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Jumpgate Evolution Delayed
Perhaps emboldened by the similar setback to Champions Online, Jumpgate Evolution developer NetDevil has announced that the space MMO will not be released in June, as was originally planned. NetDevil's president, Scott Brown, said, "One of the things we've always promised is that we would not release an unfinished product, nor would we subject players to a sub-par experience. ... Jumpgate Evolution is nearly feature complete, but since entering the Friends & Family phase of testing we've been able to bring new eyes onto the game and get solid, crucial feedback from actual players and fans. Based on these results, it is clear that the product needs more time to meet its objectives. As an example, we have received and read lots of feedback regarding the instanced and public PvP systems. The feedback has been vital in helping us polish and improve this core feature of the game." A new release date has not yet been selected.
It's the new game development schedule. Everyone's doing it. You spend forever building hype about a game, have a lengthy family and friends alpha stage where seemingly nothing gets accomplished, do a one month public beta that's really just a demo for the fanbois since discs are already being burned and nobody is taking feedback seriously at this point, and finally distribute those discs madly before the hype wears off and anyone realizes how awful the game really is. If you're really good you'll have suckered a few of the fanbois into buying lifetime subscriptions. Tabula Rasa did it and so did Hellgate:London, so it must be a good thing! Oh.. wait...
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I hated Eve because combat was slow and boring to me. I only hit the frigate classes, but it was enough for me. Jumpgate looked to be like Freespace or one of those more action oriented games. Eve was pretty much an online space-based spreadsheet with fancy graphics and tedious skill gains.
Every time I start to have faith in humanity, I ruin it by driving to work between 7 and 8 am.
Your point? "To make bold or bolder; hearten; encourage." That is precisely what happened with respect to delaying their release date; an activity that is generally considered a "bold" move from the business standpoint. I'm not really sure what you're getting at. Makes perfect sense to me.