Honour to whom honour is due: A list of 86 fixed bugs is impressive, period.
That much about the good things
Taking 35 days for the first bugfix, after stating that there's nothing critical to fix, before coming around with this list: Not all that impressive.
37 of the fixes are about the new Career System. I never played that (yet) so can't say much about the issues nor their fixes.
The 12 Airplane fixes solely concern new planes from 3.0 release - where issues were to be expected - and the La-5 which I don't fly (unless there's nothing else to fly in). So I can't complain here either.
The list of fixed Multiplayer issues is a joke, sorry to say.
Changing the Server List layout and making this a 4-fixed-"bugs"-list is a joke.
Fixing an issue that was introduced with 3.0 and saying that his was a new feature for "custom statistics systems" is a joke.
The performance of DServer is beyond good and evil and nothing has been done about it. Apparently the devs don't care that all you can server with a dedicated server is a gangbang, "IRSS" style player-vs-player deathmatch. Not really surprising though, as this seems to be what the russians are out for in 1946 as well.
The cloud issue... do I need to say more? With 3.0 release, planes
disintegrate in front of clouds if you're not playing on Ultra settings with highest cloud details. And if you play on Ultra settings with highest cloud details, your FPS will be scheiße not matter what superduper NSA-beating hardware you have.
And sometimes planes in front of clouds even disappear because they are rendered
behind them.
Not to mention that clouds don't hide you from AI, neither planes nor AAA - even 1946 can do better.
This issue wasn't there before 3.0 (except for the AI one).
And what kind of feedback do you get when you mention it now?
Jason's cracking up, threatens people to ever mention the issue again and literally says "take it or leave".
All of this while a
custom mod exists that at least fixes the issue by 95%.
This is no customer service, this is pure simple ignorance. And that's what is top of the list of things that threaten to kill this game and with it, the whole genre.
Really, telling users that this is what they can expect from a 2018 game is just priceless:
Oh and by the by, 3.002b is out. Without any notice about what has been fixed. The above mentioned issues haven't. I guess they just fixed the disappearing career medals because that seems to be extremely important to the devs. Sigh.
@edit:
A hotfix has been applied:
- Your scripted campaign progress should be back if you haven't played and finished a mission from a campaign since 3.002 release
- Multipayer chat text window fixed
- Point name doubling in multiplayer fixed
- Tank hatches work again
- A-20B and Pz.III sights corrected
- You shouldn't encounter AI MC.202 in Moscow and Fw 190 A-3 in Stalingrad anymore.
We'll address the multiplayer modification locks and player kill messages a bit later.
No comment.
Cheers!
Mike