davieholgate Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Ok guys, as the title says.Last time we had a dated update... things went horribly wrong, like the great 0.23 thread getting 1000 replies in under an hour and crashing the whole forum server so much squad asked us repeatedly to stop refreshing.Hilarity? or Forum Crash?You decide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASAFanboy Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 What they should do is to give us an time range estimate.For example, Harvester could come out and say, "We're going to release 0.24 in the time range of around April 25th, 2014 at the earliest, and around November 21st at the latest.Or, he could say "We might be able to release in anywhere from three to five months"This gives them time to beta test and fix the bugs. Or, they could do the option of doing open Beta, which I would prefer than to an closed testing team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldham Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 The offical date is Soonâ„¢. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade Jenkens Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I'd like a rough estimate such as to the nearest month but an exact release date puts too much pressure on Squad and could result in things being rushed or cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mort Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I say date and time the update. At least it will stop the inane "is it out yet" threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccollo Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) I've worked on other projects like this (game being updated on a regular basis to satisfy players).Setting release dates before you have the patch ready is the absolute worst thing you can possibly ever do. You will eitherMiss the deadline, making the active community frustrated and impatient.Rush the update with a strong possibility of it being riddled with game breaking bugs, making all players angry and frustrated.Miss the deadline AND still have a rushed release, the worst possible scenario.If you do get a rushed patch you are now forced to rush a hotfix patch full of hack fixes and you will be wasting the time of everyone that have to create these short term solutions when they could be doing more productive things. Edited February 16, 2014 by maccollo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyAgent007 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 They could always lie and add a month to whatever their best guess is so that if they miss it they got wiggle room but if they hit it then they release it 'early'. but they already tell us the phase its in so we can guess to ourselves and quit pestering them. they got a lot of work going into this one so they need to take their time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KvickFlygarn87 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I've worked on other projects like this (game being updated on a regular basis to satisfy players).Setting release dates before you have the patch ready is the absolute worst thing you can possibly ever do. You will eitherMiss the deadline, making the active community frustrated and impatient.Rush the update with a strong possibility of it being riddled with game breaking bugs, making all players angry and frustrated.Miss the deadline AND still have a rushed release, the worst possible scenario.Sure, but if they finish the update, set the date (like 24 hours later or so) and take a break. They've earned it after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexiSilva Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Soonâ„¢ is the official date for all releases... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheOrbits Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I don't think they should set dates, because when they are ready earlier, the community has to wait unnecessarily long and if they aren't ready on time, everyone is frustrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Kerbice Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Use time warp ! oohh doesn't exists in real life ??? So be patient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I like how people make posts like this as if they have any control over what SQUAD does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 No dates please - unless they are absolutely, positively sure they can and will make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Release date requests, speculation, begging, demands, hostage situations and mild ruminations are against the rules, because they cause so much trouble.Please don't ask for, mull, consider, round-a-bout request, attempt to force responses or collude to try to ascertain any KSP update release dates ahead of official news from Squad Also, I better close this, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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