They literally said that:
Let that sink in: people who complain about the game being buggy, laggy or unplayable are full of it.
That’s just one little bit in a whole pile of attacks on people who dare complain about what they see as legitimate issues.
So you have a more positive outlook than I do. That’s great. I’ve never attacked people who had that outlook and I expect the same courtesy in return. When I criticize the game, I’m direct and specific. Just because someone hasn’t run into the same bugs or problems or isn’t dissatisfied with the same aspects of the game, that doesn’t give them the right to sling mud at me or anyone else who is.
You’ll notice that I’m not calling everyone who isn’t as dissatisfied “a white knight” or “a Funcom fanboy” or any other derogatory name some people like to use. That’s because that’s another example of what I’m talking about – it’s a crappy, hostile attitude towards a group of people one disagrees with and I don’t condone that, no matter “which side” it comes from.
If you or @JEMsTV have a problem with someone who complained in a specific way, by all means feel free to criticize that particular incident, like I’m doing with the top post here. But lumping everyone who complains in the same sack and calling them “hate mongers”? If that’s your idea of being positive, then we’re using different dictionaries.
The whole point of what I’m saying is that you can be positive without attacking a bunch of people. One doesn’t somehow magically require the other.
The lack of QA isn’t “supposed”, it’s evident in every major release. There hasn’t been a single major release without either a major new bug or a regression of a major old bug. Not necessarily a critical bug that makes the game unplayable, but a noticeable one with important impact. Yes, you can often work around them – including simply not engaging with that part of the game – but the point stands that this is what QA is supposed to catch.
That sounds a bit binary. It seems like you’re saying that I should either enjoy the game and STFU about the problems I run into, or I can GTFO and don’t let the door hit me on my way out.
Or maybe you’re saying it’s okay to complain about the problems, as long as I’m prepared to tolerate the verbal abuse from those who don’t have those problems?
My reply to either of those propositions is too graphic to post here, but use your imagination.
Oh, come on. Are we really going to say that players should shut up about mysteriously dying thralls or bugged bosses just because Bethesda made an absolute shitshow of one of the most anticipated games in the last couple of years? It’s an argument I would expect in a Twitter discussion about politics, not on a forum where we’re trying to talk about how to improve a game we’re playing.
