[SC] What's about Darkorbit "2"?

Hello,
there are tons of bugs each time updates are implanted. The reason: the old sources.
Besides the game balance is not the best one.

So...if Bigpoint create a new balanced Darkorbit without bugs, would you play it as a newbie again?



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I would but in reality, I think they could move our user data intact, hopefully. It would be interesting to see if they could rewrite the game from scratch. I don't think the old code is the real reason, more like a lack of verifying new programming. Either way, I am not sure why they don't pull new programming/updates when they see there is a problem. Also, they might want to take the implementation process one step further. This last one was released on 2 servers a day before the rest of the world. They may want to give 2 or three days next time so the programming can digest. Great idea...

 

Probably wouldn't work very well from BP's point of view.

To make a new game they would have to take the people off the current DO team and assign them to the "DO2" team, which would mean the development of current DO would stop. If they were going to commit to hiring a whole new team then might as well use them to create a new game.

If DO was to be remade then it would take quite a while, since the best thing to do would be to ditch flash and go with something like unity or html5, this would probably mean the development would take over a year since a lot of the work would have to be done from the ground up - I'm guessing only the art assets would be transferable.

A year+ of no development in a multiplier game like this would most likely mean the majority of players would lose interest, then by the time DO2 rolls out, the interest for the game overall would be less than it was for 'DO1'.

The bugs are frustrating, especially since during the last couple updates there seemed to be more created than there have been in a while, but stopping development for too long would be really damaging to the game.
It's probably better for the game to keep chipping away at things as it goes along and just keep the development cycle going.

 

The biggest issue that needs addressed is the fact that Flash is not being supported by many items and is on its way out. This being said, what happens to the game when Flash is no longer functioning like it is supposed to? When I log out I am constantly seeing a popup bar saying "WebGL crashed" I have no idea what this is but I do know that my Flashplayer is having multiple crashes also, email is constantly telling me that Flash crashed (Firefox) and do I want to stop the plug-in (which is only used for the advertisements) and I assume is part of the issue with the LAG/Freezing in-game that I am seeing. But since it is incorporated in the Chrome Browser (and many others) and will not allow us to add the regular Flash add-on says we are at the mercy of the browsers as to whether we can play D O or not.

With the number of frustrated players that have "taken a break" waiting for the bugs to be cleared exactly how many players does D O actually have left? I know I still can not play more than 45 minutes before I start lagging/freezing in the maps and my readout of what I have received is trailing way behind where it is supposed to be, of course this is because I still have the AJP-01 chip equipped (according to Support), but then I hear from other players they do not have it equipped and still see the same issue, so I don't know which is correct.

 

Really they should just make a server where its all balanced, be better like that i think

 

Check out this >Thread< as it covers the issue fairly well. But to balance the game again, they would have to make the LF-4 available to the Free2 Play players on a Guaranteed award from the gates instead of a Chance Reward, or make it easy to Craft in the Assembly System. But they want the revenue not the players so this will never happen.