Seán That Irish Guy Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 Just now, bamf said: I like your MS Paint skills @Smee. In terms of servers being full though, I could theoretically have brought S2 up last night given the server populations. S2 has (mostly) been down b/c it runs on a non standard port and BIS had that screwed up until yesterday. Paratus hopes to be done with the code I need to make all this work today. That will give me a chance to test it tomorrow, and potentially put it into play for the weekend. I think that the thing people are not thinking about here is that higher population servers tend to stay more full. The hope is that we can bring in new people to the community by having servers that are more populated. As that happens, the servers spin back up automatically - not on some schedule. As I looked last night, you had to spam into S1 if you wanted to play there. S3 and S4 both had ~90 players online. That's good for the overall community. I agree that little patch notes here and there are good as well. I also agree that we need "new stuff", and I'm working on a new system that I think will at the least be interesting for people. Donald, Kev 23, BlackShot and 1 other like this Link to comment
Reapered Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 Just now, Sean That Irish Guy said: Donald likes this Link to comment
Legit Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) Just now, bamf said: I see this going two ways for the APD, 1. Only constables play because nobody wants to be whitelisted on a server that isn't reliably up. 2. Everybody is whitelisted and it ends up like Tanoa where nobody plays because there is nobody to brown nose. I don't see how with the current way precincts work you could have two servers that are only up when they meet a certain criteria. Basically screws anybody that wants to play on S3/S2 during non prime NA time. Edited December 7, 2017 by Legit Link to comment
Steve Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 Just now, Legit said: I see this going two ways for the APD, 1. Only constables play because nobody wants to be whitelisted on a server that isn't reliably up. 2. Everybody is whitelisted and it ends up like Tanoa where nobody plays because there is nobody to brown nose. I don't see how with the current way precincts work you could have two servers that are only up when they meet a certain criteria. Basically screws anybody that wants to play on S3/S2 during non prime NA time. If the do what bunni originally said and set the player cap to 80 we will be good. Players will naturally be forced to spread out more but no one loses access to their houses during non peak time. If I was a new player and just bought my first house on server 2 or 3 then this happens I'd be fucking furios. Link to comment
Yung Jaypl Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 On 12/6/2017 at 0:46 AM, Xavorey said: @bamf Flying sui vest is not a good idea, now reb just sit on a humming bird and launch sui vests into HQ ;/ shoot it down then? if you cant shoot down a hummingbird, then RPG's are the last thing you need to worry about... Link to comment
Steve Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 On 12/6/2017 at 0:46 AM, Xavorey said: @bamf Flying sui vest is not a good idea, now reb just sit on a humming bird and launch sui vests into HQ ;/ You can't shoot RPGs from a little bird. Link to comment
Patato Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) On 12/6/2017 at 10:38 AM, william said: With people talking about their precious houses on S2, eat a dick. You didnt feel bad for the people who were in the same boat on tanoa, at least you get to keep what was inside your houses. Im not getting on at this because I owned any houses on tanoa (i didnt) just thinks its a bit silly people lost all their stuff on tanoa yet S2 people are getting annoyed at theirs being gone, which they will be able to access soon and when you empty it just wait until a friday/saturday night and it will be open because all the servers will be full then just sell it. I'm not upset about losing my houses. Tanoa people were given plenty of warning before the server was shut down and compensated ((somewhat)) for their houses. Server went down without a word and switched to gang server, No one complained until after the gang wars was over and 2 didn't come back online. All i was looking for was communication or at least a heads up telling people this was going to happen in regards to the servers future, i would be more than happy to switch server's but im not going to begin the process of finding houses and grinding gang talent points if S2 is going to be back in full capacity. TLDR: Wanted to know the plan from Developers so i could plan for the future of my gang/apd precinct Edited December 8, 2017 by Patato Bannab1, Kettles and Sikorsky like this Link to comment
bamf Posted December 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, Patato said: ITLDR: Wanted to know the plan from Developers so i could plan for the future of my gang/apd precinct My hope is that S2 will be online during "prime time" all the time honestly. The issue we have during the off peak hours is that having 5-10 people on a server is silly, and that's what I'm hoping to try to help some. If it's 30 or 40 people on that server, perhaps new players to the community would see that and be willing to join. Link to comment
Mr. Noble Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, bamf said: My hope is that S2 will be online during "prime time" all the time honestly. The issue we have during the off peak hours is that having 5-10 people on a server is silly, and that's what I'm hoping to try to help some. If it's 30 or 40 people on that server, perhaps new players to the community would see that and be willing to join. Just pay people to pay on server 2 Link to comment
Kev 23 Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, bamf said: My hope is that S2 will be online during "prime time" all the time honestly. The issue we have during the off peak hours is that having 5-10 people on a server is silly, and that's what I'm hoping to try to help some. If it's 30 or 40 people on that server, perhaps new players to the community would see that and be willing to join. So is the thing Gnashes said actually going to happen? cause what @Steve has mentioned multiple times sounds like a better plan to me instead of messing everything up involving Precincts, House value, etc Link to comment
bamf Posted December 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, Kevingreen23 said: So is the thing Gnashes said actually going to happen? cause what @Steve has mentioned multiple times sounds like a better plan to me instead of messing everything up involving Precincts, House value, etc Putting the servers down to 80 people isn't the solution honestly. It sounds good in theory, but the fun in a Life server is bumping into people. Artificially lowering player count on a server so that you can scale the number of servers out goes against that. I want more people on each server, and I want all the servers up. Think of this as servers being down during the daytime like other communities do - accept you'll still have access to the things that are stored in your house. I think that's what people are losing here is that I see the servers up during the prime hours, just not during off peak. Edit: Also of note is that cops that play during the off hours will still have the ability to use precinct features provided their server is offline. Donald, Atra, Silver-Spy and 1 other like this Link to comment
Kev 23 Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, bamf said: Putting the servers down to 80 people isn't the solution honestly. It sounds good in theory, but the fun in a Life server is bumping into people. Artificially lowering player count on a server so that you can scale the number of servers out goes against that. I want more people on each server, and I want all the servers up. Think of this as servers being down during the daytime like other communities do - accept you'll still have access to the things that are stored in your house. I think that's what people are losing here is that I see the servers up during the prime hours, just not during off peak. well that sounds good but what if the servers barely ever reach enough players to bring 2 or in some rare cases 3 up, say 2 maybe only comes up like twice a week. Link to comment
bamf Posted December 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, Kevingreen23 said: well that sounds good but what if the servers barely ever reach enough players to bring 2 or in some rare cases 3 up, say 2 maybe only comes up like twice a week. S2 would have been up each evening this week I believe. Again, this is about trying to grow the community and bunch people together. Let's give it a chance to actually run and then we can see how it works. FudgeR, Atra, Donald and 2 others like this Link to comment
Jamal Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, bamf said: S2 would have been up each evening this week I believe. Again, this is about trying to grow the community and bunch people together. Let's give it a chance to actually run and then we can see how it works. and what happens if the community doesn't like it? will you change it back to what it originally was? FudgeR likes this Link to comment
Patato Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) Just now, bamf said: Putting the servers down to 80 people isn't the solution honestly. It sounds good in theory, but the fun in a Life server is bumping into people. Artificially lowering player count on a server so that you can scale the number of servers out goes against that. I want more people on each server, and I want all the servers up. Think of this as servers being down during the daytime like other communities do - accept you'll still have access to the things that are stored in your house. I think that's what people are losing here is that I see the servers up during the prime hours, just not during off peak. Edit: Also of note is that cops that play during the off hours will still have the ability to use precinct features provided their server is offline. Just now, bamf said: My hope is that S2 will be online during "prime time" all the time honestly. The issue we have during the off peak hours is that having 5-10 people on a server is silly, and that's what I'm hoping to try to help some. If it's 30 or 40 people on that server, perhaps new players to the community would see that and be willing to join. This is the type of communication i want from the devs. Excellent work +1 Edited December 8, 2017 by Patato Donald likes this Link to comment
Steve Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, Jamal said: and what happens if the community doesn't like it? will you change it back to what it originally was? Link to comment
Bherky Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 This kinda made me Moist Link to comment
Brendon Smith Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 @bamf 50K is a lot for a RPG round yes its a one shot one kill on a person like most explosives in arma but on vic's its not always a one hit like the vest is and people buy vests for that assured one hit in most cases, So maybe you might consider lowering the price for the rockets? Link to comment
SafeMode Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, Brendon Smith said: @bamf 50K is a lot for a RPG round yes its a one shot one kill on a person like most explosives in arma but on vic's its not always a one hit like the vest is and people buy vests for that assured one hit in most cases, So maybe you might consider lowering the price for the rockets? Id say 40 to 35k would be fair Brendon Smith and X Jake like this Link to comment
Steve Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, SafeMode said: Id say 40 to 35k would be fair They should be more expensive then that, besides if you truly need an rpg to take down any vehicle on Asylum you have other issues. Ifrits and Orcas even more so are fucking paper. Link to comment
Brendon Smith Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, SafeMode said: Id say 40 to 35k would be fair 35 seems fair Link to comment
Blade Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 17 hours ago, bamf said: Paratus hopes to be done with the code I need to make all this work today. That will give me a chance to test it tomorrow, and potentially put it into play for the weekend. Any update if it’s going to happen during the weekend? Link to comment
bamf Posted December 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, BlackBlade said: Any update if it’s going to happen during the weekend? Just got back from my work trip. Checking in with Paratus now to see where we are and begin the testing. Jonesy, Kev 23, Atra and 1 other like this Link to comment
Mitch (IFRIT) Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 12 hours ago, bamf said: Putting the servers down to 80 people isn't the solution honestly. It sounds good in theory, but the fun in a Life server is bumping into people. Artificially lowering player count on a server so that you can scale the number of servers out goes against that. I want more people on each server, and I want all the servers up. Think of this as servers being down during the daytime like other communities do - accept you'll still have access to the things that are stored in your house. I think that's what people are losing here is that I see the servers up during the prime hours, just not during off peak. Edit: Also of note is that cops that play during the off hours will still have the ability to use precinct features provided their server is offline. great, my captain whitelist will transfer to them all! Innate, DankBud, Farmer Steve and 2 others like this Link to comment
Treeontyn Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 4 hours ago, Brendon Smith said: 35 seems fair Just get arms and 2 turfs... 24k each ez Link to comment
Seán That Irish Guy Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 1 hour ago, bamf said: Just got back from my work trip. Checking in with Paratus now to see where we are and begin the testing. So where are we? Link to comment
Jamal Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 @bamf RELEASE SERVER 2 FOR THE NIGHT! <3 pls Kev 23 likes this Link to comment
Treeontyn Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 RPGS still suck we did a test with our own orca and hit it right in the belly, still didnt take it down only made a couple things red... @bamf Link to comment
bamf Posted December 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Just now, Treeontyn said: RPGS still suck we did a test with our own orca and hit it right in the belly, still didnt take it down only made a couple things red... @bamf That's Arma, not us. You're getting full Arma damage now. Link to comment
Jake Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) Just now, bamf said: That's Arma, not us. You're getting full Arma damage now. They disable Striders in 1 shot now rather than 3-4, id say they are strong enough, and if you make certain things red in an Orca it may crash. I think the RPG's are perfect where they are at, they needed the buff (coming from someone who mainly plays cop and hates RPG's) but also not ridiculously over-powered. Edited December 9, 2017 by <Jake> Link to comment
Farmer Steve Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 I see s2 finally decided to go up ;o Link to comment
TRYHARD Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Just now, bamf said: That's Arma, not us. You're getting full Arma damage now. I think his point was that they still dont do enough damage to warrant a 50k price tag. 50k for a rocket that disables a vehicle is a bit steep dont you think? Treeontyn likes this Link to comment
HotWings Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Just now, Treeontyn said: RPGS still suck we did a test with our own orca and hit it right in the belly, still didnt take it down only made a couple things red... @bamf RPG hitting an armored chopper more than likely wouldnt blow it up. Link to comment
Farmer Steve Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Just now, tryhardsqueaker said: I think his point was that they still dont do enough damage to warrant a 50k price tag. 50k for a rocket that disables a vehicle is a bit steep dont you think? Fuck that shit. hit that up to 100k, mother fuckers going off on me in Kavala. Treeontyn and Donald like this Link to comment
Digo Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 When server 2 comes up Steve, Silver-Spy, Sandwich and 4 others like this Link to comment
Walt Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 And there goes server 2.....what the fuck Kev 23 likes this Link to comment
SirSwish Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Max Honor talent Bounty hunters still dont have MXM Link to comment
Blade Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Just now, SirSwish said: Max Honor talent Bounty hunters still dont have MXM Sergeants still don’t have 7.62 Guess we all can’t have what we want Kev 23 likes this Link to comment
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