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Been away for a bit....and regretting I came back.

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Mon, Aug 31 2015 9:09 AM (10 replies)

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alanti

10,564 Posts

Mon, Aug 31 2015 1:23 AM

In my 3 months absence of playing (and did not miss playing at all) there have been some changes, and perhaps not for the better.

My observations and hopefully some advice can be given on the following.

Focus Boost Icon above the swing meter. Can this be disabled as I do not want to see it, nor would I use it
Camera Angles - different and can now hit from the reverse angle - is there a point in the angles? It certainly does not help, especially on the greens
Averages/New Tiers - no issues as I do not give a toss about averages, but a 3 hot increase after first round....perhaps one for Alosso lol
Green Dots - are slower than a while back - is this now the norm?
New Sounds - I have the sound off but more gimmicks and no improvements - great use of programmers time....NOT

In general seems to have the same untold multi player issues - and I played my first CC tournament....well tried, I WD after finding the "brush" on Merion just off the fairway......my next 2 shots went 10 yards or so....both LOST BALL. Whilst I am getting older, I am not blind....seriously WGT 10 yards and cannot find a ball.......fricken joke....you know how to keep customers happy.......greedy bastiges

Jimbog1964

8,378 Posts

Mon, Aug 31 2015 1:57 AM

alanti:
Focus Boost Icon above the swing meter. Can this be disabled as I do not want to see it, nor would I use it

As you can guess loads of threads on it. They kindly introduced it halfway through the VUSO qualifiers. Grubby bit of trash, but talk to the easier than the New Ideas department. Yes you can disable it in display.

alanti:
Camera Angles - different and can now hit from the reverse angle - is there a point in the angles? It certainly does not help, especially on the greens

Not sure what the point was.......seems do no harm though (well disregarding memory leaks etc which seem to come about the same time??)

alanti:
Averages/New Tiers - no issues as I do not give a toss about averages, but a 3 hot increase after first round....perhaps one for Alosso lol

Threads a plenty...The new tier is plastic badge and the one above by invite only as it stands, and invites may start happening in 3-6 months.

alanti:
Green Dots - are slower than a while back - is this now the norm?

Interesting you say that. For me the green dots are back to perfect, no more quick quick slow slow quick stuff that we had for a few months. If they are now slower than once that's fine as very useable for me, and most I think now. Dots you can count on as v consistent I would say - an overdue but excellent fix.

alanti:
New Sounds - I have the sound off but more gimmicks and no improvements - great use of programmers time....NOT

Old soon, and also off here.

alanti:
In general seems to have the same untold multi player issues - and I played my first CC tournament....well tried, I WD after finding the "brush" on Merion just off the fairway......my next 2 shots went 10 yards or so....both LOST BALL. Whilst I am getting older, I am not blind....seriously WGT 10 yards and cannot find a ball.......fricken joke....you know how to keep customers happy.......greedy bastiges

Multiplayer issues continue to plague the site. It should be reliable but it is not often enough. Single play though is overridingly back to being an excellent experience IMO.

JaLaBar

1,254 Posts

Mon, Aug 31 2015 3:53 AM

"well tried, I WD after finding the "brush" on Merion just off the fairway......my next 2 shots went 10 yards or so....both LOST BALL. Whilst I am getting older, I am not blind....seriously WGT 10 yards and cannot find a ball..."

This is part of the blatantly obvious 'Profit at all cost, customer be damned' company mission statement. I'd like to just call it a policy, but they are way more aggressive about trying to take our money for little reward, so much so that it seems to be the over-riding WGT mission.

oneeyedjohn

9,589 Posts

Mon, Aug 31 2015 4:33 AM

^^^ +1

What stumps me is how they manage to make things worse , rather than better.

mel1950

2,887 Posts

Mon, Aug 31 2015 5:40 AM

it shouldn't "stump" you mate.. Its written in the job description.... "Must be sh1t at programming".......

Mel

ct690911

7,205 Posts

Mon, Aug 31 2015 6:18 AM

"New Sounds - I have the sound off but more gimmicks and NO improvements - great use of programmers time....NOT"

.....spot on here

"Multiplayer issues continue to plague the site. It should be reliable but it is not often enough. Single play though is overridingly back to being an excellent experience IMO."

.....I personally play a lot of Alternate and Match to meet people and to have a relaxing social experience. I think most players feel the same way. If solo golf was what stoked me, Id save the money and aggrevation and simply play solitaire whilst talking to myself.

WGT clearly does not read, nor address, the overwhelming majority of complaints about unplayable games due to endless glitches. Instead, the programmers use the downtime to just keep loading more useless crap (also glitch ridden...have you listened to the commentator?) and their idea of fixing it is to simply turn the sound off?....Duh !!

overtheedge

5,885 Posts

Mon, Aug 31 2015 7:25 AM

I here a clock ticking,,,,,,,

I know , I know . Some will say WGT is going NOWHERE. Well, in some ways - THEY"RE RIGHT,,lol. But the bottom is eventually going to fall out and I think one way or the other we will all start "paying" just to join and become members in the community.

It will start to feel like a gated mobile home retirement community soon. Everyone will pay the "Lot Fee" just to get in, or should I say "A LOT Fee" :< )