has anything changed since the 2019 closed beta?The problem of the kicking out of the server after the match is over, has been unfixed since...I don't know...since 0.3.0 of the 2019 closed beta? It seems that everything was written back then... the rain clouds were already visible on the horizon... combat and block delays... lack custom servers... premade classes... balance... modes... and a long etc...that has brought us together here.
Whats increasingly worrying is that according to callum we are on track to full release (march of next year) That puts us around 60% through beta currently. When you think about the amount MP has developed this is bad news, we don't have a single fully functioning gamemode, The class system is being ignored by taleworlds, likely because even they have no idea how to fix it yet the higher ups refuse to acknowledge it wont work for Multiplayer, combat still isnt there yet, the amount of maps is lacking and even if we do get scening tools soon, we have no idea when we will have custom servers to be able to actually play them. I think what this all comes down to is a lack of respect for the player base that has been playing the previous game for all these years, as you said on so many occasions we have told them we dont want this thing (such as crush through or the class system) but they have completely ignored us and then when they realize things aren't working they go silent and avoid the issue completely. I honestly cant believe sometimes that this game has been in development for a decade and even with alpha and beta testers we are far behind in many way that warband already had succeeded
I honestly don't see bannerlord MP ever recovering under current lead developers, personally the way they are avoiding the major faults such as the class system or smaller ones like the crush through despite the majority being very vocal about not wanting them IS disrespectful and It warrants some resentment from the consumers.
We can do a bit more than that too though, at the very least we can do what we are doing now, being vocal about the problems and possibly warding off any potential buyers who might now be aware of the issues in development. What frustrates me is seeing the steam reviews for the game, since the first day of launch so many people gave the beta a positive review blinded by the hypetrain after almost a decade of waiting. Then in the following weeks the population drastically decreased and is decreasing still especial on the multiplayer side. That just makes things so misleading for the consumers who look at games such as Reddead2 who were also rated similarly whilst the quality is completely different and buy. I feel like the hypetrain really shot us in the foot espcialy for the multiplayer community because it lets Taleworlds off the hook for the way its developing this game. I'm sure though if we don't start seeing change now 60% through beta taleworlds might actually start listening to the dedicated warband playerbase
where im going with it is even though taleworlds doesnt listen doesnt mean we should stop, Im only going to get louder personally if we still dont see change in multiplayer development. I believe consistency is key when it comes to forcing change and by giving in now and saying 'ah modders will fix this' is only going to make things worse for the long term of the game. the whole 'modders will fix things' excuse is messed up too since modders will have to actually fix the game before making their specific mods, thats just added complexity and work for modders and I could see that disheartening modders from even making their mods
