Produktion_Malphunktion, where are you?

[LucidLTS]

OK, so U22 has some serious quality of life issues, and it's been out long enough for word to get around.

You made a point of saying QoL was in your top 3 list.

You have traditionally been one of the most, if not the most, communicative members of the back end of the house.

You are the Live Producer, and therefore ultimately responsible for U22.

When bad things happen in the real world, the head of the company comes forward and makes a statement himself, he doesn't leave it to the press agent.

Would you please come forward and make an official statement about QoL in U22 and how it affects your plans for the game going forward?

This game needs strong leadership, having the Live Producer MIA is very damaging to a reputation that is already less than stirling.

Please, we need to hear from you on this.

[LucidLTS]

Please, we need to hear from you on this.

https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthr...troduce-myself


This was NOT the reply I was looking for

So my questions fall to the next producer in line, can we get *some* management statement on U22 QoL, QoL priority going forward, and what changes are planned as a result of the U22 experience?

Or is Turbine still trying to decide who *is* next in line? Dev Tracker isn't showing an introduction letter, who's got the wheel right now?

[Drwaz99]

More than likely we won't hear anything. All those who actually communicated with us are gone. We'll get a letter this fall or around the holidays with the same ole "Yeah, a another year, BIG things are in the works!" and that will be it.

Since we are just lowly customers we aren't important enough to know about (even a little bit) what's going on at the business we are trying to support. Before the fanbois chime in, I don't need a business plan but as the OP here pointed out, anything to restore some confidence, which is profoundly shaken ( Mal's departure and a god-awful release of the recent update) with a good portion of us. But as usual, I'm pretty sure Turbine doesn't see this as a problem. Just "oh those people on the forums being cray cray!"

[jalont]

There are no worse QOL issues with U22 than there are with any other update. In fact, there's probably less. It's possible you may personally be effected more this update, but it only means that. So the answer will be exactly the same as it's always been. They will move forward and tweak as they go. If this isn't satisfactory to you, you should probably quit playing MMOs and complicated games in general.

[Drwaz99]

There are no worse QOL issues with U22 than there are with any other update. In fact, there's probably less. It's possible you may personally be effected more this update, but it only means that. So the answer will be exactly the same as it's always been. They will move forward and tweak as they go. If this isn't satisfactory to you, you should probably quit playing MMOs and complicated games in general.

You seem to be the vast minority with this opinion. Just look around.

[jalont]

You seem to be the vast minority with this opinion. Just look around.

Of what opinion?

[Portalcat]

You seem to be the vast minority with this opinion. Just look around.

Are memories really this short?

We had 2 hotfix/patches in the first week of U21, and nearly weekly hotfixes for a month after that.



He's right: U22 is not particularly buggy compared to other updates. Everything they release has significant problems. The critical, game-breaking ones get fixed in the first week, and the bulk of them are fixed in a major patch a couple weeks out.

[merridyan]

There are no worse QOL issues with U22 than there are with any other update. In fact, there's probably less. It's possible you may personally be effected more this update, but it only means that. So the answer will be exactly the same as it's always been. They will move forward and tweak as they go. If this isn't satisfactory to you, you should probably quit playing MMOs and complicated games in general.

aka "All is fine"™

[jalont]

aka "All is fine"™

All is exactly the same as it's always been. If you'd like to point out the differences, I'd be willing to listen. Until then, I'm not sure why posts like these are any different than the doom posts we've had since the beginning of time. You mean, the doom is really really real this time? Or no, it's the same as it's always been.

I know what the safe bet is.

[Chai]

There are no worse QOL issues with U22 than there are with any other update. In fact, there's probably less. It's possible you may personally be effected more this update, but it only means that. So the answer will be exactly the same as it's always been. They will move forward and tweak as they go. If this isn't satisfactory to you, you should probably quit playing MMOs and complicated games in general.

Yeah, who needs crafting anyway....

[Ausdoerrt]

Yeah, who needs crafting anyway....

Cmon, that was fixed in like 4 days, one can't seriously whine about that.

[Kaytis]

There are no worse QOL issues with U22 than there are with any other update. In fact, there's probably less. It's possible you may personally be effected more this update, but it only means that. So the answer will be exactly the same as it's always been. They will move forward and tweak as they go. If this isn't satisfactory to you, you should probably quit playing MMOs and complicated games in general.

Lol. All is fine.

[Ykt]

There are no worse QOL issues with U22 than there are with any other update. In fact, there's probably less. It's possible you may personally be effected more this update, but it only means that. So the answer will be exactly the same as it's always been. They will move forward and tweak as they go. If this isn't satisfactory to you, you should probably quit playing MMOs and complicated games in general.

You're right. Very few people use bags, crafting or storage.

[HAL]

If this isn't satisfactory to you, you should probably quit playing MMOs and complicated games in general.

Um...no.

[Seikojin]

FWIW, every other update typically has QoL things. So U23 should bring a lot of what we have been seeing. AC/PRR/MRR, pally, enhancement changes, etc. Then U24, which by my estimation will be the last of the year, will be lvl 30+epic abbot.