Please patch smaller and more frequent.

SSF

Better chance of getting good feedback and balance if we're not doing a million things in one patch. Or perhaps do that, but then adjust quicker.

There are a lot of frustrating things in the game that will just turn players away. If they're balanced faster, its just a better all around cycle.

It should also provide better opportunity for retention, which in turn a better scale for feedback.


I find myself far more quickly playing less, and typing more in here- because there are things I've been encountering for quite some time that are ridiculous. It just ruins the experience and encourages me to not play the game.

Yeah i did that Feedback a while back after 0.1 release and i think again after 0.2.

The issue here seems to be that GGG isnt really flexible in their approach.

Another issue is they dont care about bugfixes. Otherwise we would get more. Its really frustrating. I dont mind balance at all atm.

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Alzucard#2422 wrote:

The issue here seems to be that GGG isnt really flexible in their approach.

Nah, the lack of flexibility here is on the part of players. I've responded to this suggestion multiple times and I'm pretty sure to you specifically explaining in explicit detail why smaller, more frequent updates will significantly slow the overall pace of development and why GGG's approach makes a lot more sense if you want the game to reach 1.0 in a timely manner. You guys just choose to ignore me.

Also, like what was 0.3.1 if not a demonstration that they're very flexible? They literally broke with decades-long precedent and released a major mid-League overhaul to fundamental game mechanics like again the problem here isn't with GGG it's you guys just straight up ignoring what they're doing and giving them zero credit for listening to feedback and meeting you halfway on shit.

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Kerchunk#7797 wrote:

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Alzucard#2422 wrote:

The issue here seems to be that GGG isnt really flexible in their approach.

Nah, the lack of flexibility here is on the part of players. I've responded to this suggestion multiple times and I'm pretty sure to you specifically explaining in explicit detail why smaller, more frequent updates will significantly slow the overall pace of development and why GGG's approach makes a lot more sense if you want the game to reach 1.0 in a timely manner. You guys just choose to ignore me.

Also, like what was 0.3.1 if not a demonstration that they're very flexible? They literally broke with decades-long precedent and released a major mid-League overhaul to fundamental game mechanics like again the problem here isn't with GGG it's you guys just straight up ignoring what they're doing and giving them zero credit for listening to feedback and meeting you halfway on shit.

I dont mean actual content updates i mean Bugfixes, very small changes. Ritual droprate right now for example.

The game is in dire need for bugfixes.

SSF

Right. Hotfixes should be much quicker. Resolve bugs, introduce balance tweaks.

I'm also very much on the bandwagon of balancing broken things. If everyone is going one build, I don't think that spells fun. It certainly didn't in Diablo.

You'd always have the mages with the blue balls show up and everything would insta die. You gotta get that shit out.


Then of course qol fixes. I'm constantly picking up items with my mouse while I have items invisible. Its just silly. Fix it.


I did however mean large content. Obviously zones are a thing, can't do much about that- however you can introduce new mobs into maps or whatnot, introduces new bosses even. Get some testing in right away.

Ruins some surprise, but meh, who cares. Then things can be approached in more bitesize pieces. Especially skills and supports and what not.

Some things are obviously more difficult to piecemeal, new weapons for instance. You kinda need a decent chunk of stuff.

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