I’m really not sure what it is you people feel that you need to be communicated to you.
You want to know exactly what Larian is working on? Not going to happen. In AAA development there are two many moving parts. Larian would constantly need to walk back their statements as features get reimagined, retooled, and pushed back.
You want to know broadly what Larian is working on in a very general sense? Why? For what purpose?
OK here’s an example – there’s a (possibly infamous) thread in here which has just been promoted to megathread status on party movement – almost 500 comments since Tuco posted it four months ago. A simple ‘it’s in the pipeline’ or even ‘we hear you' from Larian would go a long way. Just take a skim of it and get a sense of the frustration involved and the resentment brewing. It would be so easy for Larian to turn that around, if they treated this forum as other studios treat their betas/EAs (even Larian themselves for DOS).
It’s kind of funny that you post that thread. The first comment in that thread was from me voicing my agreement with the OP because of problems with how the game handled jumping. The last patch specifically changed party jumping in a way that resolved my complaint. I don’t need a Larian rep to come in and assure me that my problem specifically would be addressed. They have said multiple times that they read the comments, iterate on their game design, and implement where they can, and I’ve seen this demonstrated.
Now there is nothing wrong wishing Larian communicated more often. Their perceived lack of response doesn’t bother me, but this is in line with what I have always seen on all of the official game forums I have visited (which isn’t very much) so I don’t expect anything more.
The thing I butt up against is the idea of people being bitter, resentful and frustrated by this. Why? It would be one thing if this was a beta for a multiplayer game, where constant developer feedback is absolutely necessary to maintain the active, constant player base, but that isn’t this game. You don’t need to be constantly engaged with this game and so Larian isn’t trying to keep you constantly engaged. If you have already played 200 hours repeating the first chapter of a roughly 100 hour rpg then get a new hobby. Play another game. Read a book. Learn to paint. I say this as somebody who has put almost 200 hours into the game, and hasn’t bought a new game since.
You people are demanding that Larian not only continue to make the game, but to keep you engaged and entertained while they do it. Why? Just be patient and do something else.
“But I payed to be in the EA!”
And you got hours of (hopefully) entertainment from a game that is a year out from full release. You aren’t owed anything else.
Edit: I’m responding to my own hypothetical invented quote here, not you specifically, Lukas.
