nova.6752 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 And so it starts first they get rid of the employees and now we start having delays on content, It hasn't even been a couple of days since they've started getting rid of their employees and we already having release issues. (Last week, we announced the upcoming release of our new WvW mount, the Warclaw. Unfortunately, this release will be delayed until Tuesday, March 5. In light of current events at the studio, we are taking this time to focus on our friends and colleagues. We hope you understand and we apologize for this delay. Thank you for your continued support of Guild Wars 2.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Oh for goodness sake, we have many threads on this already. Of course this was going to be delayed. Did anyone really think 100 people losing their jobs wasn’t going to have a short term effect? This is unrelated to their announcement since if you read it, it says updates and ls5 will continue. It does not say alterations to schedules won’t happen. This is a short term change to show compassion for their team who are obviously close knit. Let’s not worry about a one week delay to a video game patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanWilder.6923 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 There were delays of patches in the past where noone wad laid off, what should be the reasons to CRY OUT LOUD then? 1 week delay doesnt harm any player. And Please read the forum or use search function before making a thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetwillyhip.7254 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 OP your post is awkwardly inappropriate for what is happening currently at this exact moment. Good lord give ArenaNet a break. They lost over 100 employees, some that have been with the company for 10-18 years. You can give them a little patience please.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasoki.5180 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 > @"nova.6752" said: > And so it starts first they get rid of the employees and now we start having delays on content, > It hasn't even been a couple of days since they've started getting rid of their employees and we already having release issues. > > (Last week, we announced the upcoming release of our new WvW mount, the Warclaw. Unfortunately, this release will be delayed until Tuesday, March 5. In light of current events at the studio, we are taking this time to focus on our friends and colleagues. We hope you understand and we apologize for this delay. Thank you for your continued support of Guild Wars 2.) I don't think you understand why the content was delayed. The content of following updates is already done and finished btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstealer.5978 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 > @"nova.6752" said: > And so it starts first they get rid of the employees and now we start having delays on content, > It hasn't even been a couple of days since they've started getting rid of their employees and we already having release issues. > > (Last week, we announced the upcoming release of our new WvW mount, the Warclaw. Unfortunately, this release will be delayed until Tuesday, March 5. In light of current events at the studio, we are taking this time to focus on our friends and colleagues. We hope you understand and we apologize for this delay. Thank you for your continued support of Guild Wars 2.) Oh no "THE END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH!" Everyone run, run for your lives.... It is delayed out of respect, some of those let go may well of been involved in its release and handling the "not so positive" pre release feedback, so yeah anyone with a grain of intelligence would of expected a short delay while they reshuffle priorities and responsibilities then begin to plan for the future... but out of respect at the very least I would of expected the content to be pushed back a little.. perhaps you have never had to deal with not knowing if you still had a job in the morning, not having if those co-workers in your team will be with you in the morning.. its not exactly the easiest of things to get through both for the employee and the employer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X T D.6458 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Good lord op, a little compassion please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovegw.1258 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Done with the game and won't come back unless they are more transparent with a clear and proper roadmap for the game. Also delaying content is exactly how apocalypse of a game starts. So it's definitely a red flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazreal Blackknight.1564 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Maybe it is because I am older, but my company has also laid people off the rest of us are still expected to make our deadlines and oh, I dunno still work. This is not accepted in the world outside of the gaming industry, why should it be ok now? Yes, they lost their jobs, but are getting paid a severance. There is no fundamental reason a company can not go on working as needed because they laid people off. It's not the end of the world but automatically pushing stuff back could be for their game, its bad PR and right now they need all the good PR they can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasoki.5180 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 > @"Mazreal Blackknight.1564" said: > Maybe it is because I am older, but my company has also laid people off the rest of us are still expected to make our deadlines and oh, I dunno still work. This is not accepted in the world outside of the gaming industry, why should it be ok now? Yes, they lost their jobs, but are getting paid a severance. There is no fundamental reason a company can not go on working as needed because they laid people off. > > It's not the end of the world but automatically pushing stuff back could be for their game, its bad PR and right now they need all the good PR they can get. Uploading a patch isn't actually just that. There is post analytical work involved, someone needs to be overlooking how did implementation go, are there serious bugs or broken feature. Are players experiencing potential problems or tech difficulties, address bug reports. These all require people. Considering what they just went through, it is actually quite possible no new people have been assigned to this tasks. Be patient, day or two wont increase the quality of their patch. Honestly, I would currently prefer a statement by one of the Mikes more than a balance patch or warclaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derd.6413 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 > @"ilovegw.1258" said: > Done with the game and won't come back unless they are more transparent with a clear and proper roadmap for the game. Also delaying content is exactly how apocalypse of a game starts. So it's definitely a red flag. > > lw season 5 is still happening, probably gonna tie us over till 2020. or do you want to know exactly what anet is gonna do for the next 5 years so you can cry about anet breaking promises when they change something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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