rivethead
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That's the traditional big publisher method, I love that SC is not like that. We get so much transparency, you actually get so much insider info and that's great to have. For those who actually care about the development of the game (and likely pledged money), it's very rewarding stuff.
If someone is only interested in playing on launch, then they can go bury their head in the sand (aka just don't read anything about the dev process) and enjoy it when it comes out.
I think we get too much transparency. I think they should scale it back.
Remember PAX East in early March and the (now) infamous quote from CR: "The FPS module will be released Tuesday"?
That single statement caused tens of thousands of needless, useless posts in the CIG forums and brought the whiners and complainers out of the woodwork as Tuesday after Tuesday has passed.
I'm fine with the deep dives and the before and after FPS stuff was cool. But don't tell us FPS will be SC Alpha 1.2. Don't tell us that will be followed by Social Module. Don't tell us multiplayer is 2.0. Don't tell us SQ 42 is fall of 2015 or PU is 2016. No development roadmaps or timelines.
It's just not worth the explosion of stupidity and impatience in the forums when those things don't happen (or happen within alluded to timeframes).
