OT: The Total War subreddit is turning into a joke

[Gegenpress]

Not sure who else on here visits that place, but wow, every week is basically "Bash the hell out of CA" week and there's now a weekly thread dedicated to that. This appears to be a wider reflection of the community as a whole it seems.

With CA releasing historical titles again, it feels as if Warhammer fans are feeling like CA is ignoring them and not fixing bugs, which isn't entirely true. It's really depressing to see the Total War community become more and more toxic like most other AAA gaming communities.

[Wh♂♂par]

True, you did nothing to get banned. And the moderators should just ban everyone on their first offense. Wait...Contradicting.

Patching should, with issues like the reinforcement, be faster. Non-owners of DLC should have no repercussions from waiting/not buying DLC (the building-bugs).
No need to throw it into every thread, where there might just be a tiny chance of different issue -> it's all because of the longer patching routine, though.

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Longtoke původně napsal:

TVMAN původně napsal:

Frankly, 3 months without a patch of any sort is a bit ridiculous. I'm normally one to advocate for patience and understanding when it comes to game development, but they really should be putting out maintenance patches while they're working on the next content update.

I'm just saying that, if that's what they're complaining about, it's a bit understandable at this point.

+1

And if you complain here and push for answers, you get arbitrarily banned by the "community liason" using a survivor island stylized method of selection.

CA have turned into an average development studio at best, trying to chase the next sale at the cost of everything else. There's no reasonable explanation for such massive delays between patching ( not to be confused with new content ), CA have fallen from grace to be just another greedy dev studio, the pride in their product quality has gone.

if there isn't something to flog users for an extra dollar, don't expect a patch, and even then, the contant addition will only be patched once shortly post release.

Avoid TWW3 until at least a year or more post release, you may actually get it at a fair price, day 1 bugs included.

Eh, CA has always been this way frankly guys. I've been with TW for almost 20 years now (original Shogun 1 game even). You just have to keep the pressure up, constructively.

[Conflagration]

Tired of people downvoting your terrible posts, you run to the steam forums? How pathetic.

[GeNKi]

lol steam blind-defender squad is probably not operating there

also LMFAO about you creating a thead about that..

[Wh♂♂par]

GeNKi původně napsal:

lol steam blind-defender squad is probably not operating there

also LMFAO about you creating a thead about that..

Yeah, right? What a ♥♥♥♥♥♥! Haha! Let's all point a finger at him and laugh! Hahaha.
Let's do, what I feel like, too, when I want to mindlessly bash the game! But now, it's not me, who has to fight the opposition. Haha! This is great!

But of course, I can take it! That's why I point it out now! So, you can continue bashing me, I don't mind!

They do a circle-jerk, we do a circle-jerk, too!

[stompie5]

CA's biggest mistake was trying to interact with the gaming community. Gaming communities consist of some of the most immature and cynical personalities you'll ever have the displeasure of laying your eyes on, and reddit amplifies the idiocy by creating an echo chamber for them.

PS: Longtoke, you were banned for fighting, spamming, and being rude on the forum. Stop pretending you didn't break the forum rules

[TVMAN]

Longtoke původně napsal:

+1

And if you complain here and push for answers, you get arbitrarily banned by the "community liason" using a survivor island stylized method of selection.

CA have turned into an average development studio at best, trying to chase the next sale at the cost of everything else. There's no reasonable explanation for such massive delays between patching ( not to be confused with new content ), CA have fallen from grace to be just another greedy dev studio, the pride in their product quality has gone.

if there isn't something to flog users for an extra dollar, don't expect a patch, and even then, the contant addition will only be patched once shortly post release.

Avoid TWW3 until at least a year or more post release, you may actually get it at a fair price, day 1 bugs included.

I said before you got banned that I agreed with your stance that patches shouldn't be tied to content updates, but I did warn you about how you were presenting your point. You weren't arbitrarily banned, amigo. You were being pretty abrasive in your posts and it was only a matter of time. Keep applying pressure for actual maintenance patches, but please do it constructively. If Victor can reform and actually post constructively, so can you.

[Mörkö]

TVMAN původně napsal:

Frankly, 3 months without a patch of any sort is a bit ridiculous. I'm normally one to advocate for patience and understanding when it comes to game development, but they really should be putting out maintenance patches while they're working on the next content update.

I'm just saying that, if that's what they're complaining about, it's a bit understandable at this point.

Yes so everything happens for a reason.

[Ysthrall]

TVMAN původně napsal:

. If Victor can reform and actually post constructively, so can you.

Ooo, harsh! :)

[The Hat]

HeLLfire původně napsal:

rymeintrinseca původně napsal:

If they patched more frequently that would mean less content because of the branching issue. The no. 1 complaint is the reinforcement bug, which is a mild irritation at worst and getting patched in the next few days anyway.

When I started playing RTS you'd buy the disc in the shop and that was it, no updates ever. I'm not advocating this as a support policy in 2018, obviously, but I think it does help to put things in perspective. This game has a mature (largely 30+) audience that is, aside from a vocal minority, happy to give up FPS-style weekly updates if it means more dev time for game changing content like TKs etc.

What year are we talking about here? :P 1995+ patches were available for some games...atleast i remember Frontier Elite II i got a disk from my computer shop that fixed something i don't remember anymore :P

I'm not going to let you get away with that :p

Most games didn't have patches in the 90s and if they did, they were hard to get hold of, if you were told about them at all.

[Mr. Wiggles]

Wait till the next update on what the teams are doing, if they wont reveal anything new for warhammer the bashing will be deserved. It's been 3 months since the last (small) dlc. Almost one year after the game release and THE LIZARDMEN STILL HAVE ONLY TWO LL. Skaven and lizard rosters are unfinished. Some bugs, although small, are running around since release. Come on i cant become literally old waiting for a dlc that adds content for mere 10 hours of play.

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Mr.Wiggles původně napsal:

Wait till the next update on what the teams are doing, if they wont reveal anything new for warhammer the bashing will be deserved. It's been 3 months since the last (small) dlc. Almost one year after the game release and THE LIZARDMEN STILL HAVE ONLY TWO LL. Skaven and lizard rosters are unfinished. Some bugs, although small, are running around since release. Come on i cant become literally old waiting for a dlc that adds content for mere 10 hours of play.

CA said the next lord pack for Skaven and Lizards will be in 2019, not this year. I wouldn't expect anything until then.

Anyway, here's CA themselves demonstrating the reinforcement bug: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/176131321 Skip to 2:18:40 where they load in a battle. This video is from Sept 20, 2017. The game has been out pushing a year. They only started fixing the bug when every on reddit got mad enough about it that people called reddit a joke and toxic. I'll consider reddit a joke if that's what it takes to get big bugs fixed.