Tron Flux
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Posted - 2011.06.23 06:54:00 -
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I guess none of the professional software developers raging on this thread have ever had anything go wrong in a major application overhaul. Good for you. You skills must be far higher than mine and ccp's as well. I bow to your superiority.
The database applications I work on can be badly broken just by a minor update to MySQL that isn't supposed to break anything. Let alone major updates to UI design and features.
Frankly, I'm impressed that Incarna works at all and it didn't take a week to deploy. I'm also not surprised that it's not perfect yet. There's a pretty amazing variety of system combinations floating around out there, and ccp has kind o the same problem that Microsoft has in testing. There's no way to test them all, so you do what you can and hope that users get on the test server and try it.
Anyway, given all the stuff I've been reading on the dev blogs, there has been a LOT goin on under the hood in the last few months, and it's just a part of the process that some kinks are going to have to be ironed out. This is version 1.0. Stay calm, wait for a patch. Things will get better.
Have a friend who's not having issues log in and keep your skills training. The one thing I will say is that I think I makes sense from a gameplay point of view to go to hangar first and then exit pod/ship to go to cq. But the problem with rolling out software that way is that if it's optional, it won't be widely adopted--and therefore won't be tested, bugs won't be found, and things will never improve. It's one of the worst ways of doing things, but it's still the best way to do it.
I like what this is leading up to. I'm excited about maybe running a strip club or a bar or maybe an orchestra for a while when I get tired of missioning or mining or whatever. I also like that the devs have said that after incarna is completed, there is going to be a strong internal focus on all the little things that need fixing.
So for now, I'd say good job just keeping it mostly up and running with all the changes of the last few months. A little extra downtime here and there never hurt my feelings. You can always go camping or fishing or go to a concert or even play a concert or whatever else it is that humans do when not glued to a monitor.
Cheers.
~Tron Flux
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