Patch 14.0 - off to a good start

[UnderTheRadarAgain]

What they say vs what they do. A good start to the year already. Reported in their discord bugs section.

 

As always, either through incompetence or deception, the event pass in the game does not match the event pass as described by their own news article.

[OldSchoolGaming_Youtube]

Not surprised ......... probably just a "miss-communication" ........ like always.

[Wulf_Ace]

logged in this morning, nothing new and interesting, logged out

I think I am losing interest

[UnderTheRadarAgain]

Killerbin responded on Discord. The article is correct, and in game is wrong, a fix is incoming.

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Hello thank you for this report, the information in the article is correct, in game is incorrect it will be updated to correct this error.

 

[Arcus_Aesopi]

14 minutes ago, UnderTheRadarAgain said:

Killerbin responded on Discord. The article is correct, and in game is wrong, a fix is incoming.

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Hello thank you for this report, the information in the article is correct, in game is incorrect it will be updated to correct this error.

 

Thanks for the update!  Mistakes do happen but I'm glad this can be rectified hopefully before the 1st week is gone!

Wow... just checked and they reset the requirements... gave us a little bonus on the daily and gave me another shot at the already completed stuff... meaning I can get about 20 extra bonus points from where I was without losing current progress.

Makin' up for  it, it seems.

Edited January 9 by Arcus_Aesopi
update today's data

[Admiral_Karasu]

3 minutes ago, Arcus_Aesopi said:

Thanks for the update!  Mistakes do happen but I'm glad this can be rectified hopefully before the 1st week is gone!

Yes, the fix would have been easier if it had been the article that was wrong. Though, I can't believe this requires a major fix so ... looks to be fixed on EU and ASIA.

[Ensign Cthulhu]

7 hours ago, UnderTheRadarAgain said:

As always, either through incompetence or deception,

 

4 hours ago, OldSchoolGaming_Youtube said:

probably just a "miss-communication" ........ like always.

They acted on the problem and fixed it fast. Both of you need to be beaten with a wet noodle while being forced to play Krasny Krym against unicums in Annapolises.

[Asym]

6 minutes ago, Ensign Cthulhu said:

 

They acted on the problem and fixed it fast. Both of you need to be beaten with a wet noodle while being forced to play Krasny Krym against unicums in Annapolises.

Talking about Donuts and Midshipmen this early in the Morning is.........[pick a word...]

[Wulf_Ace]

47 minutes ago, UnderTheRadarAgain said:

Killerbin responded on Discord. The article is correct, and in game is wrong, a fix is incoming.

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Hello thank you for this report, the information in the article is correct, in game is incorrect it will be updated to correct this error.

 

it should be 25 points x2?  right?

[Frostbow]

20 minutes ago, Ensign Cthulhu said:

They acted on the problem and fixed it fast. Both of you need to be beaten with a wet noodle while being forced to play Krasny Krym against unicums in Annapolises.

What you are saying is losing sight of the fact that Wargaming is a billion dollar company yet continues to commit basic typo errors even to this day. And there have been a lot of similar errors they've done in the past. 

[Wolfswetpaws]

32 minutes ago, Ensign Cthulhu said:

8 hours ago, UnderTheRadarAgain said:

As always, either through incompetence or deception,

 

4 hours ago, OldSchoolGaming_Youtube said:

probably just a "miss-communication" ........ like always.

They acted on the problem and fixed it fast. Both of you need to be beaten with a wet noodle while being forced to play Krasny Krym against unicums in Annapolises.

Entertaining as that thought may be, I think it is unnecessarily going too far.  🙂 
With escalations like that, the next thing you know, @Sumseaman will be volunteering to paddle your tentacles?  😉 

[Ensign Cthulhu]

3 minutes ago, Wolfswetpaws said:

With escalations like that, the next thing you know, @Sumseaman will be volunteering to paddle your tentacles? 

Ew. Don't go giving him any ideas.

[Wolfswetpaws]

13 minutes ago, Frostbow said:

What you are saying is losing sight of the fact that Wargaming is a billion dollar company yet continues to commit basic typo errors even to this day. And there have been a lot of similar errors they've done in the past. 

Perhaps.
But typos happen in real life, and news anchors still occasionally make "bloopers".  🙂 

The more important phenomena, I feel, is that WG/WOWs is admitting the "oops" and taking steps to fix it and publishing news to that effect.


 

[Frostbow]

6 minutes ago, Wolfswetpaws said:

Perhaps.
But typos happen in real life, and news anchors still occasionally make "bloopers".

Not perhaps, but with absolute certainty, that Wargaming IS a colossal business. With the sheer number of manpower they have, it is always a source of amazement how these errors still slip through. (Or it is possible that these 'errors' were intentional to bring more attention to the game.)

[Wolfswetpaws]

51 minutes ago, Frostbow said:

Not perhaps, but with absolute certainty, that Wargaming IS a colossal business. With the sheer number of manpower they have, it is always a source of amazement how these errors still slip through. (Or it is possible that these 'errors' were intentional to bring more attention to the game.)

I imagine there is a reason the phrase "lost in translation" was invented.  🙂 

I'd prefer to praise and reward the behavior that I want to see happen. 
In this case, that's the soon-to-be-implemented fix in-game.

Once upon a time, I was on deployment in Norway for Cold-Weather training exercises.
After the military exercises were over, my unit had some time to relax and I went into the nearest town to buy some beverages to share with my fellow Marines.
I'm fluent in English.  My limited and hastily learned Norweigian was not sufficient for me to read the labels on the bottles in the store.
While walking back to my Unit's campsite, a couple of friendly local women stopped their car and gave me a ride the rest of the distance.
We had a pleasant conversation.
But, during the conversation we discussed the beverage bottles that I'd bought.  
I'd accidentally chosen non-alcoholic beverages. 
"Stupid American" (referring to myself) was what I'd said in reaction to their news of my purchases.
They chuckled but were otherwise emotionally supportive.
I was young, naieve and already had a girlfriend. 
Otherwise, I might have been able to somehow gain more than a ride in a car from our friendly conversation.
But, when we reached the campsite, I thanked them and dutifully returned to my unit and shared what I'd brought.
Missed opportunity?  Or, grateful for the good time that I did enjoy while being a curiosity for two girls and their kind hospitality?
I choose to be grateful.  🙂 

 

Edited January 9 by Wolfswetpaws

[Nevermore135]

There must be 11th-hour decisions being made regarding these types of things at WG on a fairly consistent basis. You’d expect these types of errors to not slip through as frequently as they do if the documents went through a proper QA process (especially the patch notes) before release.

Edited January 9 by Nevermore135

[Ensign Cthulhu]

The number of cycles for the weekly bonuses for this patch had to be reset manually this patch, from two to five.

If you are using the number pad, these values are directly adjacent. I can easily imagine the 2 being punched in accidentally before the values were sent live.

The first step in analyzing a f***-up is to think about how it could have happened.

The thing you absolutely DO NOT do in a proper failure analysis is to point and mock.

[Admiral_Karasu]

38 minutes ago, Ensign Cthulhu said:

The number of cycles for the weekly bonuses for this patch had to be reset manually this patch, from two to five.

If you are using the number pad, these values are directly adjacent. I can easily imagine the 2 being punched in accidentally before the values were sent live.

The first step in analyzing a f***-up is to think about how it could have happened.

The thing you absolutely DO NOT do in a proper failure analysis is to point and mock.

If they'd mistakenly hit '8' instead of '2', nobody would have said anything, though.

[Ensign Cthulhu]

1 minute ago, Admiral_Karasu said:

If they'd mistakenly hit '8' instead of '2', nobody would have said anything, though.

SOMEONE would have said "Did you mean to do this?" 

Or a CC or Community Manager would have caught it eventually. 

[Admiral_Karasu]

2 minutes ago, Ensign Cthulhu said:

SOMEONE would have said "Did you mean to do this?" 

Or a CC or Community Manager would have caught it eventually. 

Well.. yeah.. we all know at least one of those... Inevitably, of course, WG quality control team would have picked up on the mistake. Maybe just not in the first week, though.....

[Aethervox]

3 hours ago, Ensign Cthulhu said:

They acted on the problem and fixed it fast.

.....which would never have had to happen if the incompetents at WG had 'double checked, fact checked, proof read' (take your pick) in the first place 😁

[thornzero]

No one is above making errors. Why do we expect perfection in so many things when there is wiggle room for errors?

I mean it is kind of nit-picky. It's kind of like the fellow complaining about a player not fighting to their so called standard, whining in chat as the team is actually winning.

Some men just want to see the world burn.

[Ensign Cthulhu]

3 minutes ago, Aethervox said:

.....which would never have had to happen if the incompetents at WG had 'double checked, fact checked, proof read' (take your pick) in the first place 😁

Actually making a mistake is human.

They would be incompetent if they refused to fix it once it was pointed out to them, or were incapable of doing so.

Perhaps you should find a better use for the knife you're constantly trying to stick into WG's back.

[Darlith]

19 minutes ago, Aethervox said:

.....which would never have had to happen if the incompetents at WG had 'double checked, fact checked, proof read' (take your pick) in the first place 😁

I can tell you that doesn't catch all typos and other errors. It is surprisingly easy for someone to overlook errors even when proofreading and editing someone else's work. Companies far larger than WG do it all the time. Companies that deal exclusively with the written word like publishers still print books with obviously glaring typos in them, despite them going through editors and proofreaders before going off to print. I have numerous books from first printings that have errors that didn't show up in subsequent printings.

[Wolfswetpaws]

11 minutes ago, Darlith said:

I can tell you that doesn't catch all typos and other errors. It is surprisingly easy for someone to overlook errors even when proofreading and editing someone else's work. Companies far larger than WG do it all the time. Companies that deal exclusively with the written word like publishers still print books with obviously glaring typos in them, despite them going through editors and proofreaders before going off to print. I have numerous books from first printings that have errors that didn't show up in subsequent printings.

Aye.  Indeed.