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Jinx Barker GFB Scientific	Posted - 2008.10.23 03:04:00 - [31] Originally by: CCP Wrangler Update: Unfortunately we just heard that CCP t0rfifrans is unable to make it for this Live Dev Blog Shocking... please tell me you fired him, or at least that he had to "go to the rehab" and he is very sorry about unauthorized dev blogs about removal of "Ghost Training" and he will get all the help he needs to come back better than ever! Hey, it works for the USA politicians when they f**k up - its REHAB TIME!!!! ::::Click The Signature For the Blog::::
IR Scoutar Caldari State War Academy	Posted - 2008.10.23 03:07:00 - [32] mkay since zulupark most defnetly wont answer the questions towards that apology here are some other fun ones POSes .. when will they finaly be replaced ? Speed nerf, how is it coming along with the rebalancing of all weapon systems ? Pilgrim...range... Will recons be a bit toughened up so they arnt paper ships ?(in light of speed nerf) inderdictors ... will they get love at all ? System wide Belts ... this millenium ? NPC Resists n stuff reshuffeled to match eve evolution ? Missioners endgame love +10 standing to faction +10 standing to corp = Sarum's Armageddon or similar ? More faction ships that are en par with t2 ships ? Less new skins more new ships ? Module descriptions like the infamous regenerative plating ... when will they be fixed ? Transcripts for live dev blogs ... when ? Will story events involving players not downtime ever come back ? POSES...again.. just to make sure you dont forget Why are you usualy the whipping boy for bad stuff zulupark ? Any more lore stuff like Talocans and sleepers ? Moon mining .... will it get an overhaul ? will low sec and 0.0 get a boost ? Exploration..... more to explore ? (not only combat) ETA on when a systems interesting points arnt just gates > stations > belts .... and moons for the depraved that love poswars ... >_< T2 ships getting real herritage bonus wise ? (could fix obsolete or useless t1 ships aswell)e.g. missile maller Auguror ... can it have an usefull bonus ?(yes my main is very amarr if you havent noticed by now) Trinity .... will the rest all come with this or do we have to wait another year ? Weapon effects ... when will they get an overhaul finaly ? Sound! (for the strange few that dont turn it off after the first month)... you know will it like ever get an overhaul at all ? Things that dont even have a chance to get an answer in this blog : Will the playerbase get a real apology any time soon ? No seriously dont you get it ? people dont want to quit they just dont like to be lied to over and over again ... Will people horrible at PR get a ban from doing PR ? Will our beloved cool devs (no offence there zulu and mindstar) ever return from world of emos ? probably could make up some more given time but seeing as live dev blogs are usualy useless ....yeah ...
Braxiglox Hrrglxbrwimple	Posted - 2008.10.23 05:14:00 - [33] The guy who lied about and tried to spin the unsubbed training nerf? No thanks. I'm presently out of barf bags.
Houdini Iron Amarr Destroyers Of the Freeworld	Posted - 2008.10.23 05:18:00 - [34] Edited by: Houdini Iron on 23/10/2008 05:24:16 Any new Tier 2 or Tech 2 ships on the horizon(i.e. Destroyers, Battlecruisers)? What Modifications are being done to Black Ops? Will Citidel Torps be modified to not be easily destroyable by smartbombs? Will salvage thievery be an agressive action? Please elaborate on the changes to tracking speed, Explosion Velocity, and Signature Radius. Will defender missiles ever be useful? Missile Launcher modeling,i'd like to see where missiles come from.(much like turret hardpoints are displayed)
Lusulpher Raddick Explorations BlackWater.	Posted - 2008.10.23 05:40:00 - [35] Edited by: Lusulpher on 23/10/2008 05:42:40 Edited by: Lusulpher on 23/10/2008 05:42:27 No intent at all to be harsh here...You guys being busy trying to haul asss to planetside before 2012...but... Do you guys actually read these Blog forum questions before you do the blog? Felt the last Dev blog had a dev unprepared to answer real questions and give SOLID responses. Also, Are you assessing your projects time management schedules? You have promised more than I can list and the playerbase is getting restless.(Appease Us! APPEASE US!!!) I'd recommend restructuring roles, or recruiting more people...You know like in an EVE corporation. Also, Customer Service/Quality Assurance/Needed Content/Non Nerf = Skill queue. Live and Let Die...All of it...null
Tea Spoon Gallente Best Path Inc. Ethereal Dawn	Posted - 2008.10.23 06:01:00 - [36] As a performance fix, have you ever considered removing all ship to ship/drone collision detection like was done with wrecks and cans ? My experience is that a large number of ship collisions that happens for instance with gang warping a group of capital ships creates massive lag and desynchs.
IR Scoutar Caldari State War Academy	Posted - 2008.10.23 06:02:00 - [37] oh i came up with more because ummm im borred Black ops... buff in sight ? (not just fuel bays) Fuel bays! when when when when when Will that god awful UI be flogged completly at some point ? Will there ever be an UI "adition" like a **pitish type of thing ? Will you ever ever ever change to something that can actualy perform and not stackless python and mssql ? POSES ....SERIOUSLY .... WHEN We gona get a nice statement from hellmar appologising for all that **ery ?
Tara Yang	Posted - 2008.10.23 06:02:00 - [38] What is the average IQ of CCP higher ups? Can't be that high since you removed unsubbed training and stealing money out of your own pocket. And what is the IQ of Torifrans?
Marlona Sky Caldari Astroglide X	Posted - 2008.10.23 06:10:00 - [39] What is the status of drone related implants?
Procurator Ultio	Posted - 2008.10.23 06:12:00 - [40] Originally by: Delos Korelian What is the DB load with the inactive accounts? What is the DB load with the accounts that continue to train while inactive? How exactly does EVE calculate SP gained, and how does it affect the DB? Thank You. You don't need a Game Producer for those answers. I'm not sure an artist/producer even understands the technical details to answer those questions. How about answers from someone with 45 years of advanced programming, including databases? Q: What is the DB load with the inactive accounts? A: Other than a little static space, zero. Q: What is the DB load with the accounts that continue to train while inactive? A: Other than a little static space, zero. Q: How exactly does EVE calculate SP gained, and how does it affect the DB? A: The simple answer is that when you click to start a training step the server calculates a completion date/time and points. Think of that as a post-it note in the char info in the database. It's an out-of-game waiting period. It just means you won't be able to use the new skill level until after that date/time. If nothing changes your attributes there is no processing involved once the completion has been calculated and stored. If you remain offline or your account expires, obviously nothing can change your attributes, so there is still no processing. The completion date/time just waits to be discovered when you log in again. Of course you can't log in if your account has expired, until you reactivate it. The longer version is that things can happen to "pause" training or change your attributes, thus changing the completion date/time, but only if you are online. You could get podkilled, for example, losing implants, possibly losing skills. Losing implants or Learning skills could affect your attributes. In these cases a function has to retrieve the currently training skill and recalculate the completion date/time and store it back. After that there is again no ongoing processing. Notice I didn't mention plugging in a new implant or unplugging an existing one. That's because the recalculation function is NOT called; instead you are required to pause any training before changing implants. That's what some of us in programming would call a "programming 101 cop-out." They make you go through extra steps so they can avoid a small amount of programming to recalculate the current training. When you pause a training step in the normal course of your char management, it results in the date/time and possibly points being removed from the "current training" variables, the current state of that step calculated, and then stored in the skill inventory for your char along with other inactive skill steps, any of which may be partial or complete. For the nerf they had to add a call to this "pause" functionality to the char disablement at account expiration to forcibly put a currently training skill into the paused state. When you resume a training step in the normal course of events, it results in the stored skill step being fetched from the inventory, a new completion date/time and possibly points being calculated on the basis of your current attributes, and set into the current training variables in the char info. No further processing ensues unless and until your client prompts the server to detect completion or an attribute change forces a recalculation or you pause the training step. When you log in, the current server date/time is subtracted from the active skill completion date/time, if any, to detect a possible completed skill. If completed, you see the familiar popup advising you of the completion. When you open the Char Sheet, your Eve client uses info retrieved from the database to construct an elaborate illusion of training as an ongoing process complete with a countdown of remaining time. The servers don't know or care anything about this, as there is no ongoing process. Only the client is involved in creating this illusion.
Procurator Ultio	Posted - 2008.10.23 06:23:00 - [41] Originally by: Tara Yang What is the average IQ of CCP higher ups? Can't be that high since you removed unsubbed training and stealing money out of your own pocket. And what is the IQ of Torifrans? I've been wondering about that myself. They nerfed one of the powerful addictive aspects of Eve -- the draw to get us to reactivate lapsed accounts to enjoy training completions. Even a slight drop or delay in reactivations will cost CCP money. Any thought they may have had of forcing people to keep accounts active to train was pure fantasy. The irony is that I have been completely aware of the almost diabolical mechanisms Eve has used to draw us in, keep us in, and keep us coming back, and I have never resented them as long as I enjoyed the game and had at least a tiny bit of respect for CCP. But since the nerf of unsubbed training, which I had thought was an extremely clever way to draw us back in, and the manner in which they handled it, I no longer enjoy the game and have lost that last litle bit of respect for CCP. Thank you, CCP, for freeing me from that compulsive cycle of always coming back to Eve!
Katana Seiko Gallente	Posted - 2008.10.23 06:23:00 - [42] Questions: When will we get the next content patch? Is it soonÖ or is there at least an outline like "mid december"? When will we see Ambulation? Summer expansion 2009, winter expansion 2009? Later? Never? --- "Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign for a diseased mind." -Terry Pratchett
Jodie Amille Gunship Diplomacy	Posted - 2008.10.23 06:28:00 - [43] When is something going to be done about the relative weakness of projectile weapons and what is going to be done to make them better?
Dr Sheepbringer	Posted - 2008.10.23 06:42:00 - [44] Question 1: When will the other clients get premium graphics? Quesion 2: When will you fix the current client (mac) so that it works?
Gabriel Karade Nulli-Secundus	Posted - 2008.10.23 07:01:00 - [45] Are you planning on changing the tracking formula to correctly account for size vs. distance? Currently it's possible to miss a Battleship blotting out the sun, or never hit a target at '0m', because the current formula doesn't account for a closer target being larger and therefore easier to hit. -------------- Video - 'War-Machine'
Athelas Loraiel Amarr Celestial Horizon Corp. Celestial Industrial Alliance	Posted - 2008.10.23 07:14:00 - [46] we need transcripts of these sessions!! Id love to see stockmarket in place.
Daelan Lok'errt SoT	Posted - 2008.10.23 07:32:00 - [47] Edited by: Daelan Lok''errt on 23/10/2008 07:33:58 Q: what is being done to diversify roaming pvp? there was talk of making small to medium roaming gangs able to hurt the enemy somehow even if they chose to hide instead of fighting. Q: how are the minmatar recons going to be compensated for the web nerf they are getting? Q: how are the minmatar in general going to be compensated for the loss of their speed tank in the upcoming expansion? Q: will munin ever be any good at all? Q: the Raven is used by 95% of hunters in 0.0. Since it's so widely used, don't you feel that it should be nerfed? Q: are there any plans at all to change the local chat? if yes, how? if not, why?
Merin Ryskin Peregrine Industries	Posted - 2008.10.23 08:00:00 - [48] Edited by: Merin Ryskin on 23/10/2008 08:01:35 Just one very, very simple question. I know you aren't going to answer it, but I might as well ask: Why the are you ignoring the vast piles of player feedback on your upcoming gameplay changes? There is overwhelming agreement that you are doing things completely wrong. We understand (and most of us agree) that there were some problem speed setups, but the rest of the game was pretty well balanced. Why have you ignored all of the proposals for a more limited and focused nerf that would only hurt the problem ships, instead of the following list: 1) Blaster ships, especially battleships. Too slow to get in range, seriously hurt by the web nerf. 2) Missile ships. AB/MWD alone are NOT tank mods, and should not give ANY damage reduction without overdrives/nanos/etc. This is an across-the-board nerf to missile dps, even against non-speed-tanking ships of the same size class. 3) Interceptors. These are now suicide tacklers, little better than a T1 frigate for many times the cost. 4) Interdictors. As if they were not slow enough as it is, now they're really suicide. 5) Locus rigs. I guess it was just not acceptable having a useful rig besides trimarks/extenders/CCCs? Remember how nobody ever used them until you un-stacking-nerfed them? Yeah, that's what we're going back to. I suspect you wanted to nerf pulse lasers, but you've also killed off Minmatar and Gallente snipers, while doing some serious damage to the Caldari railboats. 6) Drone ships. You've said you're going to nerf medium drones, and judging by your record so far, we can only imagine how bad this is going to be... None of these ships are a problem on TQ. Nobody has been complaining about them. So why are you nerfing them?
Lord Fitz Project Amargosa	Posted - 2008.10.23 08:38:00 - [49] Originally by: Tara Yang What is the average IQ of CCP higher ups? Can't be that high since you removed unsubbed training and stealing money out of your own pocket. And what is the IQ of Torifrans Originally by: Procurator Ultio A: Other than a little static space, zero. My work here is done. Originally by: CCP t0rfifrans CCP is a greedy money chewing monster
Green Aen	Posted - 2008.10.23 08:44:00 - [50] Quit the live dev blogs. in the last month we have had 2 live dev blogs and now a third one is coming. and i can't even lissen to the 1st one. make a sound file and edit the top forum post, where u put in the link. easy yes, time consuming no.
CliveMerric	Posted - 2008.10.23 08:44:00 - [51] the only question i want answered is this: 'how many accounts have been canceled since you killed ghost training?' Clives BPC shop, Great deals!!
Shoopinou Gallente Garoun Investment Bank	Posted - 2008.10.23 08:51:00 - [52] - Skills queue : when ? - What about ghost trading ?
Jmarr Hyrgund Imperial Shipment	Posted - 2008.10.23 09:00:00 - [53] Personally, I just want to know that everyone at CCP is ok, in light of the current economic situation in Iceland. It must be very stressful working there at the moment. Not only do you have various projects on the go with deadlines looming, a rabid pack of ungrateful players screaming blue murder at you because they can no longer take advantage of an exploit which basically let them play for free, but you have the economy falling down around your ears. It can't be very pleasant. Let us know your ok, your are human beings and have human needs. Is there anything we can do? Can those of us coming to Fanfest bring any essentials which you can't get in Iceland (I hear Marmite is hard to come by) I know there are lots of things that need fixed, and lots of things that need building, but if the people doing the fixing and building are getting to the point where they no longer want to do any fixing or building then its time to take a time out. I would like to make a suggestion. Give everyone at CCP Reykjavik a month after Quantum Rise drops where they can do what they like. No deadlines, no pressure, they don't even have to come into work if they don't want to. I'd rather be paying for game made out of love than for a game made to appease the shreiking of a minority of players. These are people trying to run a business and while some of the things they do to try and make that business a success may anger some of us, I'm sure we all agree that our world would be a poorer place without EVE in it. To everyone at CCP: Keep it up, don't get discouraged, and good luck. Fly safe and good hunting. "I can't afford to 0wn, is it possible to r3nt?"
Pliauga Gallente Federal Defence Union	Posted - 2008.10.23 09:11:00 - [54] What is your personal vision for EvE in the upcoming 2-5 years or any other period of time to the future. (dumb question, I know. But I think it's the type of question that actually might get answered.) ---------- DRONE love rulez!! 'mkay?! LONG range/"OUT OF SYSTEM" artillery
IR Scoutar Caldari State War Academy	Posted - 2008.10.23 09:48:00 - [55] Originally by: Procurator Ultio Originally by: Delos Korelian What is the DB load with the inactive accounts? What is the DB load with the accounts that continue to train while inactive? How exactly does EVE calculate SP gained, and how does it affect the DB? Thank You. everything ultio sayd exept the 45 years of experience frankly anybody who has had some experience with databases could tell you that next time look closely for the "....3....2....1....Completion imminent" message on the character sheet im only asuming, since i dont know the code behind it, this is when the client goes in and rechecks with the database on the skill status... database then goes along and checks the skill stats and reports completion if there is one thats finished to put it in terms regular nerds can understand zero puctuation was right you know in eve there are allot of nerds who are to nerds what nerds are to normal people
Krimishkev	Posted - 2008.10.23 10:06:00 - [56] MAIN Q: WILL THE SPEED REBALANCE BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT PATCH? Q: What will be done to compensate the Rapier for its loss in webifier power? This ship relies on its webs to be able to survive, since it has a paper tank. Q: What new graphics will be included in the next patch? Q: Why do you feel it was needed to adjust the entire spectrum of ships so harshly? Q: Why not just provide adjustments of the ships that currently reach LUDICROUS speeds in relationship to their size? Q: Why make stacking changes to all modules involving speed? Why not just make changes to the problem ships themselves. FINAL Q: Is there a possibility of T2 versions of the DRAKE, MYRMIDON, HURRICANE, HARBINGER in the NEAR FUTURE? A Thukker Mix Hurricane would be nice :) Say maybe a class of Elite Battlecruiser to bring some love back into the aspect of SOLO PVP.
Zadren Radek Gallente Ghost in the Machine Tygris Alliance	Posted - 2008.10.23 10:09:00 - [57] My questions: 1. What steps are being taken to ensure that blaster ships remain viable in light of the upcoming speed changes? 2. Can you release any solid plans on the future of the Black Ops battleships, other than to say that they are getting a fuel bay? More jump range? Ability to jump a fair sized cloaking gang a reasonable distance, ignoring cyno jammers and to also have a useful combat role in their own right? 3. Can you please reduce the price of bombs to a level that is line with other ammunition? 4. Ships such as the Arazu were hit very hard with the nerf to sensor damps. Are there any changes planned to restore there usefulness, perhaps with a boosting of the ship bonus, or even the addition of a module similar to signal distortion amps for dampers? 5. What reason can you give for the inability of Stealth Bombers to warp cloaked? Is there any scope for this to be changed?
Neyko Turama Minmatar Brutor tribe	Posted - 2008.10.23 10:41:00 - [58] what is this orca thing about? could anyone please explain me what this is? thanks!
Trimutius III Amarr Legio Octae Rebellion Alliance	Posted - 2008.10.23 10:50:00 - [59] Edited by: Trimutius III on 23/10/2008 10:50:35 I'm a little curious. About Walking in station. Will be walking in station obligatory addon? Or will it be optional like Premium Graphic? Of course i understand that it's maybe too early to ask, but i just want to know how is it planned. ------------------------------------------------- I am envoy from nowhere in nowhere. Nobody and nothing have sent me. And though it is impossible I exist ¬
Helison Gallente GREY COUNCIL Imorral Dragons	Posted - 2008.10.23 10:56:00 - [60] 1) Question specially for Mindstar (but Zulupark can also answer): Why don¦t we get any transcripts of LiveDevBlogs? For the last ones, we didn¦t even get a recording! This is humiliating for all, who don¦t have time to listen to the LiveDevBlog or who don¦t know English as well to understand them. 2) Is there any chance for more open discussions with players on new game designs? Several new features (FW, Certificates, ...) could have been much more powerful, if some concepts would have been changed a bit from the beginning. But at the time, when players get to see them it¦s much too late to change any of the fundamental concepts. 3) profit/risk, specially in regards of the mission system: Currently the high-sec still has the activity, which combines one of the highest profits with a very low risk: lvl 4 missions. Till now all attempts to change this were not really succesful. In low-sec and 0.0 the best activity are still high-end moons, but they are quite rare. Nearly nothing else (except cosmos radar plexes, if they still work) has a better profit/time rate than lvl-4 missions with a much higher risk. What are your ideas to change this, or is this fine for you that highsec has all the cookies? 3a) Are there any plans to improve lowsec, like a viceroy-system to reduce the risk there? 3b) Any plans to improve 0.0? Like making a common solar-system more profitabel? Make it more difficult to hold a large area of space (multiple regions)? 4) Moving asteroid-belts to the exploration system? When? 5) Complete redesign of Sov/POS Warfare. When? 6) Complete redesign of Scanning, Local and Cloaking? When? 7) Is there any redesign of the NPC loot-system on the way? (like removing T1 items from loot...)

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