Jay Wilson @Angryrobotics 2 hours to the start of my vacation.
Now obviously everyone is entitled to leave from work and this wouldn't create a delay in the game or anything but am I the only one that thinks its strange the games lead director is taking leave 1 month before the game actually releases. Now it could be only a few days, but this feels rather odd and my only response would be that the game is entirely complete, polishing and balancing and all, thus allowing him to take leave without an detrimental effects to the game so close to release.
Game is done already, therefore so is Jay's primary job. It's his turn to relax until he comes back to deal with the imminent shit storm created by the back seat game developers that are the blizzard community.
By gold I meant that given the game is heavily based server side they can get things like the boxes and cd's for retail the game client as a whole can be completed and then they patch in the final balance changes with a day 1 patch.
So I'm thinking that the game is ENTIRELY balanced and finalized, ie even the day 1 patch is complete.
Well, I wouldn't be surprised if there were people still working on the game - even Jay may do some more work, since his holiday will might only for a week or two.
They did say before that they'll probably be working on this game up till the day it's released. Any tweaks/balance changes they make will still be implemented in the game on Day 1 via the installer, regardless of when the game goes gold.
If anything this is the BEST time for them to take vacation.
1. The games already complete, with the exception of actual polishing. The systems are designed, in place and working.
2. It's better they take their vacation now while all they are doing is some polish and balancing, instead of taking it after it launches which of course will require all their attention.
The games are just sitting in a warehouse somewhere right now guys. The game is done. Lead Developer doesn't have much else to do until it gets closer to release.
The games are all being published and sent out to retailers within the next few weeks, which they will sit for a week or two.
Keep in mind, the actual hard copy should only contain the launcher and the first version of the game, in which after we install, the launcher will then download the newest version(patch) with all the changes, the game has been done for months they are just tweeking it for launch.
Did you not watch that first unlock video from that darkness page? Jay is fucking WASTED tired and he's useful to no one like that. He needs the break now. Besides the directions they're taking now are pretty minor so he's probably laid out a road map for them while he's gone (2 weeks max, I'd imagine) then he's going to go full-force probably until after the first major patch.
Did you not watch that first unlock video from that darkness page? Jay is fucking WASTED tired and he's useful to no one like that. He needs the break now. Besides the directions they're taking now are pretty minor so he's probably laid out a road map for them while he's gone (2 weeks max, I'd imagine) then he's going to go full-force probably until after the first major patch.
Let the man take a break. Surely he's been working damn near nonstop for months to get this done. Let him take a break before all hell breaks loose on May 15.
Did you not watch that first unlock video from that darkness page? Jay is fucking WASTED tired and he's useful to no one like that. He needs the break now. Besides the directions they're taking now are pretty minor so he's probably laid out a road map for them while he's gone (2 weeks max, I'd imagine) then he's going to go full-force probably until after the first major patch.
The video from 1 year ago ?
That means he is SUPER DUPER tired now!!
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Jay Wilson @Angryrobotics
2 hours to the start of my vacation.
Now obviously everyone is entitled to leave from work and this wouldn't create a delay in the game or anything but am I the only one that thinks its strange the games lead director is taking leave 1 month before the game actually releases.
Now it could be only a few days, but this feels rather odd and my only response would be that the game is entirely complete, polishing and balancing and all, thus allowing him to take leave without an detrimental effects to the game so close to release.
Good on Jay for getting some well deserved R & R
Also since the game is available in pre-download the game is probably gold since a while.
So I'm thinking that the game is ENTIRELY balanced and finalized, ie even the day 1 patch is complete.
They did say before that they'll probably be working on this game up till the day it's released. Any tweaks/balance changes they make will still be implemented in the game on Day 1 via the installer, regardless of when the game goes gold.
1. The games already complete, with the exception of actual polishing. The systems are designed, in place and working.
2. It's better they take their vacation now while all they are doing is some polish and balancing, instead of taking it after it launches which of course will require all their attention.
Keep in mind, the actual hard copy should only contain the launcher and the first version of the game, in which after we install, the launcher will then download the newest version(patch) with all the changes, the game has been done for months they are just tweeking it for launch.
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edit: I take that back. I wish my vacation started on May 15th
The video from 1 year ago ?
That means he is SUPER DUPER tired now!!