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Brooks Puuntai
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.10.07 13:40:00 -
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Flamespar wrote:Mara Tessidar wrote:
Apocrypha had a large amount of new content and was incredibly fun and to this point remains the best expansion in the game during the time that I have played.
I agree. And they managed to do it with a much smaller team than they have now. Which is why I get confused when people try and defend these micro expansions that we are getting nowadays as being great.
The first part isn't true. From my understanding they had a FAR larger team working on Apocrypha than any other expansion, they even pulled everyone from DUST and WOD teams to work on it. Also remember this was prior to the 20% layoff as well. Even with stating all that Apocrypha was one of the best expansions for Eve to date, and its a shame they switched to this staggered release crap.
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Brooks Puuntai
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
847
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Posted - 2012.10.07 13:57:00 -
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Rengerel en Distel wrote:Perhaps when you're paying 49.99 for the expansion, you can complain more about how meager it is.
This is a poor argument, since sub wise Eve is usually a higher rate than most sub based MMOs, so you do pay more for the expansions just over a longer time frame. Also this would imply that CCP actually makes expansions worth 49.99.
Benny Ohu wrote:Brooks Puuntai wrote:and its a shame they switched to this staggered release crap. I read somewhere that Retribution will not be staggered like Crucible and Inferno?
I don't know personally. I know that they claimed it was the new SOP post Apocrypha and every expansion since has followed suit. So it's purely based off of assumption. |
Brooks Puuntai
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
848
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Posted - 2012.10.08 00:07:00 -
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Tippia wrote:*cough*Quantum Rise*cough*
Was gonna mention Quantum Rise as smallest post Trinity as well. It was mostly backend, UI, and fluff. |
Brooks Puuntai
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
848
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Posted - 2012.10.08 15:10:00 -
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Malcanis wrote:It is an expansion, just a small one, like almost all EVE expansions. But what do you expect on a 6-monthly expansion cycle? Would you rather wait for 2 or 3 years for new stuff so that you can :awesome: over a 4-page changelog? What would the point of that be?
I wouldn't mind a 1yr development cycle.
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Brooks Puuntai
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
848
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Posted - 2012.10.08 15:34:00 -
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Ranger 1 wrote:Brooks Puuntai wrote:Malcanis wrote:It is an expansion, just a small one, like almost all EVE expansions. But what do you expect on a 6-monthly expansion cycle? Would you rather wait for 2 or 3 years for new stuff so that you can :awesome: over a 4-page changelog? What would the point of that be?
I wouldn't mind a 1yr development cycle. I could as well, but people tend to start getting bored after a few months... and bugs get addressed much quicker this way.
With a 1yr development cycle bugs could be addressed quicker, not only because things are in development longer so they can be easier to find and fix prior to release, but also because they don't release an expansion then rush into the next one. However your first point is correct.
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