Hotschi
Posts: 548
Joined: 1/18/2010 From: Austria Status: offline
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I fail to see the connection between a hastily built installer (which checks for files which aren't actually included in the update - and when finding one, simply shuts down) and a patch being a Beta Version. I still have the feeling the patch - beta or not is irrelevant - was delivered in haste, judging simply on the state of the installer. And being a small team is no excuse - as if one is needed - but rather the explanation. Just because you're a small team, you have reason enough to put more care in releasing patches, beta or not. What also irks me, is that first, a official patch is announced, and then a beta comes along. Why the rush? And why such a confused information policy? As a comparison, if you check in the WitP-AE forum, there's a single person working on patches, he makes actually NO announcements, the installer for this patches are rock solid - and everyone is happy over there. I'm neither annoyed, nor am unfamiliar with testing. What annoys me though, is unprofessional behaviour and/or unprofessional Information policy. But sure, I would also be happy with official patches. The problem is... that this game, even with the official patches, is unplayable for a couple of reasons - and one of them is a gross imbalance. What I did now, was to uninstall the game, doing a re-install, then applying the Beta patch and the hotfix - this time,the installer was not mucking around, all went smooth.
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