I have to say, i'm really torn on how to handle this bug. What to say about it here, and what to do with the game. I have shelved the game since i heard about the bug which was pretty quickly after it was public knowledge. Let's state the obvious with that though, no customer should ever have to put off playing a product that has been released, that they have handed over hard earned money for. That's just bad business for everyone. Mechanics, ethics, morally, and on a public relations standpoint. I have no doubt it wasn't intentional, but it's happened and no one can change it now. It's all about how they handle the problem now. And i have to say i think the problem has been handled pretty poorly. Not terrible, but poorly. Pretty much all but saying "go fuck yourself". Clearly, from information we've seen posted here, the XP bug (for the users that it is affecting) is pretty substantial. And how was it handled? Sugar coated that it's really not that bad, you can still play the game, for the xp you have lost, "sorry you're shit out of luck", and "we're working on it, the patch will be released soon, maybe Mon, maybe Tue, or even Wed, but we're working on it, SORRY".
I have no doubt that they're working on a patch to fix the problem, and let's hope they're working hard. We want to have that faith, but with the little bit of info we have received, and the way i've taken it...it's pretty cryptic and we've all been left to hang. Like something else is going on, something that we're not being told. We were left with option A- get screwed on the XP, or B- don't play the game. To me, those were the only 2 options i could come up with. For the the others who want to grind monsters, more power to you...that's not how i want to play the game. So with this substantial bug, why couldn't CDPR just release a hotfix?
Here it is TUE, and the patch that was supposed to be released MON for the PC is not happening. So, now we have to wonder when THAT is coming out, because please don't forget...for US console users, it's going to be even longer for a patch. So again, i have to say...this has been just short of a nightmare. All bugs aside, the game is outstanding. They created a world that is very easy to get lost in, and hard to pull away from. Everything is incredibly detailed and fun to do. But the bug is rather game breaking, i, myself have lost interest in the game, and thought about selling it and coming back to it in 3-6 months..when hopefully everything would be fixed. But like a bad ex girlfriend, it's hard to break all ties from the game, even with all the problems. I'm trying to hold onto the little bit of faith and hope i have left, that in the next few days, all will be right again.
Moral of the story. Bugs aside, this is a fantastic game...but has been marred by bugs and the way those bugs have been handled has been extremely disappointing. I think to the point that CDPR has lost customers for any future games.
Now with all that said, i think i'll go play The Witc....ohh wait. Damn it!
