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CynoNet Two
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2011.11.23 16:45:00 -
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CCP Greyscale wrote:
If you want to argue that "no fuel blocks at all" is better than "fuel blocks without a handover script", then that's an interesting conversation (although only in a theoretical sense this late in the day), but "fuel blocks and a handover script" just isn't something we could justify considering for this release. We only have so many developer hours to work with in a given expansion so everything is a zero-sum decision - adding time to one thing means taking it away from something else.
I feel like Captain Obvious pointing this out, but...
1) Go ahead with the November 29th as-is. No need to mess with code, no feature changes.
2) Let players build up supplies of fuel blocks from the newly seeded BPO's.
3) Cancel the fuel change-over 2 weeks after Crucible.
4) Take your time writing and testing a switch-over script. It's not exactly a complex task, just a case of iterating through each POS in the database and replacing X fuel with Y blocks.
5) Test it to destruction with QA time after the main patch is done and dusted. Deploy in the New Year.
Everyone now has nice stocks of the new fuel ready, doesn't have to rush around just before the holidays manically saving towers, and is generally happier.
You seem you determined to push out the entire change ASAP at the expense of forcing thousands of players to expend many hours in unecessary work. This isn't a trade-off between QA time versus other features - it's a trade-off between putting out a new feature RIGHT NOW, or pushing out a new feature properly in a manner that accomodates players.
There is little benefit in pushing this change in a sea of chaos before Xmas over doing it in a sea of calm after Xmas.
Take your time. |
CynoNet Two
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2011.11.23 17:13:00 -
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CCP Greyscale wrote:we'd still have to prioritize testing the upgrade over testing other stuff, which would still mean cutting a bunch of features to get this in
Why, what features do you have planned for January? |
CynoNet Two
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2011.12.02 22:00:00 -
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CCP Greyscale wrote:Lucius Arcturus wrote:Looks like the block manufacturing process is fine, but blocks can't yet be dropped into starbase fuel bays. Yup, known issue, will be fixed shortly!
Between this and the BPO-seeding delay, now you know why we pushed for an automated hand-over after the holidays...
At this rate you'll either patch it next Mon/Tue and give us a week to fuel all towers, or postpone it anyway. |
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