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Hi, BiB i understand that you cant reveal any specifics, but does the new betapatch feels like a big improvment?
do you like the changes so far?
What country are you playtesting as?

Any information at all?

BR...
 
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Originally posted by Patric
The reason for the NDA is that some changes never make it into the final release for one reason or another and we don't want to make people believe that something will be in and then we remove it right before they get it.

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That's why you have something in testing, to _figure out_ if it works or not. Or in other words testing something for a patch is not the same as a promising it in the next patch.

To say that we're not mature enough to handle "What's in the works for 1.03" is ridiculous.

Common sense please.

You leak most of it anyway.

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Originally posted by Sgt. Bulldog
Being the whining crowd we are, the NDA makes much sense.
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Ok I take it back.
Bulldog can't handle it.

Contrary to all the impatient players here, I recommend spending as much time as needed to get a good, thorough patch finished.
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First you fix gamebreakers ASAP, then you fix the rest.

There are quite a few gamebreakers and then there's the AI.


Edit : My CPU spazzed and posted before I was done writing.

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Originally posted by Dev
To say that we're not mature enough to handle "What's in the works for 1.03" is ridiculous.
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Most are mature enough. However a few vocal souls always create a lot of noise about silly little things. Others will want to "help" by trying to prioritize the work in long messages about "You should not be working on X because Y is much more important and I do not see it on the list anywhere." There is invariably a reason for doing X instead of Y and the developers would rather spend their time doing X instead of explaining why they are doing it. The advantage of having the NDA is that you eliminate the potential for having to deal with these situations.

On the other hand, there is really nothing to be gained by not having an NDA. Even if you believe the benefit of the NDA is small, any benefit is better than none.
 
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You already have that list over in the bug forum.

What I want to know is what is being done about the AI and other things which aren't classified as bugs per se but never the less is just important for the gameplay.

Especially considering that I'm wasting my time playing this game if they don't plan on doing anything about it.


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well...anyway

Thanks for the answer BiB, even though you didnt shed so much light upon whats in store for us.But then again i didnt quite expect that.
Its good that you think its a big improvement, then we all can have faith..

What country did you playtest as?
Just curious...
 
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Originally posted by Dev
NDA on patches is stupid....

What I want...
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So, stringing your comments together, are you actually trying to say that an NDA on patches is stupid because you do not get what you want? I am not trying to be disrespectful here. Your posts on this board are generally well thought out and you are obviously a very intelligent person so please do not take this in the wrong way. But I have not yet seen anything to support your statement that an NDA on patches is a bad policy.


Originally posted by Dev
...what is being done about the AI and other things which aren't classified as bugs per se but never the less is just important for the gameplay.
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Originally posted by jchastain
Others will want to "help" by trying to prioritize the work in long messages about "You should not be working on X because Y is much more important and I do not see it on the list anywhere."
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You made my point beautifully. Thanks.
 
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it`s better than 1.02 :p
 
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Originally posted by Uglyduck
Yep - thats CK
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Please, just one little favour... Will Defender of the Crown style seduction graphics be a prominent part of CK? Please violate the NDA just for once, will you? ;):D
 
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Originally posted by Patric
The reason for the NDA is that some changes never make it into the final release for one reason or another and we don't want to make people believe that something will be in and then we remove it right before they get it.


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Everytime I see a patch released for HOI, it's like Christmas on the forum. Therefore, I think people can handle that some things being worked on w/i the current patch don't make the final - they'll be very happy as it is just getting some of this stuff fixed.

Of course, knowing what is definitely not in the next patch could be quite depressing...so perhaps I would rather not know...
 
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