Comments on: I Don’t Use the Test Server http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/11/18/i-dont-use-the-test-server/ a group of adventurers on an epic quest Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:12:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Elder Game: MMO game development » Getting the Most Out of a Test Server http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/11/18/i-dont-use-the-test-server/#comment-25137 Elder Game: MMO game development » Getting the Most Out of a Test Server Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:51:41 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/11/18/i-dont-use-the-test-server/#comment-25137 [...] from Kill Ten Rats recently posted about why he doesn’t use the test server. His points, valid or not, are pretty common-place: I’ve heard similar complaints from other [...] [...] from Kill Ten Rats recently posted about why he doesn’t use the test server. His points, valid or not, are pretty common-place: I’ve heard similar complaints from other [...]

]]> By: Breakfast Topic: Why don’t you use the pop quiz server? | Warcraft-News.com http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/11/18/i-dont-use-the-test-server/#comment-25000 Breakfast Topic: Why don’t you use the pop quiz server? | Warcraft-News.com Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:13:58 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/11/18/i-dont-use-the-test-server/#comment-25000 [...] at Kill Ten Rats has posted his top 6 reasons he doesn’t use the PTR. Reason number 2 I agreed with: I don’t want to get bored of the new subject matter when [...] [...] at Kill Ten Rats has posted his top 6 reasons he doesn’t use the PTR. Reason number 2 I agreed with: I don’t want to get bored of the new subject matter when [...]

]]> By: Annalyze http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/11/18/i-dont-use-the-test-server/#comment-24969 Annalyze Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:49:03 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/11/18/i-dont-use-the-test-server/#comment-24969 I play on the Test once in awhile just to get a head start on where the new things are and what I need to be collecting before a new patch goes live. I play on the Test once in awhile just to get a head start on where the new things are and what I need to be collecting before a new patch goes live.

]]> By: gattsuru http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/11/18/i-dont-use-the-test-server/#comment-24948 gattsuru Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:16:38 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/11/18/i-dont-use-the-test-server/#comment-24948 :shrug: To each their own. Most issues that make it to Test are minor enough that the benefits of the patch aren't worth holding back because of a couple minor issues -- the same QA cycle that makes really game-breaking bugs unlikely to hit Test tend to make it hard to send fast fixes in place. On the other hand, there are some rather game-breaking things that only players might encounter. Myself, Lady_Sadako, and at least one other player got the Bug Hunter badge for finding a way to dupe items using CoH's consignment house system, and that couldn't have been found in-house with the techniques the Cryptic team was using, nor allowed to reach live. I've been a fan of test, simply because it encourages testers to prod at the most recent stuff. I've seen a lot of minor problems that probably wouldn't have even earned my attention, nevermind a /bug, but were signs of a larger underlying problem. It can be irritating for people who expect instant fixes or for whatever they say to be taken as gospel (and especially irritating to people that use Test like it were a live server), but I think the costs are worth it. :shrug:

To each their own. Most issues that make it to Test are minor enough that the benefits of the patch aren’t worth holding back because of a couple minor issues — the same QA cycle that makes really game-breaking bugs unlikely to hit Test tend to make it hard to send fast fixes in place. On the other hand, there are some rather game-breaking things that only players might encounter. Myself, Lady_Sadako, and at least one other player got the Bug Hunter badge for finding a way to dupe items using CoH’s consignment house system, and that couldn’t have been found in-house with the techniques the Cryptic team was using, nor allowed to reach live.

I’ve been a fan of test, simply because it encourages testers to prod at the most recent stuff. I’ve seen a lot of minor problems that probably wouldn’t have even earned my attention, nevermind a /bug, but were signs of a larger underlying problem.

It can be irritating for people who expect instant fixes or for whatever they say to be taken as gospel (and especially irritating to people that use Test like it were a live server), but I think the costs are worth it.

]]> By: Jezebeau http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/11/18/i-dont-use-the-test-server/#comment-24945 Jezebeau Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:46:43 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/11/18/i-dont-use-the-test-server/#comment-24945 ATITD did spoil people. On two occasions I had Teppy (the lead dev) fix broken bits of landscape before my eyes. He showed up promptly, too. ATITD did spoil people. On two occasions I had Teppy (the lead dev) fix broken bits of landscape before my eyes. He showed up promptly, too.

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