A bad rumor

Erhardt · #1 May 17th, 2001, 02:00 AM

Has anyone bothered to consider the support and patches this game has gotten to date vs. most mass marketed games? After having worked in this industry for 15+ years I think Aaron has already gone above and beyond. People clamoring for more are obviously not bothering to look at the return on investment they have gotten for their cost of SEIV. Look at, for an example, Alpha Centauri: (3) patches then a disk called 'Alien Empires' with more patches (and 2 new races) for retail prices.

Enjoy the game the way it is: if anything else comes out rejoyce and send Aaron more money, because no other publisher would cater to his audience the way Aaron has.

Thank you, Aaron, by the way...

thanks,

Erhardt

pathfinder · #2 May 17th, 2001, 03:35 AM

I'll throw my 2cents in. Only this game and one other (Combat Mission) have shown this kind of dedication and customer support. Unless one of those big jerks can do this (and I doubt they would/could) my hard earned $$ go to Aaron/Malfador/Shrapnel and Battlefront/Big Time.

Hail the independents!

Baron Munchausen · #3 May 17th, 2001, 04:04 AM

Well, usually a long delay like this means that he's working on something big. There was a long delay before the Map Editor was released, for example. Given all the bugs that keep cropping up, he could be re-writing some large chunks of the program to handle things differently. Sometimes when you have too many problems you have to step back and find a different algorithm to do what you want with less "duct tape & baling wire".

That could also allow for some cool new options in the existing features of the game. He could also be readying drones or some other major new feature.

Richard · #4 May 17th, 2001, 04:56 AM

I talked to Aaron yesterday and he has some new beta stuff in the works.

I can't get into why he has been quiet lately but it is good for him and for the future of Malfador to be sure

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Sarge is coming...

Richard Arnesen
Director of Covert Ops
Shrapnel Games
http://www.shrapnelgames.com

geoschmo · #5 May 17th, 2001, 02:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Richard:
I can't get into why he has been quiet lately but it is good for him and for the future of Malfador to be sure .

Way to squelch the rumors Richard... lol

Richard · #6 May 17th, 2001, 04:11 PM

Well let me just put it this way it will mean Aaron will have more time to devote to finishing the patching for SE4 and will also mean he will have more time to work on future projects

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Sarge is coming...

Richard Arnesen
Director of Covert Ops
Shrapnel Games
http://www.shrapnelgames.com

Mark Pavlou · #7 May 17th, 2001, 06:23 PM

I did hear a rumour that Aaron was going to be taking a 15-minute break from doing future patches in order to have a cup of coffee. Anyone able to confirm this?