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Originally Posted by Ice_Storm
1) There's a department for each online game they run. POTCO team has nothing to do with the other games. So that can't be an excuse.
2) I'm sorry, but, did you say regular updates?? I never seen a company that is well known as a whole - not a department - that takes more than two months to get any kind of patch, even small bug fixes, into their online game. How do you call that regular? Considering it's Disney? They have tons of money as a whole company.
I don't understand why players keep their expectations soooo low for Pirates Online or any of their Disney Online Media Group games. That is probably why nothing fantastic will ever be getting done because you guys aren't demanding something worth-while.
Tell them that they don't meet your expectations. Don't keep them low all the time.
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I'm aware that there is a department for each site, but each department have their own funds also. Disney has billions of dollars, but I doubt they're paying for massive changes a site that could be described as a speck of dust compared to the rest of their investments.
I figured you might have something to say about my 'regular' statement.The updates are regular to me - they keep me, and many other players, satisfied with the game. They may be slow, but they're worthwhile. And I believe that's what the developers are aiming for. Besides, I've seen many quiet bug fixes that weren't featured in the release notes - the Darkhart window bug, the following Darkhart wall bug, and so many more bugs have been fixed this year. And I'm sure there will be plenty more fixes to come.
My last message did sound as if I'd lost all hope in Disney creating a hit game. I think they could get there if they really put a lot of money into it and worked much harder to fix all the bugs and release new updates. Pirates Online will always be my favourite online game, and I've played MMOs that are updated literally every week. Pirates Online's updates are released with perfect timing, I think, just as we're getting bored of the last one. My opinion is that if you update
too often, players won't get the most out of the last update before moving onto the next one.
Toontown, Pixie Hollow and the other Disney games have far less bugs, but I still think that POTCO is better, because of the gameplay, not the updates. If a player gets bored with the actual gameplay, there's no update that can really keep them happy. As soon as they get bored with that, they ask for more. But they'd be better off finding a different game to spend all their time with.
I haven't quite decided what my expectations are for the game, because it's only been running a few years, and it has yet to have its glorious moment. I love this game, and I'd hate to see it go downhill like I've seen so many games do, because of their latest updates that don't satisfy the players. Disney really have something going here - I'd hate for them to waste this opportunity to create a hit.