Eran Mintor
Valklear Guard
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Posted - 2008.11.12 22:15:00 -
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Edited by: Eran Mintor on 12/11/2008 22:20:43
(wasn't sure where to put this, move as needed)
It's no big secret, the only time plexes respawn correctly is when the server comes back online after a downtime.
Link to Greyscale's comments
 Originally by: CCP Greyscale
Unfortunately yes, there is a DT-related mechanic...Without this mechanic, the natural redistribution of sites will inevitably cause them to pile up in non-spawnable systems, which is highly undesirable, and the distributor isn't currently capable of elegantly handling the problem on its own. A downtime reshuffle was the best compromise we could find between server performance and optimal behaviour.
So it sounds to me like the server was incapable of handling a more effective (read; fair) mechanic that would allow plexes to be reallocated 23/7. With this current mechanic, it's possible for post-DT players to completely sway the outcome of faction warfare by focusing their efforts on plexing during the initial hours after downtime. This is how Ezzara fell, and now how Kourmonen has fallen as well. This mechanic makes FW very static during any time other than post-DT, and also makes it very predictable. You could expect there to be 0-1 plexes spawned in Kourmonen during the 22 hours after initial server start-up, while expecting atleast 10 plexes in Kourmonen in the first hour at start-up.
Everyone is aware of this flawed mechanic. Minmatar militia have known of it for some time now, however we were rarely in the position to exploit it such as the Amarr militia has. The hours leading up to the QR extended downtime, there was an unexpected server crash that resulted in a short DT, and effectively respawned Kourmonen. 3 plexes were found in Kourm after this unexpected DT and we were able to capture 2/3. In the hours after QR was released, 7 plexes were captured in our favor, out of maybe 8 or 9. We almost put the system out of decontested.
Yet I wake up the next morning to find that the Amarr have not only captured another 9 plexes required to negate our work from the day before, but had to have captured another 2-3 to put it into "Vulnerable" status. I'm not fretting over the fact we lost Kourmonen, I knew it was only a matter of time since the Amarr have had the DT-mechanic in their favor for weeks now. What I am complaining about is the excuse used by CCP to warrant this mechanic. If the server's couldn't handle it pre-QR, what about now that you have your "amazing" 64 bit servers and stackless IO? Can we expect some changes w/ FW mechanics soon? Please?
This mechanic is killing FW. You need the plexes in these hotly contested systems to spawn throughout the day, not only to make it fair and playable to your subscribers across the globe (I'm not staying up till 5 AM to plex, f!@# that, I'll quit FW if u suckers keep giving us the cold-shoulder.), but to incite good PVP in those plexes.
Those who agree with me are welcome to sign this, those who don't can shove it up their arse.
edit: fixed link
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