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[C_h_u_c_k_l_e_s]

Originally posted by Ygds11:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">They HATED the fact that the names had to be changed. Don't get me wrong, they wanted them to be liked and they wanted to make it right...but to release something and then to correct it just looks bad from their standpoint.

Really? I am sorry to hear that. But I must say from my point of view there is nothing wrong with making mistakes, withdrawing information and correcting things as negative feedback is reviewed. The fact that they changed the names is a boon for them not a disappointment. It showed they were listening and that they cared. If they did that with everything, not being so concerned about how they look, I think a lot of the community's complaints would be reversed.

What if they were to react similarly to some long time issues (starting with H5), like the angel design and lack of non-anthropomorphic creatures? Sure development might take longer, but peoples expectations would be better met. Let them know if they haven't read this already that changing the names was one of the best things they have done so far, and made them actually look really good not bad. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think you misunderstood me. They liked the feedback from the fans, they liked getting it right, they disliked that they did it poorly in the first place. They would've much rather have got the feedback PRIOR to posting the names as "final". It's a small oversight, but it does affect their public perception. I agree with you and think it reflects well on them, but as with most programmers...they want to nail it on their first attempt. :O)

[znork]

Originally posted by D.Jaskowski:
Dear my, Znork, Oakwarrior, Chuckles, Justice posting so vividly all around the forums. IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE I TELL YOU!

Yeah

[Justice]

No, it's all an illusion. When you wake up tomorrow you will realise that we never posted here

[Oakwarrior]

No, it's all an illusion. When you wake up tomorrow you will realise that we never posted here

This

We're all ghosts, you just don't know it yet.

[Ygds11]

but as with most programmers...they want to nail it on their first attempt.

Your are sure right about that. My brother is a computer engineer, and is the same way. I also understood you. I just wanted to let them know that mistakes and subsequent correction actually makes them look much better than they might think. I know the kind of hard work they are doing, I just hope that the presentation of their work to improves.

I recently gave a research paper presenation, one of the hardest things to make interesting, even for interested parties. Hard work was only half the battle, the other half was making your work look-good. Two different things. i think they are doing a good job on the game. They just might need to improve how it is being presented.

although I am quite sure everything thus far with the exception of the leaked artwork (which by the way Ubi must have done a really good job suppressing because I cannot find it anywhere.....shoot) has been well planned. I hope for some advancement "soon".

[C_h_u_c_k_l_e_s]

Originally posted by Oakwarrior:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">No, it's all an illusion. When you wake up tomorrow you will realise that we never posted here

This

We're all ghosts, you just don't know it yet. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The webmaster of this forum is really M. Night Shyamalan? Who knew.

[KingImp]

Originally posted by C_h_u_c_k_l_e_s:
But they haven't started a beta yet to my knowledge (maybe some small in-house testing), so lots of things can still be tweeked here and there.

As for release dates...I haven't seen any kind of update concerning that. But then again, I haven't seen anything that makes me think they're running behind schedule either. Once a beta test begins, we'll have a much better grasp on where things stand IMO. But hey, even a beta test isn't set in stone. With the leak(s), they might decide to do that in-house too. I doubt it, but its certainly possible.

Originally posted by Justice:
Quite looking forwards to that and great to hear the beta test hasn't started. Hopefully means we have more time than till March to get a hype to surround the game.

I have to say, I feel the opposite. I know most would rather the game be delayed and complete, but I readily admit I'm impatient and believe that's what patches are for. As soon as we heard March, I was excited and now if there is no beta going on yet, I find it hard to believe there is any way to get this done by March now.

Like I said earlier in this thread, 4 months out from the release of Heroes 5 they were already conducting an open beta test. Here we are roughly 2 months out and people don't even know if a closed beta has begun. That doesn't bode well for a March release and if so, they should have never mentioned when they planned on releasing it. Just leave it at TBA or Q2 2011 until they knew for certain.

Maybe like Chuck said though, everything is going smoothly and they see no reason for a long, drawn out testing phase and it is still on schedule. One can only hope.

[KingImp]

Originally posted by C_h_u_c_k_l_e_s:
They HATED the fact that the names had to be changed.

For the record, whoever was responsible for getting Priestess changed to Sister deserves to be banished from the community forever.

[Justice]

I hate patches. My first impression of a game pretty much creates the atmosphere and feelings I have towards it. If it is buggy, has a bad story, silly typos and so on I just get annoyed and ignore it and its expansions (HoMM V). Much prefer waiting for a few months to just feeling frustrated when playing.

But of course this is pure speculation. I'm not even in the secret forum so I have absolutely no idea about what is going on.

Originally posted by C_h_u_c_k_l_e_s:
The webmaster of this forum is really M. Night Shyamalan? Who knew.

If it is such people they employ here that would explain the varying quality of the story in the series

Originally posted by KingImp:

For the record, whoever was responsible for getting Priestess changed to Sister deserves to be banished from the community forever.

Agreed.

[KingImp]

Originally posted by Justice:
I hate patches. My first impression of a game pretty much creates the atmosphere and feelings I have towards it. If it is buggy, has a bad story, silly typos and so on I just get annoyed and ignore it and its expansions (HoMM V). Much prefer waiting for a few months to just feeling frustrated when playing.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want a flawed product released. If there are major bugs, then by all means delay it, but if a game gets pushed back half a year because of something trivial like some typos or one unit's stats need to be revamped, then I feel that could easily be done with a patch.
Considering they would know about such problems from the time it went Gold to it's release, the patch could be available the day of release. We see that all the time with console games these days. How many times have you loaded a new game up on the PS3 or Xbox only to see a patch is already available?