lab vault upgraded?

[MStavros]

Originally posted by johan osterman:
We've been through this before

1. No one currently gets paid for the work they do on dominions, people here have a life besides illwinter, people here have to make a living of other sources then illwinter. There is only one person that does allmost all of the coding. He cannot add every singel feature you want, he cannot even realistically add 10% of all the features you want, he couldnt he if could devout all his time to coding dom 2, he cannot devout 100% of his time to dom 2 coding. Ergo less then 10% of the requests you make can realistically be implemented.

2. Pocus, you say that you cannot recall a single instance where illwinter has come around and implemented fan requested features they initially didn't like. Fist of all it is not true, no one here is interested in modding, copying scripts has been added, teloportability of immobiles removed and many many more. There are perhaps fan requested ideas that have and will not ever be implemented, but implementing ideas just because they are popular is a crappy idea, they have to have some other merit as well, and this merit has to be judged by illwinter whether you like it or not, and its merit weighed against the effort to implement it and in game factors. A feature that is fun to add is of course more likely to be implemented since that is much less of a chore. If illwinter designed games by polling dom 2 would be a Sims like game where brightly dressed elves shot each other with multicolored rays of love. Dominions couldnt have been made if it wasnt made the way it is, if JK and Kristoffer didn't enjoy doing dominions it wouldn't have been made at all. Perhaps this leads to the exclusion of some features you desire, but unless dom 2 makes a big impact in illwinters coffers and a slave coder can be hired it is likely to remain this way. And it can't be all bad since this design process has lead to the game you say like more than any other for 20 years.

3. In general if you want to have a feature added, ask politely. People at illwinter are human and insults and outright demands doesn't improve your chances of having a request implemented. This goes for questions as well, if you wish to get an answer, be polite.

I think I was polite enough. I don't think that my post was offensive.

Johan, I think you didn't read what we have posted. How do I know it?

'If illwinter designed games by polling dom 2 would be a Sims like game where brightly dressed elves shot each other with multicolored rays of love.'

Are you serious? So if we are asking for options like a search for magical items in game, that is bad? That will make the game look like Sims? Sorry but I am totally confused.
I think that everyone here had very good ideas.
The mod tools, the diplomacy system, the armor-weapon system, the search feature. These things would add a lot to the game. Don't tell me that these are bad ideas! You can't be serious if you say so..take a look at this wanted in-game search: what the hell is wrong with that? That would help a lot, if it would be implented. It is hard to believe that you don't see it...or don't wanna see it.

[ October 23, 2003, 16:13: Message edited by: MStavros ]