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[Appogee]

I believe there's usually a Tuesday morning patch?

10am PDT came and went. The special on 3 days of Premium Time has ended. I see no patch nor any patch notes.

Am I mistaken in believing a patch was due today...?

[Asakara]

IIRC they patch every 2 weeks. Last week we had a patch on the 18th. I think the next patch will be July 2nd.

[mike29tw]

Asakara, on 25 June 2013 - 10:30 AM, said:

IIRC they patch every 2 weeks. Last week we had a patch on the 18th. I think the next patch will be July 2nd.

To be clear they patch twice a month, not every two weeks.

[stjobe]

https://twitter.com/...584295339364352

That's how they communicate.

No matter that the June Creative Director's Update said that Sarah's Jenner would be here on the 25th. Today.

[Soy]

Who the **** posts news on twitter instead of their own website.

****, I really hate Net 2.0 with every fiber of my being.

[zhajin]

the push (bad date?) on Sarah's mech, is not that surprising. however the fact that the website is still listing the sale, that was removed from game, and they choose to communicate over twitter rather than through their own site/forums is very bad form.


on second though, given this is PGI, i guess we are just lucky it did not come from facebook or reddit....

Edited by zhajin, 25 June 2013 - 10:37 AM.

[AnnoyingCat]

long, ling time ago, they patched every week

[Appogee]

Ah, that's right, I had in mind that Sarah's Jenner was due today

And I guess I'm just in the habit of 'one sale or tournament ends, some new thing happens'.

Sad panda.

[Lostdragon]

stjobe, on 25 June 2013 - 10:33 AM, said:

https://twitter.com/...584295339364352

That's how they communicate.

No matter that the June Creative Director's Update said that Sarah's Jenner would be here on the 25th. Today.

Bet they won't bother to explain that either.

[Appogee]

It's disturbing that they don't post news here first.

(I just tweeted that back to thegarth.)

Edited by Appogee, 25 June 2013 - 10:54 AM.

[stjobe]

Appogee, on 25 June 2013 - 10:44 AM, said:

It's disturbing that they don't post new here first.

Or at all...

[Nunspa]

you know,

this feels like a complete lack of respect from their part..

[Bagheera]

Soy, on 25 June 2013 - 10:35 AM, said:

Who the **** posts news on twitter instead of their own website.

****, I really hate Net 2.0 with every fiber of my being.

I know you're not that new here!

Been that way for months now.

[Soy]

Yeah but I took a 2 1/2 month break, so I'm kinda lagging behind in the mud in the apathy derpartment.

[New Breed]

stjobe, on 25 June 2013 - 10:33 AM, said:

https://twitter.com/...584295339364352

That's how they communicate.

No matter that the June Creative Director's Update said that Sarah's Jenner would be here on the 25th. Today.

Seems legit..

can't even put in a re coloured raven in on time.

Community warfare/clans/12vs12/dx11 Summer 2025.

[Felicitatem Parco]

Bagheera, on 25 June 2013 - 10:47 AM, said:

I know you're not that new here!

Been that way for months now.

Yup, many months ago they set the "2 patches a month" format because it takes hours to make each patch and then test it, so they can save significant time and reduce the risks of patch-errors be doing them once every two weeks instead of every week. Every time you patch, you open the client up and risk injecting a mistake, so patching half-as-often will mean a total reduction in failed patches, and the increased time given to each patch reduces the chances of each individual patch being corrupt.

(here come the replies about bugs... brace yourselves)

[AlmightyAeng]

As a software developer, they don't seem to CARE about how development progresses in relation to an involved community.

1) If you have a tendency to miss deadlines, push things back and run into roadblocks, players TEND to forgive and understand if you explain WHY to them, and communicate changes and issues with them regularly.
2) If you MAKE your deadlines, and produce things quickly and with good quality, most players DON'T CARE about good communication and constant updates.
3) If you fulfill your development promises, meet deadlines AND blow communication out of the water, players often think you are GODLY and fall in love with your development studio, talking to all their friends about how awesome you are.
4) If you can't meet your deadlines, push things back, go back on promises you've made AND communicate either not at all, very little, without directly responding or via a little-used, alternate method, players will HATE YOU.

I wonder which scenario PGI would actually like to see? So far...feels like they don't really care, and option 4 is totally okay with them as long as new players they haven't managed to disappoint keep showing up, spend a bit, and move on.

[AlmightyAeng]

Prosperity Park, on 25 June 2013 - 10:52 AM, said:

Yup, many months ago they set the "2 patches a month" format because it takes hours to make each patch and then test it, so they can save significant time and reduce the risks of patch-errors be doing them once every two weeks instead of every week. Every time you patch, you open the client up and risk injecting a mistake, so patching half-as-often will mean a total reduction in failed patches, and the increased time given to each patch reduces the chances of each individual patch being corrupt.

(here come the replies about bugs... brace yourselves)

Park, I think you misread.

They were saying that the use of Twitter and social media INSTEAD of the Forums has been commonplace for announcing important things, or changes, or failures to meet deadlines. THAT is what they were referring to.

Saying that they've been on a 'two-patch-a-month' schedule is also useless, because in the June Creative Director post they specifically talked about having an EXTRA patch today JUST for Sarah's 'Mech.

I understand that things get pushed back, but don't try and argue that there was no plan for another patch in the first place.

Pics. So it DID happen.

[JokerVictor]

Soy, on 25 June 2013 - 10:35 AM, said:

Who the **** posts news on twitter instead of their own website.

****, I really hate Net 2.0 with every fiber of my being.

They stopped posting here because we're a bunch of snarky terrorists, dontcha know?