards making this game as awesome as possible.
Deadcode:
--- Quote from: skunk3 on October 10, 2017, 12:17 AM ---Read DC's post on page 3
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--- Quote from: skunk3 on October 10, 2017, 12:17 AM ---if instead of 4.0 you were referencing 3.8 in your post near the bottom of page 8
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Could you please link to posts by URL instead of referencing them in this way? The forum software lets you set 5, 10, 15, 25, or 50 posts per page, and this is a per-user setting. With >=10 posts/page there isn't even a page 8. With 5 posts/page there's no post by me near the bottom of page 8. So I don't know what posts you were referring to...
--- Quote from: skunk3 on October 10, 2017, 12:17 AM ---if "almost everyone" agrees that it should have been released long ago (and therefore, presumably finished) then why hasn't it been released yet?
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I'm sorry, I can't be specific. Basically, I feel it would hurt the long-term future of the game to release it at this point, with certain features unfinished. But whether or not I manage to finish these things, you will be getting a release by the end of the year.
After releasing 3.8, I want to go back to a much more frequent release schedule, like it used to be before 3.6.28.0.
skunk3:
--- Quote from: Deadcode on October 10, 2017, 03:42 AM ---
--- Quote from: skunk3 on October 10, 2017, 12:17 AM ---Read DC's post on page 3
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--- Quote from: skunk3 on October 10, 2017, 12:17 AM ---if instead of 4.0 you were referencing 3.8 in your post near the bottom of page 8
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Could you please link to posts by URL instead of referencing them in this way? The forum software lets you set 5, 10, 15, 25, or 50 posts per page, and this is a per-user setting. With >=10 posts/page there isn't even a page 8. With 5 posts/page there's no post by me near the bottom of page 8. So I don't know what posts you were referring to...
--- Quote from: skunk3 on October 10, 2017, 12:17 AM ---if "almost everyone" agrees that it should have been released long ago (and therefore, presumably finished) then why hasn't it been released yet?
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I'm sorry, I can't be specific. Basically, I feel it would hurt the long-term future of the game to release it at this point, with certain features unfinished. But whether or not I manage to finish these things, you will be getting a release by the end of the year.
After releasing 3.8, I want to go back to a much more frequent release schedule, like it used to be before 3.6.28.0.
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My fault... it was CyberShadow who said something in this thread, and I misread/misinterpreted it to boot. I have, however, read things elsewhere that led me to believe that 4.0 was basically finished and for whatever mysterious reason, it wasn't being released. I couldn't even begin to remember where I read that though. At this point it could just be my imagination playing tricks on me because it's probably been years.
I definitely don't want anything to be released that is buggy or would otherwise hamper the gameplay we all enjoy. I am really psyched to see what this update entails, and hearing about a more regular update schedule afterwards is sweet too.
Last thing (for now) - and I am not trying to be an ass here - but what's with all the secrecy and hush-hush? This is a very niche game that is positively ancient by online multiplayer standards, and most of the people who frequent these forums are people who have played the game and been a part of the community for many years. I understand not wanting to NOT deliver on stated goals and/or promises, but aside from that I don't really get why everything shouldn't be completely transparent at this point. Hell, this game is rapidly approaching a 20-year anniversary! I just find it kinda irksome that there's a select few that seem to get all of this insider information while the rest of us just sit in the dark and hope for some morsel of information gets pitched our way.
Speaking of that, Team17 has had the absolute worst customer relations / community management / communication lately. This is unrelated, but they gave WMD players a 'roadmap' of planned (and sorely-needed) additions to the game back in January and as of today like 80% of the planned updates have yet to see the light of day, and on top of that, Team17 is basically refusing to speak about it whatsoever. Anyway... that's another topic entirely. I just wanted to complain.
KoreanRedDragon:
--- Quote from: skunk3 on October 10, 2017, 08:31 AM ---Speaking of that, Team17 has had the absolute worst customer relations / community management / communication lately. This is unrelated, but they gave WMD players a 'roadmap' of planned (and sorely-needed) additions to the game back in January and as of today like 80% of the planned updates have yet to see the light of day, and on top of that, Team17 is basically refusing to speak about it whatsoever. Anyway... that's another topic entirely. I just wanted to complain.
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That right there is a great reason not to overpromise and underdeliver, wouldn't you agree? It just leaves your reputation as a game dev/maintainer in a worse place each time a deadline passes, and harms the game itself as well, leaving its community less excited and interested than it was to begin with. Even so, I think Deadcode and CyberShadow are reasonably willing to discuss the general plans for WA's future with anyone who contacts them about it. They just don't want to talk about specific features, I imagine primarily because it would ruin the surprise on patch day, but also because while things are still being worked on and tested, they just can't know that they won't hit a roadblock that'll mean a specific feature might get delayed for an update or two.
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