It makes me horribly, deeply sad when people humph and moan and group up and whine about starbound, sad to the core.
Starbound is fun.
It's vast, huge beyond compare,
There's so, so much to do, So many places to see, So many things to find
So many quirky little lightning-spewing fire-breathing oiks to whack.
I do
agree about how awesome Starbound is.
And I am also pretty pumped about
finally seeing the Nightly turn into an actual new Stable release soon(-ish)™.
Though, I wanted to say this:
As someone who used to participate/lurk on the Starbound forums rather regularly, I can say that there are
a lot of people over there who feel the same as you. That is, about getting sad and/or upset at those who "humph and moan" and/or whine about the game.
But there
are people who have lost faith in Chucklefish and Starbound for seemingly stopping development.
Let's face it: Eight or ten
months is a
long time for no updates for a game supposedly still in development (especially since,
originally, they promised the game
to be finished - i.e., out of beta - with a 1.0 release in 2014).
And they
have stopped updates. You can't call the Nightly an update, either. It's just a nice teaser. Mods don't work for the Nightly. It's rather broken, too, and some of us can't or won't try the Nightly.
Back when Tiy first announced the possibility of releasing nightly builds, there was a thread to discuss this. Some of us were against the idea because we were afraid that they would use it as a substitute (an excuse) for actual game updates...
Granted, they have been working hard and their daily blog shows this. But they dropped the ball by being so optimistic as to say it would be finished in 2014.
Also, consider all the other games on Steam and how a number of them have given "early access" a bad rep. For example, look at the user feedback for
Space Base DF-9. It had a lot of potential and even garnered a lot of interest and praise. But, instead of polishing the game and fixing the game-breaking bugs, the developer made a final release and washed their hands of it.
Aside from the growing (and understandable) impatience, a number of people were/are afraid that this is what will happen with Starbound.
And I feel that people have a right to complain, as long as they're being constructive and staying within forum rules.
But, it seems like whenever someone posts a complaint there, they immediately get harassed by fans who nitpick and belittle their comments and concerns. They gang up on them. But, they're clever and do it in a way that mostly stays within forum rules.
I'm saying that there seems to be a rabid fanbase on the official forums - people who jump on anyone who
dares to make a critical comment. They can even make such people feel unwelcome to the point that they don't come back. It's sad, because they're hurting feelings and making a bad situation worse.
BTW: The official forums are in contrast with Steam. There, a major part of feedback seems to be critical or negative.
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