Hemi-Cuda
05-16-2002, 06:53 AM
Raven did do some things wrong with this patch. you dont get this many complaints if everything is right. true, most of the people complaining are you average bitchers/whiners with no purpose other than to stir **** up, but the sheer number tells something. of all the games i've played, i've never seen a patch stir up so much resistance ever before. and after going through the Quake 3 post 1.17 patch madness, i thought that was bad
the way i see it, all Raven did was try to do too much too fast. they were trying to fix everything in one fell swoop. what they should have done IMO is release small patches in smaller intervals. first one would have fixed the DFA maneuver, but nothing else major. then of course the rear backswing exploit would have come about, so another short patch would cure that
if you look at past games and patches, particularly the Quake series, the first patches to come out usually only contain bug fixes and maybe small balance changes. its not until later patches do actual new game features get added and some gameplay items changed. Raven seems to have done the reverse, and i don't think it worked too well
my suggestions for the next patch would be to still keep the new saber changes, but only fix the backstab. also instead of tweaking damage, lighten up on the blocking. i think somewhere in the middle of 1.02 and 1.03 style blocking would work the best
i just hope with future patches, Raven does a little more brainstorming and follows the road that id did, since they do have the most experience in this area
the way i see it, all Raven did was try to do too much too fast. they were trying to fix everything in one fell swoop. what they should have done IMO is release small patches in smaller intervals. first one would have fixed the DFA maneuver, but nothing else major. then of course the rear backswing exploit would have come about, so another short patch would cure that
if you look at past games and patches, particularly the Quake series, the first patches to come out usually only contain bug fixes and maybe small balance changes. its not until later patches do actual new game features get added and some gameplay items changed. Raven seems to have done the reverse, and i don't think it worked too well
my suggestions for the next patch would be to still keep the new saber changes, but only fix the backstab. also instead of tweaking damage, lighten up on the blocking. i think somewhere in the middle of 1.02 and 1.03 style blocking would work the best
i just hope with future patches, Raven does a little more brainstorming and follows the road that id did, since they do have the most experience in this area