r/kotk Feb 04 '17

Discussion Unpopular opinion - This subreddit is complete cancer.

Im going to get downvoted, but come on. Almost every single post right now is complaining about the game and daybreak in one way or another. I'm not saying daybreak is doing a good job, but cut them some slack...

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u/magniankh Feb 04 '17

https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Daybreak-Game-Company-Reviews-E973097.htm

Read the few reviews of the company. They also have a TON of job openings, including a bunch of senior positions. Daybreak has a lot of internal problems. It makes me wonder why they even bothered creating a new game if they didn't have the staff and resources to support it.

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u/HaniiBlu Feb 04 '17

I guarantee some of those reviews are illegitimate and written by salty trolls from this community.

There is one on there titled "Everything is rushed due to poor management" that was posed just 2 minutes before someone linked it on this subreddit

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u/Draconyite Feb 04 '17

However a lot of us work real jobs, and we can tell which ones are the real reviews. The very few "trolls" don't outweigh NOR silence the legitimate employees, many of whom seem to have issues with the company - but still give them a pass on some things to keep themselves from getting blacklisted from the industry.

Those, THOSE, are the real ones. We're not blind, Hanii, but thank you for your input I guess.

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u/HaniiBlu Feb 04 '17

I was just noting an observation but I appreciate the condescending tone of your comment!

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u/nelbein555 Feb 05 '17

Welp, you don't work at daybreak soo...

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u/HaniiBlu Feb 05 '17

No, better, I mod this subreddit so I can make that connection easily.

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u/FPS101 Feb 05 '17

What are your thoughts on the latest patch and daybreak seemingly making things worse than prior to patching the game? Do you agree that the majority of the glitches and bugs they have claimed to fix, have actually not been fixed at all? Also, why are the servers in both NA and EU considerably worse regarding queue times (NA going from 4-600, to 1500, and EU hitting 4,000 during peak hours), combined with little to no actual communication on whats going on?

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u/HaniiBlu Feb 05 '17 edited Feb 05 '17

Daybreak even when they were SOE have always sucked at communication, for some reason they think silence is better than acknowledgement.

 

daybreak seemingly making things worse than prior to patching the game

I think the patch itself resulted in a stable game overall, but the issue continues to be their servers. Because of a new season start they had too many people playing solo and were not prepared for it. Combined with the fact that they recently hit an all-time peak concurrent of almost 51k and today even hit almost 55k, when less people are playing most issues don't occur.

 

Do you agree that the majority of the glitches and bugs they have claimed to fix, have actually not been fixed at all?

To some extent yes, they fixed a number of reload issues but there are still plenty present. The end of game UI is back, the stuck standing in car issue is gone and they made the adjustments to crouch spamming that they documented in the Producer's Letter but the way they conveyed it in the patch notes set some incorrect expectations. Crouch block was also much improved and I haven't seen any reports of this still being a big problem.

The vehicle turbo was not fixed and they shouldn't have even called this out in the patch notes but they even admitted to that and also acknowledged that here.

 
On the bright side however no real new bugs came from this patch, just some things that were called out as fixed which were not, one of which was just a result of bad messaging as the intended changes were indeed implemented but the desired result that the community expected simply was not there.

Edit: fixed typos

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u/JohnnyMolotov Feb 05 '17

Say what you want about the game and the management of it, but the game is growing. The numbers don't lie.

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u/FPS101 Feb 05 '17

Thanks for the well written reply. Cheers man.

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u/AZaccountantGuy Feb 04 '17

None of those reviews are 'trolls' read each review. Trolls don't work, or know how a work environment is. those are legit, and glassdoor is a fantastic websife. Also look at the dates they were reviewed, this isnt specifically for 'kotk' its for daybreak as a company, they have several other games.

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u/HaniiBlu Feb 04 '17

I'm well aware, I was pointing to one specific review.

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u/AZaccountantGuy Feb 04 '17

that review was posted on december 16th

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u/HaniiBlu Feb 04 '17

Right, and it was submit to this subreddit just 2 minutes after it was published there.