As David as mentioned it wasn't dropped purely for technical reasons. There is little that is impossible, but impractical is a different issues as is not achieving the core pillars of the game.
Michael
Thank you as well for taking the time Mr. Brookes.
And what comes out like waterdrops in single statements here and intervies there, could and imho should have been made clear from the beginning.
An announcement, even in the newsletter, explaining all the why's would have done the job.
Not in dubious statements, so well formulated that they can mean all and nothing.
i.e. The limited timeframe until the release, a date we had to set due to different factors, as many of you could possible understand, like the Christmas business, our financial reports as a company, obligations to our shareholders, just to name a few, also influenced the decision.
Truly extensive information would silence so many conspiracy theories.
Your vague statements provoke them.
I.e.
"How many ships will there at release?
"Currently we have 16 ships ready to be flown. We plan to add another 5 in the next weeks that undergoe last tests and polish. We will add more lateron but we don't exactly know yet when they will be released. Bear with us!"
No guessing, no conspiracies. But yes it would mean pants down, what could be hard as a company i imagine since it would reveal inner processes and external obligations sometimes.
But i believe that is what some people want to hear and know.
Though some guessing is fun, like the sneakpeaks in every newsletter, sometimes there needs to be facts.
edit: it sometimes gives the impression that a lot of work isn'tdone and you just are afraid to tell everyone. But have faith in your community that they will understand it, if there are reasons for it.
This should be in no way understood as bashing, just a try to better the communication efforts between the devs and the communication.
And, since that is always a point, i don't speak for anyone but myself
Let me add a thankyou for the work done at last, I'm surely will have a ton of fun.
Regards
