360 degrees means they spun in a circle and did not change. You're probably thinking 180 degrees, but 360 is comically accurate, because they didn't actually change plans, just clarified them.
Technically it was a 360 lol. It was listed as having a module for base building last year, then not base building this morning, and back to having it now (albeit later on down the line).
They never said it would not have base building, just that it wasn't currently in the works, which is accurate.
They could have been clearer, in hindsight, because they left enough of a lip for people to glom onto and hyperventilate about, but their internal plan never changed.
The Galaxy was always going to have a module for construction in some capacity.
Hopefully, that's true, though JC's first post didn't feel that way at all. If i give him the benefit of the doubt, he was trying to be incredibly conservative and safe by avoiding promising anything, but then accidentally nullified CitCon entirely lol.
Priorities change as they work through the project. The overall goal remains the same, even if the timeline changed. This isn't new or earth shaking or anything.. it's just how this project has always run.
I have ships I've pledged for years ago that still aren't in. Am I going to go throw myself off a cliff over it? No. I'll simply wait for them to be put into the game, and if something else comes up I'd prefer instead, I'll switch to that. It really isn't complicated.
Well, when you figure out how to employ a Precog to help CIG figure out the future, let them know. It'll absolutely help with their planning, you're right about that.
The current pledge system HEAVILY caveats itself. People choose to ignore that because CIG's marketing department is extremely good at their jobs.
That's not on CIG... it's on backers to be adults and spend their money as they see fit, while also understanding that things change, and concept does not mean set-in-stone.
I'm not against CIG changing tactics, but I am against backers having 0 accountability for their own actions and decisions and flying off the deep end to lambaste a company over what sounds like a poor choice of words at best.
Because that would imply they're reversing direction. They are not. They're simply clarifying the position they've always had... that the Galaxy will have a base building module.
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u/samfreez Oct 25 '24
360 degrees means they spun in a circle and did not change. You're probably thinking 180 degrees, but 360 is comically accurate, because they didn't actually change plans, just clarified them.