QA Team Update - Natural Selection 2
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Join Date: 2013-01-29 Member: 182599Members, Super Administrators, Reinforced - Diamond
Join Date: 2013-01-29 Member: 182599Members, Super Administrators, Reinforced - Diamond
QA Team Update - Natural Selection 2
Greetings! My name is Chris “IronHorse” Gates and I wanted to announce a couple of things to the Natural Selection 2 community today. First off, UWE has brought me on...
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I'm setting up the feedback system this week, it should be ready to go for you PTs by next week.
However, since I am pretty active already in communications, and will be even moreso going forward.. it may appear like that's the case to some.
For instance, I'm compiling answers for that 7 month old reddit Q&A..
But I'll be mainly doing QA to start.. with potentially more cinematic work down the line.
(I've already done a bit of cinematic work previously, from halloween stuff to infested fx to redoing fade blink, Exo fx etc etc)
FOR WHAT REASON you still have blue color text instead of yellow???
Ironhorse just does all the hard and gruelling work related to interacting with the community and testing the game, just without the pay.
I'd like to take a moment to say that I (and hopefully most people around) appreciate your sacrifice, @Ironhorse.
I feel the need to clarify that this post is 100% serious.
Finally a FCAT analysis incoming to examine this effect?
130 fps in NS2 still didnt feel like 130fps.
/n the title in "System's" post, after the image
\o/
@SquishpokePOOPFACE You know they used to originally, yeh? At least in the internal builds they did.. it was sooo powerful tho, it was silly.
@Vetinari Awww.. Thanks man
@ZycaR Well hopefully at the very least it will illicit new questions that I may field, even if the first answers I provide are no longer relevant anymore. Also, I'd rather the community know that we can be more responsive in our communications going forward, than worry about who considers it a waste of time to answer something so old.
@Narfwak
@dePARA I've definitely wanted to do an FCAT analysis for some time now.. it's definitely not an easy task tho, given the hardware setup requirements..
Going to be honest though - what's the point of this exactly ? Does UWE believe NS2 has anything left in the tank to warrant an official QA position? Is there going to be a significant increase in development output or is it going to be more of the same?
Would legitimately love to have a rational discussion about what UWE thinks the future of this game will be with any dev that is willing; open or closed, either is fine.
Is it weird knowing that all your future hard work is for a community with an average of 220 players daily for the past 12 months? Don't you feel really really really cheated by that?
Yes this tone is cynical.
I love the enthusiasm, but wouldn't it be great if all that energy went into something which had a future. A future like NS3 could provide. Last time I checked NS2 was well beyond use-by date.
Still, I'm interested to see what comes of this, but I'm really waiting for some big announcement. Something must be happening for UWE to warrant continuing it's involvement and keeping members actively testing and updating the game... Right?
NS2 free to play when, how far is it delayed at this rate @Flayra
I'd also like to interject that you are all being nudged and preparing to optimise for a steady build, sort of like what happened in NS1 around 3.11, i wonder if it's the same person doing the nudging as it was done back then, regardless...
Does that answer your question?
Discussing improvements to these today, actually
I definitely have a small sense of sadness over that, but frankly the game has been in development for sooooo long now and with a stable core of gamers still playing there's still a reason to continue development, and I hope that those that still play appreciate such a thing. I definitely don't feel cheated, however. And I also don't have any grandiose expectations like suddenly increasing the player base by 3k or anything. Mostly I feel like getting NS2 into a constantly better shape near the end of its life can only be a worthwhile endeavor, especially if F2P is ever on the docket. (it might be if development actually ends) I want to put a disclaimer that F2P isn't seen as some silver bullet in any way, and in fact can cause even worse issues, but if its my favorite game and I've been involved with its development for so many years, I really don't have any hesitation to continue contributions even this late in its life... if only for the 220 daily players or for an eventual end of life.
Like I said, my largest hope is that they actually agree with and appreciate the changes, because they'd be things that they'd want and therefore wouldn't cause a controversial stir like some other features implemented in the past.
In my mind, a theoretical NS3 would be something many in this community might not even appreciate. I envision it as something that's less niche and much more casual, with mass appeal.
But who's to say... in any case I know that the current team would be incredibly happy to start on such a promising project. But that doesn't take away from their passion on the work they do now.
I guess that's really the summary / core answer to your question. Our passion for the game is still what drives us, against any potential demoralizing odds.
You discovered the 4D chess strategy of mine! :P
And unfortunately my prior contribution of a slight eHP buff to lerk (to compensate for hitbox change) is where it probably ends for that lifeform.. probably. I'm still pushing for one more thing..
I definitely don't wish to hype up anything because there's nothing *groundbreaking*, but there are some cool things in the pipe that I think will be appreciated. Some are already known like 64 bit.
Also congrats on getting hired.
And yeah you read my mind.. (that's something I've said since launch) but that probably will not happen due to a very long story.
So the change I am pushing for is more subtle one to improve accessibility, and that's wider Spike projectiles accompanied by proportionately adjusted damage.
If you don't think it's a good idea, it would be far more helpful if you could break down your reasoning why instead of whatever that was.
You were against the eHP lerk buff, but that seems to have worked out without any game breaking side effects or high controversy?
Mhuahaha.
Gratz on your new position man
When/what was this eHP buff by the way? I must have forgotten about it. I've survived as a lerk by a hair sometimes, but in general bad lerks flash and good lerks don't get that low anyway. I'm guessing he is more opposed to the buffing hp as a result of the hitbox change instead of just reverting the hitbox? It might even be a net loss for lerks as they will still take on more damage from the hitbox change.
Hmm.
sadface