Why I will NOT buy a supporter pack or buy from the shop

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Tsoukalos wrote:

They have enough support to fix desync and have been working on this game for what... 6 years?

Again, they're still in the red as far as the financial situation goes. And yup, been about 6 years. They've come a long way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve_mYj5O5ls

fixed. At least I hope they're not eating just raman noodles anymore

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SL4Y3R wrote:

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Tsoukalos wrote:

They have enough support to fix desync and have been working on this game for what... 6 years?

Again, they're still in the black as far as the financial situation goes. And yup, been about 6 years. They've come a long way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve_mYj5O5ls

I think you meant Red Sl4y3r, just to make sure nobody thinks GGG are rolling around in Benzo's or nothing...

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Tsoukalos wrote:

They have enough support to fix desync and have been working on this game for what... 6 years?

Putting together a team of developers and making a game from scratch takes a lot more time than you think.
Just for reference, Torchlight 2 took 2-3 years to make with experienced developers, they already had a well developed engine, and an already established developer studio.

That's not even touching how difficult it is to make an ARPG compared to other popular F2P genres.

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Septile wrote:

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Tsoukalos wrote:

They have enough support to fix desync and have been working on this game for what... 6 years?

Putting together a team of developers and making a game from scratch takes a lot more time than you think.
Just for reference, Torchlight 2 took 2-3 years to make with experienced developers, they already had a well developed engine, and an already established developer studio.

That's not even touching how difficult it is to make an ARPG compared to other popular F2P genres.

this.
although to be fair, they did perfect the engine quite a bit and that's why Torchlight 2 looks so much more polished compared to Torchlight, and loads and runs so much smoother.
the OGRE Engine was far from complete back in TL1 days.

@Slayer

Path Of Exile 0.2.0? I envy the Alpha Testers.
give me scrolls of Mana Shield - and I'd play the heck out of this game, no matter the crashes :)

also, this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_VIII

The OP reads as if GGG isn't already treating Desych as the number 1 priority and also reads as if its even possible to completely remove Desynch. Perhaps Chris' discussion of the topic in the Development Manifesto needs to be reread?

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iamstryker wrote:

The OP reads as if GGG isn't already treating Desych as the number 1 priority and also reads as if its even possible to completely remove Desynch. Perhaps Chris' discussion of the topic in the Development Manifesto needs to be reread?

I don't need to read his post again and I find it laughable that you actually believe that desync is their #1 priority right now.

You probably also believe that this thread is somehow racist.

Maybe the problem of desync is due to the core mechanics of the game ? : /

Seriously since OB launch this problem is here, it is, like OP said, the #1 problem. You can't promote a such unforgiving game, and have lags or desync..

My question is, considering lags in other games (far less lag), the POE graphics (nothing exceptionnal), how the hell the game can consume so much resources, and have so much lag. I don't get it. Only a problem of servers numbers ?

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4phex wrote:

Maybe the problem of desync is due to the core mechanics of the game ? : /

There is no "maybe".

Its an interesting dilemma: do I GTFO because this game doesn't deserve my money, or do I spend some more money that could help the game get better?

Maybe GGG needs to write a "long term plan" / roadmap that concerns technical issues. Apart from desync issues, I would personally also like to read something about graphics optimizations, that will make the game fully playable on my comp.

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Tsoukalos wrote:

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iamstryker wrote:

The OP reads as if GGG isn't already treating Desych as the number 1 priority and also reads as if its even possible to completely remove Desynch. Perhaps Chris' discussion of the topic in the Development Manifesto needs to be reread?

I don't need to read his post again and I find it laughable that you actually believe that desync is their #1 priority right now.

You probably also believe that this thread is somehow racist.

Where's your evidence? Just because desynch is still an issue? Wow amazing evidence there. Why don't you just call the devs liars to their faces.

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iamstryker wrote:

Where's your evidence? Just because desynch is still an issue? Wow amazing evidence there. Why don't you just call the devs liars to their faces.

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.