Llyranor

Well, too bad that question never got into the 10 Q's for Feargie, because he's replying to them right now. But yeah, Eldar is probably right in terms of the paradoxical importance people are attributing to these issues.

Did that crisis ever even make a splash over at the NWN2 forums?

Heh, pseudo-repeat after they mega-hyped the new Pitboss mp feature. It only got released last month.

He already explained why simply waiting wouldn't work.

Exactly. They should have cut more corners in the singleplayer game to make room for it. After all, VTM: Redemption had multiplayer. Win-win.

Heh, remember when Bloodlines was supposed to have a persistant multiplayer gamemode?

So basically you WANT them to rush in a poorly implemented feature.

Guess what, we're as selfish as you guys.

Or maybe they'll just realize that they'd be better off being exclusively console devs.

I was too

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?type=mov&id=10681 .... Ok. That was pretty cool.

Alright, we'll all be there, then. RP already said he wouldn't be able to make it this week.

Interesting aspects of this game for me would be the exploration side of things (exploring newly discovered planets actually makes sense in the context of the player's role), as well as approches to storytelling (emphasis on body language, 'real-time' conversation interface). Not a system-seller for me, though.

Don't listen to Eldar. He just likes to kill his players.

Depends if they dedicate a live team to it or not similar to what Bio is doing. With income flowing in from DD content, they could keep the game supported for everyone, even those who won't buy a single DD mod.

In which case people like Hades won't end up buying it anyway. If you buy a product that you consider incomplete and end up disappointed, then it's your own fault.

Exactly.

Or you can decide not to buy it on release day. Whatever.

Yet, the DM client *is* a big part of NWN nevertheless. If I still planned on DMing, I'd be pretty upset too. If a delay in its release means Hades will get it only after it gets patched in, so what? I probably might have, if I still valued the DM client. Would I whine about it? I'd be disappointed, yes, but I'd rather they take the time to add in all that new functionality such as adjusting dynamic lighting on the fly and a lot more control in various aspects rather than just put in NWN1's *EXTREMELY LIMITED* DM client and be done with it.

Delay the game, YOU say? Sorry, Atari says.

That depends. Are you including the TV?

Erm, that's exactly the point. They'll release the DM client when it's done. If you'd rather have it rushed but available on launch day rather than a bit after release after they're satisfied with its quality, meh.

Yeah, you tell him, DR!