Ok since this is starting to feel like a court case drama of sorts, I just wonder, why didn't SR7 release the Mercy update prior, literally if you swapped it back a few months ago it would be whole and complete. If he did that previously, there might have been a chance of nickname and even a slut outfit for Mercy. So at this point you guys have pointed it out, her content is like 95% done basically if we go by a few numbers.
We're not going into the reason on why he's greedy/excuses/can't deliver promises/time scheduling interference business etc. But this will all go back to the roadmap plans nevertheless; if he said "oh hey the Amazonians + Themiscyra event will be coming in two months, here's part 1 then part 2!" would work out. There's so much miscommunication (found the right word for that) makes me thing is he really bad at socializing. Hey, I'm socially anxious irl and online too, but your ability/job as a creator, a game maker sometimes dictates what to do and taking control. If he had a good vision, it wouldn't be like that. It's a bit like DC/WB (which I hope they're improving rn), so again I reiterate using the crowd psychology effect (divide and mob mentality too), it's also how he thinks he's got that authority as a singular entity. His personality is probably why it drove away the team and reverting to one man army job when we know he's incapable of doing so in the last few years, but SR never listens, ever.
So I urge any of you who have not played/downloaded the recent version or the last few versions, maybe really wait until the end of the year, I will say that all content will be worthwhile because the buildup and content will feel much longer and bigger.
Yeah, I certainly agree that listing all of the other stuff that they had ready for 2.3.9 that isn't in 2.3.8 was definitely a mis-step on the developers part, and all of the dissatisfaction about the false advertising in the changelog is certainly deserved. That doesn't mean that that stuff isn't ready to go for 2.3.9, but of course we have no way of knowing.
If the SU team has been focusing on finally tackling the game overhaul, for realz this time, I'm still pretty excited about that. The game has been pretty stable for me lately, knock on wood, but there are still glitches (girls I can't assign that I should be able to and such). If the new map is an indicator that said overhaul is finally happening, this is good news.
The developer just shouldn't have shot themselves in the foot listing all of those other assets that, as far as I can tell, aren't in the 2.3.8 sprite collection. That's on them. I think if they had said 'yeah lots of stuff being worked on, here's a bit of content in the meantime to tide you over!' talking ONLY about Mercy, Grail, Myrina and whatever bug fixes were actually done, plus the map thing, people would be less grumbly. Dunno if they can edit said release log to reduce the hate mail going forward, or put an addendum on said release log, but at this point I do think a little damage control is in order.
I'm optimistic about 2.3.9, and I enjoyed finally getting to bang Mercy in her room in the meantime. I just have learned to not expect much, so I'm not as disappointed as others are, particularly IF they are indeed finally doing the overhaul thing. That's a big undertaking that people won't necessarily be able to see until it's actually ready for prime time.
My two cents. Developer shot themselves in the foot by over-promising then under-delivering, it's an old story here on F-95, but at least the game isn't abandoned, and most people here aren't Gunsmoke Patreon patrons.
As for toxic threads, I stay away from the Milfy City and a few other specific game threads these days, so yeah that's definitely a thing...