Shipwright Archive
Thread: My God, when is Publish 24 coming?
Cottus_Arci
Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:12 pm
#15
Well Pub 24 was obviously planned for before TOOW... so I firmly believe TOOW is intended to come out post-Pub 24... (you could callTOOW a Pub 24.5)...
So, i could pretty much guarantee we will see Pub 24 before TOOW.
We have 6 server outages between now and Nov 1 (Nov 1 being a Tuesday, so ideally I think we'll see the servers go down at 4am, and have TOOW sometime later on that day)....
so... lets say minus tomorrow mornings outage, and 2 before... to leave room for possible hotfix's... then SOE have 1 week to get Pub 24 up without compromising the release of TOOW for November 1st.
Joryk
Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:54 pm
#16
Tomorrow, tomorrow, it's not out tomorrow! It's more than a day awaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!
Sar-larid
Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:04 pm
#17
Joryk wrote:
Tomorrow, tomorrow, it's not out tomorrow! It's more than a day awaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!
Hey, this means there are still bugs and imbalances, and they're going to get them fixed first
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Subcriminal
Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:30 pm
#18
Sar-larid wrote:
Joryk wrote:
Tomorrow, tomorrow, it's not out tomorrow! It's more than a day awaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!
Hey, this means there are still bugs and imbalances, and they're going to get them fixed first
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*Sacrifices an annoying curly red-head orphan to Publish 24*
KaylBreinhar
Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:45 pm
#19
KaylBreinhar wrote:
What incentive does SOE/LEC have to release a publish that might draw people's attention/desire away from buying an expansion for 29.99?
Answer: don't expect it until on or after Nov. 2nd, probably.
*cough*
I'm not clairvoyant, I'm just immune to bull**edit**ting.
nateccs
Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:31 am
#20
i bet it all comes out at the same time. the more bugs the merrier!
sheldie
Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:54 am
#21
Cottus_Arci wrote:
We have 6 server outages between now and Nov 1 (Nov 1 being a Tuesday, so ideally I think we'll see the servers go down at 4am, and have TOOW sometime later on that day)....
so... lets say minus tomorrow mornings outage, and 2 before... to leave room for possible hotfix's... then SOE have 1 week to get Pub 24 up without compromising the release of TOOW for November 1st.
But pre-order launch is 25th October.
Entrusive
Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:11 am
#22
I don't think they ever intended to put it before the expansion. I kind of had such a thought when they didn't put it alive in September. And it became clearer after they put pre-pub 24 back on TC two weeks later that wasn't changed at all.
And when they added the melee change, I kind of felt that theywere making this change so that they could delay with a reason.
They baiscally delayed a publish by a month (possibly45-ish days seeing how things are going)because of the expansion.
I don't like it : that's my honest opinion.
Some'd say they are taking their time with working out bugs. But they aren't.
The worst would be they release pub 24 after a month from the expansion.
Message Edited by Entrusive on 10-18-2005 06:15 AM
zazo
Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:06 am
#23
they are trying to fit way too many things in one publish
I would be happier with smaller fixes on a more productive timelinenot only would things go smoother with a smaller publish every two weeks or so but they would be able to narrow down issues alot faster
/shrug
seems like a logical decision to me
Khyron42
Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:04 am
#24
From testing on TC, I can say that the ground half of Pub 24 is not ready for live. Check in the TC forum if you're curious why. As far as pilots/shipwrights are concerned... Jabba's Palace is closed for renovations, so that's a big factor for SA pilots. Ground faction is disabled too, so if you need to get into the RSF/Corsec/Valerian good graces to pilot for them it could be an issue.
The space side is a little wonky too - POIs and waypoints in space were having problems according to some users, though I haven't seen these problems myself.
Keep in mind, some of this may be solely on TC and would transfer to live just fine. TC's odd issues could be due to having both Pub24 and portions of Pub25/ToOW on it. The Dev's have been focused on beta and may have only discovered the Pub24 problems when TC players cried out in terror at the publish announcement.
The things coming in Pub24 for both space and ground are really amazing though. The elite component upgrades, Y-8's working, and Squad leader and commando changes are all much needed fixes and are actually "working as intended" for a change!
The space side is a little wonky too - POIs and waypoints in space were having problems according to some users, though I haven't seen these problems myself.
Keep in mind, some of this may be solely on TC and would transfer to live just fine. TC's odd issues could be due to having both Pub24 and portions of Pub25/ToOW on it. The Dev's have been focused on beta and may have only discovered the Pub24 problems when TC players cried out in terror at the publish announcement.
The things coming in Pub24 for both space and ground are really amazing though. The elite component upgrades, Y-8's working, and Squad leader and commando changes are all much needed fixes and are actually "working as intended" for a change!
Message Edited by Khyron42 on 10-18-2005 11:14 AM
Entrusive
Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:37 am
#25
I agree with Zazo.
Right now the whole publish 24 is getting too large and diverse.
They should bundle shipwright changes and bug fixes as publish 24 and bundle SL and combat changes as publish 25.
But they are not going to do that anyway. So, it's pointless to debate about that.
Boy, have I waited like 4 months for Y-8 to work... It was one of the main features of RoTW and it's been broken all this time. What in the world are the dev doing?
KajaGrae
Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:52 am
#26
Let them get it done right for once. This is a HUGE publish. I can't remember one of this size effcting so many different parts of the game. I for one want it done right the 1st time, instead of just being pushed live. It is a bummer for the delays, but I think it will be worth it