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I'm getting tired of setting every up after each mirror. Since the mirrors don't transfer POS info's over from TQ...can it please not delete POS's setup on SISI...(along w/ station offices ect.)

So, why can't it then transfer POS related stuff over from TQ?

It already transfers ships/fits and other related nonsense, why can't it transfer POS stuff, i just like to test manufacturing things, and all these new Mirrors is not making it easy...

Why did CCP create this latest Mirror when clearly they were not scheduled to do it for atleast another month or two?

It is a TEST SERVER.

It's frankly amazing we are even let on at all.

To avoid spying. It would be much too easy to spy on your enemies defenses and production.

That is the exact, explicit reason given by CCP - to prevent enemies from gaining knowledge unfairly.

So...it frees up all the moons for players to test on? I wouldn't be surprised if close to every moon in null and lowsec was claimed, even the worthless ones, so unless you feel like clearing everything yourself, its much easier just to do a database wipe.

Also, the reason the database wipe is done from mirror to mirror is precisely so that the developers don't have to keep track of the insignificant operations you might have been involved in. Oh yes, lets make gobs more work for the GM's and BH's by forcing them to micromanage every little operation that they possibly can, that sounds like a brilliant waste of their time. By the way, did I mention that your operations are insignificant compared to testing the impact of entire new lines of coding?

Singularity exists as a server for the developers to test expansions on. The reason mirrors happen, and the only reason is that CCP have something that they require a mirror to test. It isn't for the playerbase who just finished a rank 5 skill that they don't feel like training again, its for the devs.

Singularity exists for the developers.

Singularity exists for the developers.

Do you get it now? Singularity is not only here for us as a toy, CCP is in no way obligated to maintain the free test server for player entertainment, its for them to work on making the next expansion deploy relatively smoothly.

Expansion work >>>>>>>>>> Your time and effort setting up towers.

Now quit bitching about it. Feel privileged that you're even allowed onto singularity in the first place.

Actually i've discussed this with CCP, Singularity runs on identicle servers to Tranquility, it is no different hardwarewise to TQ, it can handle whatever TQ can handle. The reason i've always been given was to avoid people spying on POS locations ect without risk of being as CCP would put it "shot in the face"

All the moon minerals are also randomized on SiSi for the very same reason, can't have you sniff out all the Tech moons in peace.

The reason it doesn't transfer stuff like POS / Stations is because well, a few of us *ahem* used to perhaps use it for metagame means, which is much easier given obviously we're not playing on both servers at the same time.

SiSi is there purely for testing out new features, stress / statistic testing or practising fleets (which will happen far more often with the Alliance Tournament a few months away)

Unless they have changed it, not tested out industrial aspects for a very long time... anything you setup will stay around for a week or a month before SiSi gets wiped. Should be more than enough time to test out anything you want to, especially with everything seeded at 100isk.