Tiger of the East said:
RiftZM2003 said:
Expected reply. No humility or humbleness whatsoever. Just more smug and arrogant behavior from someone with the mentality of an 8-year old who can't handle criticism, and views everyone who doesn't have something positive to say as a whiner or entitled brat. I guess I'll give Perisno the middle finger, just as you've given the playerbase of Perisno the finger. Hopefully, people get sick of your attitude and just stop playing altogether. Maybe then you'll be a bit more humble.
Now that's a little uncalled for. He's done a lot of things trying to balance the custom mercenaries because the playerbase kept complaining too OP and made everything too easy, so he gave it restrictions then the playerbase complained about the restrictions on (x type) equipment on (y type) unit, he even extended the tree to give players more freedom on choices rather than limiting them to the regular infantry-cavalry-archer types. And further more, he's been active at trying to fix bugs and answer the playerbase' questions and requests.
So a little understanding for the guy and his hard work would be great. He's not God who can answer all our requests and he has his own ideals he wants to keep for their mod. We don't own the mod, we don't pay him to make us the mod. It's not easy what he does so give him a break will you.
All totally irrelevant, and most certainly well deserved. The Hired Troops are an afterthought. The problem is anyone who disagrees with what he says or does is labeled as a whiner and entitled, and he personally attacks them in his replies to their questions or opinions, or he just outright ridicules them (God forbid they have a question that sounds dumb). Rather than being open to criticism or suggestions, it's a dictatorship with "F*** you. I'll do what I want", clearly illustrated by this gem of a post:
I created the custom troops.
I balanced the custom troops.
I polished the custom troops.
And they will be in the game the way I see them, like it or not.
The fact that this is just a mod and not a game or company only means that he has no limitations with his attitude and the way he treats people. He has no oversight. No one is going to come along and tell him to knock it off, because nothing is going to happen if he doesn't. If this were a game, the players would be enraged and the game would barely sell. If it were a company, he'd be fired for his horrendous people skills. So, he can rage, attack, and belittle people all he wants because there's nothing anyone can do about it.
In all honestly, I'm kind of shocked no one has said anything earlier. As I said, this isn't his first little outburst or tantrum on the forums. Since he mentioned PoP, I went through their forum threads and
not once did I come across
any threads or posts with the creators or developers attacking, insulting, or belittling their playerbase (though they do have a "Suggestions and Feedback" thread). In fact, there were lots of posts with "Thanks for your feedback". Pick almost any thread Leonion has posted on, and you've got a good chance of finding at least one.
In any case, like I said... Dealing with changes are one thing. You either like them or don't, and you continue to play on through it all or you don't. If you don't like changes that were made, the players should be able to voice their concerns freely without being chastised by the guy "made it all". If you don't see anything wrong with the way he treats people who play his mod, then you're part of the problem as well. Maybe if you guys grew a pair, instead of trying to be balls deep in "the friend zone" with Leonion (like it's going to benefit you at all, anyway), then more of you would say something to him about his arrogant outbursts. Maybe, just maybe... -=gasp=- ...He'll stop. That brings up one more thing; Where are the other dudes who work on this mod? Are they OK with how he treats people on the forums? Do they find childish tempertantrums on the forums because of his "how dare someone disagree with me" persona, acceptable?
I also missed this from his previous post:
(And I'm not saying I have this visionary capacity or that Perisno is such a mod, just pointing out I don't have to listen to the likes of you, who don't provide any constructive feedback - with screenshots, numbers, test results, calculations, - but just complain about what they personally don't like). --- This is addressed directly to someone who has played and posted on the Perisno forums for years and
never once complained about a single thing, ever, except the Hired Troops change. I've also provided positive feedback on a lot of changes that were made, though not in the capacity which is apparently acceptable to him (i.e., not the way he wants it, so -=middle finger=- you don't matter).