Not Happy

Are wolves that bad? That much worse than crocs and giant snakes? I've found all the creatures I've come across fairly easily dealt with thus far is all.

And I'll let you sit there talking stupid nonsense like the halfwit you are. There is nothing that you know that you could ever possibly share with me that would be of any use, whatsoever. Even your insults are weaksauce *yawn*.

It's one of those situtations where frankly there is so much wrong and dumb that you don't know where to start. I think you got the main thrust there though. If they want to put in their TOS that you can't say "pilchard" they can pretty much do so.

You don't understand the concept freedom of speech let alone any legalities. Also, this is an international game numpty with EU regional servers. Your consitution isn't even applicable to the NA servers which includes ALL of NA and not just the USA.

I think you somewhat overestimate Twitter and Email and underestimate forum posts. That being said I feel they are aware of these issues (exploits, offensive behavour) anyway, but dealing with them is on the backburner. Exploit fixes often going unmentioned in upcoming patch notes for obvious reasons, but any feedback adds fuel to the fire of urgency or prioritization of these issues. Also helps the chance there will be some sort of official response wherever that should come. Personally I'd like to know if they do plan on doing something about the aforementioned offensive behavour, I'm not going to waste my time hanging around with or rather even near a bunch of pillocks who think it is fun to yell the N word as some sort of meme joke. It's not funny, it's not clever, it isn't even trolling, it's just being a prat.

Don't get me wrong, that's not what I am saying. I'm not talking about a direct response to a single player. I am saying that a whole forum lit up with players complaining/quiting due to exploits cheating can add a certain level of expediency to a companies actions.

No, he's just not a total end who needs to grow up. I think you should have the strength of your convictions and go into work or your local supermarket etc and start yelling it over and over, then you can explain to your boss/the police all about free speech and carebears. It's only a little trash talk, right? Do let me know how it goes.

The thing is, it doesn't take long to cover the highlights and anything with a large number of replies, such as this thread. Go through every single post with a fine toothed comb? Of course not, but it doesn't take long at all to sort wheat from chaff. Thirty posts of chaff about the same/similar thing starts to look awfully wheaty. The medium is not so important as is the exposure level and this is variable.

Twitter is preffered nowadays due to it's enforced brevity and because of it's activity metrics. Twitter to occasionally give what amounts to a brief thumbs up and to assauge people that activity is going on and a forum/web post for any lengthy bit of confirmed info that can't directly be replied to. The general feedback and mood reported on the forums will absolutely be accounted for andnoted. That doesn't mean of course anything would ever be done about anything as these concepts are not mutually exclusive.

Got to be honest I'm a little confused, I'll see if I can answer you though. Just let me know if this doesn't cover it. Of course this forum is read by people working for grapeshot. There is probably some lowly QA guy who goes through the bugs section looking for new stuff to put into the proper format of whichever bug reporting queing sytem they are using, this would be standard. Yes they will use the forums as part of the whole feedback mesh for community feedback, I really don't get the notion that you think they wouldn't. Will they respond directly? Highly unlikely as this is considered a rabbit hole these days. Feedback yes, but don't get involved would be a summary of the general policy I encountered.

No need to get steamy fella. You want me to provide proof to counter your unproven assertion? Yes it matters where I worked, it doesn't give me a godlike staus of complete infallibility, but it may be more valueable then playing a game for a few years, as it was you who started presenting experiance as a qualification, both are an argument from authority which can be a fallacy.... but not so much in my case. Just saying. I've played games since the 80's and been on the net since it was dial up and bulletin boards, I think I've got a failry good feel for it. I can even say why you don't see any direct dev feedback here, it's because it's a rabbit hole. That doesn't mean it isn't being read and any response will come in the form of an annoucement in a locked thread... such as the patch notes which are here and not on twitter. The response wasn't to you fella

Source? Having actually worked in the games industry a number of years ago as head of IT for a QA and localisation company and being aware of the various feedback loops I'd say you are wrong.

Erm, this is an official company forum that even has a bugs section, right?

I feel sympathy for you. You're still dead wrong about a simple concept that a child of 4 should be able to grasp.

A-effing-men brother (or possibly sister).

You keep saying that as if it is some sort of qualification. My girlfriend is African, and? Yes, I am offended and you don't understand free speech. Frankly because you are probably a child or not far off. If you think it is OK to yell the N word over and over in an online game without repurcusions due to free speech, then you are as dumb as a rock and I have no further use in wasting my time explaining it to you.

They have blueprints for ship parts? Because I have several boxes of them and the only thing I have that goes into ship construction is some improved wooden walls, floors and ceilings.

Yes, yes I would like it if somebody who said such things was banned from the game. I would like it if their details where then passed on to steam and their steam account was banned for such behavour. I've played games 20 years ago where if you did that, you could be reported and a GM would turn up within the hour and you would at the very least get a few week ban. The game will lose more players due to this sort of idiocy. The exploiting of bugs aside, after a couple of trips around the sea and spending far too much time encountering such things as People making "hilarious" jokes about selling black slaves Sea claims with extremely racist "jokes" and racial slurs written on them People running about a freeport repeating "f*** f*** f***" etc. I'm pretty sure I'm done myself. It takes a lot to disgust me and I am. I also don't want to hang around a bunch of nobs. Sigh... looking for server from the old days where most of players on a euro server where British, Scandanavian (including Finns) and German... there's my "racism".

No need to go that far... Try doing it at work/school/in a shop/restaurant/any place where civilized people gather and see how quickly you get fired/expelled/kicked out/told to leave. I find people being oversensitive anoying as hell, but being oversensitive is... I dunno.. making a scientist give a tearful apology for wearing a shirt, it certainly isn't when somebody finds it distasteful to spam racial abuse.

Can't find that one in the articles of agreement, can you show me?

A server with some sort of TEF system like SWG would be good. Making PvP a choice, but one with benefits (rare/better resources, trade routes etc). A trader could avoid PvP by taking the safe but lengthy trade route or employ the services of a mercenary contract to protect the ship. That and a small tribe + small alliances, 10-20 max per tribe + max 3 tribes in any allaince or something.

Solo'd the ingredients for a brig, can sail it easier with NPC crew manning the sails. NPC crew can also man the guns. You're wrong, the end.

That's because you're a complete end mate.

If you're a complete end it may be. Personally, it would make me feel dirty and a like a total douchebag, a feeling I don't enjoy. Perhaps you should consider who you associate with.

Some sort of acknowledgement on this would be good. Hurts even more if you are just one guy playing on his own 95% of the time. That and the fact that even though I am a sweary old git who is not easily offended.... and yet the general player I come across makes me feel like I need to take a bath.