It was announced that Patch 5 for Dragon Age Inquisition has entered the Beta Phase and it is a SHINING beacon of how a developer is SUPPOSED to treat their community and how a developer is SUPPOSED to address community feedback.
Dragon Age has been out for LESS time than Destiny.
Yet the forums have been alight with unanimous requests for certain things.
[b][u]The Community asked Bioware to bring back "The Black Emporium" from Dragon Age 2.[/u][/b]
Why?
Simply put The Black Emporium was a black market for the player to get special gear and and other items for their character and people wanted to see a return of such a place.
Bioware's response?
[quote]- The Black Emporium: A mysterious underground shop owned by an immortal proprietor which appeared in the previous game via DLC. Here, the Inquisitor can purchase items such as epic weapons, powerful accessories, new crafting materials and schematics to add to the Inquisition.
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They are gonna add it to the game in Patch 5.
[b][u]The Community kept talking about and requesting a way to alter their characters appearance in game.[/u] [/b]
Why?
The lighting in the Character creator can't 100% show how a character would look in the countless different lighting situations the game has. People (myself) included found a flaw or two in their character in certain lightings and had no way of fixing it.
Bioware's response?
[quote]- Mirror of Transformation: It is found inside the Black Emporium which also appeared in the previous game. It will enable the player to change facial appearance and voice in “Dragon Age: Inquisition.”[/quote]
They are gonna add it to the game in Patch 5.
[b][u]The Community was upset that there was not a real storage option to help them keep gear or share gear between their characters.[/u][/b]
There was no storage chest so you had to carry everything on you at all times. On top of that there was no way to share gear between your characters.
Bioware's Response?
[quote]- Undercroft Party Storage: BioWare will add a party storage located at the Undercroft of Skyhold, allowing players to keep items for later use.[/quote]
Also being added to Patch 5.
ALL OF THIS IS BEING ADDED FOR FREE AND IS BEING DONE AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY
That is not EVEN counting the patches that has come before this one that has fixed countless bugs and balanced numerous abilities.
THIS is how a Developer is meant to treat and listen to their community.
THIS is how a Developer is meant to support the game when they get things wrong.
To the people who constantly feel the need to defend Bungie and the way they treat this game and their community.
To the people who constantly say "Programming these kinds of things takes time!"
Where is that logic in this situation?
Bioware has a smaller overall team working on Dragon Age.
Smaller overall community for Dragon Age
Smaller overall Budget for Dragon Age
Dragon Age has been out for LESS time
Dragon Age Sold alot less than Destiny.
Yet they have no problem pumping out patches and fixes that their community wants and that their game needs.
What is your excuse Bungie?
You have no shortage of community feedback yet you seem completely blind to our existence.
We already HAVE a storage system and simply want more space. Bioware are going to add a storage space FROM SCRATCH and have had LESS time to do it.
There are still bugs in the VoG that has existed for the LENGTH of the game, and yet you still have not fixed them.
THIS is NOT how a Developer is meant to treat and listen to their community.
THIS is NOT how a Developer is meant to support the game when they get things wrong.
So I will ask again.
Whats your excuse Bungie?
[b][u]Upvote this if you think that this community and this game deserves to be treated in a similar manner[/u][/b]
[b][u]EDIT: Over 650 upvotes and its not "trending" ..........hmmm.......how curious[/u] [/b]
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Edited by NIHNJAHMAHN: 2/26/2015 4:41:19 AMYou can't compare Destiny to Dragon age. completely different types of games. Destiny is an MMORPG as Dragon age is a single player story type game. Destiny is a learning process for bungie. There's a lot of stuff Bungie can't add into destiny or they will completely ruin it for everyone. It's all a learning process. I'm sure the Bioware couldn't make an MMORPG as good or better than destiny in as little time as destiny has been out.
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Community wants exotics to be buffed- Bungie delivered Community was tired of farming planet materials- bungie allowed us to buy it Community wanted nightfall matchmaking -we have that now Community wants more vault space- deej has confirmed its been looked at Community didn't like exotic upgrade system and raid gear becoming obsolete- raid designer confirmed that they won't make the same mistake twice I know destiny isn't perfect but let's stop pretending they never do what we ask for. they can't do everything everyone wants, and it's their first go at an mmo style game, so it's not like they know the exact answer to every problem.
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Dragon Age is a great game, but it is primarily an offline game, so it's much easier to give people what they are asking for without breaking the game, so it makes sense why some things will take longer for Bungie to add or fix than it will take Bioware. Also given today's update you can pretty easily come up with a similar list of things that are a direct result of community feedback: - people complained about losing heavy ammo when they die, Bungie fixed it. - people complained pulse rifles are shit, they buffed them. - people complained that there is no match making for weekly heroics, now there is. - running around the tower or having to go to your phone to check your rep? Fixed, now in inventory screen. - full auto mode not working properly on some guns? Fixed. Yes they nerfed some other weapons cuz they want to find the right balance so no weapon choice is the only good choice, they probably still haven't found that balance but I like that they keep trying to get there.
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No option for: stfu twat?
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I'm just glad bioware didnt sellout like bungie
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This post is still not trending or highest rated!! This system is -blam!-ing broken just like bungie!!
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Maybe because half their time they are trying to figure.how to nerf and buff stuff because all everyone does is cry.
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Bump feller
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Dial whine one one
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Bioware too strong
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Bump. Great post. Always thought BUNGIE is just a layer of idiots. That's the proof.
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Bump!!!
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A shocking 81% so far here wish this was destiny..... Wow. Maybe we should do a parallel post of whether or not Destinyvision should work with a different company for destiny 2. Hell we might not have to pay a full $60 for "that" content that's already in our disks!
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Top post mate!
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