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Uthgaard
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Posted - 2017.05.23 17:33:03 -
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I've noticed much worse module delay since returning, that wasn't present when I the game played before it went F2P.
This is mostly a problem when this occurs after a gate cloak. Previously, I could tap align, then tap cloak, and I could rely on that module activating. Now, about half the time the module doesn't activate - no error, but nothing happens. I talked to other players, and learned they had noticed it as well. Then, I even found it addressed in a 2016 youtube video.
This was not the case before 2016 - the game was simply more responsive. The new UI definitely has a degree of bloat to it, so I'm not sure whether that's the culprit, but it's not network related.
Unreliable module activation is particularly dangerous when you fly cloaked ships - you can't make it a practice to double tap every time, because with no cycle time, you risk placing the module on cooldown. So you have this vulnerable 1-2 second delay where you're waiting to see whether the module will activate or not.
I wanted to hear some more thoughts about it from pilots who have been playing for a while (bittervets can skip the condescension, as I'm looking for an actual discussion). |
Uthgaard
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Posted - 2017.05.23 20:12:47 -
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Right, I didn't say it only happened to cloaking modules, I simply used those as an example. It applies to anything you click after coming out of a gate cloak.
Almost all of the ships I fly are cloaked ships, so the rhythm of align-cloak was very well ingrained. I've played since 2012 and have never seen this issue before resubbing this time.
Reactivating a module is a separate topic - while not new, that has gotten worse as well. I've seen afterburners continue on for upward of 10 seconds. |
Uthgaard
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Posted - 2017.05.23 23:12:04 -
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I'm aware how cloaking works, as I said I've been flying cloaked ships since 2012. This is not a question of simply being moving first. Where there was previously a smooth, reliable rhythm to move-then-cloak, every system, every time; there is now an inconsistent failure to recognize that the ship is moving and is no longer under gate cloak. |
Uthgaard
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Posted - 2017.05.24 12:28:19 -
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Marika Sunji wrote:I didn't read anything in this thread except the most recent reply
Magnus Jax wrote:I didn't either!
Perhaps I set the bar a bit too high by expecting productive discussion from these forums.
Don Pera Saissore wrote:Wrong and wrong
Talk more to people and youll learn that its comon
My reimbursement request was never turned down, maybe its difficult for them to determine lag and they just want to close the ticket fast
Right. The GM I spoke with just said something something loglite bugreport. But I'm a dev for another MMO and I know that is just going to just join a stack of unsolved mysteries, since it places a huge burden on their team to identify and fix the problem.
My hope was to come here for more clues about exactly what patch it began occurring, and other random insight so I can poke at it, identify the cause myself and hand them a complete solution.
It's the only way it's likely to get fixed. |
Uthgaard
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Posted - 2017.05.25 02:00:36 -
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Beast of Revelations wrote:There is no 'wait for the game to respond.' You see, we've tried that too. If you wait, and realize you moved but didn't cloak, by the time you realize that, you are dead.
Don't bother trying to explain things to trolls who don't want to get it. It's a waste of energy and you can't teach a monkey. It's clear from their post history that they just sit here looking for people to argue with. I guess when you can't win at space pvp, you can try to win at chat.
They can continue to herp and derp all they like. I'm moving on because responding to random forum trolls doesn't help me identify or solve the problem.
Beast of Revelations wrote:EDIT: That's another issue that seemed to pop up at the same time - one of your inputs going through (align) but another one not going through (cloak). If neither one went through, that would be better, because (assuming your gate cloak timer didn't run out) at least you'd still be cloaked, and you could just try again.
I've been align-cloaking since forever, and have only had this problem relatively recently. Seems like it started happening sometime during the last couple of months.
Yeah. There was never any futzing around with server ticks or any of that nonsense. Was it about the same time that the UI was replaced with unresponsive bloatware? |
Uthgaard
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Posted - 2017.05.25 03:43:55 -
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I have no idea. I usually only play this for a month or two each year before I get bored. I know it's within the last year. |
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