"You know its called an "unstable test" right?"
"newest version isn't even out for the public, it's an unstable test build... "
"Maybe wait for the stable release, this is a test build for feedback only"
"the entitlement is making me cringe. ITS A BETA TEST."
"it's a highly unstable build which was shadow dropped"
"If you can't tolerate an undercooked build... maybe don't play the version that has the word test in all capitals in the title"
"With the outcry over it, I'm curious to see how the stable release responds."
"...but it's a very unstable build, it obviously needs balancing and fixing and a lot of improvement on the controls"
"Everybody calm down. This is just a TEST version. It is RUSHED, it is UNFINISHED, it WILL get better"
"itch.io community really showing it's full of morons that don't know what the phrase "TEST BUILD" means."
"OP Is malding, trying to cope and trying hard to believe that this 0.9.0 is the PLAYABLE version...."
These are all things that were said to me in my last thread 202 days ago regarding the 0.9.0 test build, where among other things the new control scheme was added. Upon release of that build the majority of posts I saw were against the new controls, but a dedicated group of yesmen seemed determined that the problem would not persist as it was a "test build" as though it was not TESTING content to IMPLEMENT IT into the main game. Now here we are! 0.9.0 public has dropped and the old controls have not returned. I for one am shocked! How could this happen? I was assured that it was only a test build and that the stable release would be fixed! The old controls are not the default, and they aren't even an added option to revert in the menu. What is everyone's excuse now? "This is a <1.0.0 launch so you can't criticize anything yet!"? Judging by my experience on this forum I half expect that's exactly what people will tell me.
To digress a bit from talking about solely the controls: the dev clearly does not care about feedback and thusly I do not care to play this game any longer. This isn't even to bring up the new content that "adds more challenge to the game ... Would you prefer the game to stagnate and not get new content?" To answer this user indirectly and 199 days late: Yes I really would rather the game stagnate at a place that is fun and actually playable than suffer from the feature creep that is assaulting the experience now. Increasingly it becomes a game for people to optimize with a wiki on their second monitor and their ikea shark under their gamer sock clad feet. I do not want to optimize every second of the game day to make ends meet I want to enjoy my time and play the game. I do not need signal triangulation or coordinate towers and blown fuses or atvs that break down just like real life omg so realistic! getting in the way ON TOP OF being wrestling with the new (old by now) controls that were made to appeal to streamers and the unwashed masses who won't play this for more than an hour or two anyway. I feel like I lost the plot towards the end there but if the dev is reading this PLEASE PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD add back in a legacy control setting at the very least.
Thanks to anyone who read this far. I hope to see you in another 202 days when inevitably nothing changes again.