Archduke
10-09-2016, 09:04 PM
Alright, so in this post I want to address the priorities that the devs and community should focus more on.
Current Problems
Right now, the alpha is in an extremely early stage in its development. However, as it goes on, it appears more apparent that the release of the game is far from soon. I'm having problems reloading, rendering, my FPS are at an all time low, and the game is plagued with glitches. That being said, I do understand that it is very early in development, but the alpha is so bare-bones right now even without the glitches. It's years behind schedule.
Priorities
From my experience with this community so far, many people seem to be more focused on perfectionism in small mechanics rather than core mechanics. For example, I saw a post saying that the reload animation was wrong, where the author of the post detailed how the ramrod animation should last 3.51 seconds rather than 3.5 and how your feet should be facing 52.36 degrees or something. Focusing on aspects like this should not be a focus. Tweaking like this shouldn't be a focus right now.
Ideal Priorities
In this section, I will list aspects of this game specifically by importance.
1. CORE Features - Reloading, running, MELEE (Which is shit atm), etc.
2. Optimization - Optimization is paramount to the success of this game. The better the optimization, the bigger the community, and the better the game.
3. Player count - BIG servers, hopefully this will come with release, and hopefully release isn't in 10 years
4. Expanded features - Cav, arty, new uniforms/weapons, etc.
5. Tweaking things to perfection - What I talked about before.
Summary
In the end, I want the devs to focus more on making the game functional and fun rather than having it be perfectly historically accurate by the spec of dust. Please don't mess up this game, it's one of a kind.
Current Problems
Right now, the alpha is in an extremely early stage in its development. However, as it goes on, it appears more apparent that the release of the game is far from soon. I'm having problems reloading, rendering, my FPS are at an all time low, and the game is plagued with glitches. That being said, I do understand that it is very early in development, but the alpha is so bare-bones right now even without the glitches. It's years behind schedule.
Priorities
From my experience with this community so far, many people seem to be more focused on perfectionism in small mechanics rather than core mechanics. For example, I saw a post saying that the reload animation was wrong, where the author of the post detailed how the ramrod animation should last 3.51 seconds rather than 3.5 and how your feet should be facing 52.36 degrees or something. Focusing on aspects like this should not be a focus. Tweaking like this shouldn't be a focus right now.
Ideal Priorities
In this section, I will list aspects of this game specifically by importance.
1. CORE Features - Reloading, running, MELEE (Which is shit atm), etc.
2. Optimization - Optimization is paramount to the success of this game. The better the optimization, the bigger the community, and the better the game.
3. Player count - BIG servers, hopefully this will come with release, and hopefully release isn't in 10 years
4. Expanded features - Cav, arty, new uniforms/weapons, etc.
5. Tweaking things to perfection - What I talked about before.
Summary
In the end, I want the devs to focus more on making the game functional and fun rather than having it be perfectly historically accurate by the spec of dust. Please don't mess up this game, it's one of a kind.