Ki An
Gallente
KDM Corp
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2007.09.15 11:21:00 -
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Edited by: Ki An on 15/09/2007 11:22:27
Lag is one of the most whined about issues today. It's a valid issue, and people have a right to expect being able to play the game they are paying for. However, like so much else in Eve, even lag-whining has become politicized.
As the OP has already remarked, just recently the "coalition" lost a big battle against the "alliance" in Feythabolis. This has prompted a veritable storm of complaints all over these boards. Agendas are being put forward in order to gain an advantage in Eve six months from now. People who have no knowledge about game developing are speaking out as experts on complicated issues. It all seem so obvious: Nerf the carrier, as the fighter drones used by the carrier is the most common cause for lag. It just so happens that one of the sides in "Eve War I" has a carrier advantage over the other.
Noone of those driving this issue is working at CCP (to my knowledge) and thus have no real insight in how carriers work code-wize. Even so it's "obvious" that carriers are to blame. Not the fact that people regularly show up with 500 at each side and cram everyone into one system. Not the fact that week old n00bs are being told to bring their rookie ship to the "epic fight", where it really won't do any good except clutter the grid. No, carriers are obviously to blame.
Think about this people: CCP are aware of the lag. You may get an automatted response to your petition claiming "the logs show no lag", but that's not the same as CCP not caring about this issue. Eve has become better and better, and can handle more and more people, but the big alliances just keep bringing more and more people. Like someone's sig said (Crumplecorn <3) "Fleetbattles don't cause the server to lag. People keep bringing more and more people to a fleetbattle until the server lags" (paraphrased because I can't remember the exact wording).
There is a solution: When you are going to have an "epic fight", bring only ships that are useful in such a fight. Dictors, ceptors, battleships, cov-ops and command ships. Sprinkle with capitals of course. Leave the rookie ships and shuttles at home. Lag will be significantly reduced and everyone will have a good time. The n00b who can't fly any of the needed ships can always sit a few systems out with a hauler and a salvager.
/Ki
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