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Agent Li
Galactic Defence Consortium
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Posted - 2006.11.16 16:49:00 -
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 Originally by: Alvara
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So now due to a GOD action by CCP my chance of getting it through the lotto went to none. Geez they could at least have come out and said that, yes we know, we will be seeding more of them in kali 1. But no they haven't.
Well, that's how God works you know. In mysterious ways. I'm rather pleased with the game myself, even though there are changes that will be coming in the future that may or may not be to my liking or style of play.
I think it's not possible to make a "perfect" game from the start, and it looks like they're taking an evolutionary approach, which is a good way to write software. They're coming closer to a great game than others I have seen.
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Agent Li
Galactic Defence Consortium
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Posted - 2006.11.16 17:16:00 -
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Originally by: Lord Frost
Originally by: Agent Li
I think it's not possible to make a "perfect" game from the start, and it looks like they're taking an evolutionary approach, which is a good way to write software. They're coming closer to a great game than others I have seen.
Given they had beta and 3.5 years... you think CCP would have a clue by now. This was a bad decision... how can you say this was evolutionary? All they did was upgrade a few bpos... not a genius programming scheme there. Seems to me to be the easy fix, and not the right fix.
Yes, it is a genius programming scheme...
http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/designDead.html
Small incremental changes over time - rather than trying to get the game 100% right on a single pass.
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Agent Li
Galactic Defence Consortium
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Posted - 2006.11.16 17:27:00 -
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The theory is actually well proven in practice. And it is predicated on the idea that you're not going to make everyone happy - just the majority.
Which is all that counts.
As for "lying" it sounds more like changing their minds, which people are prone to do.
And it has nothing to do with brown nosing - just a lot to do with knowing the pitfalls of software development.
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Agent Li
Galactic Defence Consortium
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Posted - 2006.11.16 19:30:00 -
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Originally by: Skyy
Originally by: Agent Li
So, you see... CCP made 20 people happy... but I'm glad thats the majority, and you're on top of things to figure this out.
I'm thinking that the 20 people might be far less of a game imbalance.
Do you actually believe that they did this without thinking about possible consequences?
What would be the effect if everyone got the cargo II bpo? Let's just be nice, and this time around, give it to everyone who bothered to research it at all?
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