> In a professional development environment code is written in such a way that it won't take long to bring a new developer up to speed. Seems someone needs reality check. "In theory, theory and practice are the same.
In practice, they are completly different."
I've done quite a bit of programming and picked up on projects (some game related) mid-development without issue. It only takes a few days to bring someone up to speed. Your code needs to be written professionally enough in which you could simply call functions that are well documented within either the source code or the technical document (usually both) anyway rather than hard code new encounters, spells, items, etc. into the game. I don't need a "reality check" I know this from professional experience. I highly doubt Nival are some amateur coders either.
If there was an issue with the music or sound it would be because Nival lost their old sound team and composers on the company switch. It would have little to do with the programmers, unless the issue with the sound/music is on the programming end. I'm not sure what the poster was refering to there anyway as I've had no issues with the sound or music.
I'm going to wait till 1.7 is implemented before getting a shovel. A huge amount of assumptions and speculation is going on and it’s just not supported by evidence. Its Monday they should have some a larger and more responsible answer soon, but to get your tin foil hats over a translated set of patch notes that haven’t been implemented in the US or EU and over how 2 patches didn’t add content or bug fix is still way over the top so far. Yes FOD looks like it’s a killer but is it going to be implemented? Not only that is the bag price for the same bag or is it the 50 slot one or something like that? Seriously everyone calm down and wait till we have more evidence and an actually functioning cash shop.
- They still have developers and they still have developers who know the "old source code" - The prices are not too high. 20 $ bags are parmanent. You have to buy one and have it all time! - The publisher and developers need ! a lucky community. They don't want to annoy you. Lucker comm = more money - FoD is crap and will be nerfed. Please calm down and DO NOT SPREAD THE UNTRUTH
Ok Joker, you obviously know more than the rest of us: FoD will be nerfed? Enlighten us with your sources. Would be more than happy to believe it.
- They still have developers and they still have developers who know the "old source code" - The prices are not too high. 20 $ bags are parmanent. You have to buy one and have it all time! - The publisher and developers need ! a lucky community. They don't want to annoy you. Lucker comm = more money - FoD is crap and will be nerfed. Please calm down and DO NOT SPREAD THE UNTRUTH
Ok MR. Create an account just to respond to this thread guy.
A pay to play MMO costs $15 a month. You can play as much or as little as you want. You get access to the entire game. You are on equal footing with everyone else.
In Allods, a SIX slot increase in your bag space costs 125% of one month of a pay to play game. We all understand that a free to play game will have a cash shop for MICRO transactions. If one, very important item, costs 125% of a monthly fee, how is that Micro?
Don't give me the crap about, "you can quest in game for the bag." I know the quest requirements. It will take you literarlly 40 hours of grinding to get the drops. A friend of mine killed hundreds of Hyenas and only had the fur drop 4 times in 4 hours. He needed 6 more furs in addition to the many other items needed to make the bag.
FoD you say? Yes you can use gold to remove it, but how can you remove the debuff in an instance or a raid? You get the debuff whether you're rezzed or not. It costs ~$14 for 20 perfumes. That means, you can't die more than 20 a times a month raiding or pvping, or else it will cost you MORE than a pay to play game.
If you think the current cash shop prices are reasonable, you are either very rich, or out of touch with reality.
If in fact the original developers left, it makes perfect sense for the prices to be that high so that the company can make as much money as possible before closing shop in a year.
This thread is very appropriately titled.... GET OUT (while the gettins good).
- They still have developers and they still have developers who know the "old source code" - The prices are not too high. 20 $ bags are parmanent. You have to buy one and have it all time! - The publisher and developers need ! a lucky community. They don't want to annoy you. Lucker comm = more money - FoD is crap and will be nerfed. Please calm down and DO NOT SPREAD THE UNTRUTH
Better do some research before you post about how other people look dumb, because it's only you who look that way right now.
FOD nerfed? As of the newest patch, it has been extended to 2 hours and now resurrection causes it. Here is your source:
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I've done quite a bit of programming and picked up on projects (some game related) mid-development without issue. It only takes a few days to bring someone up to speed. Your code needs to be written professionally enough in which you could simply call functions that are well documented within either the source code or the technical document (usually both) anyway rather than hard code new encounters, spells, items, etc. into the game. I don't need a "reality check" I know this from professional experience. I highly doubt Nival are some amateur coders either.
If there was an issue with the music or sound it would be because Nival lost their old sound team and composers on the company switch. It would have little to do with the programmers, unless the issue with the sound/music is on the programming end. I'm not sure what the poster was refering to there anyway as I've had no issues with the sound or music.
I'm going to wait till 1.7 is implemented before getting a shovel. A huge amount of assumptions and speculation is going on and it’s just not supported by evidence. Its Monday they should have some a larger and more responsible answer soon, but to get your tin foil hats over a translated set of patch notes that haven’t been implemented in the US or EU and over how 2 patches didn’t add content or bug fix is still way over the top so far. Yes FOD looks like it’s a killer but is it going to be implemented? Not only that is the bag price for the same bag or is it the 50 slot one or something like that? Seriously everyone calm down and wait till we have more evidence and an actually functioning cash shop.
Are you really that dumb?
- They still have developers and they still have developers who know the "old source code"
- The prices are not too high. 20 $ bags are parmanent. You have to buy one and have it all time!
- The publisher and developers need ! a lucky community. They don't want to annoy you. Lucker comm = more money
- FoD is crap and will be nerfed. Please calm down and DO NOT SPREAD THE UNTRUTH
Ok Joker, you obviously know more than the rest of us: FoD will be nerfed? Enlighten us with your sources. Would be more than happy to believe it.
Ok MR. Create an account just to respond to this thread guy.
A pay to play MMO costs $15 a month. You can play as much or as little as you want. You get access to the entire game. You are on equal footing with everyone else.
In Allods, a SIX slot increase in your bag space costs 125% of one month of a pay to play game. We all understand that a free to play game will have a cash shop for MICRO transactions. If one, very important item, costs 125% of a monthly fee, how is that Micro?
Don't give me the crap about, "you can quest in game for the bag." I know the quest requirements. It will take you literarlly 40 hours of grinding to get the drops. A friend of mine killed hundreds of Hyenas and only had the fur drop 4 times in 4 hours. He needed 6 more furs in addition to the many other items needed to make the bag.
FoD you say? Yes you can use gold to remove it, but how can you remove the debuff in an instance or a raid? You get the debuff whether you're rezzed or not. It costs ~$14 for 20 perfumes. That means, you can't die more than 20 a times a month raiding or pvping, or else it will cost you MORE than a pay to play game.
If you think the current cash shop prices are reasonable, you are either very rich, or out of touch with reality.
If in fact the original developers left, it makes perfect sense for the prices to be that high so that the company can make as much money as possible before closing shop in a year.
This thread is very appropriately titled.... GET OUT (while the gettins good).
* Breaks into a stirring rendition of the classic song "Send in the Shills" *
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Astrum Nival fleeces GP and in return GP tries to fleece their player base. Sounds about right to me.
Better do some research before you post about how other people look dumb, because it's only you who look that way right now.
FOD nerfed? As of the newest patch, it has been extended to 2 hours and now resurrection causes it. Here is your source:
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://forum.allods.ru/showthread.php?t=48580&sl=ru&tl=en
They still have developers who know the old code huh? You know this because...............???
I wonder if some of the AV devs went to another potentially big MMORPG: Well Online? That game seems to have stalled, though....