149332-its-already-thursday-werent-you-going-to-tell-us-something-this-week

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Man I must hide, they found my secret exo-lab. You pesky Carbineers.!!! :angry:  :angry:  :blink:


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Not much of that seems to pertain to the next Drop, but more like things we'll see down the road.


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Except that it isn't. The game needs income from its players to continue to exist, and up until now I was happy to be one of the people who helped the game stay afloat, instead of just being a drain.

Cute.

Yes, I do know how a press embargo works. I also know that lack of communication from Carbine, for whatever reason, is jeopardizing the future of a game I very much enjoy playing. Players are leaving because, for all they know, nothing new is coming, which is bad when some servers are already ghost towns. I'm already seeing players gone for months on my guild and neighbor lists, and it seems like there's more logging out and never coming back every day. Maybe you guys weren't there, but I saw this game basically die before, due to very similar circumstances, and I do not believe it will survive another mass exodus of players. I'm not frustrated because I want new content for myself. I'm frustrated because I want this game to not die, and it's very annoying to see those in charge doing such a poor job of trying to keep it alive.


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Except I was there. I saw guilds all around mine collapse and die, and I'm seeing it again. But because of the embargo, Carbine's unable to really do anything aside from post what TT posted last night in that thread.


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I know a lot of people think they're being clever by insisting that there's some sort of secret oppression of their favorite developers by some heartless, unwavering publisher going on behind the scenes, but the reality is that the developers have a heck of a lot more control than customers want to give them credit for. Carbine isn't talking about their plans for the future in any official capacity because they're still in the process of making sure that the things they want to do are actually possible. Remember what happened before release when Gaffney said "We'll add new content on a monthly basis" and then that all fell apart because it just wasn't possible to accomplish that while delivering the quality expected by the customers, because MMO development just doesn't work that way? It wasn't realistic, but people bought into it, and next thing we all saw on the forums and comments for every gaming site known to man was irrational hate spammed at Carbine by whiny gaming nerds around the world because they were quote: "FAIL!". Then, before you know it, that kind of bad publicity just spirals out of control because Carbine made the unfortunate mistake of over-promising and under-delivering in a world where customer's, in a general sense, are not known for being forgiving or rational. So, now, like every other developer with even a hint of understanding of the nature of customers, the people at Carbine are playing it smart by not announcing anything to the public until they know for 100% certain that their plans are realistic, attainable, and possible so they don't have a repeat of all the other times they officially announced something that didn't quite pan out the way they hoped it would. I have no doubt in my mind that NCSoft has been pestering Carbine for plans regarding their way forward every time Carbine turns around. Hell, Carbine probably can't blow their nose without NCSoft asking "what's next?" The reason for that being:  NCSoft has invested money into Carbine's contract. Operating under the assumption that NCSoft is following some petty nationalistic agenda might be an entertaining thought experiment, but the reality is that NCSoft would not go through the effort of contracting out to Carbine and spending money on Carbine if they didn't have some level of faith in both the product as well as Carbine as an organization. Even with that being said however, Carbine is an investment to NCSoft. Carbine represents a source of revenue in a mutually beneficial partnership as the creative aspect, and in return Carbine has access to NCSoft's financial resources to make their vision a reality... sooner or later. And, yes, IF NCSoft is offering any input in this situation, it is probably what I just stated for all the aforementioned reasons:  "Don't say anything until you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is going to happen.  Do not over-promise and under-deliver."

And all of that is really the long-winded explanation of why Surpriselol said this ^ Oh, and using the word "EMBARGO" is really, really, really stretching the meaning of the definition. Just as a reference from Merriam-Webster: Full Definition of embargo plural em·bar·goes

1 :  an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports 2 :  a legal prohibition on commerce 			3 :  stoppage, impediment; especially :  prohibition 			4 :  an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight transportation Telling someone to "hold off on announcing that until you know for sure you can do it" is not the same as "You are PROHIBITED from saying anything, ever!"

Edited January 30, 2016 by Srfrogg23


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