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Elite server back up and running the patch.. *annoyed*

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Post Sun Apr 27, 2003 6:56 pm

Had a new experience, blew up while in a trade lane. The West Point to Norfolk run, about midway. Pop. Lost 35k worth of cargo. The only safe cargo run in New York seems to be the Manhattan to Pittsburgh area. I have never blown up there. As I already mentioned the Detroit Munitions trade lane is a killer. I saw an admin from another server sign in last night and blew himself up repeatedly at that trade lane.

Ne frustra vixisse videar

Post Sun Apr 27, 2003 8:09 pm

i have been playing on the elite server with my character, troy.
the way to pittsburg and manhattan work very well, i played last night for 4 hours or so and never bleww up once. The only way to blow up between that trade route is alt tabbing, it seems to kill you almost 50 % of the time. I hope this will be fixed soon.

Post Sun Apr 27, 2003 10:32 pm

While the idea of a patched server sounds really appealing...to stop cheating and add stability, etc., it has made the game "unplayable" on this server.

I created a new character and played most of the day and into the evening on this server. I blew up countless times, and gave up after loosing yet another load of cargo. The bugs included in the patch were just to frustrating to deal with.

From a software side, I can't see the fixes included in the patch, because I don't cheat at this game. All that I can see is that the patch makes the game unplayable to me. I am glad that all of the other servers on the net do not have this patch. I guess this patch needs more testing.

For the record...
-blew up several times going from Colorado to New York at the jumpgate
-blew up 4 times trying to use the jumpgate from Frankfurt to New Berlin
-I couldn't reliably recreate the error
-I had the same problems with ~20 people on the server, and when it was full

Seems like the community was nice and helpful. I'll look forward to coming back once the testing is over and the bugs have been resolved.

I'd better be lookin' at a fat retirement with this deal...

Post Sun Apr 27, 2003 11:27 pm

I have given up too. I just lost 103k in cargo, a third of my net worth. I make one step forward and then two steps back. I should be a millionaire by now. I got as far as 300k and I have less than 200k now, about 180k I think. If you fight for money it isn't that bad, but running cargo is out of the question.


Ne frustra vixisse videar

Post Mon Apr 28, 2003 12:29 am

I've just died three ****ing times cruising from Trafalgar to southampton. I can't believe you guys have us beta testing this ****! I doubt this patch fixes the filehacking, you guys must have some ulterior motive.

Post Mon Apr 28, 2003 12:30 am

Make that four! ****! I can't get from Trafalgar to Southampton I'm ****ing stranded!

Post Mon Apr 28, 2003 12:34 am

Five! For every additional time I blow up I'm going to add another post. I will stop once I make it to Southampton. (The first base closest to Trafalgar)

Post Mon Apr 28, 2003 12:36 am

Six! Did I mention I'm dodging Mollys on all of these trips?

Post Mon Apr 28, 2003 12:40 am

Made it to Southampton on the seventh try. Whatever is triggering these suicides in cruise DA ought to pinpoint if they make a few trips from Trafalgar to Southampton.

Post Mon Apr 28, 2003 12:41 am

How about DA just removes that anti-cheat measure until they can perfect it through in-house testing.

Post Mon Apr 28, 2003 1:10 am

Died full of hfuel in cortez that I rightfully stole. Why should I play on this server? Key word PLAY. I'm doing this in my free time. I'm not beta testing somebody's software. **** this.

Post Mon Apr 28, 2003 4:29 am

Quite the mouthy little thing, isn't he?

Post Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:24 am

Yeah, some people just never grow up. :
I understand the frustrations, but come on, if you don't like it, don't play until it's fixed.

It may be annoying, but someone has to beta test it. "In-house" beta testing does not work. It has to be tested by many "normal" users that do their every day things, because everyone is different, and that will eventually test every single thing.

It's one thing to make a post about being blown up however many times, it's another to post about every single time, flooding the board and just generally being a moron.

Learn to summarize, watch your mouth, and calm down. Then everyone will be happy.

Post Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:29 am

Hmm, I just logged on for a bit and four times in a row through the Honshu to New Tokyo jump gate I blew up no matter what. Didn't happen earlier today, just the last time I played about half an hour ago.

Post Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:38 am

Using a jump Gate (between 2 systems, can't remember which one) while "in formation", I only tried once but i crashed at the other side of the "gate".

This is Blues Power

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