Sorry guys, but I wouldn't be doing my job as a tester if I didn't point out that this update appears to have made things a great deal worse.
Can't speak for the change in ISK reward, as I've only been able to bear to complete 2 matches since the the update went out.

What I have noticed is that lag/ framerate issues, already borderline unplayable, have become noticeably worse.
Also, the hatred for mouse and keyboard seems extraordinarily strong in this one - again, that control method was borderline unusable before due to "crosshair hop" where the aim point would jump over, but never settle upon, your target (even stationary and unaware targets could not be aimed upon!). Now it's not just from one side of the target character to the other - the aim point now goes a-travelling and skips across a significant part of the screen as well.

We all (well, most of us) want this game to be a success *so much*, each time it gets worse feels like a kick in the teeth.
I'm assuming you're coding beyond the PS3 limits and so over-using HDD cacheing? Maybe it's time to call up the Bethesda guys and see how they sorted Skyrim out?

As far as I understand it, they didn't sort skyrim out.

Regarding FPS drops/crashes. Initially I solved it by deleting the saved game file for DUST, and then performing the system restore, option #3 from the Safe Mode Menu.

It helped for a while.

In the end I decided to completely remove DUST, and its save file from both my PS3 and from my Save store on PSN+, did the options #3 and #4 from the safe mode menu, though they probably weren't needed, and downloaded and installed DUST from scratch. The installed file went from 6.7GB to about 2.6GB, I haven't had any FPS problems outside the occasional hiccup on the 5 point maps.

Yeah, did all those. The complete wipe and re-install was yesterday, and I thought I'd turned a corner as I saw some improvement.
Then the hotfix came today, and things became worse than ever. So then I did the safe-mode-shuffle, but alas it didn't help.

Sorry guys, but I wouldn't be doing my job as a tester if I didn't point out that this update appears to have made things a great deal worse.
Can't speak for the change in ISK reward, as I've only been able to bear to complete 2 matches since the the update went out.

What I have noticed is that lag/ framerate issues, already borderline unplayable, have become noticeably worse.
Also, the hatred for mouse and keyboard seems extraordinarily strong in this one - again, that control method was borderline unusable before due to "crosshair hop" where the aim point would jump over, but never settle upon, your target (even stationary and unaware targets could not be aimed upon!). Now it's not just from one side of the target character to the other - the aim point now goes a-travelling and skips across a significant part of the screen as well.

We all (well, most of us) want this game to be a success *so much*, each time it gets worse feels like a kick in the teeth.
I'm assuming you're coding beyond the PS3 limits and so over-using HDD cacheing? Maybe it's time to call up the Bethesda guys and see how they sorted Skyrim out?

Sorry guys, but I wouldn't be doing my job as a tester if I didn't point out that this update appears to have made things a great deal worse.
Can't speak for the change in ISK reward, as I've only been able to bear to complete 2 matches since the the update went out.

What I have noticed is that lag/ framerate issues, already borderline unplayable, have become noticeably worse.
Also, the hatred for mouse and keyboard seems extraordinarily strong in this one - again, that control method was borderline unusable before due to "crosshair hop" where the aim point would jump over, but never settle upon, your target (even stationary and unaware targets could not be aimed upon!). Now it's not just from one side of the target character to the other - the aim point now goes a-travelling and skips across a significant part of the screen as well.

We all (well, most of us) want this game to be a success *so much*, each time it gets worse feels like a kick in the teeth.
I'm assuming you're coding beyond the PS3 limits and so over-using HDD cacheing? Maybe it's time to call up the Bethesda guys and see how they sorted Skyrim out?

Out of curiosity, is your PS3 connected through ethernet cable or wireless?

The framerate issues have already been clarified as a memory leak in the blowing dust texture, and CCP has already said in IRC that they're currently working on it.

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Out of curiosity, is your PS3 connected through ethernet cable or wireless?

In the last build I had a fair few lag problems, getting dropped out of games and such. I played over wireless, then when updating to the current build moved to LAN cable on patch day due to the slow download speed.

This build I really have noticed very few issues with lag. I can even play the 5 point skirmish map fine EXCEPT when when there is a dust storm, this lags me out but I believe is a known issue.

I haven't tried playing over wireless with this build yet, but I may give it a shot to see if I notice any difference. The reason I ask this is that it was mentioned in a different thread that someone saw performance problems ease when switching to using a LAN cable.

The framerate issues have already been clarified as a memory leak in the blowing dust texture, and CCP has already said in IRC that they're currently working on it.

Then why are just moods still in the rotation when it obviously degrade the experience so much. It seems like a vacuum when it comes to decision making. They were so quick to take away the isk people got from eve transfers, but fixing real problems seems less of a priority.

I know for a fact it's bad when you recommend Bethesda, I have yet to purchase Skyrim ( waiting for GOTY edition that comes with all the bug fixes and patches included [possibly]). I never did finish New Vegas, even though i logged in over a hundred hours, I had to restart multiple times, download multiple patches, used developer and player workarounds and tried to follow any and all mission walkthroughs that included bugs and glitches. That being said, I know nobody wants to hear this but this game is still in beta (blah, blah blah), it didn't cost me sixty bucks and CCP seems to be listening to at least some of our feedback and suggestions.

I feel like shouting this since so many me me me posters are whinging, but I'll take a deep breath instead. Nope, didn't work.

THIS IS A BETA AND WE ARE TESTERS

Yes, we have tested enough on those maps to establish the cause for the problems. No need to twist the knife more now considering we hit those maps so often, and it basically stops us from testing other stuff. It makes perfect sense for them to remove them in the rotation and hence remove the negative focus they are causing, and possibly also reduce the problems people have with freezes and such. It's easier to pin point those issues if a major cause for problems is taken out of the equation.