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Originally Posted by SackAttack
I absolutely understand that; the way I see it is that with respect to the product, there should be two goals: 1) make it the best game it can be and 2) with an eye towards the first goal, make it as efficient as possible for the beta testers to do what they gotta do.
Your point about the UI is a point well taken, and it is absolutely correct. It doesn't (or shouldn't) mean that my point about the delete button is irrelevant, however; both of those fixes would improve efficiency.
The UI strikes me as a longer-range fix, though. It will take more time to code an improved UI than it would to code the delete button I've requested. In the meantime, deferring the implementation of the delete button because the UI is still clunky means that neither of the identified efficiencies will be achieved, and the time lost to both issues continues to accrue.
That's about the best way I know how to put it, I guess. We've been collectively losing valuable man-hours on both fronts; one of those fronts can be at least reasonably painlessly salvaged going forward. If it isn't, it isn't. There isn't anything more that I can do about that shy of voicing my opinion as I have done.
But that lost time is going to result in a "less good" game, if you understand what I'm saying. I'm not saying the world will end if a delete button isn't coded and FHM will be a hot mess as a result. I'm saying that the time saved by adding it, however minor it seems on the face of it, adds up across all the people testing and all the builds released, and more collective time to bang on the game can't help but result in an improved product.
Isn't that in everyone's best interest?
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I'm sorry but how much time is really spent deleting games, and how important is it to even delete them immediately? They take up minimal space, and I have had lots of them at times and it never affected the game or my computer. Just chill a bit, and wait for it, they will add it eventually and it isn't that important yet.
Like others have said, if they stopped and fixed every request they have had, and there have been tonnes at this point, the game indeed would be far from releasable. Not trying to be rude, just pointing out that it will get done, it just hasn't been done yet.