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Vanguard Beta In Trouble?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the too-hardcore-for-you dept.

Heartless Gamer writes to mention a blog post exploring potential problems with the Vanguard Beta. The hardcore MMOG in development by Sigil has had some rocky times of late, and it sounds like the beta testers are right up at the top of the list of problems. From the article: "To the detriment of Vanguard, they (Vanguard's community) will protest any implementation that even remotely resembles a mechanic within World of Warcraft. Good or bad, it doesn't matter. If it's something within WoW, they want it O-U-T. Likewise, if you are from WoW, they want YOU out, too. They've already succeeded in driving out many of those testers. They're long gone and I can't say I blame them." Read on for other sites' commentary on this issue.

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  1. Not Invented Here by jandrese · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is not an unknown phonominon in computer science circle. It's called NIH or Not Invented Here. It happens when the developers egos grow so big that they think they can do everything better and refuse to look at outside code/ideas except as an example of what not to do. Projects that fall to NIH syndrome suffer massive cost overruns, fail to meet expectations, and are frequently quite buggy as the developers overestimate their abilities and attempt to take on too much.

    The only solution is to get better management that forces the developers to consider existing tried and true implementations and some existing practices. Sometimes the prima-donna devs will leave at this point, but in the long run it's better for the project.

    I can appreciate the developers want to create a game that is not just a clone of WoW, but there is no sense at all in throwing the baby out with the bathwater. If something works really well in WoW that's not a reason to avoid putting it in your game. While there are a lot of ways to improve on the MMO formula, at some level you still have to stick with the formula and the way Blizzard did it might just happen to be really smart.

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  2. Re:In some ways I can understand it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's been 16 minutes since you last successfully posted a comment!
    Who do I email about this retarded flood protection?

    Get an account and don't post anonymously. That only ever happens to me when I'm trying to post anonymously.