Distension discussion

[Peace_Maker]

Does the bot take into account people that played the first session?

[KuNi]

queue is stuffed up. I didn't play the morning 2 hours, but it still says I've flown more than anybody else, and I'm not even in the queue.
im happy at least that the server hasn't crashed during the hosts. =/

[DankNuggets]

how'd it go ?

[roxxkatt]

ignore dumb ass trolling invisible post above ^

[kthx]

That is odd, and I just got promoted to Mod also, the plot thickens. Or maybe you are a dumb ass. Either way.

[KuNi]

The bot doesn't know the stronger team if the difference in strength is more terriers and sharks, when they are low levels.

[jngy slate]

Or it could simply not let people assist the stronger team.

[roxxkatt]

There are people that abuse the shit out of the assist system by purposely assisting onto the stronger team

this could be alleviated by implementing a timer into the bot where you can not assist if someone has assisted your army in the last 60s

[Aquatiq]

Where is Tone when you need him?

trick question!

[dako]

It has become more apparent than anything to me, if nothing else, that whatever is causing the crashes is not the load on the server. When distension came out of beta and into public, it was hosted regularly for hours upon hours with 40 people in, and crashes were rare. It was hosted as the weekend event at one point, for fourty-eight hours straight, with zero crashes, with a solid 20v20 for at least half of this time period. Therefore, there are only a couple viable issues I see for what is causing it to crash with a 12v12 within 2 hours.

1. Players are much higher levels now, and require many more upgrades in order to re-arm their ship. The 48 hour test had everyone under level 30, most people under 20, meaning there was much less re-arming going on.

2. There is a problem in the code itself, created through a recent change, that is causing the bot to commit suicide. I don't know how good the report system is for crashing bots and information as to why it crashed, but it doesn't make sense to me that we used to play with 40 people for 48 hours continuous and be fine, but now cant even field a 12v12 for a couple hours.

[Vergilius]

Where is Tone when you need him?

[roxxkatt]

how convienient that it happens to crash at the same time slot, regardless of load on the server, whilst 2 of the most outspoken anti-distension fanatics happen to be on staff...

[Stabwound]

There is clearly something else going on so it's going to be down until it's looked at.

[HateTheFake]

today there was more ppl in spec then playing for a while...

Cheese!> love how they dropped it all the way from 17v17 to 12v12 in a crash that barely broke the limit..... >:/


--edit--

'This player limit is only temporary and will probably be raised a bit in the near future '

^hope so

loved how it crashed and recycled zone with just 24 ppl playing =/

Lets get this thing fixed once and for all

[roxxkatt]

today there was more ppl in spec then playing for a while...

Cheese!> love how they dropped it all the way from 17v17 to 12v12 in a crash that barely broke the limit..... >:/


--edit--

'This player limit is only temporary and will probably be raised a bit in the near future '

^hope so