Holiday Office Closures

Borstock

@entrailbucket said:

@BriMan2222 said:

@BewareThyself said:
Wow! It seems I hit a nerve with you. But good points all and thanks for pointing them out and covering down on the devs. Are you getting some sort of kick backs for this? Not being a smart ****, genuinely asking. However, my opinions are valid, as are yours, and I’ve seen nothing but a watering down of the game. The whole “they’re just punching a clock” doesn’t wash with me. I mean what could be easier than running a longstanding game with a loyal fan base and how can you F that up. Of course they deserve a vacation but this is the computer age and things can be preprogrammed as to not alienate your players. You expect me to believe they’re putting in endless hours on this. The evidence shows otherwise. But as someone pointed out, and very astutely, I’m just a username to them and of course shouldn’t expect these Gods to waste time with a single customer. I mean, what would ensue? quality, a seamless experience, perhaps changing some of the challenges so we all aren’t grinding the same nonsense every day? What chaos would come from that? And how dare I voice an opinion and speak my mind! But in the end, I concede your point, they don’t care and are only interested in money, not players or quality of experience. I think that’s obvious and it didn’t use to be like this. But continue praying at the Altar of the Dev, maybe they’ll give you a pat on the head.

Not trying to be a smart*** myself, but some breaks between paragraphs would make this much more readable.

I'm confused. Is "needs paragraph breaks" a valid opinion? It says here that all opinions are valid, but your opinion seems to be invalidating the other guy's opinion that paragraph breaks aren't necessary.

...oh no, I think I just expressed an opinion about this! Is my opinion valid? This is all really difficult to figure out.

According to the AI running the world behind a secret cabal of shadow Illuminati, paragraph breaks reduce eye strain, provide a greater level of thought organization, promotes reader orientation, and makes your arguments more accessible.

In short, well-placed paragraph breaks are fundamental for clear, engaging, and accessible writing. Unless you're John Connor. Then, you should speak in run-on sentences with little to no punctuation so that the uprising remains a disorganized band of flesh targets for the ever-evolving army of near invincible Terminator robots.

DAZ0273

Look this is all well and good but when are the Devs back in the office coz I haven't received my kick backs yet and it's making me cranky.

Hellblazer666

So are we getting a boss event or PVE today or what?

entrailbucket

@DAZ0273 said:
Look this is all well and good but when are the Devs back in the office coz I haven't received my kick backs yet and it's making me cranky.

I got mine! (It was literally a kick to the back, coming after repeated slaps to the face).

I dunno, I think we should spend more time breaking down everyone's thoughts on whether objective reality exists, or the entire universe contains infinite subjective opinions that are all equally valid.

bluewolf

From S0kun on Discord:

"Hi all. We're back in the office and still catching up. To clarify some of the chatter about IP2, we're still in the transition phase of the switch which should be wrapped up by mid January. We'll be introducing the new team around that time so I'll gather a few of your questions for an upcoming new years blog."

So, take 2 weeks, everyone. Enjoy your new hobbies.

WilliamK1983

It was fun while it lasted, but this is where I get off the crazy train. Happy matching everyone.

entrailbucket

@bluewolf said:
From S0kun on Discord:

"Hi all. We're back in the office and still catching up. To clarify some of the chatter about IP2, we're still in the transition phase of the switch which should be wrapped up by mid January. We'll be introducing the new team around that time so I'll gather a few of your questions for an upcoming new years blog."

So, take 2 weeks, everyone. Enjoy your new hobbies.

Did he say there'd be no PvE until then? Did he clarify what "transition phase" even means?

Honestly their commitment to unclear communication is pretty impressive. I'm not sure I could do this on purpose!

IamGrootacus

Are the devs "quiet quitting" right now?

Codex

Lol! There ppl in my alliance asking where is pve? I am glad in the publishers infinite wisdom they decided not to post anything in game. I dont even think the mentioned new devs incoming.

I posted, coming soon TM, in-game chat and closed the app.

Any other games ppl picked up? Not a fan of EB's analysis of candy crush being similar

Omegased

I had a feeling they were doing something drastic. I said "sun setting" the game, but people were quick to dismiss me.

Who's laughing now?

Codex

@Omegased said:
I had a feeling they were doing something drastic. I said "sun setting" the game, but people were quick to dismiss me.

Who's laughing now?

BCS, probably laughing. I feel BCS deserved blame but the publishers deserve it too. And at the end of the day publisher picked the developer, chose transition dates...etc

Also this is an opinion, and all opinions valid.

entrailbucket

@Codex said:

@Omegased said:
I had a feeling they were doing something drastic. I said "sun setting" the game, but people were quick to dismiss me.

Who's laughing now?

BCS, probably laughing. I feel BCS deserved blame but the publishers deserve it too. And at the end of the day publisher picked the developer, chose transition dates...etc

Also this is an opinion, and all opinions valid.

I don't think BCS had any games besides MPQ, so they're probably not laughing about not having any work (or income!).

Borstock

I once asked whether or not they would repurpose the Unity build as a sequel. I was assured they had no plans to do that.

Maybe they should have.

Grantosium

I don't think this is the end, but if it is I will be sad. I will miss it. I don't think any other game has provided such a variety of playable Marvel characters. There might be some with more characters outright, but generally most characters in this game feel like they are a representation of that character and not simply "melee guy" "projectile guy" "buff/debuff guy" and "healer guy" reskinned a thousand times.

That said there have been some terrible balance issues. A turn based game should never be allowed to power creep to turn 1 wins.

I don't think that stopping PvEs and offers in the storefront is a deliberate attempt to force people off the game. I also don't believe that new devs transitioning on could not at least see their way to listing a new offer on the storefront if only to practice doing so or prove that they can do it.

The absolute worst thing about this game at the moment is the communication. Seriously, communicate in game. Communicate on your official forum. Discord should not be first to know.

entrailbucket

LOL, if they think stopping PvEs and offers will get people to quit the game, they don't know their players at all.

All they're doing is giving us more stuff to complain about! This is what we live for!

Hellblazer666

These morons cant run this game for ****. Man I miss the days of the old engine when **** actually worked

ThisisClemFandango

I mean its quite literally their 1st day, I think your anger should be at bcs who clearly stopped doing anything when they learned they were being fired.

BriMan2222

These two comments being right next to each other is just chefs kiss

Chrynos1989

Reading a lot of the comments here I wonder if people have nothing but MPQ to give their lifes a meaning
I would advise getting a wife or therapy, both expensive but the therapist might not permanently ask you if they look fat in this shirt

bluewolf

Asking for communication in game is completely reasonable.

It’s also currently impossible.

Load up the game (go ahead, it probably won’t break.). Click the gear for options and scroll down and notice the “Today’s News” button is greyed out and unusable. Has been for about 6 months.

It’s great that instead of looking forward to IP2 trying to do things like fix that we are hoping they figure out how to run pves within a couple weeks.