Test Server Population

[Venti]

One of our biggest problems on the test server is that lack of population. We need as many regular players as we can get on the server to help out in testing and grouping.

Namdarie used to do some events to draw people to the test server. Current devs on the server are too busy with the new fixes to probably setup up some thing so I was wondering if we could get some ideas together and if the need Himmel's help to pull off maybe he would be willing to if asked.

Any thoughts...

My first thought was maybe along the ideas of the buff bots from beta days maybe with some sort of time limit on the toons that resets them back to normal.

Maybe spawn a whole bunch of elite mobs in a zone and let everyone fight it out for loot and fun.

[Venti]

Was also thinking aobut some sort of scavenger hunt in one of the raid instances. Assuming mobs made neutral or removed for it so level would matter. It would be a fun way to show off some of the artwork.

But this idea would take some dev time and might not be worth it.

[Redoak]

awsome ideas Venti. And Welcome back.!!

[Alderian]

I'd have to agree that we should try to think of something to draw some new faces to test. Maybe we could push the importance of testing Game Update 2 before it's released to live?

[Florinda]

Double adv xp and triple craft xp obviously hasn't been attractive enough, and frankly, people on Live just aren't going to hear about events or won't be interested in participating in them with a lvl 1 toon.

I honestly believe the devs need to offer a) character copies (with gear); b) adv level buffing with lvl-appropriate gear (similar to the /testbuffme command on EQ1 Test); or c) both. The biggest roadblock to most people who might be interested in playing on Test is the prospect of spending a huge amount of time leveling up.

This goes for crafting as well. There were at least a dozen talented crafters interested in taking up Silius' offer of character buffing on Test, and we could have used them, however part-time their presence might have been. Since Silius has silenced himself, it's anybody's guess if that will actually happen, but if it doesn't, it is a loss for Test, which desperately needs any shot in the arm it can get.