Quote Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah View Post
And giving detailed responses is only one step below "lying". Half the people here have no clue as to what they mean by "assessing costs" and "algorithms". Going into programming specifics woukd be dumb. Either way, nobody is going to give a shit about their early communication if they fix the damn game. Your priorities are all kinds of fucked up if you think they "should" focus on letting us know every single concept, problems in implementation and testing as well as all the setbacks that make the feature less than intended.
People damn right give a s*** about their early communication because the MMO market (and gaming market in genera) evolved to the point where developers need to be in constant communication with their fan base and customers. They don't have to give us technical details, but they SHOULD be giving us their thoughts on the overall design of things.

Here, I'll do some research for you and show you what good developer posts look like:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1179708
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2956383

Notice how he's actually analyzing the design changes they're making, and ones that are frequently suggested, and what works and what doesn't. I have yet to see SE do anything close to that; instead, they throw out off the wall stupid design changes like kicking retainers out of MW based on a set of arbitrary rules.

And for the record, Blizzard HAS indeed come out and said that they can't do X, because it's a Y problem with the engine, and they're doing Z to address the engine change. SE has only given us their three-word buzz phrase of "Core Programming Issue" time and time again.

"We can't do X" is not a non-response. You may not like it, but it answers your question very clearly. You don't like the answer? That doesn't make it a non-response I'm afraid.
Yeah, you're right about that one. Still, the reason as to why they can't do X is important.

We don't "need" to know anything.
And it's this kind of attitude that turned FFXIV into the abortion that it is today.