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[frankf43]

He/she isn't wrong though. David Gaider is awful with dealing with customers and really should be restricted by Bioware on that front.

In the end, this is just ****** poor marketing at a time when Bioware needs really good marketing. Promising certain reveals, then continuously reneging on them, is doing nothing for them.

I was going to preorder next paycheck. This has changed my mind. I don't think I'll be pre ordering now.

I won't pre-order either.  They are going to have to win me over all over again. After all they are not the only game coming out in October.

[Ilidan_DA]

Łukasz Krawczyk ‏@IlidanDA 

@BioMarkDarrah @AarynFlynn @Mike_Laidlaw I'd like to ask a question about the Flames of the Inquisition.

 

Łukasz Krawczyk ‏@IlidanDA

@BioMarkDarrah @AarynFlynn @Mike_Laidlaw If I pre-order DAI, will I get a horse, an armor and a weapon for my hero? Or maybe only a weapon?

 

Łukasz Krawczyk ‏@IlidanDA

@BioMarkDarrah @AarynFlynn @Mike_Laidlaw This DLC:

 

 

Mark Darrah ‏@BioMarkDarrah

@IlidanDA @AarynFlynn @Mike_Laidlaw you get all those things

 

Łukasz Krawczyk ‏@IlidanDA 

@BioMarkDarrah YEA! Thank you very much! I love new Trailer!

[Aolbain]

I won't pre-order either.  They are going to have to win me over all over again. After all they are not the only game coming out in October.

 

And more power to you. But really, you lost all you faith in the game because we didn't get a preview in time?

[Jaulen]

I won't pre-order either.  They are going to have to win me over all over again. After all they are not the only game coming out in October.

 

I said I was going to preorder on the first day it was avaialble.

 

But I didn't.

I was too miffed at no images on a female Inquisitor on the website (like under Classes), or at least words on the website that you could chose your race or sex in addition to Class and changing apperance.

 

They keep saying in interviews 'Chose sex and race!'.....why is that not on the offical website then? You'd think that would be a nugget of info (if true) they would want to include on the "Play Your Way" blurb on the offical website. Not everyone reads articles/interviews.

 

 Until confirmation of at least being able to play as a female is on that website, I won't be ordering.....it's heresay until that point, and open to being cut as far as I'm concerned.

[Wulfram]

Can any dev give a clear answer? Are we going to have a ff this week or not? It's simple ... :/

 

I doubt they know, not their department really

[Deadmuskrat]

And more power to you. But really, you lost all you faith in the game because we didn't get a preview in time?

One of many. Their coverage of this game has been sloppy and I now need more time to be assured that this game is worth a pre order.

[Aolbain]

One of many. Their coverage of this game has been sloppy and I now need more time to be assured that this game is worth a pre order.

 

Fair enough.

[frankf43]

And more power to you. But really, you lost all you faith in the game because we didn't get a preview in time?

It's not the not showing that matters. there has been plenty of stuff out this week. It's not being bothered to tell people that you are not showing. People have been sat there all day waiting for this. And then the comment from DG it just shows a lack of respect for your customers.

 

If you can't understand that then fine.

 

But they are trying to rebuild a Company after 2 under-par games. They should be on top of the game, not letting the customers down with every promotion that they come up with.

[Jaulen]

Their coverage of this game has been sloppy.......

 

Agreed.

 

Bad marketing to announce something and then not follow through.

VERY bad marketing to annouce something, not follow through and not let people know it's not going to happen as announced.

[xarthas2]

Guys, Gaider is the way he is. If the marketing guys tried to chain him, probably that would mean no tumblr (with is frankly really interesting) or visits to the forums.  And only marketing-controlled information. I don't want that, personally.

 

Even more, the "blame" (if any) of no April Friday Follower is not on him, he is just being chatty. So...

[Browneye_Vamp84]

I'm pretty content on the information we have gotten this week: new trailer, release date and a group shot.  Sure, I was looking forward to seeing someone new, but crap happens and plans change.  Here's to the next six months. 

[Danny Boy 7]

But isn't that a completely different department? It's like going to the leading heart transplant surgeon in the country and deciding against your surgery because the food court has bad food. I mean the quality of the game (at least by the trailer) is fairly good to excellent, the GAME looks fine, it's just marketing is making some fairly significant blunders.

[EgoSoul]

 David's just a writer being asked on his personal twitter account whats going on with follower fridays. I doubt he has any control over what ends up actually happening today or whether he even knows if its still going to happen. It is disappointing that if nothing is shown that they should have announced it sooner and let us know though. 

[Hydromatic]

I said I was going to preorder on the first day it was avaialble.

 

But I didn't.

I was too miffed at no images on a female Inquisitor on the website (like under Classes), or at least words on the website that you could chose your race or sex in addition to Class and changing apperance.

 

They keep saying in interviews 'Chose sex and race!'.....why is that not on the offical website then? You'd think that would be a nugget of info (if true) they would want to include on the "Play Your Way" blurb on the offical website. Not everyone reads articles/interviews.

 

 Until confirmation of at least being able to play as a female is on that website, I won't be ordering.....it's heresay until that point, and open to being cut as far as I'm concerned.

Uuuh, what? I think it's because it's a given that BioWare will let you choose your sex.. It's BioWare.

[Iron Star]

While I agree that the marketing for the game has been sloppy, it's not the game developers that handle the marketing, it's their PR team, which has as far as I know absolutely nothing to do with the game. It's true that they should have said somewhere that they wouldn't do a FF this month because of all the news that we've already recieved, which would have been fine, and it's definitely a shame and letdown that it's not mentioned on their webpage that there are multiple player races/gender customization. But still, it's not the developers fault.

 

At least we do know that they will use female inquisitors in their marketing sometime in the future. I think they're waiting with that since so many people are excited about seeing her so that when she's finally shown we'll all hype like crazy.

 

Besides, wasn't the screenshot that showed us all the companions for the game a satisfying enough substitute?

[Jaulen]

But isn't that a completely different department? It's like going to the leading heart transplant surgeon in the country and deciding against your surgery because the food court has bad food. I mean the quality of the game (at least by the trailer) is fairly good to excellent, the GAME looks fine, it's just marketing is making some fairly significant blunders.

 

 

Marketing is what can make something sub-par into something that's a cash cow (think Chia Pet...pet rocks....) or something that's great into a loss (look at any number of good-to-excellently rated but under-performing movies).

 

Marketing is like customer service.

It's the 'face' of your company.

[Lebanese Dude]

Yeesh some of you are being a little self-righteous and bratty. 

 

It's within your right to complain and cancel pre-orders, but please restrain yourselves on the forums.

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We got so much new info this week, that i don't really care about this "Follower Friday" business anyway. 

 

I got to see DHMG in all his glory     

[Hydromatic]

The amount of entitlement here is astounding. I'm pretty happy with what we've been given this week.

 

Guys, there's 6 months until the game's release, we will get the info we need. And then the game will come out and all will be joy (hopefully)

[JakeLeTDK]

^ this. Seriously, David is a WRITER, not a part of the marketing team. I think not even Mark or Mike have control over Follower Friday. That being said, the day is still young. So I'm still crossing my fingers and hope they will release later today. And even if they don't, we have release date, preorder available, and a look at our full team this week. That's a big chunk of info compare to what we had in the past few months. I wouldn't mind if there's no FF this month, but they should at least say sth about that. A simple "Sorry, we drop a lot of info this week, so no FF this month, we will talk about that later." would work.

[katerinafm]

Woah, guys. I mean, I'm sad that we probably won't get a FF thing today too, but you are really overreacting.

 

The Bioware devs have been so good at keeping in touch with the fans, unlike most other companies, and every little thing they do is put under the microscope. Take a deep breath.

 

Also important to remember that the marketing guys are different than the main Bioware guys, so you are not even attacking the people that you're angry at.

[Lebanese Dude]

The amount of entitlement here is astounding. I'm pretty happy with what we've been given this week.

 

Guys, there's 6 months until the game's release, we will get the info we need. And then the game will come out and all will be joy (hopefully)

Exactly. I'm looking forward to the game as much as the next person here, but a little patience goes a long way.

 

We already got a companion reveal this week. Several in fact.

[Mister Gusty]

 

 And then the comment from DG it just shows a lack of respect for your customers.

 

David Gaider as well as the other devs are some of the best devs I have ever seen IMO, they actually interacts with the community, they listen to our bickering and weigh in from time to time, when they really don't have to.

 

David Gaider is always civil and helpful, as well as being hilarious, it's one thing to dislike his sense of humour, it's another to say it is disrespectful, especially when the post you are referencing is about a topic that his department isn't even in charge of, it was a tongue-in-cheek statement.

[TheLittleBird]

I said I was going to preorder on the first day it was avaialble.

 

But I didn't.

I was too miffed at no images on a female Inquisitor on the website (like under Classes), or at least words on the website that you could chose your race or sex in addition to Class and changing apperance.

 

They keep saying in interviews 'Chose sex and race!'.....why is that not on the offical website then? You'd think that would be a nugget of info (if true) they would want to include on the "Play Your Way" blurb on the offical website. Not everyone reads articles/interviews.

 

 Until confirmation of at least being able to play as a female is on that website, I won't be ordering.....it's heresay until that point, and open to being cut as far as I'm concerned.

 

It's not on the website.... but they have said you can play as a female, the PAX demo shows female Inquisitors in the 'Load Save' menu, and it's BioWare.

And now there's an art picture with both a female and male Inquisitor, with the question which gender players will pick for their PC.

 

I have to be honest: I'm a bit baffled right now.

[TheCreeper]

In retrospect asking David for answers was a terrible idea. I mean his behavior is well known and he's not the one who makes Follower Friday.

[Lebanese Dude]

 

 

 

David Gaider as well as the other devs are some of the best devs I have ever seen IMO, they actually interacts with the community, they listen to our bickering and weigh in from time to time, when they really don't have to.

 

David Gaider is always civil and helpful, as well as being hilarious, it's one thing to dislike his sense of humour, it's another to say it is disrespectful, especially when the post you are referencing is about a topic that his department isn't even in charge of, it was a tongue-in-cheek statement.

 

 

Apparently developers have to put on serious face the whole time and not crack jokes with their supposed "fans" on their damn twitters.