Fix Bugs and Text Errors or Stealth Nerfs ?

[maggers]

OK here is a good Poll ..

Would you rather have the game balanced and buggy or bug free but slightly unbalanced ?

Basicly what do you want first ?

[shazzy]

I chose kill those bugs because at the end of the day a bug ridden game can give a game a bad reputation. It would be a shame for people to avoid trying Ryzom because of others complaints.

[tyreal74]

i chose i want content, i agree we shud get the bugs killed but content shud be added also, and balancing the game i dont like the term of (thinks of horizons (no im not bashing it either))

[deitrich]

Depends on the bugs. For instance I can no longer use the same character name if I re-roll. It's as annoying as hell but it isn't really a problem that prevents me playing the game. The lag issue however was and that was rightly fixed as a priority.

After the major bugs which make the game unplayable, the you should roll out contant and balance at the same time. Balancing is important to a MMORPG but you need to add sweetners and content to stop people being bored (or upset when you're nerfed).

[pr0ger]

I live on planet Moo Moo.

sorry guys, but as long as the server is down, I have spare time to live as a normal human being...
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shard still closed ?
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okay 1 more time, maybe I read it wrong.

For me, importance is : Bug solving, then balancing.
anyway I don't understand the exact meaning of "being nerfed" ... ??

[ugge85]

I chose kill those bugs because at the end of the day a bug ridden game can give a game a bad reputation. It would be a shame for people to avoid trying Ryzom because of others complaints.

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[larsa]

The main problem is that Nevrax has maneuvered itself into a position where they need to do all three of your options in parallel and fast (and sadly Nevrax hasn't shown a track record of being fast in the past):

1. Fix these bugs,
2. Balance these skills and races,
3. Add these new features and the content.

Focusing on any of these issues will neglect the other issues - and I dare to say that Nevrax hasn't much time left, seems to me like patience and good-will amongst the playerbase isn't exactly growing these days.

Thus in my book the most important thing for Nevrax to do now is to be open and honest to preserve the good-will and patience they still have amongst a good number of players, and believe me, introducing "stealth-nerfs" is not the right method to show openness and honesty. There will be a need for Nevrax to communicate better and more frequently with the playerbase (Communication from GMs and guides is fine in my book - communication from the developers isn't).

The second important thing for Nevrax in my opinion is that they have to up quality and production rate in their programming department. Overall, progress is too slow and patch quality is too low. Somehow the programming department at Nevrax managed to build a good graphics engine, they managed to build a good network code - but somehow they seem to be unable to create a simple game patch that doesn't break more things than it fixes. Seeing the string of patches since release one wonders whether Nevrax' programming department currently consists of 2 half-time programmers ...

Well, thus to answer your poll my options would be:
1. Communicate open and honest, no "stealth-nerfs", ever again
2. Increase production rate and production quality of the programming department

[borg9]

I want everything....

But I am willing to wait.

Bug fixes - plz but most bugs are just annoying, and not game killers.
Content - everyone who does know my opinion on this ... its .. 'Add you own, use your imagination'
Nerfs - this is a fact of life when people power level, or the community complains. (constant change is both good and bad, it makes little difference if you focus is on other aspects of the game rather than levels)

Hivewasp - summary required here

[pcheez]

Cheez to command...cheez to command....come in command.....
Mission compromised, a certain Maggerz has jeopardized planet moo moo 's secrecy, aborting mission....

[maggers]

A Pcheez with pants is not a real Pcheez .. !!!



Anyway just to add.. seems the Americans are restless !!

Some nice posts on their forum.