Wow, this forum is fast. Went to make a cup of coffee, and another page has been added lol.
Can I just say, I have no doubt that the developers at Bioware are doing their level best to create an enjoyable experience for gamers, and that I enjoyed DA:O enough to play it twice, which already puts it in elite company as far as I'm concerned. I'm usually a one-time-through kind of player. I see no necessary conflct between creating value and making a living,
I have seen first hand, however, that the objectives of management and those under them can be worlds apart. (Edit: I started to give some examples here but realised that I this was turning it into an essay lol. I'm quite sure, anyway, that most of you will have had similar experiences.) Suffice to say, I quit my last job a couple of months ago (I'm a teacher btw) when "loyalty" to the company was directly conflicting with my integrity in the classroom, or my loyalty to my students, and I became hopelessly trapped in between.
In fact I learnt that in management meetings, students were no longer referred to as students, not even as customers, but as assets, that while the college could afford to "donate" 20 million dollars to the university, when asked about decent meals for student graduation, the CEO (an HR professional) replied (twice) that she wasn't running a soup kitchen. Where do you start trying to change that kind of attitude?
Whether this example in any way mirrors the relationship between companies like Bioware and EA I couldn't presume to say, but I in my profession, the suits are taking over and the teachers are increasingly being told (or it is merely implied) to shape up or ship out. It's really hard to ship out when you have mouths to feed, mortgages to pay, and therefore short-and-curlies are quite firmly in the company's grasp. Anyway, I aplogise for airing my dirty laundry here

Back to the topic, I must confess that DA:O is the first game with DLC I have ever bought, and I am still getting used to the concept, and unsure whether, in the long run, it will improve, diminish, or have no affect whatsoever on my own gaming experience if I decide not to participate. Only time will tell I suppose.
I must also confess that I have too much time on my hands these days lol
btw, addiction21, I have no idea how I got the cool boxed smiley. I will experiement and let you know hehe.
EDIT: Oh and thanks for the info../../../images/forum/emoticons/happy.png Hmm i did it again, just a simple click and drag I think
Modifié par Peeker2009, 15 janvier 2010 - 04:25 .