While I applaud your enthusiasm I tremble at the thought of yet another round of "N3V Bashing" that would almost certainly ensure. "Please, just release it and trust us to appreciate that it won't be perfect". Unfortunately there are some in these forums who have no idea about the nature of software or the Game Development Life Cycle. They expect every release to be perfect and totally "free of bugs" and are not afraid to vent their spleens when something does not measure up to their expectations.
I for one are more than happy to "sit and wait" until the official release in Q4 of this year (or even Q1, Q2 in 2019). It will not be perfect, software never is, but it will be better.
Make that two, that's prepared to sit & wait. N3V is in that no win situation again. They'll be dammed if they do & they'll be dammed if they don't.
At a very wild, wild guess, I put the complaints ratio in the forum at around 10 to 1. The "
one" complaint is from people that want it launched now, well before it's ready, because they can't wait. They are happy to play around with a really buggy alpha, or early beta version, verses "
ten" complaints that moan and bitch that it's shouldn't have been launched so soon, because it's still so buggy & hardly playable at all. Certainly not ready for prime time yet!!!
What side of the coin am I on? I'm one of the "ten' side!!!
I'm on the side that is quite happy to sit and wait until N3V get it right, or as right as they initially can. - "when they've got it ready for prime time". I'd much rather wait until later on this year, or next year if necessary, than have to put up with something like the "official Tane launch again".
Some have comment in the forum, that they think that when Tane was launched, it was at the very best, an "early beta" version. Hopefully there won't be a reap of that!!!
The problem with the second scenario is N3V, by waiting, might go broke in the next 6 months, because of cash flow problems.
(like a lot of software developers, the executive decision that needs to be made is; do we launch the bug ridden software early to get the cash flow in & try to sort the bugs out as we go, or do we delay and try and sort out as many bugs as possible, before launch, but will run the risk of going broke in the mean time)???
It's great that N3V will open up the pre-release beta testing of TS2019 to all those that want to participate. That should hopefully keep a lot of the "I just can't wait any longer crowd happy". I'm sure N3V have learnt a lot from the "Official Tane Launch" days!!! Looking forward to TS2019's release...
Cheers, Mac.