by Sheelin » Tue Nov 24, 2015 7:41 am
As I said already, it is totally pointles and greatly disappointing to see the release postponed countless times by a short time.
You should have said, after all complaints, something on the line:
"The game will be hopefully released during 2016".
Then, a delay to 2017 would disappoint, as it did when you said "during 2014", but if it was released for real during 2016 we would all be pleased.
Now, spring 2016 is few months away, and since many are aware of the difficult of giving a precise schedule when programming, we also are all greatly aware of the team complete inability of evaluating the time they need, so they should stretch it to the maximum to avoid further disappointment.
Their inability in evaluating the time requirements is the only way to explain the (quote) "record-breaking number of times they missed their own declared deadlines".
You must be aware that if it took you 6 months to finish a small fraction of a "refinement" you said was going to be finished in a month, you can't say you'll finish it in another month, nor six.
Postpone it for whole year, or better, don't give a deadline. We mostly subscribed for the email notification, and I'm sure that we'll be happy to receive a "release time at last" email, instead of keeping coming here to see that you delayed the release for another season, and then another, and another... how long is it now, four, five years?