Bug and suggestion about R&D - lag issues (cancel 6000xp project)

defiant8472

Hello, my english is not very good, so sorry. Just got annoyed few days in row one R&D issue, i've tried to report it but unsure do devepopers will understand me, with my english. But if i will write here, maybe more people will spot that bug and will explain it to them better + i have some solution/suggestion for R&D.

Suggestion is simple: We need feature to cancel started R&D project. At least for 6000 xp projects. Please we very need it...! I don't suggest feature, to cancel gear crafting, but only 6000 XP ones.

Problem is that via lag issues, game sometimes starts wrong projects... That is bug, which i spotted. And i don't want to waste dilithium or time on training wrong disciplines. That's very very very annoying as it wastes day of time. If was possible to cancel, we could be able to fix this. And with 6000 xp project we don't craft any item and etc... So cancel feature should be here!


Game is pretty laggy sometimes and when i play with multiple alts i do things very fast, it works so slow that i need to do something else, to wait until server will end all finished assigments or will refresh lists of crafting disciplines and etc... Every day i starting assigments on my alts and leveling crafting. But few days in row i spotted same issue.

I selecting some R&D discipline, it not always show last project (6000xp), so i click few diifferent disciplines then back to discipline which i need. Also it not always auto select best DOFFs for it (Eg. blue instead of purple - i think via lag), i don't have time to wait 5 centuries until game will refresh as i need to start it on several alts... And after start even if i confirm that i starting good discipline i see that it started wrong one...

Or need to disable start button until correct labels are loaded...

Like today on two toons it started "Beams" which i don't train on them at alll...

hatax2

Yup, I've run into the same thing multiple times. Seems it got worse with the DR launch and has gotten progressively worse with each patch.

I do the same thing, I take all my toons and do my doff mining and R&D stuff at the same time. I click through it pretty fast and often I find that I've ended up crafting a basic upgrade in one of the classes instead of the research missions that I want.

Big pain in the butt to have to click the class I want, then a different one, and back to the desired class just to make sure that the list has properly updated.

Comon devs, this is a mis-fire or miss of an event / signal. (Unless the whole thing isn't using events and signals and you're just relying on timing or a property on an object you're checking. If that's true, I feel for you as this would just be icing on the cake) Should be pretty easy to fix, and at least there could be a 'check' that the project you're going to start matches the tab selected on the left. If it isn't just 'refresh' the list that's seen instead of going into the start project page.

Anyway, hope this gets fixed... I'm sure this isn't the only 2 cases of people encountering this issue.

Ohh, and I know this isn't exactly positive, but I think the whole lack of a cancel button in the R&D system (everywhere, not just certain items / projects) screams of a dilithium grab. It's a dirty practice in my book, and I know most people wouldn't shop at stores that follow a 'all sales final' approach, so why in a game would we mess with something that could eat our hard earned resources because we mis-clicked... I'm not saying we should be able to cancel it at any time, but there should be at LEAST a 1-2 minute timeframe where these things can be canceled and resources returned. How about you start crafting a beam and then realize the catalysts weren't slotted? Screwed.... Slot the wrong research project? Pay more dil or screwed, your choice and neither is good.

Just my 2 cents on it all....

defiant8472

What is interesting. I just unsure is it relevant, maybe just at current moment server is less laggy. But those issues happen on KDF toons. Now starting things on fed toons, so was everything ok. In many cases KDF toons are tested less. But i am not sure do this is relevant to faction.

And BTW. I am using very fast internet connection, so i very feel any lags from server. Using 100mbps optic fiber internet connection.

borg0vermind

The 6000 projects often dont show. They do after a lot of refreshes (clicking several times another category and then back to the desired one - i.e. beams to cannons and back).