Stringing on the Kickstarter customer, or Why this game needs to die

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Boem wrote:

Gonna write down some assumptions that relate to this thread.

What if GGG set out to make a niche game for a niche crowd, it worked and was thriving.

With the failure we know call D3 however, they saw an opportunity and like any smart business man would do, they embraced this and used it to there advantage.

Multiple assumptions can be made why such a route is plausible, likely.

1) overall funds in a long term strategy
2) pressure of the CEO to provide payment and sustain a dozen if not more family's, not ignoring the permanent cost's associated with development and maintenance
3) company exposure or RP route

All of these would justify moving away from the original design goal in favor of providing that original goal at a later date but with a healthier company to back it up.

I don't find it unreasonable to consider GGG might in a few years time return to there original niche design and make a new game based around that concept, while keeping PoE running to facilitate both projects.

This would remove part of the pressure of relying on a niche crowd fund plan alone, which is in my opinion an unstable form of funds.(from a CEO's perspective that is after all still running a business and has to sustain family's and take responsibility for his actions)

They could have also potentially taken the route they are walking now in favor of more funds, but not because they are greedy but because of necessity. We know for a fact that they are still looking for people to work at GGG, it might have been the case that the payment they where offering simply did not convince people in the position they are looking for to come over to the NZ to work at GGG's office.

Say what you want, but a better pay-check is often a solid motivator to make people move or consider a position.

Honestly i can think of a dozen reasons why the current model and route is more beneficial for GGG in the long run and that's why i can't really hold it against them. Even if i personally enjoy the core "hardcore" experience more and am more of an "original target audience" of them. I still enjoy myself and i hope if they continue to make smart choices we will eventually see something worth-while and maybe even a development of a niche game some of the people in this thread desire.
(backed up by an established company that is)

Spoiler

/apply's rose tinted glasses to face <.<

All assumptions, but i don't consider them unreasonable.

Peace,

-Boem-

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tackle70 wrote:

About the only thing I see CB people agreeing on is that uniques presently don't fit the original design intent of uniques, and typically this is really all about Shavs (though other build-enablers like Mjolner qualify as well).

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

Stop speaking like you talk for any meaningful sized group of players, you dont.

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

I think there is a general consensus among us older types that ES in general has been mismanaged as a game mechanic, made to feel like "blue Life" rather than a distinct defense. Shavronne's gets a lot of attention because it represents the intersection of ES complaints (valid ones, by my reckoning) and unique item complaints. There is some truth to your statement: you might find a CBer who is okay with how ES has changed, or how uniques have changed, but seldom both.

Heck, even Slurms, formerly famed CB GGG fanman, has a passionate hatred for Ghost Reaver, last I checked.

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

"I think there is a general consensus among us older types that ES in general has been mismanaged as a game mechanic"

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

"I think there is a general consensus among us older types that ES in general has been mismanaged as a game mechanic"

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SL4Y3R wrote:

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

"I think there is a general consensus among us older types that ES in general has been mismanaged as a game mechanic"

It has.

E: yup, burnt on PvE. Playing pvp games til I get my hands on A4.