Update on a tuesday?

[andrew_harrison_jr]

Why not put that out before the weekend?? If it's a major update, as they say it is, I am not gonna waste my time playing it this weekend. I'd rather they wait till next Friday and not even mention the update till next week sometime. Sorry, just pitching a fit.

[Larkis]

You never EVER patch before a weekend. Patches on Friday are a no go. Patches on Thursday are also high risk. So Tuesday is a valid date to push out a patch.

[TheReal4982]

You are describing a good reason not to do it on the weekend.

[WeirdWizardDave]

The only "major" thing seems to be the first dlc part release. So the new leader and civs, the actual game updates seem negligible. So unless you're holding out to play that leader there's not reason not to play if you want to.

Personally I've been struggling to find the motivation to play for days now, my current game just ticked over to exploration and all the impetus to play just evaporated. The Ages is what I want them to patch, or at least tell us how they might fix them.

[Oaks]

Originally posted by WeirdWizardDave:

.The Ages is what I want them to patch, or at least tell us how they might fix them.

I'm really enjoying the ages. I don't think they are going to do anything anytime soon to make changes to a core feature of the game. You are probably better off hopping over to a previous Civ for a bit if you aren't geling with Civ7.

[WeirdWizardDave]

Originally posted by Oaks:

Originally posted by WeirdWizardDave:

.The Ages is what I want them to patch, or at least tell us how they might fix them.

I'm really enjoying the ages. I don't think they are going to do anything anytime soon to make changes to a core feature of the game. You are probably better off hopping over to a previous Civ for a bit if you aren't geling with Civ7.

I like Civ 7 a lot, I just don't like the ages.

[Central]

its in case a patch introduces new major game breaking bugs.
it is simply a lot easier to push out a hotfix if the patch released on a weekday, that way people are still working in the days after release.

if the patch introduces new bugs and its weekend than no one is working, and consumers will have to wait longer for a hotfix.

[tilarium]

Originally posted by WeirdWizardDave:

The only "major" thing seems to be the first dlc part release. So the new leader and civs, the actual game updates seem negligible. So unless you're holding out to play that leader there's not reason not to play if you want to.

Personally I've been struggling to find the motivation to play for days now, my current game just ticked over to exploration and all the impetus to play just evaporated. The Ages is what I want them to patch, or at least tell us how they might fix them.

What's wrong with the ages? What is it that caused your desire to play after crossing into the new age to fade? I finally have a good game going that is close (84% after last night) to ticking over to the exploration age.

[Astasia]

Originally posted by Central:

its in case a patch introduces new major game breaking bugs.
it is simply a lot easier to push out a hotfix if the patch released on a weekday, that way people are still working in the days after release.

if the patch introduces new bugs and its weekend than no one is working, and consumers will have to wait longer for a hotfix.

Traditionally the case, but work schedules are a lot more flexible these days with many people working from home and designating their own "weekends." There are a number of games that release major updates on Fridays, GGG and Path of Exile for example, every major update is a Friday release. Monster Hunter Wilds also just launched today on a Friday (though I have just noticed at a side glance that it's sitting at 40% reviews, yikes).

"Weekdays" and "weekends" are obsolete terms now once you get out of HS.

[Waschbär42]

Originally posted by Astasia:

Originally posted by Central:

its in case a patch introduces new major game breaking bugs.
it is simply a lot easier to push out a hotfix if the patch released on a weekday, that way people are still working in the days after release.

if the patch introduces new bugs and its weekend than no one is working, and consumers will have to wait longer for a hotfix.

Traditionally the case, but work schedules are a lot more flexible these days with many people working from home and designating their own "weekends." There are a number of games that release major updates on Fridays, GGG and Path of Exile for example, every major update is a Friday release. Monster Hunter Wilds also just launched today on a Friday (though I have just noticed at a side glance that it's sitting at 40% reviews, yikes).

"Weekdays" and "weekends" are obsolete terms now once you get out of HS.

Sure, you *could* release on friday with people on call on the weekend. Or you just make everyone's life easier and dont do that since experience showed that it usually isnt worth the risk.
F. e. even if you are able to react properly on weekends doenst mean that external dependencies are, too.

[Judicant]

“<Thing> happening on <later>? Why not <thing> happen <right now>!??!?”

Idk man, everyone should just go ahead and do everything right this moment. Game: patched. DLCs: released. Sale: activated. World hunger: over. Cancer: cured. Crime: eliminated.

Look, they have a lot of pressure to fix the game, that’s why they foretold that they’d provide more info this week, and why they dropped a roadmap of things that’ll happen over the next month. They can’t just go stealth mode and drop patches and DLC out of the blue, people want to see that they have a plan to fix the game.

[Rhapsody]

Originally posted by Judicant:

“<Thing> happening on <later>? Why not <thing> happen <right now>!??!?”

Idk man, everyone should just go ahead and do everything right this moment. Game: patched. DLCs: released. Sale: activated. World hunger: over. Cancer: cured. Crime: eliminated.

Look, they have a lot of pressure to fix the game, that’s why they foretold that they’d provide more info this week, and why they dropped a roadmap of things that’ll happen over the next month. They can’t just go stealth mode and drop patches and DLC out of the blue, people want to see that they have a plan to fix the game.

+ Players are bashing the game for not polishing features like UI and Civilopedia while at the same time demanding everything be released immediately and as part of the base game.

I'm not saying the game shouldn't be in better condition, but some demands folks put forth on these forums and elsewhere are just unreal.

[Despiser]

Ultima series was great. No patches, no bugs, no crashes.

[lieutenant74]

are you aware that only in late april there will be 'one more turn'?

[Mountain Man]

Originally posted by Astasia:

Monster Hunter Wilds also just launched today on a Friday (though I have just noticed at a side glance that it's sitting at 40% reviews, yikes).

Yes, Steam reviews have become a joke. Too many knee jerk reactions from people who have limited experience with a game or want to use the review section to crusade about their pet peeve.

[JerBeware]

I can empathize with your desire to play with the changes sooner rather than later.

But I'm with them on deciding not to push changes out right before the weekend. There's too many variables if something goes wrong.