[GS] [1.0.0.317] Pillaged dam can prevent river flooding

[bbufa]

What's the point of "Break Dam" espionage mission if the pillaged dam still work?

Update: patch 1.0.0.328 bug NOT fixed: https://forums.civfanatics.com/thre...-prevent-river-flooding.645273/#post-15485529

 

[Aristos]

Jesus Christ...

Gathering Bugs may have been a better DLC name, I guess...?

 

[Ondolindë]

Jesus Christ...

Gathering Bugs may have been a better DLC name, I guess...?

First, señor, thou shalt not use the Lord’s name in vain. Having said that:

Second, I really think the number of bugs is really pretty bad. Was Civ V Vanilla like this? People keep saying that it was worse, but I came late to that party.

 

[Ferocitus]

By Grabthar's hammer, by the Sons of Warvan, that's just another instance of the contempt Firaxis have for their players!

 

[Timothy001]

Its not really contempt. When you have a small group (the devs) playtesting a product they see all the time, some bugs are just not noticed. When us gamers, a very large group, get a new product, we tend to notice the small things that may have been missed. In some cases, an innocent question from 1 single player, has made the community realise the existence of a bug, that many thought were just the way it should be.

 

[Ferocitus]

Its not really contempt. When you have a small group (the devs) playtesting a product they see all the time, some bugs are just not noticed. When us gamers, a very large group, get a new product, we tend to notice the small things that may have been missed. In some cases, an innocent question from 1 single player, has made the community realise the existence of a bug, that many thought were just the way it should be.

There's a huge difference between the Hwacha bug, which is very subtle, easy to miss, and excusable, and the trade deal bugs that should have been picked up with even a cursory QA.
They foisted garbage on us and now want us to contribute time and effort to help them out? Pffft. That's contemptuous IMO.

 

[Infixo]

Its not really contempt. When you have a small group (the devs) playtesting a product they see all the time, some bugs are just not noticed.

Do you think that the properly performed QA phase is some sort of random-based process that depends on the fact that somebody randomly "noticed" an error or not?
No. The QA phase (commonly known as "testing") is a rigorous process that needs planning and preparation, and its execution allows for a systematic error detection. Requirements -> test cases -> test scripts.
The number of found errors depends on the quality (depth) of the prepared test cases and scripts.
Unfortunately, a good QA process is costly and many companies (if not all) forgo it for some generic, high-level testing, letting the users (us) make the bulk of work for them. That is the hard truth.

 

[Ondolindë]

Do you think that the properly performed QA phase is some sort of random-based process that depends on the fact that somebody randomly "noticed" an error or not?
No. The QA phase (commonly known as "testing") is a rigorous process that needs planning and preparation, and its execution allows for a systematic error detection. Requirements -> test cases -> test scripts.
The number of found errors depends on the quality (depth) of the prepared test cases and scripts.
Unfortunately, a good QA process is costly and many companies (if not all) forgo it for some generic, high-level testing, letting the users (us) make the bulk of work for them. That is the hard truth.

Truth! Couldn’t agree more.

 

[bbufa]

Update: patch 1.0.0.328 bug NOT fixed
(Nearby districts were damaged when my spy broke the dam, not because of the recent river flooding)