First, posting again? You won't find the tower bug or the prestige bug in the forums and many other bugs. I am sure the developers know about these issues. So let's stop thinking about those poor tired and overworked developers who deserve all of our love, respect and patience (just stop for a moment, of course).
How about the player who wonders what's up with his or her prestige? or why an army just died in an L10 attack that "should have worked"? or the player who wonders what he or she is doing wrong in colonization? There are a lot of players banging their heads against the wall because THEY don't know it's a known bug. Heck, some stuff that seems like bugs is WAI so it's not like it's easy to tell. They're just frustrated players who are looking for answers.
How about the player who takes the time to supply a detailed report with accompanying data? and then finds that report never makes it past the moderators? Ever. One could certainly make an argument that this institutional response would dillute the urge to take time to engage in assisting the developers.
Personally, I could give a fig about the poor, misunderstood developers. There is a pattern of behavior here that is outrageous. Not poorly thought out or incomplete. This is hubris and cavalier disregard for anything other than a myopic outlook on what's important. The bug forum serves many functions, not the least of which is a release valve and source of information for players. Yes, it serves the developers and the game but it's often critically valuable to the player desperate to understand "what's going on." Think of how crazy people get about medal farming and extrapolate that to all the crazy ideas that run through people's heads that could be offset by some information ("Oh, that's the deal. I thought I was going crazy and it was just me."). Instead, we have players trying to play some twisted game of "reinvent the wheel" as they try to identify what the issue is.



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