Hakera
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Posted - 2006.09.07 19:07:00 -
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Hmm interesting topic the past is.
I think the lyrics from wear sunscreen are appropiate;
 Quote:
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do youÆll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
or to change it to eve lyrics
Quote:
Accept certain inalienable truths, patches will come, devs will
philander, you too will get bored, and when you do youÆll fantasize
that when you were noob patches were reasonable, devs were
noble and noobs respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Anyway, imo, the only things that have changed is that we are now a smaller number of voices trying to shout above a louder and noiser din. Not because there is louder shouting, but because there is more people doing so. In the past, say 2003, I would guess there was less than 1000 forum users, of which say 500 were active and present consistantly. It was much easier to get heard and much slower paced, new threads did not come as fast as they do now, it was easier to get opinions heard and devs had a much easier time tracking topics.
Now ofc, you have only to look at the ships & modules forum to see the first two pages pre-occupied with a whole raft of silly suggestions and questions, nevermind general discussion where everyone now seems obliged to post about anything, no matter how insignificant, under the false belief they have a greater chance of being heard here than they would in the appropiate forum eg features & ideas forum.
Eve is better imo than it was back then as a game, albeit we are stuck with game mechanics and features that cannot be really changed because they have always been that way, no matter how imbalanced, the sympton of creating everything from concept rather than experience, wheras I am sure Eve 2 will be much better and balanced from the beginning having built the foundations and been tested thouraghly here.
As for your opinions on pathc notes, general information, as a hoover of information in my past life at Eve-I when rss feeds didnt exist. I think its more or less the same still, patch notes have always missed some information and devs ideas have always posted where they felt neccessary. I support the fact devs dont need to respond to every post just to say they have read it as it opens you to be obliged to provide comments on it.
Hak
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