Cire XIII
Caldari
Ever Flow
Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2010.08.03 14:00:00 -
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have you ever participated in a sisi mass test?
Yes, the first four or five
what role do you play in eve? (smallcorp/bigcorp/alliance highsec/lowsec/0.0 resident)
Primarily 0.0 Alliance, but I have 2 highsec alts (indy/missioning) and a lowsec combat alt. I spend over 90% of my time in 0.0
do you regularly participate in big 0.0 fleet fights?
Absolutely
were any of these factors the reason you have been prevented in participating in a mass test on sisi?
-didn't believe the test would accomplish anything
-sisi patching was too hard, gave up
-generally didnt care
-wasn't aware of it
-scheduled at a bad time
Often conflict with my work schedule and/or Alliance Call to Arms(CTAs) that are Sov. timer dependant.
-previous tests were poorly conducted so i no longer participated(please specify)
The limitations of combat (titan bridges, podding, stealth bombers, bubbles, POS guns, multiple engagement points) was one. This may have been fixed, but I'm working much longer hours now.
And on a more psychological note: the "greenness" of a statistically significant portion of the participating pilots was overwhelmingly frustrating. People that have maxed graphics settings on, all brackets on, no streamlined overview, no comms discipline, failure to follow commands detract, in my opinion, from the objectives of the test. I understand people are trying to help, but it became more work than it was worth to deal with it for me.
I know this sounds extremely bitter and elitist, but I assure you it is not. I would have liked to see more time spent in training/instructing of the events I took place in rather than thowing everyone at a spot and letting the 2nd law of thermodynamics manifest.
-other please specify
would you participate in a sisi mass test if they gave you perks you would never get on TQ like max skillpoints, or supercaps?
I might be inclined to skip work, but ultimately I think this is unfair. Unless CCP really needs the numbers that badly, I think this would be timezone inequality and a way for players with more free time to capitalize in a way that I feel is not in the spirit of Eve. I'd make more of the tests if the time was convenient for me and I didn't have an alliance call to arms at that time regardless of the perks.
would you participate in a sisi mass test if there was a TQ tournament going on that required it(specifically, the sort of player-run sort of events that don't involve creation of isk)?
perhaps? I would have to hear more
would you participate in a sisi mass test if someone really famous and well liked commanded the fleet on sisi?
I would log off if this wasn't the case
if they used code injection on TQ in a fleet fight but only if both parties consented, and everyone knew in advance that there would be no reimbursement just like usual, would you ever consent to participating in the test(although this question is probably moot unless you're an FC, I'd also like to know if this idea ****es you off a lot or if you think it's a good idea)?
I think this is the most practical solution and am shocked that CCP has been so opposed to doing this despite how long the problem has been occuring. This, this, this, this, this! A couple weeks of even worse lag is a much lower price than the approaching YEAR of heartbreaking fleet combat.
what sort of situations would be excluded from ever being tested if CCP refused to give reimbursement for deaths incurred during TQ code injection ****ups?
none. Perhaps reimbursing implants, capitals and/or supercapitals. I think implants > capitals=supercapitals if you wanted to do anything. To be honest we could take CTA frigate gangs and only risk implants
would you ever participate in any sort of sisi mass testing if there was no immediate and direct isk reward on TQ?
yes
is there anything major that this survey has missed that you think could greatly help the testing effor...
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Cire XIII
Caldari
Ever Flow
Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2010.08.03 14:15:00 -
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Edited by: Cire XIII on 03/08/2010 14:26:51
what sort of situations would be excluded from ever being tested if CCP refused to give reimbursement for deaths incurred during TQ code injection ****ups?
None. Perhaps reimbursing implants, capitals and/or supercapitals. I think implants > capitals=supercapitals if you wanted to do anything. To be honest we could take CTA frigate gangs and only risk implants.
I understand the question suggests a refusal of reimbursements, but excluding activities will not work on TQ. I'd say exclude podding for the reduction of risk, but pilots will be podded en mass and to not do so would not replicate a true fight of session changing the pilots to their medclones. For this reason I strongly suggest reimbursing implants if you want to crash the node.
EDIT: Final Station/TCU/Ihub Timers - Sov should not be contestable in the target systems. went without saying.
I'll be watching this thread if you'd any clarification.
-Cire
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