Worse than releasing broken content is releasing broken content which would've fit into the game just fine with a rework that could keep the same themes. But I suppose the marketing analytics show meme content is more valuable than competitive content.You all suck.
That would explain Battle Royale mode.But I suppose the marketing analytics show meme content is more valuable than competitive content.
Thank you. Clickbait is sometimes worth it.You all suck.
Remember cysion interview with PCGamesN. One of their things they are proud on the most in 2020 is the implementation of the Flaming Camel. The meme videos on yt really boosted seo. And besides that weird event challenges for weird rewards and BR. QEDThat would explain Battle Royale mode.
After reading the clowns on aoeforums i have got the conclusion that not even them ask for such things, same like the autoscout those changes comes merely from FE or their superiors."But it's free content!"
Then I got what I paid for.
I'm also curious as to how much of this "demand" is from people who "Play the game on YouTube/Twitch." and so are people who won't actually buy the product despite having an interest in it.
Reddit and the official forum are just plenty of threads about "we don't care about balance, bring us new civs we will pay". Unluckily they represent the majority of the players and devs know it well..."But it's free content!"
Then I got what I paid for.
I'm also curious as to how much of this "demand" is from people who "Play the game on YouTube/Twitch." and so are people who won't actually buy the product despite having an interest in it.
I suppose the questions I am trying to ask are (not that I expect answers), Out of all of the people who say they will pay, how many of them will actually pay? How many of them are just saying they will pay to be a part of a trend they participate in for free through streaming? And out of those who will pay, how many of them will be long-term customers that can reliably buy whatever Microsoft is shilling, instead of just one day immediately abandoning Microsoft for the latest trend, like trendies are wont to do, while Microsoft still has bills to pay according to the numbers Microsoft expected to receive from the trendies Microsoft no longer has?Reddit and the official forum are just plenty of threads about "we don't care about balance, bring us new civs we will pay". Unluckily they represent the majority of the players and devs know it well...
Actually if they did, i'd respect them more. But this is just ridiculous atm.did they nerf britons?
This. The structure of software development companies, specially big ones, is a traditional one: there is a person on the top that makes arbitrary decisions, and they can be something as vague and unrelated to the product as "I expect our revenue from sales to be above X and our total costs to be below Y". Then his managers need to assemble the different teams that will develop the product and make it happen. The bulk of developers, artists, marketing professionals and etc have little autonomy, they do what they are told. They report to their team leader, who reports to a manager, who reports to someone higher up...I think is not only devs fault, as much as i hate so many desicions of how this game is going, i like some others, and you have to consider that if a dev has all the time in the world they would probably make a better product, but i bet they are under a lot of pressure, and it seems like quality is not the first of the concerns of microsoft, i feel is more like a sandbox for testing things for aoe 4
Gimmicky is what happens when you overstuff a game with unnecessary content because you feel pressure to make each new thing unique to justify its existence.My problem is that a good portion of this expansion seems way too gimmicky for AoE2.