ORIGINAL: Numdydar
It is a strange responce to be sure paulderynck.
I have said repeatedly, that I will buy the game at release if one of two things happen. Matrix prices the game as if it had an AI and provide the AI as a free patch or the intial price is low to resonable for a game that does not have an AI and will never have one. I am sorry if I do not belive in good faith promises any more. Especially with a product with this track record. Just call me jaded lol.
So I may or may not be on a 'buy list' for the game. if I do buy the game, I would have no issue owning up to it and explain why I bought it. I am just saying that at this time time, I have no intention of purchasing the game under the currently planned pricing model. And have provided my detailed reasons as to why. If any of this changes between now and Nov 7th (and I do hope it will) then I will re-evaluate at that point.
For those that have people to actually play with, then this is a great product and can see how excited they could be to ply this game again with their friends. Since I do not a list of people to play with, I want an AI, not just a promise for one.
Yes you have said this repeatedly.
That is partly why my response was harsh. That and frustration at the kind of ignorance of the situation that is on display here in this thread despite the exact knowledge of what's going on that has been published in the MWiF forum over the last several years. The plain simple facts here are that the development has been a one-man show and it's been that way because otherwise it would not have happened. Period. Folks who believe as you do seem to think that Matrix has a bottomless pit of development funds and an endless supply of developers to throw at a product that - let's face it - does not have the marketing potential of some of the great "successes" of recent times - like Path of Exile, Guild Wars II or Final Fantasy XIV (or whatever number it was when the servers broke).
And when all the twelve year-olds that couldn't play those games RIGHT NOW and have them configured exactly the way THEY wanted - got on their forums and complained bitterly and said they'd never buy and never play - just exactly what did they accomplish?
OK, you've registered your protest and said you won't buy the game. Although now you're waffling with subjective terminology like: "if the initial price is low to reasonable for a game that does not have an AI". What's low to reasonable? $10? $40? $100? What's your criteria for "a game that does not have an AI" as the yardstick? A Chess set? Is your yardstick the same as others who MUST have an AI? You want a guarantee the developer of MWiF will provide an AI post release "in a timely fashion". Keep in mind there are bound to be some bugs. Which should have priority for the developer's time - the AI or bug fixes? Does anyone know beyond all doubt how many bug fixes will be needed and how long an AI for a game of this complexity will take to develop? You do not have a monopoly on the term "reasonable". I submit what is reasonable in terms of a pricing model is precisely what Matrix has said they will do.
So yes I was harsh. But reality is harsh. You registered your protest (repeatedly). You won't buy the game. And I'm sorry but IMO the situation will not be changing to suit you.
Of course one pro-active step toward an AI would be to buy the game and participate in the beta testing of the AI as it is being developed. But it's so much easier to just
demand an AI. Just call me jaded lol.