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Doin
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Posted - 2005.11.03 02:12:00 -
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Hello.
One of the best thing about Eve is a Dev Team that actually listen to its comunity. It's a Dev Team that actually cares about the game and players more then profit (that is why Eve updates and expansions are free). So, why not simply state what you would prefer in the future, maybe Devs will listen to your wishes and do something in that direction:
1 - Current Drone system WITHOUT new drone content such as: sentry drones, webbing, etc.
2 - "Next Gen" drone system with a decreased number of controlled drone but more types of drones.
I assume that the reduced number of controlled drones is needed if new types are to be added to the game. This is just because more ppl will start to use drones and thus server load will increase too.
I dont want to start an argument about CCP should buy more servers and add to the current cluster because it is not me to discuss the financial policy of a company for whom i have a great respect as being the only game company that is offering free expansion and content to players. So, if adding more servers would solve the lag problem, i think CCP would do it. So please dont argue in this direction.
Before i conclude this post there are 2 things that i consider important that must be looked into:
a) now, at 70k subscribers you need to cut the drones controlled number to half to reduce lag. The question here is: what happens when you reach 200k subscribers and 30k PCU ? Will you need to reduce again the number of controled drones ?
b) how will the upcomming changes effect T2 drones production ? Will you increase the production time of drones and material requirments accordingly so that the market will not be flooded ? Or reduce the number of planned T2 drones BPO to be released ?
Conclusion, would you prefer only code optimization and hardware upgrade (2 of the 3 sides mentioned by Oveur in a dev blog) and keep the current drone system unaltered OR you would prefer to have new drone types (EWAR, sentries, etc) at the cost of fewer drones controlled per ship.
Thanks to all who have the time and are willing to participate in this poll.
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Kyguard
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Posted - 2005.11.03 02:14:00 -
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Current imo 
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Tido Maliyu
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Posted - 2005.11.03 02:18:00 -
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Imo, Current.
Although the new drone types seem good, i better like the kewl l00k of 15 heavies orbitting u. 
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Sadist
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Posted - 2005.11.03 02:19:00 -
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Edited by: Sadist on 03/11/2005 02:19:26
Current.
Edit: with armor rep drones.
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Nata Tereshkova
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Posted - 2005.11.03 02:26:00 -
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New drone system. They said that this change alone will reduce server load by almost 50%. I think that's quite significant.
 Originally by: Dev Blog
Drones take a lot of resources on the client and the server and although it may seem very little to some of you, doing this change alone actually reduces the resource usage by almost half. I think that's quite a lot ;)
I'll miss having lots of little drones flying around my Vexor and Dominix, but it will be worth it if it reduces lag.
Well, all I'm saying is the reduction of drone numbers is something they should do. Adding the other new content is optional. I'm looking forward to it though.
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BlueSmok
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Posted - 2005.11.03 02:34:00 -
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I'll take what's behind door number 3 bob...
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jamesw
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Posted - 2005.11.03 02:35:00 -
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NEW 
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Countess Amarisa
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Posted - 2005.11.03 02:41:00 -
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Curent!
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Ethan Tomlinson
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Posted - 2005.11.03 02:53:00 -
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current drones are nice
i say keep em
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Mr Floppyknickers
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Posted - 2005.11.03 03:08:00 -
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Current system hands down.
15 drones fun, 5 drones (which anyone can get in 6 days) meh. Takes a big part of the "I'm a drone specialist" out of the equation. And now any ship that can field 5 heavies (125M3 bay) will be able to train up the same base damamge as a drone carrier had at 15 drones.
New drones help those who don't rely on them, and despite boosts it will still be easier to neuter a drone ship that it was before. All the new drones do is give every non drone ship free Highs, mids, lows, and damage after a couple weeks of training.
The only way to make it acceptable is to boost the dedicated carriers to compensate via a slot/stat bonus and/or ship bonus to control extra drones of the new types.
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Sarrena
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Posted - 2005.11.03 03:18:00 -
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Current. New system comes in with a 5 cap, I vote with my dollar and go out.
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Amerame
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Posted - 2005.11.03 03:19:00 -
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New, ok 15 drones would be fun, if you could actually control them effeciently, agreed it's a cheap fix, but in this case it's better to get a fix than keep using something broken.
As for server load, I guess the main problem is NOT the number of players on the server, but the maximum number of players in an area, and especialy the number of players in a fleet battle, if this change does reduce lag in fleet battle by a factor 2, it's a huge improvement. I don't know how the max number of player in a fleet scale with the number of players online, but my guess is not linearly, so there's a hope this fix could get eve running a smoother a while.
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Esrevatem Dlareme
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Posted - 2005.11.03 03:21:00 -
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I vote New. 
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Caine
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Posted - 2005.11.03 03:26:00 -
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NEW 100%
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Emaji Erivic
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Posted - 2005.11.03 03:32:00 -
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Edited by: Emaji Erivic on 03/11/2005 03:32:54
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[Edit] had to fix my post because it expanded the whole thread lol
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Clementina
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Posted - 2005.11.03 03:38:00 -
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Current.
The new one promises 'drone specalists' 5 drones max, and nerfs the heck out of balanced ships like the dominix.
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Razner Cerizo
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Posted - 2005.11.03 03:50:00 -
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I agree with the posted above.
I will miss you, 14 heavy drones :( 5 just looks stupid.
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Ampoliros
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Posted - 2005.11.03 04:29:00 -
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New. The drone changes are mostly cosmetic, unless you don't have interfacing 5 - and even at interfacing 4, BS5, you'll only lose out on half a drone. And, if you go the 20+ days to interfacing 5, you get all your damage back, not to mention new weapons to try.
I wrote a whole long post, but suffice it to say - there are far more great things in this patch that compensate for...well, losing .5 drones if you don't have interfacing 5 (like me).
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Aeid Nomais
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Posted - 2005.11.03 04:55:00 -
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I do like seeing 15 drones in a cloud around me.
I vote: Current.
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Linavin
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Posted - 2005.11.03 05:25:00 -
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Current
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Rychek
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Posted - 2005.11.03 05:29:00 -
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Why vote before we test the new system out?
And anyone saying keep the current one...I hope you HAVE tested out the new one. otherwise I vote: world is flat, leeches cure cancer, and the sun revolves around the earth.
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Noriath
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Posted - 2005.11.03 05:48:00 -
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Current
And we have to stop it now, because once its in it will be way harder to get rid of it again.
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Sobeseki Pawi
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Posted - 2005.11.03 06:12:00 -
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The new system by far. Sofar most of the opponents of it just don't understand it. Or are clinging to the 'OMG15 drones at once'...which is a bit silly.
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Vishnej
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Posted - 2005.11.03 06:21:00 -
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Current, plus the new drones at half the current stats per drone.
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keepiru
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Posted - 2005.11.03 06:28:00 -
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New.
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twit brent
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Posted - 2005.11.03 06:35:00 -
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I would have to say new system easily. I am gallente and love my drones but i also dont like lag in fleets. 15 drones going arround your ship would look kooler but i am sick of drones getting stuck ect. Also i would love to get some nice new drone skills.
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Sub'Zero
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Posted - 2005.11.03 06:48:00 -
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new
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Farjung
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Posted - 2005.11.03 06:49:00 -
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Let's see it on sisi first -_-
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Squid Lord
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Posted - 2005.11.03 06:53:00 -
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Current.
If the new 5 cap comes, My money will go elsewhere.
Period.
I pay to Play. CCP needs to pay to upgrade the server.
Whats going to get nerfed the next time the server gets laggy??
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Tripoli
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Posted - 2005.11.03 06:56:00 -
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New.
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