Does that mean FD doesn't know and might know in a few weeks? For example, in regards to new ships, surely FD knows how far along the ships are to completion? If so, why all the secret squirrel cloak and dagger "answers"? I can see the drip feed if ships were supposed to be released one at a time after launch but, that's not the case, they were supposed to be released AT launch. So why all the secrecy?
That's just one example, a LOT of recent "answers" have been "more in the coming weeks" since launch and frankly, I think FD doesn't have the answers or a clear roadmap ATM, hence the "more in coming weeks" non-answers of late. Either that or this is somehow a rework of the original "plan" to piecemeal things that were supposed to be ready at launch.
From my perspective it would seem there was a mad scramble to get the game "released" and then try to pick up the pieces and move forward after the new year, which it would appear to me they are still trying to get a grip on. Normally this wouldn't bother me, except, it seems like FD is trying to play it as if this was the "plan" all along. Obviously the "plan" changed at some point and was released barebones but, this was never part of the original pitch. Sure continued development was in the cards but, not what was supposed to be ready at launch. It's a bit like ordering a 4 piece meal and getting 2, then the chef tells you your other items are a secret and he'll tell you more in the coming hours. It smacks of "we didn't make the other 2 items so we gave you the other 2 to keep you at the table, we'll let you know when they're coming as soon as we figure out how to make them".
TLDR: FD please stop blowing smoke up our butts by acting like the barebones release was "planned". Let us know where the original things, supposed to be ready at launch, are at (ships for example) and keep what was supposed to be expansion packs secret squirrel but, we shouldn't be in the dark about things that were supposed to be part of the finished launch. If you don't know, say you don't know. If you don't have a plan sorted out yet say so but, pretending like everything is as planned and rosey only fools you, not us.
That's just one example, a LOT of recent "answers" have been "more in the coming weeks" since launch and frankly, I think FD doesn't have the answers or a clear roadmap ATM, hence the "more in coming weeks" non-answers of late. Either that or this is somehow a rework of the original "plan" to piecemeal things that were supposed to be ready at launch.
From my perspective it would seem there was a mad scramble to get the game "released" and then try to pick up the pieces and move forward after the new year, which it would appear to me they are still trying to get a grip on. Normally this wouldn't bother me, except, it seems like FD is trying to play it as if this was the "plan" all along. Obviously the "plan" changed at some point and was released barebones but, this was never part of the original pitch. Sure continued development was in the cards but, not what was supposed to be ready at launch. It's a bit like ordering a 4 piece meal and getting 2, then the chef tells you your other items are a secret and he'll tell you more in the coming hours. It smacks of "we didn't make the other 2 items so we gave you the other 2 to keep you at the table, we'll let you know when they're coming as soon as we figure out how to make them".
TLDR: FD please stop blowing smoke up our butts by acting like the barebones release was "planned". Let us know where the original things, supposed to be ready at launch, are at (ships for example) and keep what was supposed to be expansion packs secret squirrel but, we shouldn't be in the dark about things that were supposed to be part of the finished launch. If you don't know, say you don't know. If you don't have a plan sorted out yet say so but, pretending like everything is as planned and rosey only fools you, not us.
