It's still way to early. Wait until you see the online connectivity complaints die down online and then jump in. The game has some great potential, but right now you'll just be ticked off and may never come back to playing it.
BTW: When is this supposed to be fixed any way? I read frogboys post about how it is fixed and they can move on to other things like balance (unless I misunderstood what he was saying). For many it's not fixed, so I hope they haven't moved on to fixing other things.
[quote who="ShadowMastiff2468" reply="11" id="2174557"]WOW! Simply pathetic. You play two games...and give up..talk about determination. But not only do you give up, you start whinning about it and crying over it on the forums expecting what..SYMPATHY? [/quote] wow the fanbase here is pathetic. And I'm not talking about the TC. If someone is posting here and has issues or complaints why not address teh issue. Playing an online game
[quote who="KenoLFD" reply="13" id="2174541"] Quoting schlista, reply 11 You may want to add to the gamers bill of rights...that gamers have the right not to be badgered when discussing issues with a buggy product that won't work. The tricky thing about rights is that they come with responsibilities. As a corollary to your amendment to the GBOR, how about we add "complaint
[quote who="techubus" reply="7" id="2174535"]Team Pantheon will be a nice addition. However, I love the current Pantheon and Skirmish mode. I haven't gotten involved in clans/guilds/organized teamplay since I quit MMO's. Having game modes where I know I can't be stacked against, that everyone enjoys the same luck of the draw on map, mode, player skill and numbers; it's a good thing for me. Custom games should fill the void until they get Team Pantheon in. [/
[quote who="Wagnard" reply="5" id="2174523"]I have to agree to the topic starter. Except to his bad words he uses Team pantheon is what I wait too before going seriously at it. When I was in beta they said its a planned feature so it will come sooner or later. [/quote] Huh? You'd think stardock would have read their own gamers bill of rights where it says something to teh effect that games shouldn't be released until they are ready. Looks l
How about they fix the netcode first.
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Well that info was out in most reviews of the games, but where you were fooled is if you try to play it online. Good luck getting into a 3v3 HUMAN player game. The online is pretty much the same as singleplayer with AI bots posing as humans.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="2" id="2173350"] Contact sales and get your money back. Sheesh, if you read your manual, which you apparently didn't you would know that Stardock provides full refunds on its games if user has a problem getting it working -- even on copies bought at retail. As for my personal involvement on the forums. I find it sad that someone would argue that a CEO participating on the forums means the company must not have any resources. I
I may try sins of a solar empire with my refund. BUt not sure I want that in depth of a strategy game at this point. DG really appeals to me for it's simple to pick up gameplay, but is complex enough to keep improving on your strategy. So they may end up selling me 2 games before it's all over with.
[quote who="Renevent" reply="7" id="2172460"] Quoting schismpunk, reply 4 That's my issue though, is this an issue that Stardock would be willing to address? It's kind of a touchy issue for the publisher to ban certain players based on what's sort of a subjective offense. Maybe if they built in a personal banlist to tie into the netcode of connecting players. So I have person x on my list, and if that player is an option for a skirmish, it would d
to: Chaosnaska Thanks for the reasoned answer. And you do make a good point. I still think it would transfer well (wiht a few modifications). I guess it really comes down to what you like best in this game. I hope there is a dev that looks at this game and says we can do something similar on consoles and give
[quote who="Crash486" reply="13" id="2172505"] Uh... its not that big of a deal man. The game works at least 80% of the time. In fact it works nearly 99% of the time if you're playing small games like 2v2 and 3v3. I don't think they owe us anything other than fixing the bugs in the netcode. I'm guessing you never played an MMO at launch. Demigod has a few bugs, but its certainly not unplayable. Look at games like Age of Conan. That game was absolute garbage at launch. Yo
[quote who="Spartan" reply="12" id="2172500"]WTF? SD is the most supportive developer & publisher on the planet that I know. Moreover it gives lots of FREE updates for its products over thier lifecycle and then some. In my opinion asking such a question here is a big huge slap in the face to the developers and their commitment to us the customers. [/quote] Really? Did you read their GBOR? They didn't exactly release a ready to go live build
Here's what I found on GBOR: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/08/29/stardock-releases-gamer039s-bill-rights-pax Looks pretty good to me. As an industry, we need to begin setting some basic, common sense standards that reward PC gamers for purchasing our games. The console market effectively already has something like this in that its games have to go through the platform ma
[quote]GBOR[/quote] What is GBOR?
[quote]Will be interesting to see. At the very least we shall be expecting you back here in these same forums, proclaiming SD's customer service with at least as much vigor and effort as you've spent spouting off on them.[/quote] Trust me I will. ANd when/IF they get this fixed and I buy it again...with twice the vigor in playing the game. I love the game, but until it is playable I'm a hater.
[quote who="The_Witchdocta" reply="20" id="2172424"]You're looking at one aspect: piracy...every other aspect imaginable would have made this game horrible on a console...Use your brain before you post. There's a reason why RTS-type games do not apply well to consoles people....(and if you need to ask..well..dont bother) [/quote] I believe Halo Wars is a fun Console RTS game. THe key is making it simple...and if they can do Halo Wars I'm certain
[quote] I'm just amazed at fanboys that won't speak out about things when companies/people screw up. Sure they need to fix it, that's a bare minimum to avoid a lawsuit. But what should they do to win over the people the pissed off with their crappy online code? A game that is pretty much online only that can't be played online is a joke. schlista, ...and once they refund your money, you can come back to these forums with your tail between your legs
[quote who="Renevent" reply="19" id="2172368"]Yes, contact sales and please just stop the river of tears. This is not a pizza, or car, or anything like that. It's a piece of software and if aren't new to buying software, there bugs and things of that nature. There always has been, and there always will be. It's the nature of purchasing software. They are doing their god's honest best to fix up the problems, but if you are so impatient and want to throw a tantrum,
contact [email protected] and ask for a refund. According to another thread the CEO said he would give refunds for unhappy campers.
[quote who="the_Monk" reply="16" id="2172361"] schlista, So quit your damn bitching and contact sales about getting a refund already. I believe Frogboy stated that in fact they would give refunds for unhappy customers (in light of these connection etc. issues). Don't quote me if I'm wrong...hehe In fact, I remember (with fondness...hehe) a particularily loud-mouthed piece in Sins of a Solar Empire who was told in no uncertain terms by
[quote who="Granolan2021" reply="14" id="2172358"]lol thank you for cleaning up the pizza thing for me I was trying to point out how whiny schlista was...should have made that a bit easier to understand, my bad [/quote] So it's whiny when I pay $40 for a game that is unplayable? Is it whiny when you buy a car and it doesn't run and you use the lemon law to get your money back? I'm just amazed at fanboys that won't speak out about things when companies/people screw
[quote who="TheTrav" reply="9" id="2172345"]While I don't feel any of us are entitled to reparations I think the olive anecdote doesn't quite cover the pain of connection issues... It's more like you got your pizza in a steel box that wouldn't open, or would open some times to give you a bite sized morsel of food, and sometimes it'll open enough to get a bit of food out but then suck the food back in. [/quote] So true. Karma for you.[e digicons]k1[/e]
[quote who="Teseer" reply="6" id="2172330"] Quoting KenoLFD, reply 4 Constant communication, legitimate effort, and CEO transparency isn't enough for the Modern Entitlement Baby? QFT. It sucks the issues happened. But theres nothing you can do to change that. They are doing everything they can to fix it and are letting us know each step of the way. If you wanna scream 'IT SHOULDNT OF BEEN RELEASED LIKE THIS!'. They arnt forcing you to play it.
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