No amount of in-house testing is going to catch everything that can be experienced on a nearly-infinite amount of hardware/software configurations that are tested once a large userbase gets a hold of a product.
I think you’re severely underestimating how much time, effort, and resources game development takes. Especially when the devs aren’t doing it full-time.
Tolon is an absolute shining gem of food in Fort Wayne and I’m thoroughly amused seeing it mentioned here. I’ve never had the burger but the duck fat frites are always great.
Well, we have literally no insight into this so it’s kind of strange to speculate about it with nothing other than “these pictures exist.” I’d rather save my outrage (and I’m using that term very loosely in regards to this whole matter) for actual problems that have been demonstrated.
If they want to and voluntarily do it, what is the issue? I can’t imagine anyone is being forced to.
I’m not the target audience for this to begin with, but I refuse to own a car ever again that doesn’t have Android Auto. What a bunch of anti-consumer bullshit. What are the odds GM starts charging a subscription fee to access apps on these vehicles?
Classic over explaining to cover up a lie.
I never send anything other than “I’ll be out of the office today” for every PTO notice.
Your passive-aggressiveness is very off-putting.
With that being said, it’s not FREE to use if I’m getting ads, I’m just paying with something other than money. I’ll continue to use one of the many alternatives.
The Sync dev is currently charging $20 USD to remove ads, or $100 for a lifetime subscription to “Ultra” which includes some additional features. I have to say, the app is really nice, but the dev is out of his mind.
It’s outrage for the sake of outrage. I read the patch notes and the reaction to them in various places and had a general negative vibe about the game going into the season. However, then I decided it’s probably best to form my own opinion by actually playing the game, which I did all weekend and… It’s fine, at least from my perspective.
I specifically only made and played 1 character since launch and held out on creating a new character until the season started. So really, it just gave me an excuse to play more and try a new class. I think people who’ve played multiple characters into endgame content may be upset with the lack of content, but as with most games, if you invest abnormal amounts of hours into it you’re going to run out of things to do at some point and as a more casual player I don’t need to really worry about that.
Regarding nerfs, I’m playing a druid and did the Fallen Temple capstone last night at level 58. I feel plenty powerful. It’s harder to farm 4 mystery chests in Helltides but I’m completely fine with that as mystery chests never really seemed worth it to me anyways – I can get more legendaries from just running NM dungeons.
Overall, no, it’s not that bad. If you have been having fun with the game previous to the patch you will likely continue to have fun.
I’m not saying it’s hard, and I’m not averse to taking apart my electronics. But “not much harder than upgrading RAM” in a laptop still doesn’t mean it’s a pleasant experience.
I know what it says, that’s why I said “Ideally.”
Yes, but ideally you can swap the battery without having to disassemble the entire thing.
Ignore the hyper-optimized way to do everything. Do things in a way that make sense to you; learn from your mistakes and discover new training methods naturally.
Don’t use quest guides or quest helpers, unless you’re absolutely stuck (which you will be at some point as sometimes the game is not very intuitive). Read quest dialogs and interact with NPCs, as there is some genuinely hilarious dialog and well-written stories in the game.
Wear gear that looks cool. I’m still of the opinion that the dragon chainbody is one of the coolest items in the game.
Don’t buy gold or take handouts from people. Players are often tripping over themselves to give gear and GP to new players but this absolutely ruins the early-game grind. Upgrading from a full steel set to full black is, in the grand scheme, a quick and tiny upgrade. But doing it yourself makes it rewarding and worthwhile. This goes double for a player who has never touched the game before.
Overall, just take time to explore the world and take it all in. The amount of content in the game is absolutely staggering, and it’s easy to miss a lot of it if you are following the optimal quest guide and doing nothing but tick-manipulation training methods.
For many of us, we’ve played this game since we were kids so the magic has sort of worn off and nothing is as satisfying as seeing numbers go up as quickly as possible. But until you get to that point, there’s a ton of cool things to discover.
On a different note, if/once you really get into the grind, set realistic goals for yourself. Personally, it’s hard for me to sit down with no plan in mind and just grind away. If I have an idea in my head that I want to get X amount of experience by Y date, it makes it not only possible, but more enjoyable as well.
Yeah, embedded systems for military applications is exactly the same as consumer software. You’re right.