I just yelled in the shower over the stupid fucking retarded and very public mistake I just realized I made. I'm going to have to set the FBSS back to 20% because I made a retarded math error. 16/(66+16) ~ 20%. I do this math god knows how many times and still fucked it up.
I had 3 Live clients running and logging spell resists, with another TAKP client parsing loot drops with the new code, while trying to watch for cheating in GM mode on a fifth client, and I was fixing the resist function so mobs 20 levels above players aren't easily hittable anymore. So yeah, my attention is split a lot. Go ahead and flame.
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Originally Posted by jetviper21
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When you have at least 3-4 more who are willing to help and have the skills todo so. Yet they are blocked by an invisible wall of unknown.
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Project 1999 gets this a lot too. It's not so simple.
For one, I've never seen these people you're referring to request to do DB work. How can I block them when I have no idea who they are?
Hanging around in IRC and getting to know us is probably the first step to gaining our trust. I was in there months before they gave me DB access. Also my rather long posts about game mechanics and NPC stats let them know I knew what I was doing.
Secondly, it's not merely a matter of inputting the 'correct' values in the database. Most of these numbers are simply not known and need to be estimated. That means conflicts with other devs on what things should be. If Rob sets numbers on a NPC, I coordinate with him before I fuck with them. We don't always agree on the numbers. So it's not just a matter of adding more people and getting more done. Now consider that the emu community is known for having some unstable people, so just adding people on a whim is problematic. Trust takes time.
It's also silly to assume that the 'outsiders' will suddenly show up and turn everything around if they were just let in. As soon as they mess with shit, you'll be bitching at them too.