[Feedback] Load Test on Friday May 24th

[BB_Dantesama]

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Please comment below.

[toastkid]

Hey BB_Dantesama, please could you confirm the times, as BST is GMT+1

[Nogbad]

Oh dear Lord, no!
If you'd seen the state of the test server recently, the last thing you'd want to do is import these new bugs into the Live servers.
Dr No-Bug is still oblivious to all the reports of bugs and things failing, for pity's sake spend some time fixing the current bugs before you even consider adding anything else.

[Gerontius]

Nogbad, a lot of the problem did seemt to be resolved in a recent update. I gave up on it for a few days, then went back and it seems more stable.

I still don't think it's finished, mind you, and some of the things which are claimed to be features and not bugs are very strange indeed and I can't begin to think WHY they would want it to work the way it does, but I don't think it's as broken as it was when it first started.

Also, the most important feedback I can give is: IT MUST BE BETTER DOCUMENTED! Things work in really strange ways and people need to be told that.

[Peajay]

I've already given feedback on why the science system won't be good for the game. Can't see how getting the servers to struggle with as many people as possible will help anything, as many of the bugs are already only occurring due to lag.

[Baggis]

Rewards for stress test participation? First terrible rewards for crisis quest, now no rewards for stress testing? Is BB's virtual reward making machine broken or are times tough??

[BobLurker]

Rewards for stress test participation? First terrible rewards for crisis quest, now no rewards for stress testing? Is BB's virtual reward making machine broken or are times tough??

They will probably reward everyone as they did last time. If they just reward those who succeed in logging on, they get complaints from those who tried but couldn't get in. If they really want to just reward test players, then the testing system needs to be more formalised then these simple volume tests.

[BB_Dantesama]

Hey BB_Dantesama, please could you confirm the times, as BST is GMT+1

My apologies; been fixed GMT + 1 indeed. (British summer time)

[Nogbad]

Nogbad, a lot of the problem did seemt to be resolved in a recent update. I gave up on it for a few days, then went back and it seems more stable.

I still don't think it's finished, mind you, and some of the things which are claimed to be features and not bugs are very strange indeed and I can't begin to think WHY they would want it to work the way it does, but I don't think it's as broken as it was when it first started.

Also, the most important feedback I can give is: IT MUST BE BETTER DOCUMENTED! Things work in really strange ways and people need to be told that.

Unfortunately, the much older bugs we reported last year are still there and appear to be breeding with some of the new ones to produce some spectacular (NOT) results!
The Test server pretty much became pointless when bug reports started being ignored, and even worse these then went Live despite the warnings.

[toastkid]

Am I correct in assuming that no rewards are being given for the last load tests btw? If so, I'm afraid I will not partake in future load tests on principal. A 3x buff or packed wheatfield etc. each surely isn't too much to ask in return for a team of 4000 free testers?