Escef, on 04 July 2021 - 05:06 PM, said:
Most folks like to think that of themselves. Me? I try to be fair, but I honestly have, at best, a very hazy idea if I am at all successful at it. A lot of folks think they are fair, but are little more than callous jerks. Some folks make a genuine effort, but fail all the same (props for at least trying, though). Most of us, I think, are inconsistent in both effort and results. A few are consistent in effort and results, but they are rare to the point that I don't think I've ever actually met one of them.
As for PGI, I don't think they are particularly bad, as gaming companies go. Yes, Russ has a bad habit of over-promising and under-delivering. I think that's because he's got just a little too much enthusiasm and salesmanship to be the company's public face. Strikes me as the guy you want being the pitchman when you are looking for funding, but after that keep him away from public speaking unless you have a script and a short leash on him. (I think Russ has learned a bit of this over the years, which explains the various efforts and personalities involved in community management over the past few years.)
seeing as i bought both the new varient packs alread, i like to think that i have put my money where my mouth is. there are those who haven't dropped a dime on the game(s) pgi has delivered and still complain, and then pat themselves on the back for being "fair". im not one of those. an untested virtue may as well not exist (not that i claim to have any).
i agree about russ, the ceo doing the marketing work seems to indicate an excess of micromanagement which i hope doesn't bleed into other areas within the company. if it does that would certainly explain a lot of the problems the game has had. taken steps like including the cauldron also seems to indicate that they have learned from that mistake and have made appropriate changes internally. though i really think they need to scale up their current level of content production before the population tanks again.
Edited by LordNothing, 04 July 2021 - 07:51 PM.