Hello, Does anyone know if since the steam release, there has been a growth in the amount of developers that work on the game? I've been asking myself this for a while after reading some of the update logs. I'm fully aware that i bought an alpha version of the game and that it is nowhere near the end product but I couldn't stop wondering how long it would actually take before the more crucial and fun features are in the game. Obviously most of the features of the DayZ Mod are wanted by the community and I feel like it's going to be a really, really long road before we get to see this game actually be playable in the long run. Vehicles as in cars, helicopters, boats, base building as in houses, garages, tents and more landmarks on the map I feel like are atleast a year or two away from fully in there. I as a massive dayZ fan, unfornately can't wait this long. Surely it is up to debate if some of these features should even be in the actual game because I suppose that wasn't the way DayZ was played at first but come on, is anyone this patient enough? The reason why I ask this is because no doubt the Alpha has been very succesfull so far and I've been asking myself every now and then if the developers are actually using all their possible resources. I've read that atleast 5 million of dollar was made on steam in the 24hrs of the game launch. I fully understand that before steam resources were scarce and that you couldn't hire more people but wouldn't it be very simple to just add more developers to the team to speed up production time and put out more updates? Then before I created this account, I read a topic about the lead developer leaving the team at the end of the year? Very odd. I couldn't read up on any of this by myself, please do tell if they actually did increase in size of the development team to a necassary number. I've been reading up on the more recent updates, while I'm perfectly satisfied with the new mechanics and bugfixes and new items, I don't feel like it will make me continue to play the game in the long run. I've personally enjoyed the Origins mod alot and I would love to see the game get into that direction aswell to some extend. Basebuilding and such, factions that you can create and all that came with it. I hope alot of community support will be able to succeed in this if lets say the developers have other plans. How do you guys feel about this? Surely there are alot of dedicated people out there who will just enjoy the alpha fine and they are patient enough, but really this long? I'm really excited to see how the SA will turn out to be in the upcoming months, I just hope that the developers and the studio can do this as quick as possible with all the bug testing that comes along. Greets, Manilla
