. Anyway, at this juncture it's something of a fruitless discussion; they were quoted as saying there won't be a D/N cycle months ago.
It looks like they now have way more money than expected... So they can change their mind about a feature MANY (all) players would like.
I'm getting tired of hearing about what Larian said in an interview. It really isn't our job to worry about how they can work features into their budget or how malleable something is that they said in a random interview months ago. If they've made decisions about things that are set in stone then they should tell us about them very clearly in the game launcher or in a stickied post in this forum. Otherwise, I don't care what some people have heard - mentioning something in an interview on a stream somewhere isn't how you communicate with playtesters.
Our job is to play the game and tell them what works and what doesn't. It's their job to figure out how to fix things within their budget - that should never be a factor for us.
Just FYI. We are Early Access not beta testing. There is a difference. Larian will do what they do, but we are not testers, we are early access players. I mean we can put our wish list up, but it seems a lot of people are confusing beta testing with early access.
My personal take on day/night...yeah it would be cool and I think better for the game, but it doesn't ruin my play with it not being available. It is more like the cherry on the sundae for me.
Putting something in italics to make it look like it has some authority doesn't actually give it any authority. It doesn't help that you're quoting a random reddit user. The distinction pointed out in the quote also sounds more like it's about the financial arrangement than whether or not they're looking for feedback.
Now, from the Early Access FAQ in these forums: (
https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=677277)
Why are we doing Early Access?
We’ve learned that working directly with our players during development makes our games better. RPGs this large, with so many permutations, thrive from feedback as new features and fixes are incrementally added to the game. Early Access gives players a chance to participate in development and it gives us an opportunity to explore different game ideas with a live community. We want to learn how you play the game and use that to make it a better experience for everyone.
Between that and the fact that we're having this discussion in the "Suggestions & Feedback" forum that they created, it sure seems like they want our feedback. The distinction between Beta and Early Access is both irrelevant to whether we are giving feedback and not particularly germane to the statement of mine that you were responding to, which is about how we get our information and what assumptions we can make.
