Originally Posted by
MartianXi
Updates shouldn't need to be treated as you suggest... if it ain't broke don't fix it.... there wouldn't be an update if there wasn't some reason to do so. There's an update every week and after many years of cell phone use it becomes second nature to stay updated.
Resist the shiny red box. I always Read the update. We currently play PFrpg, so if there is nothing for PF or CoreRPG that we need, I do not update. I prefer our working extensions. To me as a long time computer user, Other than MAYBE security updates, Don't do OS or Software updates when they first come out. let some other person find the errors. You mentioned Phones... you seriously update immediately when they release a major update? no thanks, I like making and receiving calls.
I tend to update because there are often bug fixes involved and maybe it is just a force of habit, but not updating runs the risk of getting so outdated that a single update changes everything so drastically that I have to re-learn an entire program.
I am not saying DON'T update ever (although that is an option I suppose if everything is 100% working), I am saying to let others find the glaring issues if this type of thing is going to upset you. We KNOW that major FGU changes almost always makes a few of the 30+ extensions we use break. You have an answer, you just do not like the answer.
I'm not a programmer by any means and have only a basic idea of what's happening behind the scenes but if the updates were setup in different packages with separate bug fix patches and UI/feature updates as optional I think it would make a big difference to the user experience.
Now this Idea I like. Hot fixes, spelling mistakes, broken links... anything that has almost no chance of breaking things should be 1 type of update (maybe anything that is not a ruleset?). Then have a Forge only update and then have a ruleset update with a warning "this could break extensions". This would go a LONG way towards helping the issue.
This was an expensive program with the original ultimate license pricing and as much as I appreciate it's continued growth I just want a stable platform to work with that doesn't require a bunch of troubleshooting every weekend.
I paid $100 and have gotten SO MUCH more for my money. No Monthly fee. No yearly upgrade cost... Players can play for free, so $100 allows say 4 people to enjoy playing for as long as SW is around. I absolutely disagree with the expensive program statement. ALSO if you are a 5E player, this is more WotC's problem then it is SW
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