Mod Ash
Jagex Mod
20-Nov-2006 17:07:22
"There is one lesson learned though; not to put "new skill" updates in the Behind the Scenes."
(This might get moved to Future Updates, or not, or maybe locked completely. I'll leave that to the forum mods.)
We discussed that when the BTS was written.
It didn't actually work so well with Construction because the website team kept accidentally leaking things. We've still not perfected that side of things.
The November BTS would have looked rather bare without the Hunter skill. We'd have had the Enlightened Journey update, plus a vague reference to Eagles' Peak that carefully omitted any mention of the new skill, and not much else to talk about besides redecorated sheep. Two quests plus better-looking sheep would have looked like a rather dull month.
We decided to compromise by saying that the Hunter skill would come out towards the end of the month, in the hope that people wouldn't expect it earlier and whine about the lack of it.
Players seem to prefer detailed BTS announcements that reveal all the details, if we're to believe the poll results.
I've honestly got limited sympathy for people who are upset to see a server shuffle today instead of a new skill. We never promised "Hunter skill release date = 20th Nov", so what's the problem? We're still on schedule for Hunter to come out "towards the end of the month", which is what we did promise.
Of course, all the complainers are paying customers whose opinions deserve to be taken into consideration