u/zombified_dragon4956

In order to have this conversation we need to define what an "indie" studio is. Is it measured by numbers of employees? Is it measured by resources or money available to the studio? Is it the amount of players that play said studios games?

Let's look at the stats the current amount of employees at Arrowhead is 130-140 people (via google search). Let's compare this to 2 indie studios, mojang & hello games.

At the Microsoft acquisition of mojang they had about 40 employees. Hello games has 45 people some still around since the creation of their game no mans sky. Given these numbers Arrowhead doesn't have the numbers excuse

As for resources and number of players I doubt a studio that has acquired 3 major crossovers (killzone, halo, warhammer 40k) has nearly or just below 100,000 active helldivers daily. These aren't indie numbers or resources.

Now how does Arrowhead neglect helldivers 2? You can obviously see of you look for more that 5 mins how Arrowhead neglects their player base and game.

1: the lack of bug fixes and still standing glitches in the game. To say I expect helldivers to be a perfect game would be a lie and an outrageous expectation. But fact helldivers continues to have game breaking issues for months on end. For example xbox divers could not see tree and over textures for a spand of 8 months or so, ruining the experience of the void planet and oasis planets. If you die on a hive world youll be hellpod locked halfway up a wall or forced to repeatedly drop into holes

2: the outright removal of nearly finished features and content. The big armored car, cultists, armor customization, better weapon modifications, and platoon systems where nearly and almost outright but in the game . But because it "ruins the design". Looking at the sheer amount of unfinished content that we the community want just sitting in the files is crazy. How many different shades of the color white do we need in the game that could be simplified with a armor paint system? Hell the new seaf are all but removed from the game rn except for the cities

3:the lack of meaningful storyline or meaningful events in the war. Dont you find it strange that we still talk about the creek when we lost more helldivers on other nameless worlds. Recently an entire planet disappeared off the map and the dss was having a deadspace-like event happening aboard but then nothing. Its gone. No address about the missing planet, the problem on the dss seemingly being "solved". So what do we do just wait till the next war event?

Now im in no way mad at Arrowhead, I want this to be an amazing game that will be around forever. But with these current issues and just neglect Arrowhead needs to figures somethings out if it wants to stay alive

Now im not gonna beat around the bush and say I wasn't self promoting just to only an extremely small extent.

As an artist I noticed that alot of the player made groups of aurelis had ai images and ai promotions. So i asked "hey i noticed that alot of people use ai here, would it be okay if I asked for commissions and make the community feel more genuine."

Then less than an hour later, banned from the server for seemingly no reason nor a warning or explanation.

Im extremely disappointed woth that community and would advise people to not join it

In the movie it reads as its just Johnny in a different body. If read some comics but I get the same vibe there, does it change from writer to writer?

Long story short when I was 12 I made my xbox account with my school e mail. (I was a stupid kid).

Once I graduated my school email was deleted as it should be however my ea account is still linked to it. This stinks cause I can't have cross progression on apex legends Or redeem codes on bf6.

If anyone knows any way of fixing this issue I'd appreciate it

Long story short when I was 12 I made my xbox account with my school e mail. (I was a stupid kid).

Once I graduated my school email was deleted as it should be however my ea account is still linked to it. This stinks cause I can't have cross progression on apex legends Or redeem codes on bf6.

If anyone knows any way of fixing this issue I'd appreciate it

I want to start this by saying i think ai can be used in some things but in others it has no place, and lacks safety and consent. If at anytime I upset you please realize im a stranger on the internet and your life will go on.

While waiting in the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant I noticed that the "painting" on the side of the building was very uncanny and had that ai sheen to it. I expressed my feelings on saying "yea that looks cheap, looks ai". My stepdad asked me how I knew and I stated that the art style of some of the animals is different to the art style of the humans.

My stepdad asked me why its a problem or any of my concern why its ai. I said "it matters because that could have been someone's job. Someone could've provided for their family because of it"

we then had a conversation about the technology isnt going away and how I need to adjust, and he used the implementation of the automobile as an argument, which in hindsight is a valid comparison. But at the same time I stressed my issues on the subject of "if it was just for helping people understanding things better, i wouldn't care, "

lets say for sake of argument, I dont know what water is made of. (H2o) and i use ai to find that out, that's okay its not really hurting anyone (atleast in my book). However im not okay with a textbook about water being destroyed for that ai to know that topic. Im not okay with the water bring taken without someone's consent and used for training (referring to art and images being absorbed without artist consent).

And my stepdad says he doesn't have a creative bone in his body and ai helps him realize his ideas. Now I in no way am mad that the guy. I get it, its easy and it's right there but also I think you possess that creative bone in your body by even having the idea to bring to an ai. Would it not help to talk to a person about the idea rather than an ai who only sees creativity as data?

We eventually looped back around to how ai could help alot of people and i just need to adjust. I asked him if he would support something that is actively shown to be hurting people and communities? He said its a flawed argument because im looking at it from an outsider view.

I guess but at the some time this technology is growing at a pace no industry ever has, and its hurting a lot of people along the way. Im not asking him to commission an artist or stop using ai. Im saying there needs to be protection for the small man

At the end of the day, I think ai can help alot but in order for me to get fully behind it, restrictions need to be implemented and upheld. I still love my stepdad despite our differing opinions. And at the end of the day, this conversation is small potato stuff in our relationship. Im not going get hate him because of it.

Remember you opinions shouldn't destroy your views of a person, base you ideals off the experiences you've had