[strawberryshortcake]

Quote: Originally Posted by BezO

This needs to be the focus of discussion whenever someone gets the ear of a developer. Have new programmers/coders been hired by the new leadership? Has investment in that area been increased? Are programmer's skills up to the challenge? Has this been the problem in the past? Is this why progress has been so slow? What is the role of programmers vs developers regarding AI & animation?

True. The execution certainly does come down to coders regardless of the vision.

Questions should really be worded in an open end manner, so we don't get a "yes" or "no" answer. Questions #1-5 are closed ended and most likely would only elicit yes or no answers. Question #6 would get you something of substance, hopefully. "How" questions would also get you something of substance.

You know what would be truly "funny" is if the suits wanted a more arcade product to appease the casuals, the tourneys, and the coders adamantly coded everything strictly simulation with a resultant rise in sales. Simulation. For. Every. Single. Aspect. "It's too hard to create an arcade. It's easier to code for a simulation." ...