DUST Search - After more than two weeks discussing on the forums

Freccia di Lybra wrote:

Iron Wolf Saber wrote:

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Cept the bills

This requires having to do a submission to Sony qa every test build this also means that CCP must pay Sony for store shelf of two games now Dust 514 and Dust 514 Test. and possibly more if more than one thing needs testing; currently eve online juggles singularity; multiplicity; and duality as test servers each running on different hamster wheels. So that's 4 clients I don't think the community can be bothered to work with. True we can stick to one to being logical but testing still takes it own qa and may just lag up the development to content delivery times even further.

In theory yes you can have a test server on a console environment. Is it practical? According to warframe so far; no and they use the pc as the test client and still mess things up on the ps4 side which can take a week to clear up.

Overall though CCP should monitor Warframe's patching strategy as warframe builds closer to lockstepping both of their clients. It suchs thier ps4 version is a month behind on many things and warframe is now providing Sony with the new level of mmo headaches and growing pains as dust 514 is no longer leading the charge on that.

I'll have to admit it, this complicates a bit everything.
Still, I'm pretty confident that Legion on PS4 would cover the cost of the test server still making a good revenue. Moreover, such a big project, would surely enjoy some "special" benefits (regarding the test server, for example). After all, if Legion goes well, even Sony goes well.


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ZDub 303 TeamPlayers Dirt Nap Squad. 2930	Posted - 2014.05.16 18:08:00 - [1] - Quote Why PC? Test server
ZDub 303 TeamPlayers Dirt Nap Squad. 2932	Posted - 2014.05.16 18:41:00 - [2] - Quote Freccia di Lybra wrote: ZDub 303 wrote: Why PC? Test server Well, that's actually a point, the first point I see, but is it really worth it (always considering the OP)? Can you imagine how many problems could have been avoided if we could have tested new patches in a live environment prior to release? I would say, yes... its worth it. I would suspect that CCP feels that way as well.
ZDub 303 TeamPlayers Dirt Nap Squad. 2935	Posted - 2014.05.16 20:50:00 - [3] - Quote Freccia di Lybra wrote: Iron Wolf Saber wrote: [ Cept the bills This requires having to do a submission to Sony qa every test build this also means that CCP must pay Sony for store shelf of two games now Dust 514 and Dust 514 Test. and possibly more if more than one thing needs testing; currently eve online juggles singularity; multiplicity; and duality as test servers each running on different hamster wheels. So that's 4 clients I don't think the community can be bothered to work with. True we can stick to one to being logical but testing still takes it own qa and may just lag up the development to content delivery times even further. In theory yes you can have a test server on a console environment. Is it practical? According to warframe so far; no and they use the pc as the test client and still mess things up on the ps4 side which can take a week to clear up. Overall though CCP should monitor Warframe's patching strategy as warframe builds closer to lockstepping both of their clients. It suchs thier ps4 version is a month behind on many things and warframe is now providing Sony with the new level of mmo headaches and growing pains as dust 514 is no longer leading the charge on that. I'll have to admit it, this complicates a bit everything. Still, I'm pretty confident that Legion on PS4 would cover the cost of the test server still making a good revenue. Moreover, such a big project, would surely enjoy some "special" benefits (regarding the test server, for example). After all, if Legion goes well, even Sony goes well. We can speculate that all day. The reality is, CCP looks at its assets and its dev team and decided that the PC was a better choice for them at this time. That's pretty much the end of it. We don't know everything about the development of Dust 514 or Legion, and any speculation you really want to make remains grossly uninformed at best.
ZDub 303 TeamPlayers Dirt Nap Squad. 2938	Posted - 2014.05.16 22:50:00 - [4] - Quote I'm willing to bet sony would refuse a test server... Even if it was viable.
ZDub 303 TeamPlayers Dirt Nap Squad. 2939	Posted - 2014.05.17 02:20:00 - [5] - Quote Freccia di Lybra wrote: ZDub 303 wrote: I'm willing to bet sony would refuse a test server... Even if it was viable. If I'm not mistaken, Warframe already has a test server on PS4,and so does BF4 on PS4. Oh check that out. The only thing I can think of then is that they want their game on the PC first. They are PC game developers after all... so its not a big stretch to conclude that.