Posted 15 October 2012 - 10:53 AM

Elddar, on 15 October 2012 - 10:39 AM, said:

I never understood why so many people were upset about when their premium time started. I don't see premium time as having anything to do with game play.



Premium time has one purpose, to earn c-bills faster. This happens the same regardless of how complete you view the state of the game, or how close it is to deserving the title "Open Beta" or "Released".



If you were going to be playing during open beta anyway, why would you not want to be getting a head start on your earning wealth?



That'd be great, if the game still didn't have major bugs causing you to be unable to use your mechs, unplayable FPS, CTD's, and constant changes to the items and mechs available to you, during your premium time.

Angst, on 15 October 2012 - 10:43 AM, said:



Most of the "feedback" on the forums is garbage anyway. You need a shovel to sift through the bullcrap. You actually had time to re-buy your founders package last week if you had paid attention. One of the people I play with was able to do that. That email they sent out was fairly transparent.. Overall for a game company they're doing pretty well vs. some of the games I've played.



It's a good thing they don't assess refunds based on attitude or lack thereof.



There wouldn't be so much garbage on the forums if PGI took a moment to respond to the concerns and interacted/communicated with their beta testers. As it stands now, some garbage is posted, then more garbage is posted, and PGI never steps in to even acknowledge any false statements or try to provide some feedback regarding the complaint. That's a concern to me.Also, I appreciate the quick jab at me personally on your last line there. My attitude was very constructive for a long time during beta (months), but at some point you start losing faith, when PGI continues to make the game client worse, fails to respond to concerns or complaints, and then has the gall to mention going open beta/release with a broken game. I'm sorry, I've been taking part in betas for over 2 decades now, and I've seen this kind of behavior before, from many many other developer teams in the past. Let me assure you, it doesn't usually end up well for the game or the customers.It took the implosion of the forums before PGI actually made a response. That right there should say something. The fact that they finally DID respond is a good sign, but it's not enough to suddenly trust them 100% to do right in the future either. I'm still waiting to see what's next. Until then, I remain the skeptic that PGI created out of me.

Edited by Landsharkk, 15 October 2012 - 10:54 AM.