Epic is becoming like ADOBE. It doesn’t count consumers’ opinions. When you become a monopoly this is what happens.
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I completely agree, and the core issue seems to be the ability to provide questions to the developer of a product, and reviews thereof one and the same.
Perhaps an answer in the short term is to create a third party forum site, whose root posts match the developer name, and whose sub-threads match their product names, and the replies the reviews. I know that this is a feature that should already be integrated in Fab, but perhaps we can solve the problem in the short term by doing it ourselves?
I realize that it would be a big task to undertake an admin role on such a forum, especially as it grew (and it would probably grow pretty rapidly if awareness can be sufficiently spread to unreal engine users), but many hands make light work. Having a few dedicated members of the unreal engine community as admins would certainly make the task easier.
There’s also the idea that such a forum, if successful, would also be a good medium for ad revenue or affiliate advertising, which is an opportunity to those who understand how those aspects work with regard to being a site admin for such a project.
Just a suggestion even though we shouldn’t have to do it ourselves, it might actually be an opportunity in disguise.
Shhhh! 
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As stated before.
I won’t buy anything from Fab until they return the written review section.
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still no and again 
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I’m supporting the request. Was there any dialog with the Fab representatives on this one? Did they explain their decision?
It on the roadmap and well since they are making everything from scratch, some features like text reviews are just low priority as it need more time to be implemented.
We can only wait and be patient for it 
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Im surprised this is still not fixed. I know it takes time to develop stuff, but i dont get why they would release fab in the first place if it was so unfinished.
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As a purchaser it is frustrating, I don’t know why a seller has a low rating, and so now I don’t want to touch their assets.
To be fair, it was Epic’s choice to launch something that isn’t feature complete. (Some) people are spending hundreds and thousands of dollars on assets, plugins and tools.
Wilfully and intentionally hiding information related to those purchases could be viewed as more than just a delayed feature (especially when they profit from those sales, are difficult to obtain refunds from, and already have the detailed information but are intentionally not disclosing it on the asset pages).
I could see someone taking interest in this as a potential legal issue.
Regardless, I hope they put the effort in to restore the functionality, it’s impacts my trust in Fab.
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Text reviews are not rocket science, specially considering the system was already implemented in the former UE Marketplace. A single developer is able to migrate the feature and create a migration script for migrating all the data in less than a week.
Considering this feature is one of the most important features for any online marketplace, it should have maximum priority. The only explanation for it not being ready at day 1, is a conscius decision to downgrade the review system.
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Oh, yes, 100% agree. I moved my tools from FAB to other places and got so much more value in return.
FAB team, your ship is drowning
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Bro, which platforms have the best sales? I’m in a tough spot because I haven’t been able to make money, and I really want my work to be appreciated.
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Wow!! You guys are like Apple now by making a big deal and taking credit for things that are obvious and should of already been implemented from the start.
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Unity Marketplace, CGtrader, and Turboquid that I know of and had better experiences as a buyer. I heard ArtStation is good too but I don’t have too much experience with it.
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Sure you can! Just don’t support it. If you want a certain asset try getting it elsewhere or contact the seller and see if there are other options. If you are a creator, Id sell my assets on other platforms and avoid FAB like the plague.
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Artstation is good. It’s owned by Epic but thankfully it wasn’t rolled in with their other marketplaces when FAB was released.
Hopefully they keep is separate. It’s nice to have at least one functional market.
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They built a cutting edge engine from scratch too but they cant figure out comments and reviews on a website? I call BS.
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If it was the same team as unreal engine, the whole roadmap would have been completed long time ago to be honest.
Especially when you consider that not only how long FAB has been in development, but moreso how there already were written comments & reviews on the old marketplace, working just fine.
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Im not a dev but I do know how to copy and paste.
We do not want a “Star” system that supplants the Q&A section. I stopped purchasing anything on the Marketplace due to removing this feature. I can not trust anything from a developer I have not purchased from before. I need to physically see written reviews and questions that the developer answers.
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