Bacchanalian
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2010.07.15 00:05:00 -
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We'll get back to you after Incarna and Dust 514 are fully implemented and CCP has the manpower to fix the glaring problems with the last 5 expansions. Of course, by then you'll be working on yet another expansion with no real regard for the problems of the last 6, so seems like I'd be better off doing something else.
Sorry Tanis, nothing personal, but the latest message from CCP on this topic has made a lot of us rather cynical. I'm pretty sure we were all taught as kids to clean up the mess made by the first set of toys before dragging out a second set. Do they not teach that in Iceland? ____________________ GM Sunshine > oops Neurotica > Hate to see a GM in your gang say 'oops'
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Bacchanalian
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2010.07.22 08:05:00 -
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Edited by: Bacchanalian on 22/07/2010 08:05:06
Originally by: Faffywaffy As a software developer, my suspicion is that the mass tests are nothing more than an attempt by the devs to show that they are doing something to fix the lag. The reality is, most likely, that the code is such a mess that they have lost any hope of understanding, much less being able to fix, it. This is consistent with the focus on developing new features unrelated to old (uncomprehensible) code, instead of trying to fix issues in it.
Statements that players stress the server in unique ways would have been plausible if large-scale fights only lagged out occasionally. When every single fight with 500 or more players is laggy as to be near-unusable, when nodes with 1000 players crash as a rule rather than the exception, reproducing the issue requires no participation from real players, and no development of "sentient AI".
Step A: Place 500 ships on a gate grid and have 500 more attempt to jump in. Step B: Profile/debug until every jumping ship loads grid within a reasonable time.
Similarly simple scenarios could be devised to profile other manifestations of lag.
Not to mention it's generally not a mystery to CCP when large fleet battles are going to occur now that you can petition to reinforce nodes. One would think they could have a couple people around to watch what happens.
____________________ GM Sunshine > oops Neurotica > Hate to see a GM in your gang say 'oops'
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