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Freak
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Posted - 2003.06.23 09:40:00 -
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I must agree with the first post (well #3 anyways) being a programmer and playing this game seems to me that the dev team need to sort there testing procedures out.. i see alot of "well i think i fixed it but i havnt got time to test it" then 10 mins later "BOOM!".
The current testing system is quite poor in alot of respects, i mean a dev asking a player-tester what he should be able to test himself... i know this game is network based but even still they cannot be testing things properly... they need a dedicated team that should be testing each build before it is released for public testing. At the moment it seems like they are simply making a fix that "should" work and then releasing it. many things "should" work but that is not always the reality.
there are alot of areas that are simply "poor" about this game.. the lag for a start, the buddies list and market "guest" window both show poeple that arent supposed to be there.. if you stay docked at a market for a while you list will be massive, you start with 3 and end up with like 1500 after 10 mins yet there is only 60 poeple in the local window.. somehting is majorly wrong there.. and the buddies window swaps to show a list of someone else's (i presume) list after about 10 mins..
The auto-pilot is bugged to hell, cuts out for no apparent reason... wont jump at certain jumps (i believe this is know about???) and sometimes even changes the route and you have to enter and exit the map (F10) to get is working again???
sometimes windows "stick" especially the "tuning in" window, you cna do whatever you like verything works you just have this window stuck in the middle of your screen??? press ESC and everything is hunky !! ??
the patching system is poor as well this needs attention, anyone ever heard of "install shield"???? downloading 60mb files to make the patcher work is not good?? what about diffrential patching??
this forum is also not great.. how about some phpBB or aspBB?? much better. easy to implement and customize.
also when you kill a pirate you get a "0.000002" scurity rating increase?? whats that about then?? i need to kill like 100,000 pirate to go up 0.1 ?! :( why not increase that so you kill 1000 pirates then cap the security rating at 2?? maybe?? it doesnt fell like you get anything good from it.
the shuttles.... well... need i say more??
trading... well err... has anyone actually found a good route yet?? that isnt like 60 jumps?? and you have to scout and note 8 regions to find one route and make 6 isk a unit profit?? then you need a massive god damn ship that travels at like 119m/s so it takes 15 mins to get to each gate after comming out of warp and you have to "baby sit" cos the autopilot is going to break at some point... it alway does..
the market too? that was down for over 24 hours yesterday and the day before.. what was that about?? no-one culd trade in any of the affected regions?!
also the number of "buy" orders for 0 units? and sell orders for 0 units compltely screw everything cos you cant quick sell..
and then theres the area effect thing where you can select the area you wish to look/buy in that doesnt work.. it shows the wrong information..
the map is all screwy, nothing lines up and the solorsystem map (F11, bottom map) is so bunched up you cant see jack or select anything you want to from it)...
the hybrid turrets dont work and the projectile guns.. well are they a waste of time or is it just me?
i mean come on guys get it together man.. test your stuff if you test it and it works then half the gaming community here gets it and it doesnt you either need some serious source code control or a better testing enviroment one or the other...
its got the potntial to be a great game but if it continues like this then its not going to last 10 mins.
FreakOfNature
AKA: Freak.
Quote : "If God posted his second coming here i would ban his ass for being off topic !" :)
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Freak
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Posted - 2003.06.23 10:47:00 -
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ROFL ! :)
it is unfortnate that is sums it all up so well !
FreakOfNature
AKA: Freak.
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Freak
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Posted - 2003.06.23 10:49:00 -
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ok, constructive..
The idea is excellent, the graphics are (almost minus bugs) supurb.. the viraity is good the systems have good potential.
I like the way things work (when they do :) ) they are intuitive and allow the world to grow and prospure.
FreakOfNature
AKA: Freak.
Quote : "If God posted his second coming here i would ban his ass for being off topic !" :)
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Freak
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Posted - 2003.06.23 12:28:00 -
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My post was supposed to be "Constructive" it was my point of view, i was not saying that i could do anything better, from personal experience i know what problems a development team encounter and i have worked on 3D games and alike and experinced these problems myself.
I stil firmly belive that alot of the bugs that we see could easily be found with a good testing procedure in place.
The guy who made this Topic (cant remember name) now that is not being constructive.
FreakOfNature
AKA: Freak.
Quote : "If God posted his second coming here i would ban his ass for being off topic !" :)
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Freak
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Posted - 2003.06.24 08:22:00 -
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If you actually read this thread and kinda ignore A'kir's post (sorry dude but it is more of a flame at the Dev team than anything) then it is clear that alot of players have problems and would rather the dev team spent time fixing whats wrong with it than trying to implement new features (and more bugs !).
I will continue to play as i love this game but i feel i must grumble a little due to the problems it has got.. when everything we have now actualy works as it should do this game will be supurb and when more features (minus bugs) are added it will simply get better and better....
FreakOfNature
AKA: Freak.
Quote : "If God posted his second coming here i would ban his ass for being off topic !" :)
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