no more patches?

[Kraxis]

Far more likely SEGA does not want to gain the same reputation as Activision or EA in terms of patch and customer support (i.e. they actually want to have customer support). This is done by looking after it's new Total War franchise of which RTW is the latest version.

Indeed... SEGA is comparably smaller than either of the two others. They can't afford to alienate themselves. They need the loyal fanbase, at least for now.

And yes that ramble at the com was ugly. But on both sides. I resigned my moderator position because of that. I simply had a hard time doing a job I didn't feel much for. At the same time I felt it was unfair to the others as it left them to deal with the alien invaders spamming and causing mayhem.
We recognized them, and it boiled down to around 10 people in all... TEN people, no more. The rest were being nice.

Wow... huh? Do you think CA would ever change their ways because of 10 people? And those 10 people ruined it for the rest to complain in a rational manner. Wohoo! Great job!

[Grey_Fox]

Yeah Tarrak, that was an ugly mess.

[Kraxis]

Yeah Tarrak, that was an ugly mess.

[manbaps]

Im thinking hopefully sega will mean that many patches will be brought out, i mean most decent games have patches out for them all the time. I mean you cant expect to get it right first time. CA hopefully will be forced to bring out more patches. Though i doubt it as EA have excellent support for alot of its games, activision im not so sure about not got many, if any, games published by them other than MTW.

And the fact that they're are debating whether or not to release a patch when its obvious there are so many bugs really disapoints me

[Grey_Fox]

CA hopefully will be forced to bring out more patches. Though i doubt it as EA have excellent support for alot of its games, activision im not so sure about not got many, if any, games published by them other than MTW.

You do realise that Activision refused to fund the 2.01 patch for Viking Invasion, but the developers went ahead and made it anyways working on their own time without pay, right? You also do realise that Activision is one of the biggest games publishers in the world and that countless titles have been crippled due to their brand of customer support?

And the fact that they're are debating whether or not to release a patch when its obvious there are so many bugs really disapoints me

There's been bugger all bugs found so far.

[player1]

I hate Activison patch policies from times of Call to Power 2.
Oh, boy that game really needed some patching.

[manbaps]

I did not say Activision's policy was good i was saying i have had little experience of them. EA on the other hand i have, though i guess there were enough patches for STW i found it quite playable.

As for "bugger all bugs found so far" i think that is quite debatable.

[econ21]

I hate Activison patch policies from times of Call to Power 2.
Oh, boy that game really needed some patching.

You were biten by that game too, huh? I think our own WesW, of MTW MedMod fame, did a good job trying to salvage the game but I could not stomach it. It could have been great, instead it was just brain dead. People who complain about RTWs AI really should have tried that.

The only other game with a higher potential to achievement ratio I've encountered was Napoleon 1813. That game could have been better than any TW series, but instead was just unplayable. (I quit in disgust when my French Imperial Guard marched off to join the Russians. )

[TB666]

Though i doubt it as EA have excellent support for alot of its games,

EA isn't that good either.
If the game doesn't sell then they refuse to patch it even when the low sales are because of the bugs.
And another lovely tactic is to release expansion pack that contain these fixes thus making you pay for a patch something that SEGA cleverly avoided by releasing 1.3.
But as other people have said, SEGA needs good PR and so far they are on the right track IMO.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

EA has a horrible patching policy. Generals obviously needed massive multiplayer patching (it lagged with eight people no matter what, the internet play is atrocious because of stability/connection issues) but it never recieved patching that fixed those problems. I can't think of a game at the moment that EA has released and given significant patching support, but there could be a couple.

[KSEG]

I can't think of a game at the moment that EA has released and given significant patching support, but there could be a couple.

Well, BF1942 had a great support.