Straw poll - how many patches do you think will be required to fix the patches that are intended to fix bugs introduced in previous patches? I’m going for 4, at which point they’ll give up and let the bugs bed in (to be fixed by future patches - 2021, the big year of big fixing patches).
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I don't think what they do is about fixing bugs - I think it's about hoping to move bugs to less exposed area.
For every issue they try to correct there's some other part that starts to malfunction.
I think they call it success when they don't cause more bugs than they tried to fix and the new ones aren't gamebreaking.
For every issue they try to correct there's some other part that starts to malfunction.
I think they call it success when they don't cause more bugs than they tried to fix and the new ones aren't gamebreaking.
unlimited, they still haven't patched things that were broken on initial release.
I wonder if the 2020 update will get delayed due to QoL updates. That would be somewhat entertaining.
do the Elite apologists ever tire of having to defend FD every single time they drop a patch? The regression bugs, still happening, are just plain silly and 5 years later they are still happening.
As per above.
Yeah, there seem to be at least one of these every patch. Seems very odd to me, but probably makes a lot of sense in the environment they work in.
Think it usually takes FDev about 2-4 patches for every release/update/major patch to get it somewhat right.
If they tested the releases then I think they would need less patches.
If they tested the releases then I think they would need less patches.
I wonder the same thing about the people inexplicably playing a video game they constantly groan about. Sort of misses the point of optional entertainment really.
In fairness, most players would probably be fairly happy with that as well.
I mean, there were some complaints that the Beta was "too short", but really either a bug is obvious enough that it gets picked up by lots of people in the first 6 hours, or it's not actually all that important for having a release that players feel was successful.
If only they'd run a Beta - a one day one would have been enough! - for the final pre-release code, not just the "one month before" code... I can only assume that there's a whole bunch of extra hassle around their Beta environment that makes them very reluctant to use it and would slow things down by quite a bit more than just a few days.
Playing Elite is a DUTY, one does not just step away from
Paint my cowboy hat white, but don't you think showing gratitude for good things (like updates and patches that fix bugs) might encourage Frontier to do it MORE? I mean, I'm not a psychiatrist or anything, but it seems like common sense to me.
Here, I'll show you how it's done. "Thank you Frontier for finding and fixing the stutter bug so quickly! I look forward to next week's patch as well. Keep them coming!"
If you keep kicking your dog even when he behaves, eventually he's going to run away from home and never come back...
Here, I'll show you how it's done. "Thank you Frontier for finding and fixing the stutter bug so quickly! I look forward to next week's patch as well. Keep them coming!"
If you keep kicking your dog even when he behaves, eventually he's going to run away from home and never come back...
This can all stop if we simply ask them to stop releasing patches and updates. 
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