One of my edicts for 2014 was to have more actual
information and BTS material for both our video content
and our website.
There will be a 10 for the Chairman on Monday then a
WMH with something a little more visual on Wednesday
and the final round of the audition finals for TNGS on
Friday. There is a lot of pretty amazing stuff in the hopper
and I think as we ramp up the team to help us share our
progress and the new formats settle in, I’m hoping you’ll
be happier.
I’m not fooling myself though. I know it still wont be
enough :-)”
As with Ben’s response, the majority of participants in
the thread thanked Chris for reaching out, though the
conversation continued unabated as community members
discussed how much and what kind of information they
would prefer CIG release. The debate grew increasingly
heated as those dissatisfied with information levels
outlined the development information they wanted to
receive, while those supporting CIG’s existing efforts
variously posted that Chris’ response should have
been an end to the issue and that delivering too much
information would detract
from the game’s development
resources.
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ShockwaveLover strove
to explain the unhappy
members’ point of view with the observation that
“Everything is in the hands of CIG, and it’s at their
pleasure that anything happens. Thanks to the myriad of
bad experiences gamers have had when a company has
played god (of which PGI and MWO is only the latest in
a sorry history) everybody’s first thought is the worstcase scenario: what if they start taking advantage of that?
Sure, they’ve been pretty good so far, but what’s the
contingency plan if that changes? What can be done if
they stop responding?
The answer, of course, is ‘not much’. And for quite a few
people, that is legitimately scary. This continuing lull in
‘hard’ info has brought a lot of that to the fore, because
everybody’s helpless. Nobody can make CIG do anything
before it’s good and ready, and the only real outlet, the
only way anybody has of feeling even slightly in control,
is to try and get a group of like-minded people together
on the forums. When Mr Roberts responds, that’s a sign,
however flimsy, that they do matter. That they aren’t
insignificant. That their actions have a reaction. That they
can be heard in a chorus of nearly 400,000 people.”
The debate ran for 45 pages before falling from page
one of the RSI forums. With the posts from both Ben and
Chris, the recent 10 for the Chairman segment, Wingman’s
Hangar delivering more detailed development information,
as well as a tentative deadline for the Dog Fighting
Module, it seems that CIG are working hard to respond to
the concerns that some fans brought forward.