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Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 694	Posted - 2013.06.04 18:00:00 - [1] - Quote We're a few weeks into Uprising now, and stagnation has set in due to the imbalance. In addition to this, we have a stupid number of bugs and glaring issues. All of these problems, ALL of them, could have been spotted a mile away if we had a test server. It took all of 10 minutes for good players to realise that the TAR was by far the best weapon, and that the Caldari Logistics was the best dropsuit. That could have been fixed before Uprising proper had even hit the main game! We wouldn't have half a dozen useless weapons or horribly OP weapons and suits had we been able to test Uprising before launch. Perhaps the premature release on 5/14 wouldn't have been such a fiasco, and reviving people would actually work properly. This does, of course, rely on CCP listening to the community, but implementing a test server would be a promising step in showing that they do.
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 695	Posted - 2013.06.04 18:13:00 - [2] - Quote Telcontar Dunedain wrote: Lack of a test server is what earned Dust514 a 54 on metacritic. Exactly this.
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 699	Posted - 2013.06.04 19:20:00 - [3] - Quote Novawolf McDustingham The514th wrote: We had a year of test server. Didn't help. If we'd been able to test Uprising more before release, we wouldn't have so many problems.
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 708	Posted - 2013.06.04 21:23:00 - [4] - Quote Marc Rime wrote: That only works if they have a build ready before well before it's to be deployed. I have a feeling CCP Shanghai are constantly behind schedule and have allocated most (all?) of their resources into catching up (or trying to) rather than planning ahead. They'd also need to be able to distribute testing builds to us. I doubt it's possible to skip the lengthy Q&A process Sony apparently insists on before anything is allowed on PSN. I could be wrong on both counts however. Actually, I hope I am since a test server would be kinda nice. MAG managed to do a test server, so I don't think Sony are completely opposed to it. CCP's scheduling, though - this would help with that, if anything. It would get feedback on a specific problem much better than the rage threads we have now. Limiting the new, unstable stuff to a test server reduces the forum rage when it doesn't work properly, and if small bits are released then feedback can be focused onto one issue. Worried about the magsec SMG balance? Put that on the test server and see how players respond before throwing it into the main game.
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 710	Posted - 2013.06.04 21:32:00 - [5] - Quote Vethosis wrote: Signed, and allow unlimited sp and isk. But a problem could be people would only play on the test server. There are a number of ways around this, as demonstrated by EvE's test server. It wouldn't need to be up all the time, either - put a new thing on for a weekend, and check the feedback on it.
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 713	Posted - 2013.06.04 22:07:00 - [6] - Quote I should probably add my own name to this.
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 756	Posted - 2013.06.05 20:39:00 - [7] - Quote More support would be appreciated if you agree. I feel quite strongly about this - do you?
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 765	Posted - 2013.06.05 21:43:00 - [8] - Quote The Robot Devil wrote: StubbyDucky wrote: Yeah and enough life boats would have helped the people on the Titanic as well. Of coarse no one thought that the Titanic would have ever sunk to begin with. Maybe CCP thought that they had built an unsinkable AAA FPS . You done yet? He never is.
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 768	Posted - 2013.06.05 22:26:00 - [9] - Quote stormyuk wrote: Arkena Wyrnspire wrote: The Robot Devil wrote: StubbyDucky wrote: Yeah and enough life boats would have helped the people on the Titanic as well. Of coarse no one thought that the Titanic would have ever sunk to begin with. Maybe CCP thought that they had built an unsinkable AAA FPS . You done yet? He never is. Pity. Quite.
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 809	Posted - 2013.06.06 09:27:00 - [10] - Quote Noc Tempre wrote: Who's going to pay for it? The company who made the game that some of us are spending obscene amounts of cash on. :P

Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 812	Posted - 2013.06.06 11:08:00 - [11] - Quote Laurent Cazaderon wrote: /signed with my eyes closed. How it should work would need some thinking as you wouldnt want half the player base playing test server everyday. But, allowing sessions 2/3 times a week when devs can offer adjustments so players can test a few hours and give feedback would be a major help to balance the game. Yeah. I agree, it shouldn't be something that you start logging in to play more than the normal servers. We have testing periods on Singularity I believe, something similar would be good for dust. And thanks for CPM support - I've bolded your name in the list.
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 849	Posted - 2013.06.07 21:30:00 - [12] - Quote Draco Cerberus wrote: +1 This is test track mode CCP. We want a way to test the up and coming features that you are testing. We want to see the guns and gear as they are being tested. Give us the chance to see the new features coming up so we can make choices that affect our characters on the TQ server without needing a respec every time you release a new feature to work the kinks out. We volunteered our time to Beta test for you and realize that you want and need feedback on how the new stuff should affect our Universe. Give us an option in the loading screen to hit the Test battlefield. We will help you move your game forward. Yes. The testing process would be a lot better than the 'beta' stuff we had if we were testing specific things and if the feedback was taken on board.
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 1152	Posted - 2013.06.18 21:46:00 - [13] - Quote IrishWebster wrote: Um... bump? After a long time. Why, thank you.
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 1210	Posted - 2013.06.20 11:15:00 - [14] - Quote Success! CCP Cmdr Wang wrote: [REQUEST] Test server https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=84702&find=unread Update: We understand the need for this and are looking at ways to implement this for the console platform.
Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon Plus 1436	Posted - 2013.06.30 22:56:00 - [15] - Quote Namelist updated, though this is obsolete I suppose. Just a reminder so hopefully this actually gets done.

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