Talk:Jewel/@comment-34219060-20180113192837/@comment-10507735-20180114073653


 * I owe several people apologies regarding EPs. You included, I genuinely thought they were 3rd party packs and hadn't realized that they were 3rd party packs sanctioned by dez0wave.


 * Playing v1.4005 VANILLA was definitely unpleasurable. I think dwave thought it was a big joke. Especially the shagged out endings.
 * That they needed to "EP it" shows just how bad it is.
 * "Fixed docs thread" - not really - if you miss one doc I think it still breaks, no different from 1.4002.
 * "The expedition" (massively debugged by us for v1.4002 (you knife the SSP-99 Ecologist scientist to fail it at the end)) was only fixed by deleting the last Old device 5 from the board. The debug handler will still show the game looking for it (and bitching that the player doesn't have it)
 * I suppose two longarms are better than one - but WTF - I try to carry two anyway - when weight permits - and swapping out isn't a problem.
 * Handgun balance was one of the pleasures of LA. v1.30013 - 1.3003. Drop a zombie; then throat cut. For DC, if Dwave are now returning some 'kick' for v1.4006 that they deliberately reduced between 1.3003 and 1.4000 then I call bullshit on their whole "balance" shell game.
 * While the CoP-like upgrades are nice, they are buggy and deceptive. My half-tuned SSP-100M was great in knife fights with 7 springs and 4 rocks, and could get "melée repairs". But additionally upgraded for health regen and extra carry - it starts to LOSE integrity...


 * I would have given up all of the "balance" improvements for a lootable gun that worked. Or could be repaired.
 * Buggering the economy was a BIIIIG downer. What f***ing game with a shagged economy gets a replay?


 * Nice armours to pose in might be nice, but I played about 6 days in a crappy Mail jacket due to "financial difficulties"

Then there was this suicide pill:

Whoever "designed" this needs to comb his hair with the vodka bottle.
 * I'm sure v1.4006 will be better.
 * But I'm seeing decreasing stability with greater cimplexity.