ssri said:
Considering that the mod intitially had one tester (its author) and an update is forthcoming in about a week after its initial release, I think you are being a little harsh on your assessment of it. I never argued that one shouldn't complain about its quality. I'm just stating the facts that the mod is less than a week old and should expect to have some bugs. We should point out bugs and any inconsistencies, as that is part of the process. As for your suggestion to make the mod piecemeal, it appears that there are serious bugs to need to be addressed first and probably more later before thinking about splitting the entire apart.
There is no reason why it can't both be bugfixed and split in the same update. Perhaps I'm being harsh, but that is what is needed here, someone who isn't going to pull punches for the sake of someone's feelings. I'll give credit where credit is due, and credit is currently due here:
- Combat responsiveness is great, 100% better and greatly improves my enjoyment of the game
- The new Quen, while not my taste, is an interesting idea
- Auto-parry is a good idea as well, but implemented poorly
- An effort to rebalance the gear is appreciated, since we all know how unbalanced it was before
- Personally I like the pirouettes
Criticism is due here:
- Tons of bugs
- Worsens the already gigantic gap between easy and normal difficulties
- One hit kills on Dark that are even harder to avoid now
- Enemy Quen is annoying and adds nothing to the game
- Nekkers are already horribly overpowered, buffing them is not going to help. If they were encountered later in the game I could see a buff being appropriate, but as they are now it's absurd.
Because of the bad points above, the mod is rapidly declining in popularity. First impressions are important and the first week is even more so. I've made mods that have utterly failed because they had a bad first week, and mods that got way more popular than they should have because of a good one. To pull out of this, the best action is to split the mod which will make anyone unsatisfied with certain features able to simply not use them.
ssri said:
Certainly. You should also be made aware that this is the internet, and therefore there is no shame in losing an argument. Nobody thinks any less of you for it, so you don't have to appeal to "the crowd" in an attempt to gain some confidence back, which is what you're doing right now.