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~ I see from the change long that the last update was in September. I understand that the devs have been busy rolling out another new game, but now that it is online, perhaps we can see some updates on the change log to show you haven't forgotten about BW2.

~ Any other major game I have played has a glitch/bug list for players to see, and players were asked to read it before submitting a ticket. It meant that we knew they were aware of the bugs/glitches and also made less work as there were fewer repeats. It also meant that the list had to be maintained and acted upon. (I know you have a list, and I know you action with a triage system, but many of the glitches are 3 years old. It must be one heck of a long list)

~ Some players can’t access AI as it won’t load on a good day. Christmas was hell for them as they could barely play, let alone visit AI. AI Was even bad for me with a newer computer and upgraded internet, with as few as 10 players showing on the Islands. When players can’t load, their character is still stuck in the teleporter, and show as being on AI isle 2. If the player can’t load AI, they also can’t change isles. There really must be some way to alleviate this. Would not having the request for the island of choice at the teleporter in the commons help alleviate that problem?

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Wow Raymond, you play 24/7 and the game is perfect? AMAZING! How very nice for you. Perhaps your game is run on a server that isn’t overloaded? (You are a know it all, how come you never thought of that?) Now I expect to never hear one more word of complaint from you ever... ever… so please erase your last complaints I just read in the forum...

Someone named Raymond Jerome complained about the change log not being updated. A relation perhaps? He complained a lot… The change log is sitting there, in a sticky and says it has not been updated since Sept. I never mentioned content updates, so just who needs to read and in your own words, “f you want to complain then get your facts straight.”

Yes, other games have lists of glitches and a list of bugs as I stated, for the reasons I stated. What YOU are talking about are the glitches players can abuse. Of course they don’t let us see that! Otherwise, is no reason not to have an itemized list for players to see!! NONE! Only benefits for all.

I care about other players (A concept that might be hard for you to swallow but true) and unlike yourself do not sit here ready to pounce upon anyone who dares make a comment.

I also mentioned that I understood the triage methodology! YOU are not a dev, so leave other players alone! Get outside and breathe in some fresh air instead.

PS: I will happily remove this reply Raymond will erase his unnecessary and condescending "reply" to my suggestion.

Lvl 440 "Other Peoples Problem Solver!"

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oh, I see what you mean by change log.
and that right there is proof that the Dev s DO NOT have time to maintiain/publish an ongoing list of bugs cause they can't maintain an ongling list of changes, of ewhich there has been many since September. http://forum.codenameentertainment.com/?action=bw2&page=news

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http://forum.codenameentertainment.com/?thread_id=7530

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Kittypurrs is correct!!! There have been no "Change Log" updates since Sept. 2015
http://forum.codenameentertainment.com/?thread_id=10532

When Kittychix was the Community Manager, she updated the Change Log faithfully, every month, from Jan. to Nov. 2014
http://forum.codenameentertainment.com/?thread_id=8724&page=1

Then, when Erika took over as Community Manager she started out okay. She updated the change log every month from Jan through May of 2015, and then she didn't update again until Sept., and we have had no updates since.

Raymond, you stated "Dev s DO NOT have time to maintiain/publish an ongoing list of bugs cause they can't maintain an ongling list of changes."

My response to that is ... that's exactly why they hired a Community Manager.
Back in Jan. 2013, when Justin introduced the first one, he said, "Please join us in welcoming our new Community Manager, Noemi! Her job is to make sure that all your feedback is taken into account as we work through the development process, so you’ll see her posting & answering questions on the forum regularly from now on.
She's the best person to direct all feedback to, and she can answer questions about what features will be included in impending updates."

Now, I see this as a positive thing, as players [optionally] pay real dollars to play this game, and it is to the developer's advantage to keep the interest of their loyal players by keeping them informed, and it also wouldn't hurt to throw out a few teasers about future updates while they're at it. People would have a lot more patience and understanding if they were kept informed about why there are sometimes lags in updates, or other problems that arise. Burying one's head in the sand doesn't make the problems go away, it will only serve to cause their players to go away.

And since the issue of lag time and freezing on AI was brought up, I just want to add, that I for one, always freeze up when I go there and I always have to reboot the game. It's become the norm for me, and I have a fairly new PC with a good internet provider. I agree with Kitty, that a teleport in the commons where we can select different rooms on AI would be a great help.

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@Russel and @ Jo, yes I agree. And thanks Flybaby for showing how you can and should reply to a post.

@ Erika There are offensive and spam replies, in which the person replying is pretending to answer for the devs and responding as though he has some insight into the business. (I would call that impersonating a dev) The person is also adding URLs that have nothing to do with the thread at all, which are a nuisance, but also akin to bullying of other players. It scares people away from adding to this thread, but also from joining the conversation on the entire forum!

As the other players have stated, I cannot understand how you can maintain a civil and inviting forum without being able to click on a report button to have something/someone reported and removed, or the ability to remove offensive threads from your own post or at least report and block.

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Raymond, YOU are the one who responds 99% of the time here and in discussions and once in awhile you are indeed HELPFUL, but if happens very seldom. I could care less about your thousands of hours playing or your "vast experience." You have made 6 senseless and useless replies to my suggestion! The forum is not here to stroke your ego!

The URL you added was about updates, mine was about the change log. Your replies here are about updates and what you THINK the devs might answer to my other suggestions. If you are responding that you know what the devs are thinking and working on in bug lists, you are indeed "speaking for the devs" and you have absolutely no right to, especially in this suggestion thread! I am not speaking to you, or your VAST experience. (You are as condescending to players with your "vast experience," so you may think you know your A from your B, but not BS!)

Your replies to me were not helpful in the slightest and I will ask you to refrain/ restrain/constrain yourself from adding anything else to my suggestions now or in the future!

PS: I have found many complaints on the Wiki from you that it is outdated and even complaints on my golf thread that the golfing wasn't set up the way you like it! Those are complaints that do NOT BELONG on the player-made Wiki and should have been directed to the Devs! I have searched for your name as someone who helps/adds/edits there and see NOTHING but comments (All are comments if you click on his name there... even the uploads are to comments, not to the gallery or to make additions) Why would someone with your "vast experience" be whining there, and whining about players suggestions and comments here, when you could be updating Wiki and actually show you are trying to be helpful? (rhetorical question BTW....)

PPS: You were complaining about AI when it was in BETA, July 13 2013, 3 weeks after the beta was rolled out!!! Yet, years later, no one else is allowed to say anything!

examples here:
http://forum.codenameentertainment.com/?thread_id=7722#40731

Raymond Jerome
are you only a community manager? or are you a programmer too?

Come now, Amicus Island is 21 days old now, it's still in beta as far as I can tell since it's still very buggy and leaky. Yes, its great fun watching Flash usage go up from never higher then 200 Megs to well over 600 Megs ONLY when doing anything on Amicus and drop back to reasonable when walking away from that mess. And I clear flash cache just about every other day. please FIX IT.

Raymond Jerome
fewer and fewer people are playing Amicus when I'm there, which should be a good thing for me, but there is only one 'room' usually and its half full and even so I'm almost always FROZEN like many people have been for what 33 days now? Are you ever going to improve your beta area?

PPPS: Erika has updated the change log as of yesterday, so I guess you were wrong there as well Raymond.

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Nicely said, deblev53. Thanks for your input.