I have seen many posts of people being mad about new map pack costing money and a few people mentioning that the game should be fixed before they do anything else but not a thread discussing exactly why a company would expand the content while there are more important things to focus on.

I believe the game she be optimized before adding this map pack. Is the map pack coming out because console is running fine and will satisfy customers who are not having issues?

Is the company only trying to look at profits? With many individual dissatisfied customers you would think they would want to assess what each individual bugs are currently an issue.

Since most buyers are from the console now, does this give reason to neglect the PC community? If so, this would give reason for them to get maximum profit by satisfying the majority only.

And lastly, how many people are actually having troubles with game on an individual basis? I know the game in general is buggy on servers with lag spikes from orbital strikes and a few glitches spots that I have personally found that you can shoot out of but not into. So it would be nice to know whether or not there is a couple thousand individuals experiencing issues or just a few hundred.

All these questions are just to ease my mind on what's going on and if the customer servers/company is really giving it's best efforts. I love the game and it does seem much effort is put forth towards the bigger issues but why the new map pack? The game shouldn't feel like a beta...but who am I kidding? The demo ran much smoother.

Well the game is selling much cheaper these days because lets face it, it's not doing to well... SO whats left to do besides the fixes/patching/LAN that we're all praying for? I got the new map pack today and I must admit I was pleasantly surpised @ how cool the maps actually are. As for the game I'm having zero issues running it on extreme @ 90 fps... I do however have issues with my loadouts every now and again.

It's not the fact that they are not working on bugs, maps aren't made in 3 weeks either. These have maps have probally been in the works for at least a month or two with a good amount of play testing and map testing. Alot of the bugs left in the game are programming related, not map related. So when you say "Why didnt they fix the bugs yet" the reason is more because fixing programming bugs are exponentially harder then fixing map bugs. Furthermore it's even harder to fix a bug when you don't always know all the reproduction steps, there-by making whoever the coders are to have to search line by line for things that might cause issues.

Because fixing cost money, and releasing overpriced maps taken off the initial game cost nothing.

All you need to know. Other explanation is just pure mental mastvrbation.

It's not the fact that they are not working on bugs, maps aren't made in 3 weeks either. These have maps have probally been in the works for at least a month or two with a good amount of play testing and map testing. Alot of the bugs left in the game are programming related, not map related. So when you say "Why didnt they fix the bugs yet" the reason is more because fixing programming bugs are exponentially harder then fixing map bugs. Furthermore it's even harder to fix a bug when you don't always know all the reproduction steps, there-by making whoever the coders are to have to search line by line for things that might cause issues.

I can understand what you are saying but I guess it's frustrating where the emphasis in this game is being put. Oh well...I'm just frustrated a good game should be a great game ><

this game feast with cheaters but crytek in lieu of feeling embarrassed they released map pack what costing $10. once the server rotate to new map whoever doesn't have new map being kicked out .
in another word, con 2.0 detected or maximum scam .

@Unintent
Honestly much of just has to do with the release date coming to soon, I've put 160 hours into this game and don't see any slowing down for myself. If anything I am optimistic as to what can be done with what's been given so far. You have so many different ways this game could be played:
Suit v Suit
Suit v humans
Human v Human
*my desire* Solo/super Suit v human/regular suit--- Think of like a predator game or juggernaught

Then you could easily make stunningly different game modes with any kind of knowledgeable modder/mapper when the sandbox and SDK's come out. In my opinion Crytek released a game too early, with a rough start that's finally starting to be hammered out. The potential for this game to continue improving is outstandingly juciey.

I've spent 70$ on this game and I have been a happy buyer and I'll be willing to fork over more if something worth purchasing comes out. Have no fear Crytek money is no object for this happy customer.

Map pack is before the bug fixes, because another team is working on DLC's!!!

Hello!
My system: Windows XP
My nickname: MUFASA_CRYMAP
DLC bought through the game when loading fails.
Dlcpack1.zip downloaded and copied to the folder My Documents \ My Games \ Crysis2 \ dlc.
Game unzip the file correctly. I go to the server with the maps DLC gives an error 25 or wrote that I do not have the right materials for the game.
Please help me.