That's not how "constantly" works.It‘s a fact that there are updates. Some of them need some time, some need less.
There are LOTS of other devs who promise updates, and keep promising over and over again and do not deliver anything but new promises.
how do you know, he works for a day and then stops for a specific period of time? taking some days off ("holidays") is what EVERYONE has the rights for - at least where I live.That's not how "constantly" works.
If I worked for a day, then stop working & suddenly come back to the company 8 months later, do you think my boss would buy the excuse that "I am constantly working, it just take a long time boss" or do you think he'd kick me out instead?
And this is what bon doing right now.
Also there more devs that kept their promises & deliver their updates on time compare to bon.
He could be more transparent. Make it clear hes going to get a rest AFTER he releases the update. Like 1 month rest. Then back to the grind until the next update then rest again. We are just clueless on how many breaks he takes. Just like you said, we dont know, and that creates anxiety on the fans excited for the game...how do you know, he works for a day and then stops for a specific period of time? taking some days off ("holidays") is what EVERYONE has the rights for - at least where I live.
People who are hyped for this update will be extremely disappointed if it actually gets released this month. There are going to be a ton of bugs, even more than usual, and Bon will do absolutely nothing about it so they will have to come here and ask for help or download updated versions of mods. Worst case scenario, he cuts out Lucy's content completely, makes another blunder, like in February, and goes on yet another 6+ months "break" from which he might or might not return at all IMO.Well, well, well. The widely announced update of the dying game is being postponed again. Do you want, my friend, that pretty boring pussy fights turn into an exciting races, and after a few years of waiting, you will finally have a YTV?! Wait another half a month, buddy, and you can enjoy home events with Lucy ...
To wait or not to wait is the question?
Well, judging by some comments, optimists are full of hope, and some even manage to protect dev: It turns out that this game is regularly updated
Your case might be a bann from the dev....I was a patreon at one point and unsubbed, came back and was banned. Sometimes the issue is with patreon...not the dev himself. Had a similar problem with Nenad Asanovic,s patreon page....I unsubbed and then ended up banned. He explained that it was not his doing and that patreon for whatever reason banned me from his page.I was a patron of his years ago for a couple of years. I had to stop my pledges for finances but did give some light constructive criticism on discord. When I tried to be a patron again I was banned. No reason, tried asking in discord no reason given. It's a weird cult
He won't release it in full at the end of the month, at best he drops the first part, at worst we can expect another delay dressed with one of his "excuses". If he drops the full update at the end of the month, a lot of people won't pay in SeptemberThere may be a completed update coming but any think that anyone believing a completed MNL 2 game will ever exist is taking delusion to a level never before seen.
And how do YOU know that he's "constantly" working like you've claimed?how do you know, he works for a day and then stops for a specific period of time? taking some days off ("holidays") is what EVERYONE has the rights for - at least where I live.
This would just immediately pointed back to my previous reply to you.There are updates. This is sufficient proof.
The guy doesn't get it, this year he released only 1 update, which can only be described as a blunder and nothing more than another part of the last update from the last year. Here were are, almost 8 months of 2022 have passed, and we have yet to see a decent update from a full-time dev, who, apparently, is the unluckiest person on the planet. The leniency people give Bon is astounding to me, especially the last couple of years, the guy doesn't have a "tight" schedule for a year now since it was too "stressful" for him yet nothing has changed, I wish Patreon would just force full-time devs to release new content every 3 months or so, by simply freezing money in place and giving it to them after they release a new update/content, excluding force major situations, which don't allow the dev to work on the project/game, that can be proven with something more than dev's words, like in the case of Bon. Bon has only ever said that something had happened to him but I wonder, has he ever proven a single far-fetched thing? Because I've ever only seen him saying it via posts or when someone shared his messages from discord here since when all you hear from this guy is that something always happens to him and "prevents" him from releasing new updates, you'll start questioning his words. Part of what Bon told was true but most stuff was made up to give himself an excuse to take long breaks consistently without losing much of his monthly income IMO.This would just immediately pointed back to my previous reply to you.
His updates timespan is quintuple that of an average independent dev, that isn't sufficient proof.
Do you even know why I gave you that example about work in a company? If this is his work ethic, he would've gotten his ass fired on day 2.
This is not "working", this is scamming.
I completely agree here that BoN constant explanations are a joke and as someone pointed above it seems that he is just completely burned out and hate working on that game.I wish Patreon would just force full-time devs to release new content every 3 months or so, by simply freezing money in place and giving it to them after they release a new update/content, excluding force major situations, which don't allow the dev to work on the project/game, that can be proven with something more than dev's words, like in the case of Bon.
That's the thing, I refuse to support him financially on Patreon, even though I can do that easily, who would ever want to waste 30+$ down the drain in hopes of seeing a single update, which may or may not even be decent/released at all, after 6+ months when you can buy a AAA game or several AAA games with discounts? Selling points of Bon were always art/characters and the amount of content all of which negated/mitigated the number of bugs the game had/has and he also used to release updates every 1-2 months before the revamp, nowadays though, all that's left is the art and the amount of content, updates are half-assed, at best, and have been released once every 3 months until this year, the number of bugs only increases with each new update and issues just keep piling on without ever being addressed by Bon himself and constant "excuses"/far-fetched explanations for delays etc only make things worse. Nobody is forcing anyone, it's just astounding, that the guy can make 4+$ grand a month for doing nothing when he's a full-time dev whose livelihood is fully funded by Patreon, if it was a side hustle/passion project then yeah nobody would care if it took him even a year to release an update when the guy has a job. Bon ditched the "tight" schedule thing a year ago, yet the delays are still here when he himself puts out the timeframe which only shows that he wants to milk the project as much as possible, especially when you notice the trend of his to either delay the update till the end of the month or him choosing the release date to be at the end of the month and then splitting the update into 2 parts. The bottom line is that his "excuses/explanations" for delays can't be taken seriously nowadays and he's just milking the project as much as possible before he either somehow finishes it, ditches it, or takes an indefinite hiatus from it.I completely agree here that BoN constant explanations are a joke and as someone pointed above it seems that he is just completely burned out and hate working on that game.
However this doesn't change a fact that this is a Patreon. No one forces you to throw money at contect creator. Every patreon does it because he/she likes creator works. You don't like it anymore? Freeze your support. Forcing creators to provide anything in any time frame has no sense here. You are not buying any service/product, you support creator you like with no promises what you will get in return.
I think is gonna be even biggerif any one notice
every time dev needs extra time........
before release
as far i remember release date last lucy update was extended and we got half content
i hope this date will be as same as previous