dj_hype
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I know that I am a newer member and my opinion doesn't really matter at all...but I have a feeling some might agree with me. Before I go on, I will say that HB has worked great for me and that I'm happy with the purchase I made.
However, I think that this is, naturally, what happens when you start charging for a product. When a product is free, people don't really mind when you slap a beta sticker on it, and if a certain option or a new feature doesn't function properly, they are more forgiving. But when you start charging for a product, people simply go into a different mindset that since they paid for it, it should work properly all the time. I happen to agree with that. That's why I was glad to see the HB team have two different threads for HB...a stable version and a beta version. The stable version has worked for me, so I have no complaints. If, however, the stable version didn't work, then I would be very upset seeing as the product I paid for doesn't work as intended.
If a beta doesn't work, so be it. Hence why I don't get mad if the PTR crashes. But if WoW live servers go down, I get upset because I can't use a product I paid for. I know that HB is a work in progress by a small development team, and the community here is quite good at helping the userbase out with problems and issues. But I also understand Turbo's frustration.
However, I think that this is, naturally, what happens when you start charging for a product. When a product is free, people don't really mind when you slap a beta sticker on it, and if a certain option or a new feature doesn't function properly, they are more forgiving. But when you start charging for a product, people simply go into a different mindset that since they paid for it, it should work properly all the time. I happen to agree with that. That's why I was glad to see the HB team have two different threads for HB...a stable version and a beta version. The stable version has worked for me, so I have no complaints. If, however, the stable version didn't work, then I would be very upset seeing as the product I paid for doesn't work as intended.
If a beta doesn't work, so be it. Hence why I don't get mad if the PTR crashes. But if WoW live servers go down, I get upset because I can't use a product I paid for. I know that HB is a work in progress by a small development team, and the community here is quite good at helping the userbase out with problems and issues. But I also understand Turbo's frustration.