I couldn't agree more. I quit playing the game because, on release, I couldn't even play LAN with my friends and family without a desync. It's amazing how they could ship a game that won't even allow you to play with the built-in AI!

On release, the game should be able to function with its main features. This patch pretty much allows me to use what I paid for; it shouldn't be this way. I would have rather had them delay release another 3 months than to ship me a broken game that doesn't even work.

Oh, and don't get me started on Battle for Middle Earth 2: Rise of the Witch-King...

Luckily the only Desynch I have had was from a Replay, otherwise I have had solid and honorable losses to mechaspams online.

However, I think this will fix the gameplay and balance alot. However, there are still two things not mentioned on the patch notes, maybe on the next patch?

1. Global Conquest Mode bug/exploit fixes.
2. Skirmish AI fixes, because they seem to miss the other half of their brain.

PS: Where the heck did the Visceroids disappear? On Corrupters tool-tip it still says "Spawns Visceroids", but I have not seen any Visceroids in KW.

I have no idea.

First I thought it had to do with RAM or something, so I turned down all my graphic settings to low while watching the Replay, (I think it was a 6 player or 8 player game) and still the same Replay desynched three times for me. Oh, and this was an online game.

However, a Skirmish game have also desynched once for me, while I tried to study a Brutal Rusher AI.

It ruined such a perfectly balanced game (BFME II 1.05) and introduced alot of new bugs/exploits. Instead of addressing the wide range of issues and the community's complaints, they moved on to C&C 3. The community actually decided to take things into their own hands with an unofficial patch, but it could only go so far.

Secondly, the expansion pack was just cheap. The main menu was just a piece of concept art slapped behind the UI. Curious, I took a look at the shortcut properties on the .exe one time and noticed that it had the "-quickstart" command, similar to the one for C&C Generals. I didn't want to touch it; I doubt that the game would function properly if I disabled it.

Most of the new units were simply existing models/animations with re-skins. For example, the new Dwarven infantry were Gimli clones with the same "axe throw" special ability. The Angmar bowmen were called "Dark Rangers" or something like that, which were clones of the MOTW Rangers and also had the longshot ability. Great originality there, EA. I bet that even the The Power of San Andreas mod team could have done a better job at designing units.

That's actually quite a good idea, though defective software would be on a global scale unless you're talking about critcal issues regarding functionality with the hardware/drivers, OS, etc.As long as something's getting fixed, it doesn't bother me, though I would like to finally play this game. If I can't play with the AI after all of this waiting, I might consider selling the game...I'm happy that they at least acknowledge this problem and perhaps even want to do something about it. Their customer support is horrible; they have a bad reputation for this among many people, including myself for numerous reasons. Unfortunately, we can only take this at face value, because as you've said, this isn't the first time that they've said this. You are right in being a skeptic, but I still hope for the best in their future endeavors regarding customer support.

Edited by user Saturday, July 5, 2008 10:36:59 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified