I really like the streams the devs do, I'm not judging their ability whatsoever.
No bad intentions on your part then : dully noted Cosmos. (Frankly, coming from you, it's no surprise : yeah, we've both been here for quite a long time ...)
However, the point being made, well that I make
Honesty then ... Again, dully noted. Genuine kudos to you for making the Internet a smarter place.
, is in relation to some of the frustrating elements and areas of poor gameplay, flaws in the game.
Yeah, I concur, when it comes to flaws in the game, FD knows its turf :-(
Some of these flaws are *definitely* outrageous, and what's worse, I'm 100% sure you know some that I don't and I might even know some you don't
*severe look at FD* "I told you so !!!"
Ergo, if they actually played the game proper as the players do the game would likely be better because they would have experienced the various frustrations the rest of us do.
Yes, that's indeed the idea behind the whole controversy I think. Really, I do understand that. Besides, if FD has an employee who spends all his free time playing the game, giving him a raise and putting him/her on stream might be a smart move.
This is what I feel myself TBH : when I'm trying to get some technetium to improve my MC with rapid fire, I have to deal with the srv scanners bug. And the only reason why I'm grinding this rapid fire upgrade is because I've given up on Overcharged Multi Cannons. Because Modified Embedded Firmwares are stupidly rare, even if you farm the right bases. Even worse, the reason why Overcharged Multi Cannons are desirable is because they are ridiculously overpowered. Which is an oversight in itself that the devs already acknowledged (and the fix is yet to come *sigh*).
*severe look at FD* "I told you you should have done your homework !"
"Its also a more of an issue with ED because we were long told, 'we are making a game we want to play'.. If thats the case then why aren't they playing it?"
Here, I honestly disagree, because they *do* play it. Granted, they do not play it "a lot" : according to my own in game stats right now, I played "33W 2D 9H 6MN". Good luck FD finding a dev that played the game as long as I did. Still, they *do* play it at some extent, and some of them probably played it *a lot*. (speculating here : I have no proof. Still, seems plausible ...)
Either they are sick to death of it by the time they get home and prefer to do other things with their free time (understandable)
You care about the human being behind the dev : dully noted... No irony here : you're not trolling (obviously I knew that already)
, or they aren't playing it because the gameplay is weak and not enjoyable.
Possible. But honestly, I believe (believe = "I have no proof", yeah, I know you noticed but just clarifying for other readers) this is not the main reason. I mean, even if it is not your cup of tea, the fighting part is still (at the very least) decent.
I believe we have to be realistic and show some empathy here : imagine you, Cosmos, were looking for a job in IT ... And found a very challenging, yet well paid job, to maintain some bank company main software. Would you use said software once you're back home every evening just for the sake of it ? Obviously not ... But this is pure rhetoric : I know you know you wouldn't. And I know you're not asking the devs to do that.
So either way, whats the deal with sitting in ivory towers rattling away in secret and suddenly appearing with a build and features without consulting the people who do play it, and not asking us the paying customers what we want? Quite baffling.
Yes, you're right. They screwed this up big time.
*Frowning at FD* I told you they'd notice !
No defence here : as far as I'm concerned, FD is guilty as charged.
Even worse, it's not the first time. And you're rightfully angry. The misguided white knights will jump on the thread and troll you to death because that is what they do. Let's ignore them then.
Powerplay is a classic example..
*Angry look at FD*
No way I step up to defend you about powerplay, this is *your* mess, *you* sort it out !
Conclusion : Everything you said makes sense. I'm willing to give FD a pass (my "opinion" so to speak), maybe you're not (for good reasons, TBH). But in the end, do you have another open universe scifi game (slowly) improving / growing to play with ? Because, as far as I'm concerned, this is all that matters and I have no alternative (Star Citizen is still at the very least 2 years away and might not even be better IMHO). So yeah, I'll give FD a pass on this one.
*Again*
Looking at FD : *Sigh*
