Worse than a defect... (Destiny)

by JDQuackers , McMurray, PA, Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 09:53 (3618 days ago) @ Cody Miller

What's wrong with them hacking in a fix to hold us over while they work on fixing it for real?

Because anyone who writes code for a living can attest that temporary hacks almost always become the long term solution.

Once you put something in place that "works well enough", the priority to go back and fix the actual root cause plummets to the floor

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I can fix the heavy ammo bug - Cody Miller, 2015-01-26, 17:19
- I can fix the heavy ammo bug - Claude Errera, 2015-01-26, 17:54
  - I can fix the heavy ammo bug - Cody Miller, 2015-01-26, 17:59
    - I can fix the heavy ammo bug - Xenos, 2015-01-26, 18:24
  - My limited experience with coding: - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-01-26, 19:14
    - This is a frighteningly accurate metaphor. - CyberKN, 2015-01-26, 19:59
      - This is a frighteningly accurate metaphor. - someotherguy, 2015-01-27, 07:29
- I can fix the heavy ammo bug - uberfoop, 2015-01-26, 18:36
  - As a programmer, seems like a pain... - slycrel, 2015-01-26, 19:30
    - As a programmer, seems like a pain... - stabbim, 2015-01-26, 21:49
      - As a debugger, it seems simple - Kahzgul, 2015-01-27, 00:21
        
        Counting - Blackt1g3r, 2015-01-27, 10:25
        
        Counting - Kahzgul, 2015-01-27, 14:05
    - As a programmer, seems like a pain... - BeardFade, 2015-01-27, 22:15
      - As a programmer, seems like a pain... - Ragashingo, 2015-01-27, 22:22
      - As a programmer, seems like a pain... - stabbim, 2015-01-27, 22:49
        
        They must be dead in some way - Earendil, 2015-01-28, 09:13
- I can fix the heavy ammo bug - narcogen, 2015-01-27, 06:13
- FAIL - Durandal, 2015-01-27, 06:27
  - haha - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-27, 06:28
  - FAIL... to see a problem here. We should do this. :D - INSANEdrive, 2015-01-27, 07:48
  - FAIL - Cody Miller, 2015-01-27, 08:06
    - Um - RaichuKFM, 2015-01-27, 08:16
      - Um - Cody Miller, 2015-01-27, 08:23
        
        Um - RaichuKFM, 2015-01-27, 08:28
        
        Exploitable fix? - dogcow, 2015-01-27, 09:03
        
        Um - Cody Miller, 2015-01-27, 09:09
        
        So, what happens if - Earendil, 2015-01-27, 09:20
        
        Earendil be like: - iconicbanana, 2015-01-27, 09:24
        
        So, what happens if - Cody Miller, 2015-01-27, 17:13
        
        So, what happens if - RaichuKFM, 2015-01-27, 18:13
        
        So, what happens if - Earendil, 2015-01-28, 09:24
        
        So, what happens if - ZackDark, 2015-01-28, 09:55
        
        That, sir... - Earendil, 2015-01-28, 10:11
        
        So, what happens if - dogcow, 2015-01-28, 11:00
        
        So, what happens if - Cody Miller, 2015-01-28, 11:12
        
        So, what happens if - Earendil, 2015-01-28, 11:33
        
        You're assuming the bug is a single-frame thing - ZackDark, 2015-01-28, 11:42
        
        You're assuming the bug is a single-frame thing - Ragashingo, 2015-01-28, 12:42
        
        Depends how ammo is normally calculated - someotherguy, 2015-01-28, 13:47
- why not just increase the drop rate - Schedonnardus, 2015-01-27, 06:43
  - make heavy weap packs cheaper for people who wear the boots? - scarab, 2015-01-27, 07:38
- add ammo synth to blue engram tables - Schedonnardus, 2015-01-27, 08:46
- Seemingly Easy Workaround... - DiscipleN2k, 2015-01-27, 08:51
  - I don't like that - Earendil, 2015-01-27, 09:22
    - How about a toggle... - DiscipleN2k, 2015-01-27, 09:36
- Worse than a defect... - Earendil, 2015-01-27, 09:26
  - Worse than a defect... - Cody Miller, 2015-01-27, 09:32
    - Worse than a defect... - JDQuackers, 2015-01-27, 09:53
      - +1 Yep. - BeardFade, 2015-01-28, 08:44
    - Worse than a defect... - Earendil, 2015-01-27, 09:55
  - A wise post. - Kermit, 2015-01-28, 09:06
- Exotic Helmet idea - Schedonnardus, 2015-01-27, 09:49
  - That exotic would destroy crucible - Spec ops Grunt, 2015-01-27, 16:29
    - Non Guardian kills have a chance to… there fixed - Cody Miller, 2015-01-27, 17:12
  - Better Yet... - DiscipleN2k, 2015-01-27, 18:02
- Good attempt. - BeardFade, 2015-01-27, 22:29
  - Good attempt. - Claude Errera, 2015-01-28, 06:56
    - Good attempt. - BeardFade, 2015-01-28, 08:43

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