Bioware Goes To Hell.

[ak404]

I think it was rude of him to do it, but lots of forum kiddies on their boards are people who think they are know-it-alls and will just whine about anything and everything, and as a developer, I might take it with a bit of salt, but he might have just gotten pushed over the edge about it.

I'm inclined to agree with Cybit. From what I know of Bioware (admittedly, it's only the Infinity Engine collection here because I can only play NWN offline), they usually bend over backwards to make their customers happy and throw themselves into the communties that their games create. They happily make suggestions to mods and let the community know about mods they've planned out as well. And so far, it's worked out great; for the most part, Bioware can do no wrong, and if they do, the customers let them know beforehand (because usually Bioware likes to get feedback). The customers are civil to company, the company is civil to the customers. This is a lot more than Blizzard North's ever given to the Diablo II community, post-LOD, and I think Bioware's beginning to discover exactly why Blizzard North has retreated to the top of the mountain to herm.

Like real people, programmers have a breaking point. You release a patch people've been waiting for, and people whine about a complete non-issue. You can only take so many stupid know-it-all emails and forum posts demanding you change something that's completely harmless before you feel the need to say, "Now look here, you..." because...well, look, you're enjoying the game, right? Nothing's gone wrong yet, it's the same game you've been enjoying for the past year, yes? So why whine about a launcher which is outside the game and its ads for games that...oh, I don't know, you might just like when you know it has nothing to do with your enjoyment of the game?

And you have to admit, some people who play role-playing games (we call them power gamers and munchkins) don't take to subtlety too well, especially when they're surfing on their "whiny know-it-all" waves. They need to be cut down a few notches.