Patch Notes Update Server side update; July 27th, 2015

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Brett C

Frontier
Hi all, we will be taking the servers offline at 1PM (UTC+1) for a brief update and server tweaks.


Below is a listing of the changes...


  • Powerplay powers should automatically fail any expansion attempts if that attempt would push that power into a Command Capital deficit.
  • Galnet's network of economists and experts have started publishing their predictions for how each of the Powers likely to perform this cycle!
  • Various reliability fixes.
  • Simplified Powerplay overheads calculation to be based upon number of control (& turmoil!) systems instead of number of exploited systems


This downtime should not last any longer than 15 minutes, and will affect the following platforms: PC, Mac, Xbox One.

Thanks!
 
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SnugglySocks

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Brett C said:
  • Powerplay powers should automatically fail any expansion attempts if that attempt would push that power into a Command Capital deficit.
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does this apply to expansions when a power is already in deficit? If so, would it then fail even if that expansion would bring the power back out?

Galnet's network of economists and experts have started publishing their predictions for how each of the Powers likely to perform this cycle!
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is this like what is currently being done on some subreddits with spreadsheets etc?
 
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King Sarathos

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Still no fix to the navy ranks that were lost when 1.3.1 released. I grinded my heart out to get to Baron, and was short by about 1 mil for the Clipper, so I went to sleep. That night, 1.3.1 released, and when I logged back on, I was a Squire. >_>

I'm going to quote the response to my support ticket, again:

09/06/2015 7:19 pm
Hi Commander,
Thanks for getting in touch with us.
We will be implementing a patch server side that should restore your rank to the rank you have earned over the recent period of time.
There has been an issue relating to reputation gains recently and the loss you suffered was part of a recovery process. Essentially all players have been experiencing accelerated rank progression over a recent period of time.
However it has been decided that it’s unfair to remove the progress you have made, so we will be resetting the ranks gained shortly. This patch will be on our side, so you should not notice any interruption to service, you’ll just notice your rank has been increased to its previous level.
We’re very sorry for any inconvenience and we hope this explains what’s been happening to your ranks recently.


It's been almost two months.
 

TriumphANT

TriumphANT
If the PowerPlay changes are due to affect the Xbox galaxy as indicated, does that also mean that PP on the Xbox will start to cycle soon? It's heartbreaking to see PP half-implemented when everything else is working so well!
 

CmdrPSB

CmdrPSB
King Sarathos said:
Still no fix to the navy ranks that were lost when 1.3.1 released. I grinded my heart out to get to Baron, and was short by about 1 mil for the Clipper, so I went to sleep. That night, 1.3.1 released, and when I logged back on, I was a Squire. >_>

I'm going to quote the response to my support ticket, again:

09/06/2015 7:19 pm
Hi Commander,
Thanks for getting in touch with us.
We will be implementing a patch server side that should restore your rank to the rank you have earned over the recent period of time.
There has been an issue relating to reputation gains recently and the loss you suffered was part of a recovery process. Essentially all players have been experiencing accelerated rank progression over a recent period of time.
However it has been decided that it’s unfair to remove the progress you have made, so we will be resetting the ranks gained shortly. This patch will be on our side, so you should not notice any interruption to service, you’ll just notice your rank has been increased to its previous level.
We’re very sorry for any inconvenience and we hope this explains what’s been happening to your ranks recently.


It's been almost two months.
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So raise a customer service ticket, this isn't the place.
 

Waldi

Waldi
Brett C said:
Hi all, we will be taking the servers offline at 1PM (UTC+1) for a brief update and server tweaks.

Powerplay powers should automatically fail any expansion attempts if that attempt would push that power into a Command Capital deficit.


Thanks!
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With 3/4 of the cycle done you are changing the the rules for the outcome of that cycle. i hope you are prepared for a huge backlash.
 

SirAdelaide

SirAdelaide
Waldi said:
With 3/4 of the cycle done you are changing the the rules for the outcome of that cycle. i hope you are prepared for a huge backlash.
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They gotta change things sometime. Monday is better than Thursday. Could it wait till Saturday? Maybe, but then there'd be another cycle with results they don't like.


Plus also, updates on a Monday is much better than Friday or Saturday when there is noone to respond to any unexpected problems.
 
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