Comments on: More Issues

By: Pendan

Pendan — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:42:56 +0000

Turbine definitely has a QA and code control problem. The overall philosophy of the company is to only do large patches on a timed basis. When I problem is found a developer will often post they have a fix but it has to wait for the next book because the book that is coming out in two or three weeks is frozen except for emergency problems. This is the case of the burg riddle as the problem was reported during the first days of the test server getting book 14.

I prefer a company that will do small patches as issues arise but Turbine’s method of tight quality control and only doing well tested patches with planned updates is a proven software engineering method. Only Turbine is failing at it. They obviously don’t have good source code control of what is and is not put into a patch. How else could a search in the auction house get broken when making a patch to a crash with raid assist? I don’t think I am alone in thinking these little issues would not be a big concern if we knew it was not going to take two months to get fixed with the next book publish.

By: Ethic

Ethic — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:03:00 +0000

For some reason, every time I start the client, I need to log in twice. Maybe that is just me, but after entering my password the first time, it goes away and needs to start. It always works the second time.

It’s not just you. I thought it was just me.

By: Openedge1

Openedge1 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:27:28 +0000

Is it possible that Turbine has gotten…lazy?

They got minor success, they have a decent subscriber rate (about 150-200k?), but they have pulled a ton of people I bet to work on MoM.

This last patch was just for the fans if anything, and it sounds like QA dropped the ball.

Now, with the big guys watching (Warner Bros) and the heat being on to make MoM the “ultimate” because WB thinks LOTRO can kick WoW’s butt..
The rest of the game may just be the stepchild until MoM releases.