Ask CA Your Questions (Round 1)

http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=228498

I hope someone asks about ETW/NTW integration.

Thanks for the website link, erasmus777

I've posted my input, hopefully CA won't try to avoid answering the critical questions.

Please post here the given answers and we will follow what is going on.

Enter the realm of bluster, waffle, half-truths, vague airy promises and other slippery garbage.

Originally Posted by Fireright

Enter the realm of bluster, waffle, half-truths, vague airy promises and other slippery garbage.

Quite, which means the questions should be well very thought out, so as to garner as much as possible under the circumstances.

Only reason they agreed to this was to further advertise the new game, com on people lets get real!! do you think they will give an honest answer to a question such as "Will you release modding tools? expect an answer that doesn't answer the question directly, but simply slants the viewers attention by saying something like "Modding tools is something we've been working on since the beginning, we understand how important mods impact our sales and our community.... blah... blah... bs..." Kieran especially has a very key way of talking, he always has to say the Key words in a sentence and goes on and on off topic talking about a grandeur picture instead of yes and no answers with a good explanation or rather constructive comment. Notice how he never says no or tries to contradict the community, these are all strategies that sales marketing individuals use. Believe me I know.

Ca needs to make a new plan, how they will approach their costumers, because if they keep going in this path of simply slanting attention and using momentum on their side, their system will eventually crash and it will impact sales. Just about every blogging site is full of rage and disappointment, but how could this be if Empire isn't worse than other games out there? and those games don't get so much negative attention? the answer is in the direction they've chosen to take, everything from marketing decisions, to the people who they hires and the work that they accept from their employees. I believe that CA needs a new face, because the one they have right now has been diagnosed with cancer.

Originally Posted by Walker

Only reason they agreed to this was to further advertise the new game, com on people lets get real!! do you think they will give an honest answer to a question such as "Will you release modding tools? expect an answer that doesn't answer the question directly, but simply slants the viewers attention by saying something like "Modding tools is something we've been working on since the beginning, we understand how important mods impact our sales and our community.... blah... blah... bs..." Kieran especially has a very key way of talking, he always has to say the Key words in a sentence and goes on and on off topic talking about a grandeur picture instead of yes and no answers with a good explanation or rather constructive comment. Notice how he never says no or tries to contradict the community, these are all strategies that sales marketing individuals use. Believe me I know.

Ca needs to make a new plan, how they will approach their costumers, because if they keep going in this path of simply slanting attention and using momentum on their side, their system will eventually crash and it will impact sales. Just about every blogging site is full of rage and disappointment, but how could this be if Empire isn't worse than other games out there? and those games don't get so much negative attention? the answer is in the direction they've chosen to take, everything from marketing decisions, to the people who they hires and the work that they accept from their employees. I believe that CA needs a new face, because the one they have right now has been diagnosed with cancer.

Agreed. this is simply a propaganda relations trick to make us think we are being listened to. i guarantee that if they even bother to answer all the really good questions they will sidestepp and\or ignore it. There will be very little truth as they will say nothing that might even remotely threaten NTW.

Oh and don`t expect them to go back and try to fix ETW.

Originally Posted by Humble Warrior

Agreed. this is simply a propaganda relations trick to make us think we are being listened to. i guarantee that if they even bother to answer all the really good questions they will sidestepp and\or ignore it. There will be very little truth as they will say nothing that might even remotely threaten NTW.

Oh and don`t expect them to go back and try to fix ETW.

Never thought I'd see the day when whining forum members would develop conspiracy theories about game companies just because they released one bad game (E:TW).


I'd post a question, but I don't have a "digg" account, nor do I want one.

Originally Posted by RuleBritannia

Never thought I'd see the day when whining forum members would develop conspiracy theories about game companies just because they released one bad game (E:TW).


I'd post a question, but I don't have a "digg" account, nor do I want one.

You call that a conspiracy? You are very naive. This is typical unethical company policy.

I was going to go ask them if all the features they have advertised would be in the game, but i know that even if they did decided to answer me, that answer would'nt be indicative of the final product anyway.

Im sure i posted here ? i will find out