ainigma

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I'm a paying customer... Anyone with a desire to see Arma2 flourish should be very concerned.

My concern isn't myself. As an Arma2 hopeful I will probably buy it. But I know many others who would be great assets to this community that will not blindly make that purchase. Or even the purchase of Arma2 because of the issues it has. It troubles me when I know multiple people who would otherwise jump at the opportunity to play this game if it weren't for the numerous problems and frustration. I feel like the community, us, is who suffers because of this. BIS suffers too. We are all intertwined, however they are getting paid. We are doing the paying. And perhaps this is what sparks my confusion: Wouldn't you consider that a valid concern? The problems are still here. I would rather hear about fixes before new expansions that I have to pay for. I realize BIS are developers. Not politicians. But it's this kind of news that makes me hope BIS would come out and be upfront with it's fan base rather than cryptic answers and such. We need to rely on each other. Developer and Community. PC games are sadly giving way to console games. That's obvious when a large amount of big name developers put out games on the PC as a port. (generally crappy ports at that)

Relax. Reread my post. You are missing the point by a mile. I say what I say to help. Not strike up useless emotional outbursts such as this. PLEASE. Perhaps you are right. I guess my concern is having to commit to buying more than 1 game to play on half the available servers. You make a good point here. It has crossed my mind that much of this new content will not take up valuable developer time that could be used on more pressing issues. Is this consistent with BIS' track record? This is the first of their games I have played.

I too join in the excitement of promising new features, however... I find it disconcerting that people aren't voicing more concerns with what this "expansion" might do to the current community. We should encourage BIS with their endeavors, but as the A2 community we need to provide them with worthwhile criticism and let them know what WE want. They paying customer. PC games have been around for a long time. We've all seen the destructive power of a bad development/marketing decision. (regardless of brainpower) And while Zothen has some serious issues with expressing his concerns, he raises some great points that everyone should be wary of and not so critical. As great as Arma2 is, AND I LOVE ARMA2, it plays like a beta. Plain and simple. 50% of my gaming experience is frustration due to game errors and not optimized coding. Some of it can't be helped but they have a long ways to go before I would consider it a polished product. And as a paying customer and a fan I want more people to be attracted to our community. That's hard to do if the game play is more frustrating then a bad day of golf. And with regards to splitting the community. This is absolutely unacceptable to let happen! And while it's not certain one way or the other, it is our obligation as BIS supporters to ensure that there is no chance of it happening. The game is not popular enough to support that kind of split. Whether or not previous games have done it, it is damaging. Arma2 has barely been out a couple of months and the prospect of paying for more when I can barely enjoy what I have already payed for is aggravating and worrisome that I don't hear more similar voices. I don't want to start a flame war. I don't want people to pick apart my post to point out every time I made an error. I make opinions and I make mistakes. These are my serious concerns that remain unanswered and should be at the top of everyone's mind.

What can I do about constant lag? No matter what coop server I join I get yellow and red links. And when I don't get those I stop receiving information with no warning. I can't get into vehicles, I can't see other players. It's a nightmare and this is the only game it occurs on. I've looked around for similar problems or solutions and can't find them. Thanks.