Reports from the frontlines

posted on December 21st, 2009, 4:06 am

What do you mean, it came out two days ago!

posted on December 21st, 2009, 7:43 am

What do you mean, it came out two days ago!

Don't tease!

It's not nice.


The mod will hopefully be out soon.  It is in final Beta testing right now.  Once all of the little bug are squashed, we will be playing the latest and the greatest! 

posted on December 21st, 2009, 5:09 pm

What's not nice is asking every few days if the patch will be out.  It's like having kids in the back seat of your car asking "Are we there yet?!  Are we there yet?!  Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?!

When the patch comes out, we'll know, because the Recent News section will have a thread entitled, "Isn't it Great?!  It's Patch Three Point Eight!"

Until then, let's not be rude to the developers by constantly asking them over and over when the next release will be out.

posted on December 21st, 2009, 5:57 pm

Ohh Mal, you just won't stop being the community clown.

posted on December 21st, 2009, 6:20 pm

I always fancied myself as more the lion tamer of this three-ringed circus, whipping the ravenous beasts back into their cages before they get so ferocious as to eat the crowd.

Anyway, their testing phase lasts between 3-6 weeks, and it's been 3 since they announced that they were in the testing phase, so it won't be long now.

posted on December 21st, 2009, 7:14 pm

You forgot the appropriate smilie Mal: 

posted on December 22nd, 2009, 8:28 pm

What's not nice is asking every few days if the patch will be out.  It's like having kids in the back seat of your car asking "Are we there yet?!  Are we there yet?!  Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?!

When the patch comes out, we'll know, because the Recent News section will have a thread entitled, "Isn't it Great?!  It's Patch Three Point Eight!"

Until then, let's not be rude to the developers by constantly asking them over and over when the next release will be out.

Sad but true... 

posted on December 22nd, 2009, 11:32 pm

I always fancied myself as more the lion tamer of this three-ringed circus, whipping the ravenous beasts back into their cages before they get so ferocious as to eat the crowd.

Anyway, their testing phase lasts between 3-6 weeks, and it's been 3 since they announced that they were in the testing phase, so it won't be long now.

It'll be interesting to see how the new abilities affect strategies and i hope to get the chance to test them during the holidays. Testing is more important though, nobody wants a rushed release with bugs in it.

posted on December 23rd, 2009, 12:47 am

It'll be interesting to see how the new abilities affect strategies and i hope to get the chance to test them during the holidays. Testing is more important though, nobody wants a rushed release with bugs in it.

Agreed! Can't count the number of mods for any number of games I've downloaded, so excited to play them, that turned out to be totally ruined by their bugginess. Fleet Ops holds itself to a much higher standard and I don't think anyone should be unwilling to wait for that kind of quality.

posted on December 23rd, 2009, 6:52 am

One thing you learn from software development is that there will always be bugs in software that seems to be a law of physics, right next to an apple falling of a tree! But of course we are hunting them at the moment, to reduce them to a minimum
just found a funny weapon-damage bug in a vessel lately that no one noticed yet. they are hiding everywhere! :shuriken:

posted on December 23rd, 2009, 2:26 pm

Hmmm... maybe it is related to the law that everything breaks when the expert isn't around to fix it!  I wish the laws of physics could be edited! That way I can take that stupid law out!

posted on December 23rd, 2009, 5:41 pm

so why do you not use the Microsoft Way of Bugtesting. Release the product and let the customer find the bugs  And if you cant solve a problem say something like: Mhh yeah the problem is your videocard driver, that is not our problem 

And when the patch will be out 

posted on December 23rd, 2009, 7:58 pm

One thing you learn from software development is that there will always be bugs in software that seems to be a law of physics, right next to an apple falling of a tree! But of course we are hunting them at the moment, to reduce them to a minimum
just found a funny weapon-damage bug in a vessel lately that no one noticed yet. they are hiding everywhere! :shuriken:

I know, even though i retired due to lack of time, i was part of a number of mods/TC for RA2/YR.
You can have the sweetest graphics, AI, maps and gameplay, but it's the bugs which get the attention and are also often the most difficult to get rid of.

That is why it is important to have a solid team of developers/testers and above all patience.

posted on December 25th, 2009, 1:42 am

I'm willing to wait longer to make sure my Klingons get the sexy-time they deserve .

  Can't wait to see the new subsystem passives in action and see some of the new specials.

posted on December 25th, 2009, 1:47 am

Will this patch add any new units or stations to the game?