I am currently patching a 1117MB update, has it been confirmed that season 6 is being released today or is it just another forum speculation/rumor!?! Curious minds would like to know.
The whole lack of confirmation on the rumor of S6 going live today make the dev team look like a total bunch of amateurs tbh. If the deadline is so tight then its probley best to hold off for a day or two to make sure its not a total bugfest like previous seasons have been. Not to mention the drama and disappointment of the playerbase that will flood the forums if S6 dosen't go live today.
This is an unfair assessment. Not confirming rumours is amateur? It's standard practice for most corporations.
It wouldn't be a matter of deadlines being tight - it would be that there are a number of changes happening by necessity at the same time. There are dependencies that need to be ensured, potential show-stoppers that only manifest themselves in production environment... It's why very often customers won't get told a feature is in or not until it's actually live.
You're whining that you haven't had the release confirmed right now, but had they given you a time and a date and then been forced to delay it due to unforeseen (or even unforeseeable) issues, you'd be just as up in arms.
To close - don't get so worked up about it. Either it will go live or it won't. "There's not a damned thing you can do about it".
Season 4 pushed out early, train wreck. Season 5 pushed out early, train wreck, here we go again, feedback means nothing and history is something not to be learnt from LOL And people wonder why I cancelled my sub...
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+1 for my idea of anyone starting a dupe thread has to post themselves singing the Star Trek theme to youtube and provide a link.
Yes, there are words to the song.
edit: I;m 50/50 on seeing season 6 later today. yes it still has issues and yes a dev has pointed out that it;s actually a backend merge into CORE. I;m looking at the two pushed out patches for tribble that came down in the last 24 hours. Sounds like a last minute test to me.
At this rate in going to be in the ER with alcohol poisoning by lunch.
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Tomorrow's release is a big timed integration update that requires multiple teams across Cryptic Studios and Perfect World to be in synch. We all have to release simultaneously in order for the integration between account services and billing to update properly. This is the reason for the extended downtime and why CO, STO, and some parts of the PW and Cryptic Web teams are involved. As some have deduced, it may also mean the release of Season 6, but we have not announced anything as of yet. We realize there are still a few reported bugs from Tribble. The team is working pretty much around the clock addressing issues as quickly as possible. If you see an announcement or release notes that Season 6 is being put on Holodeck tomorrow, then you can expect several updates over the next week to address any remaining or newly found issues. We appreciate all of the testing we've had on TRIBBLE over the last 6 weeks. The entire STO team is focused on addressing both reported bugs as well as individual feedback. Thank you for your patience.
Heh.
My guess is that some pieces of this update are actually in the new Season 6 codebase. Since they HAVE to release the integration update, it's very possible that they have little or no choice but to release a reasonably stable version of Season 6 no matter what state it's in and worry about fixes later.
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My guess is that some pieces of this update are actually in the new Season 6 codebase. Since they HAVE to release the integration update, it's very possible that they have little or no choice but to release a reasonably stable version of Season 6 no matter what state it's in and worry about fixes later.
all that cryptic would need to do is change one line of code from 0 (off) to 1 (on)
You make programming and MMO development sound sooooo easy. It's not! Many times, something in STO is changed, and it breaks something else, totally unrelated. MMO programming can be a big, sprawling mess!
Season 4 pushed out early, train wreck. Season 5 pushed out early, train wreck, here we go again, feedback means nothing and history is something not to be learnt from LOL And people wonder why I cancelled my sub...
i would wonder who really wonders about you canceling your sub
Thanks for the quote, I would normally have scrolled through the XX amount of posts and found it, but was running out of time and knew someone would point it out if someone from PWE had posted a response.
Although am new to STO, at present am happy with the content in the game at the moment. I can understand the guys that have been playing it a lot longer can't wait till the new content of S6 arrives, but it still makes me chuckle when some bang their fists and demand it now, but require it to have no bugs what so ever. I personally can't remember any MMO or retaill game that released major content that didn't have some of bugs in it upon release or any game forum. That didn't have people calling the Developers inept, amateurish, incompetent etc. etc.
I just wish there was some kind of APP for the iphone or android device, you could use to send your Doffs out on assignments at times like this, but meh. I will go play another MMO while I wait for the servers to go LIVE again no big deal!
I just wish there was some kind of APP for the iphone or android device, you could use to send your Doffs out on assignments at times like this, but meh.
That app would still have to interface with the game servers
But +1 on everything else you said, if you have been around PC gaming long enough and you still get angry over bugs and patch downtimes it's really time to grow up.
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Id it makes you feel better I am away with work every weekday fiva am till at least six PM so this does not affect me in the slightest.
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This is an unfair assessment. Not confirming rumours is amateur? It's standard practice for most corporations.
It wouldn't be a matter of deadlines being tight - it would be that there are a number of changes happening by necessity at the same time. There are dependencies that need to be ensured, potential show-stoppers that only manifest themselves in production environment... It's why very often customers won't get told a feature is in or not until it's actually live.
You're whining that you haven't had the release confirmed right now, but had they given you a time and a date and then been forced to delay it due to unforeseen (or even unforeseeable) issues, you'd be just as up in arms.
To close - don't get so worked up about it. Either it will go live or it won't. "There's not a damned thing you can do about it".
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+1 for my idea of anyone starting a dupe thread has to post themselves singing the Star Trek theme to youtube and provide a link.
Yes, there are words to the song.
edit: I;m 50/50 on seeing season 6 later today. yes it still has issues and yes a dev has pointed out that it;s actually a backend merge into CORE. I;m looking at the two pushed out patches for tribble that came down in the last 24 hours. Sounds like a last minute test to me.
Nope I tried that =P
At this rate in going to be in the ER with alcohol poisoning by lunch.
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It will get converted to Zen.
Heh.
My guess is that some pieces of this update are actually in the new Season 6 codebase. Since they HAVE to release the integration update, it's very possible that they have little or no choice but to release a reasonably stable version of Season 6 no matter what state it's in and worry about fixes later.
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If I knew it was going to be down that long I would have my crews running some of those long mission, oh well
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now where did i put Armada 2?
I guess the mods disagree since it just got merged.
edit: How big was the last season patch? I wasn;t here for it.
I hope you're just quoting that jerk Reman who assists you in the STO Featured Episode called Coliseum.
Otherwise, cheer up! Season 6 is coming (eventually)
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Thats kind of my thoughts on it as well.
you and me both pal
My average would be about 35-40 stfs in that time period... Might need find some better teams
You make programming and MMO development sound sooooo easy. It's not! Many times, something in STO is changed, and it breaks something else, totally unrelated. MMO programming can be a big, sprawling mess!
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i would wonder who really wonders about you canceling your sub
Thanks for the quote, I would normally have scrolled through the XX amount of posts and found it, but was running out of time and knew someone would point it out if someone from PWE had posted a response.
Although am new to STO, at present am happy with the content in the game at the moment. I can understand the guys that have been playing it a lot longer can't wait till the new content of S6 arrives, but it still makes me chuckle when some bang their fists and demand it now, but require it to have no bugs what so ever. I personally can't remember any MMO or retaill game that released major content that didn't have some of bugs in it upon release or any game forum. That didn't have people calling the Developers inept, amateurish, incompetent etc. etc.
I just wish there was some kind of APP for the iphone or android device, you could use to send your Doffs out on assignments at times like this, but meh. I will go play another MMO while I wait for the servers to go LIVE again no big deal!
Really, I think someones nose is growing longer and longer!
That app would still have to interface with the game servers
But +1 on everything else you said, if you have been around PC gaming long enough and you still get angry over bugs and patch downtimes it's really time to grow up.
Aint there only 6 STF's and all have 1 hour cooldown ? think u can be happy if u get around 21. Seeing that STF's are made for 30 min play timeish.