Exactly.
I wouldn't call 34 deaths in 4 hours anything to write home about, and this is *with* using a CC (Ski's Warlock) and a profile (Mordd's 1-45) that are written FAR better than some of the other CCs, so it's not that I just have a crap CC/Profile.
Then perhaps the developers should refocus, and get back to perfecting the main purpose of the bot (grinding) and put these other requested features on the back burner until then.
Your logic is completely flawed here. First, who said anything about the community and/or customers being the guinea pigs here? What kind of product is this, that it relies on it's customers to test a release? I mean, has anyone ever heard of such a thing? I didn't purchase this bot to have faulty code, and have the onus on me to test it, report bugs, etc. so that it can get improved. Who would? Back with OpenBot, since it was free, it was (again as Apoc said) more focused on the product, not pleasing anyone. I think if you work on the first issue (HB itself) the second problem (satisfaction) will take care of itself, as a byproduct.
I'm speaking of the people who write the code themselves. They have a responsibility to test what they write before releasing it. Of course, there is no piece of software on the planet that is bug-free. That is not what I have, nor would ever state. It's just an unrealistic goal, and I think (at least) that we all understand that. Reading what Apoc wrote, I tend to agree. I'd rather wait a month, in fact, for a higher quality release, then more frequent updates that are quite frankly... wanting.
So HB devs, perhaps you should put your heads together and truly take this for what it is: constructive criticism. HB could be fantastic, but it just continues to miss the mark release after release, and we kept being told "Wait 2-3 weeks" over and over, and are continually disappointed. Have us wait 2 months, and fix 99% of the problems (the 1% being post-release bugs) before you even consider releasing it. If you want people to test it before release, by all means! A lot of us would be happy to test this, but at least do your part, and don't add the moniker "stable" to it, unless it truly is. Thank you.