Well I know of the wonders to which you refer. And, it is about time.Mindrix wrote:Oddly enough, the original post has done wonders. I didn't break any NDAs. Some of my information was wrong, but all of what I posted I figured out on my own, not from CL or Beta info. But that wasn't hogwash.Rasper wrote:Dev team size - wrong
Communication down - wrong
New devs harder to get things fixed - wrong (I had lots of chats with them about spells / aa)
"falling out among the CLs and the Design staff. " - not that I've seen, but then he hasn't been in chat more than maybe twice in the last 2 months
"UF looked like it wasn't going to happen there for a few weeks" - blatantly false
So yeah, drivel and hogwash about sum up the start of his post about general state of affairs. And its taboo to discuss CL opperations and Beta process. I expected more from someone I respected.
A couple of other things that have been mentioned here I'll respond to, as well.
It is pretty tiresome seeing things presented in such polar fashion as "all one way" or "all another". This is why I despise one-liner responses, not to mention the fact that so many (most) on the "official" forums are not willing to be flexible or budge one inch for the sake of "face" once they have said their piece.
Guess what, there is a spectrum of good and bad, and taking a post in its entirety, calling it hogwash, and ignoring or not acknowledging the validity of things (like Rallos Returns and the Spells Debacle for example) is intellectual dishonesty, cowardice, and puffed-internet-chest posturing. That is the real hogwash.
Tnexus I appreciate your insights and am seeing how different perceptions of other CLs are (as expected) different from each-other. Good stuff.
However, your experience with "suggestions being ridiculous, overpowering, or not in the spirit of the class" is in no way true with the Mage spell suggestions, insights, modifications. The spells are abysmal, we have had retroactive nerfs to years-old spells, and there was nothing short of Stellar feedback given by Beta Mages on fixes. There was (virtually) no feedback on any meaningful spell changes, and at the end, seemingly with hands-thrown-up, the new guy said something to the effect that he would keep working on it. But I have heard that one too many times, since 1999.
Call me Cynical when it comes to change after-the-fact. And the ninja-nerf to a years-old spell was a /boggle.
From my own reading and numerous discussions with other classes the spell crappiness Across-the-Board is acknowledged as such. (Crap, that is.)
And one last thing, since it was brought up about the dearth of activity on this board and Kozvar.
The Mage board has been active and vigorous for years. Kozvar was the acknowledged de facto "leader" of the Mage Class. When the previous board failed, he should have drummed up the support for this new board instead of ignoring it entirely. It is my view that this is an obvious, implicit responsibility of someone in his position. The sad thing is, Kozvar changed from a pretty humble, nice well-meaning Mage interested in the Community-at-Large to a sarcastic knee-jerk guy who did things in self-interest.
Bad deal all around, because he is smart, and he can see. He got blinded. A call-to-action on his part to move here, and quickly, would have continued the tradition of an active, cohesive Mage Community.
His call-to-action, I believe, would have opened up this board in the same way as the old one was. Certainly it would have more than the handful of contributors it now has. Kozvar was dismissive, dishonest, and simply disappeared. And spare the "but the cross-server-channel" nonsense.
Vigorous information and debate among the Mage Community in a forum such as this has made a tremendous difference over the years.
I see this board becoming more-used, these days. If Norrath survives UF, then hopefully word-of-mouth will bring This Community back where it needs to be. We need someone level-headed, smart, and without flashes of displayed temper who can be relied on.
And, Wire for President, btw. That guy has the dope.
And there are tons of other great contributors on this board, too. And in the ether; we need those ghosts to return.
Bara
