Hi. Before I begin, I'm going to say this: I am not posting this as a "fix it now devs or i leave 4ever" kinda thing. I know how hard it is to be a dev, and I can imagine how hard it is to be a dev with a project like Technic.
I'm posting this to explain my experience with Technic (the launcher, the Tekkit server, and the Technic website) and to provide a few suggestions to help better the experience for everyone.
Technic: My Initial thoughts
The first thing I thought upon seeing Technic is "this is amazing!" and honestly, it really is.
Technic Launcher: First use
I first downloaded the Technic launcher an ran it. It was pretty nice, however not quite nice as Spout's. I feel this way because the Technic launcher feels not quite as professional as Spoutcraft, due to the rather annoying "FEED THE DEVS" (or whatever) gif with ugly text around it. However it IS very nice, and I don't really have much of a problem with it.
Tekkit Server: First use
Extremely easy installation, and I thank you for that. I did run into a problem (unspported major.Minor version), however as a dev I ran into that issue with one of my own projects, so fixing it was easy (just updated my java 7)
But yeah, extremely easy install (i don't think it could be much easier) so I REALLY like that.
Tekkit Server/Technic Client: Joining the server
I was setting up the server for me and 4 friends, so we could have some fun. Unfortunately it was a HUGE challenge to actually get into the server. I think I got a total of 4 or 5 unique errors, seeing each several times.
I was finally able to connect by updating my client to the latest dev version, but there were still other problems. Upon logging in, 9 times out of 10, Technic would get stuck on "Logging in.." and then crash. Other times it would give some long error dealing with Minecraft sessions. This happened to all 5 of us, and because of it, we wren't able to play very long. (if we had to leave for a bit it would take a good 20 minutes to get back in, because of the crashing) We tried fixing it; searching Google, reading FAQs, reinstalling Technic and the server, rebooting, updating Java, etc. We couldn't get rid of the issue.
It was very frustrating, and I am very unsatisfied with it.
Technic/Tekkit: Gameplay
For the little while that we did get to play (if we were miraculously able to get in), the gameplay was excellent. The only issue I saw were many, many lighting glitches, but those were trivial.
Technic Website
This was probably my worse experience. Where do I start..
Fan Art: This is... bad. Farting creepers? dafuq is that?
Everything else (except the forums and wiki): The general layout is messy. With a tiny horizontal width and a giant vertical width, along with bright red text and bright blue text spaced out with a ton of whitespace, the general website is hardly navigable.
The wiki: I don't see any links to the wiki on the main site. If they're there, they need to be more obvious.
Forums: This is just horrible. Not the forums themselves, but the hate, language, the lack of professionalism... I know you guys do this in your spare time, but honestly? It makes me want to leave and tell everybody how horrible it is.
My suggestions:
[li]Talk about yourselves a bit more! Overall Technic is really great, so put up some screenshots, and use fancy words to describe how marvelous Technic is. [/li]
[li]Work on cleaning up the launcher. It's great, but it could be better. Just spend a day getting rid of small bugs and cleaning things up. It'll go a long way.[/li]
[li]Be friendlier. Everywhere i look, there's cursing, hating, and badness. Telling me to "READ THE GODDAMN RULES GODDAMNIT" doesn't want to make me read them anymore than "Hey, please check out these rules."[/li]
[li]I know that people are idiots, and that's probably why you get so frustrated. Get some more volunteers staff, and just ignore idiot posts. Or respond with a generic copy/pasted message like "Hey, please check out the FAQ and try searching before posting a question. Thank you![/li]
[li]Clean up the website. Is that sidebar with links really necessary on every page? Do you really need a page dedicated to farting creepers?[/li]
Thank you. Please do not take this the wrong way. I am trying to be constructive and I truly want to help. I am also fully willing to contribute to the project whether it be in the form of Java development, website development, forum moderation, or just a tester.
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DrAgonmoray
Hi. Before I begin, I'm going to say this: I am not posting this as a "fix it now devs or i leave 4ever" kinda thing. I know how hard it is to be a dev, and I can imagine how hard it is to be a dev with a project like Technic.
I'm posting this to explain my experience with Technic (the launcher, the Tekkit server, and the Technic website) and to provide a few suggestions to help better the experience for everyone.
Technic: My Initial thoughts
The first thing I thought upon seeing Technic is "this is amazing!" and honestly, it really is.
Technic Launcher: First use
I first downloaded the Technic launcher an ran it. It was pretty nice, however not quite nice as Spout's. I feel this way because the Technic launcher feels not quite as professional as Spoutcraft, due to the rather annoying "FEED THE DEVS" (or whatever) gif with ugly text around it. However it IS very nice, and I don't really have much of a problem with it.
Tekkit Server: First use
Extremely easy installation, and I thank you for that. I did run into a problem (unspported major.Minor version), however as a dev I ran into that issue with one of my own projects, so fixing it was easy (just updated my java 7)
But yeah, extremely easy install (i don't think it could be much easier) so I REALLY like that.
Tekkit Server/Technic Client: Joining the server
I was setting up the server for me and 4 friends, so we could have some fun. Unfortunately it was a HUGE challenge to actually get into the server. I think I got a total of 4 or 5 unique errors, seeing each several times.
I was finally able to connect by updating my client to the latest dev version, but there were still other problems. Upon logging in, 9 times out of 10, Technic would get stuck on "Logging in.." and then crash. Other times it would give some long error dealing with Minecraft sessions. This happened to all 5 of us, and because of it, we wren't able to play very long. (if we had to leave for a bit it would take a good 20 minutes to get back in, because of the crashing) We tried fixing it; searching Google, reading FAQs, reinstalling Technic and the server, rebooting, updating Java, etc. We couldn't get rid of the issue.
It was very frustrating, and I am very unsatisfied with it.
Technic/Tekkit: Gameplay
For the little while that we did get to play (if we were miraculously able to get in), the gameplay was excellent. The only issue I saw were many, many lighting glitches, but those were trivial.
Technic Website
This was probably my worse experience. Where do I start..
Fan Art: This is... bad. Farting creepers? dafuq is that?
Everything else (except the forums and wiki): The general layout is messy. With a tiny horizontal width and a giant vertical width, along with bright red text and bright blue text spaced out with a ton of whitespace, the general website is hardly navigable.
The wiki: I don't see any links to the wiki on the main site. If they're there, they need to be more obvious.
Forums: This is just horrible. Not the forums themselves, but the hate, language, the lack of professionalism... I know you guys do this in your spare time, but honestly? It makes me want to leave and tell everybody how horrible it is.
My suggestions:
[li]Talk about yourselves a bit more! Overall Technic is really great, so put up some screenshots, and use fancy words to describe how marvelous Technic is.
[li]Work on cleaning up the launcher. It's great, but it could be better. Just spend a day getting rid of small bugs and cleaning things up. It'll go a long way.[/li]
[li]Be friendlier. Everywhere i look, there's cursing, hating, and badness. Telling me to "READ THE GODDAMN RULES GODDAMNIT" doesn't want to make me read them anymore than "Hey, please check out these rules."[/li]
[li]I know that people are idiots, and that's probably why you get so frustrated. Get some more volunteers staff, and just ignore idiot posts. Or respond with a generic copy/pasted message like "Hey, please check out the FAQ and try searching before posting a question. Thank you![/li]
[li]Clean up the website. Is that sidebar with links really necessary on every page? Do you really need a page dedicated to farting creepers?[/li]
Thank you. Please do not take this the wrong way. I am trying to be constructive and I truly want to help. I am also fully willing to contribute to the project whether it be in the form of Java development, website development, forum moderation, or just a tester.
Thanks again, Hey, please check out these rules. ~wink~
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