From my point of view there are two simple options:
1) Automate releasing patches just as it is the case on other platforms. Provide delevopers a means to upload their fixes and then have some batch job that takes care of packaging the stuff and making ithe download available
2) If you insist on having a manual approach ensure that service can be provided 24/7 just as many other IT companies bound by SLAs do

You're absolutely right.
I personally do not care at all about Christian or whatever holdiays.
Sometimes, if there is an important issue, I have to work during my week-end or throught the night, too.
So, when I have some free-time (like now), I want to play the fixed version of the game.
GOG team, just do your job!

This is the downside to buying new games on a platform more suited to selling old titles.

Delayed patching is ultimately the trade off between:

> Not having STEAM-like DRM
> Not downloading massive updates
> Waiting for a bit of GoG QA

It would be nice if Galaxy could fix this once for all.


Would you rather download a gigabyte of files like STEAM users - start a new game...

Hotfix again - download more files - start another new game....etc, etc

If so, why didn't you buy on STEAM?


The blame ultimately should be directed at Obsidian.

They had enough time and raised more than enough money through Kickstarter, pre-orders to do some basic testing.

But there is a law that gives the employees free times on those holidays. IF GOG doesn't comply, there are some hefty fines in place. But, i guess you don't comply to law, either. And pay the fines for the employees, as well the money that will be required by law when the said employees sue you and win, as the law is on their side.

Do i care that is Easter?! NO. Do i have something else to do?! Definitely, yes. Plenty of games on my backlog, books to read and so on.

And things are not as easy as Raider_MXD thinks. Steam had how many years to get there?! Is it perfect?! No. If a patch is fragged (as it happened in quite a few occasions), there is a rollback and you download (sometimes) the whole game again. That system is not perfect either, after so many years. Origin?! They release patches only in the week days and only for the EA games. So, that's a lot of control, as the owner of the store is also the publisher and the developer. Other games published on Origin have a different treatment. As GOG did not received the patch in time, Origin has the same problem. I don't see any of the people that bought the game on Origin (yeah there were some) doing the pitch and forks lynching mobs there. Mostly because EA forums are heavily moderated and being locked on Origin means no access to your games for a while.

And don't get me started on Uplay...The company that never heard about cumulative patching. And guess what...PoE has the same patch as GOG and Origin, there.

You want to fight someone?! Fight with the publisher. It's Paradox Interactive in case that you did not see the logo. THREE online stores did not receive the hotfix. THREE. Because Steam was the priority and screw anyone else. Go complain on their forums first and Obsidian's after that for choosing a publisher that made a fetish for Steam (not the only one, mind you, but Paradox started as a DRM free company and forced Steam on the people that bought the Crusader Kings 2 DRM free version, by cutting the support for that version). The true offenders are elsewhere.

As an extra-bonus, it seems that 1.03 introduced more bugs, linked to the aSronghold and not only. Check the Obsidian forums in the Tech support section. So wuth hotfix or without, the 1.03 is not a good patch. Repairs something and damages other things(like the adventure feature from the Stronghold). My own believe is that the game will be bug free, at best in the late summer and at worst in the fall. Obsidian had to respect the will of the publisher and release the game before was polished. But again, Paradox does the same with their own games. And none of their fans comments. Obsidians should have self-publish the game and learn from Larian. D:OS had way fewer problems at launch and they've solved them in a relatively timely fashion. Still, to reach the state of polish that their game enjoys now, took them over 8 months. That's why, i, personally, am calm and patient. As i mentioned: i do have a backlog.

They should probably stop posting to their Facebook today then, since it's like, against the law and stuff. ;)

In the end one's merely losing his temper watching like some immature persons (the previous definition was self-censored while you can easily substitute proper characterizations like scumbags or spoiled brats) attack the GOG staff just because they managed to deliver the patch during their days-off.

I beleive they in Poland (like us here in this country) do respect religious feasts. It doesn't matter what some of you think about all this, it matters how they themselves look at those occasions. So it might have been a great deed on their part to sacrifies their (may be) most precious time to give you what you supposedly wanted.

Thanks, GOG. I personally appreciate your devotion.

No point arguing with self-entitled consumers mate, this is an uphill battle without the possibility for you to talk any sense into their heads. When someone sets standards for others based on their own misaligned sense of ethics you know there is nothing you can do. Complaint culture is flourishing and until companies stop treating such customers with extra care it is bound to get even worse.

Also the 30-day refund policy would not work on games that work perfectly. There is nothing game-breaking about the issue this patch introduced and it will be fixed by next week anyway, so there is no basis for a refund, rightly so.

I was going to write a serious consideration about how people that act like you, damage all the other people around by not having anything outside their job.

But I realized that probably you are just a kid that have no idea about the real life of adults with responsabilities towards others.

I just got back home and haven't read past your post yet,

But there is a version for the newest patch up on Nexus. Those guys are quick as hell. It's been available since just like an hour or two after the patch was dropped on Steam.

So it is viable right now. Hell, I just did it and am in Gilded Vale currently.

Ah, nice. Thanks for the info :)

No, that version of the IE Mod is called "IE Mod for 1.0.3.0526 Windows 4.6b" and works with the 1.0.3 hotfix which we don't yet have for GOG.

Lol, I'm not "telling" anyone to do anything. I simply provided an alternative for those who would be interested.

If it isn't something you are interested in, don't do it. Those who may want to now can.

If you want your first playthrough to be vanilla, then play it that way. It's your gaming experience.

Who are you to tell everyone else how they should play their game?

I'm not twisting any arms telling people how to play their game, you are.
Well, it's working great for me.

Pre-patch, my game stuttered a lot, now its smooth sailing. I know it's patched because I now have AA off.

I don't know the laws in Poland, but if it is really absolutely forbidden to work on holidays (hard to image, what about restaurants, IT-support for international business customers, public transport and so on) then handle manual patch provisioning in a country where it is possible to provide 24/7 service or - yes I'm repeating myself - automate it. For a tech company that's no rocket sience.

Never have been in Polland. And now i dont want too. Cause just imagine. Holidays. Its mean no cops, no ambulance. And if you stuck in elevator... my gosh. :D