Flight Rising Discussion

@Roccy
This is where I'm coming from as well. I participated in a video game making class as an artist. The teams consisted of one musician, a writer, an artist, and 3 programers. Our games were only suppose to last 5 min but the amount of programming required for even that was substantial and took outrageous amounts of trial and error ( and this was with guides and game engines that simplified the process)

I have overwhelming respect for programers. And to me these reaccuring hiccups are just a part of the game/site. FR has been around for what, about 2 years? It's just a wee baby compared to other pet sites

@Tablode

FR has been around for a year and a half. :)

Oh, are we talking about pet peeves related to users and their arguments now?

The argument that:
1) the site isn't that old, so it's okay if it's lacking basic features other pet sites often have from inception, like secure item trading
2) programming is hard (yes, and no one is saying that all these bugs need to get fixed in a day, but after a year of something being broken you start to wonder why)
3) it's free to play with limited resources (pretty sure FR has the most average number of users online second only to neopets... they're not exactly not making money, let's just say that)

[quote name="Clocks" date="2014-12-07 12:59:09"] 2) programming is [i]hard[/i] (yes, and no one is saying that all these bugs need to get fixed in a day, but after a year of something being broken you start to wonder why) [/quote] I said it on the previous page, and I'll say it now. Akari was in a severe car crash in January and he's one of the main programmers, aside from Thrage who only works on the Coli/Fairgrounds from my knowledge. So that may be why things aren't getting fixed at the pace people would like... @clocks

@CountofCasualty Yes, and I always agree that it was horrible what happened, but if the site owners (including Akiri, Undel, Xhaztol, and Thrage) were looking out for their site, they would look into hiring (or contracting) a programmer to keep the site going. I think another user said it best, [quote name="Sorikai" date="2014-12-06 19:00:32"]The issue is that for a site this size there shouldn't only be one programmer and, if there is, it should become a main focus, not just a cash cow hobby.[/quote] This is really not a 'small' site despite what people think -- it's the biggest pet site I can think of apart from neopets. Having just one active programmer (Akiri -- I don't know where Thrage went, but nothing has been done on the coli/fairgrounds in ages) who is not even fully focused on the site (because of his injuries and it not being his primary job) makes me question how committed to the business they are.

@Clocks I can't speak for them, but I imagine most of their money is going to Lightsky(??) who has been working on stabilizing the servers and optimizing everything because FR was never coded to handle more then 250-500 people at a time.

As for Akari's other job, who knows. We haven't heard much of it, or him since the crash, there's been a few things here and there but that's about it. All I know is he's a police officer who does have a family to support and I imagine FR can't fully support him yet and until it can I doubt he wants to quit his job that can support him and his family. It would be absolutely foolish to do such.

[center]Read through the entire thread. [quote name="CountofCasualty" date="2014-12-06 20:13:00"]Just a reminder everyone...Akari was in a terrible car crash Early Jan 2014 and has spent most of this year healing and not focusing so much on programming. His health has been improving a lot from my understanding, but for 4-5 months he was basically unable to work at all. Akari and Thrage are pretty much the only programmers that I know of. I also doubt that fR is in a place financially to be able to support another coder's salary while they're trying to stabilize/buy servers etc. I know it sucks waiting for things to be implemented, but these things are important to remember.[/quote] [quote name="Pixar" date="2014-12-06 20:41:40"][center][color=purple]I wish they would fix the game's problems before inviting more people in.[/quote] -agrees with the quoted posts- To be honest I understand the irritation with all the art updates. I've been itching for all the little issues (many discussed here) to be fixed or implemented or something. (One thing I'm really curious about is that when I joined I thought I heard of a crafting mechanic being implimented someday, but I guess that's not a thing anymore?) But man the crap coders have to go through. I would say it should be very evident by now that they don't have enough coders currently so just be patient. Also I never see the drama around the forums that everyone's always talking about despite hanging around? eh, maybe that's just me. Honestly I find this site really solid for what it's had put into it. It's been a long time since I've liked a sim site like this. The last one I was on was Aywas and that one drove me away due to the overload of items which I hope isn't the direction we're going towards on here with the constant coliseum additions. Everyone whining about gathering aren't using the colisuem or fairgrounds which are supposed to be two parts of the website that help you. If you can't use those then sell hatchlings of your dragons at exalt prices and in turn use the money to buy food? Buying food is pretty cheap.. just look around the AH or the item sales forum. [/center]