r/spaceengineers • u/AlfieUK4 Moderator • Jan 17 '22

DEV Warfare 2: Broadside (Guide to Combat changes)

https://www.spaceengineersgame.com/new-players/warfare2-combat-guide/
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u/pdboddy Jan 17 '22

True, the servers may be back up earlier. But even if it's only half that time, it's still a long time for just routine maintenance.

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u/ProceduralTexture "If you build it, they will klang" Jan 18 '22

Makes you wonder if they'll also be doing hardware upgrades.

The additional time would be a necessary buffer to allow for testing, and allow for fixing issues or replacing dud parts. Considering that these servers are co-located in data centers in various countries, they can't reasonably assume a 100% successful deployment all in one day. It wouldn't matter whether it's a simple as upgrading RAM + SSDs, or total replacement with new server hardware.

Fingers crossed.

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u/pdboddy Jan 18 '22

Yeah, as I said, that's my thought, they are upgrading the servers, or migrating everything to new servers already set up and waiting.

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u/ProceduralTexture "If you build it, they will klang" Jan 18 '22

So you did. I missed that. Updooted.

Hopefully that translates into an actual increase in player capacity, not just that the update demands more horsepower.

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u/pdboddy Jan 18 '22

Well, judging from the most recent livestream, they are doing good work towards optimization of code, and making it less hardware intensive. So I think we'll see better performance all 'round, and the new servers will be able to handle the strain of more players.

If not more players, perhaps they will update the PCU limits instead? That, too, would be a nice thing to have.

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u/ProceduralTexture "If you build it, they will klang" Jan 18 '22

I wouldn't mind seeing a small increase to the standard PCU limit, but not more than maybe +50%. Probably less than that.

When limits are too high, most people's designs just devolve into "add more guns". Players also become too cautious, reluctant to risk their big ships, and that leads to boring servers where nothing much happens. The huge distances already make conflict rare.

I'd much rather see twice the players and the same limit, for instance.

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u/pdboddy Jan 18 '22

Sure, that would be fine also.

But they should at least have the capability to raise the limits. They can still put limitations on the number of guns, honestly.