Don't play with workarounds, fix the kitten code!

None of these half measures will solve the lag problem if it builds up regardless if the equipment is there or destroyed.

The number one rule for fixing software is to first identify the root cause, then address that specific issue. It's like having a room with a rotten floor. Some of you propose to put up turnstiles that allow only two people in the room at a time so nobody crashes through the floor. Some want to make all but one suit too wide to fit through the door. Others just want to paint the floor. What we need is to pull up the rotten boards and replace them.

You don't need to dream up detour signs to keep people out of the room. It's ineffective, adds complexity, and reduces the fun. Added complexity opens the door to loopholes and unforeseen consequences.

I've been in the software business for nearly thirty years and I've seen the results of trying to hide bugs rather than fix them.

It's not just lag, mate. It's just a generally irritating battle strategy to litter the ground with half-assed spawn points for the sake of spawning anywhere.

Don't play with workarounds, fix the kitten code!

None of these half measures will solve the lag problem if it builds up regardless if the equipment is there or destroyed.

The number one rule for fixing software is to first identify the root cause, then address that specific issue. It's like having a room with a rotten floor. Some of you propose to put up turnstiles that allow only two people in the room at a time so nobody crashes through the floor. Some want to make all but one suit too wide to fit through the door. Others just want to paint the floor. What we need is to pull up the rotten boards and replace them.

You don't need to dream up detour signs to keep people out of the room. It's ineffective, adds complexity, and reduces the fun. Added complexity opens the door to loopholes and unforeseen consequences.

I've been in the software business for nearly thirty years and I've seen the results of trying to hide bugs rather than fix them.

Don't play with workarounds, fix the kitten code!

None of these half measures will solve the lag problem if it builds up regardless if the equipment is there or destroyed.

The number one rule for fixing software is to first identify the root cause, then address that specific issue. It's like having a room with a rotten floor. Some of you propose to put up turnstiles that allow only two people in the room at a time so nobody crashes through the floor. Some want to make all but one suit too wide to fit through the door. Others just want to paint the floor. What we need is to pull up the rotten boards and replace them.

You don't need to dream up detour signs to keep people out of the room. It's ineffective, adds complexity, and reduces the fun. Added complexity opens the door to loopholes and unforeseen consequences.

I've been in the software business for nearly thirty years and I've seen the results of trying to hide bugs rather than fix them.

It's not just lag, mate. It's just a generally irritating battle strategy to litter the ground with half-assed spawn points for the sake of spawning anywhere.

2.) Bandwidth. Same as above, there are similar measures in place for certain objects in Eve Online - most notably drones. I sort of understand what was proposed but I don't feel safe commenting on it until I genuinely know.

That's an entirely separate issue that comes down to gameplay and esthetics.

The lag is the game-crippling issue that needs to be solved before DUST can go anywhere at all.

I've got nothing against your or anybody else's suggestions. Sometime the car needs a new paint job or to have brake pads changed. But those worthwhile things are not gonna cut it when a main bearing needs replacing.

I understand there's a significant level of crystal balling here as we [the community] don't know any details pertaining to what changes will take place, but after some time to consider my words, I feel it needs to be said.

Please proceed with caution on this, I beg you. Equipment Spam covers a wide variety of symptoms ranging from general in-battle strategy to frame-rate drops, among other things. It is important to not simply view this as the result of laxxed fittings on equipment items and while I'd rather not commit the logical fallacy of a 'slippery slope' argument, logic would dictate that regardless of the fitting costs, if a player wants to spam the item they're going to do it no matter what.

At the moment a large part of the issue, I (and others) feel, is that the problem revolves around the ability to set a pre-determined suit for the purpose and simply switch it out at a supply depot after dropping off multiple types of the same piece of equipment. Increasing the fitting costs won't hamper this much, I feel, due to the fact that the suit's sole purpose is to put down the equipment - no other. There would be no reason to fit other modules or high-grade weaponry if it meant being able to perform the same task as before.

While my fears may be premature, my concern is solely revolving around the ideal that increasing resource costs may very well downgrade the intended usability by other roles and restrict it to a more narrow field that still is capable of being used in the same problem areas.

That's all I have to say, thank you.

what if you didnt need to deploy equipment to use it? say if you fit nanohives on your suit, if you wanted to give ammo to someone you would just run up to them and stand near them. if you fitted a dropuplink your squadmates would simply spawn near you.

and if you wanted to use explosives...
jk, you still need to deploy those lol

not having to deploy nanohives means if your squad sticks together then they wont run out of ammo as long as someone has one.

a scout can carry uplinks and suddenly he becomes a powerful asset. staying off scan and alowing his squad to deploy near objectives or take advantage of weak defenses.

and the best part is that theres no equipment spam! which means no/less frame rate drops.