Test Server is up but locked until 10:30AM PST

[Namdarie]

We are going to be bouncing the server a few times to watch the DB loading cycle, once those tests are done I will unlock it so we can start testing all the changes.

I expect to be finished in about 45 Minutes!

Nam

[Manganar]

Cool, you know we are all salivating to get back in dont you?

[Lilith]

Nam, how accurate do you expect the XP progression testing here to be? I notice it was already pushed to the live servers. Won't you get much more accurate numbers from there, where people group together and have more diverse playstyles instead of just soloing?

I'm just a bit confused as to why remove the double XP from here when the new rates already got pushed to live and we simply don't have the resources to test them as we should...

Crafting XP is one thing, its only soloable, but the dynamics for adventurer progression are like night and day compared on Test and Live.

And speaking of crafting XP, are there plans to increase the multiplier here on test?



Also, the new sound card change, does this mean we can use EAX and the like now?

[Namdarie]

Originally Posted by Lilith

Nam, how accurate do you expect the XP progression testing here to be? I notice it was already pushed to the live servers. Won't you get much more accurate numbers from there, where people group together and have more diverse playstyles instead of just soloing?

I'm just a bit confused as to why remove the double XP from here when the new rates already got pushed to live and we simply don't have the resources to test them as we should...

Crafting XP is one thing, its only soloable, but the dynamics for adventurer progression are like night and day compared on Test and Live.

And speaking of crafting XP, are there plans to increase the multiplier here on test?



Also, the new sound card change, does this mean we can use EAX and the like now?

The Double XP will return on monday, I need to see this all work on test with this code that is being pushed to test right now. That isn't on live yet

As for the crafting, I will turn that on and off not this weekend as I need to watch logging of xp rates this weekend.

I will also need to adjust the scripts on monday that turn on and off the double xp for test server. That I didn't have time to look at with all the other changes this week.

Oh and yes Vanguard did reconinize my X-Fi card in Vista this morning so you might be able to get EAX going too.

Nam

[Manganar]

I agree with Lilith
Alot of us toggle back and forth from test to live looking at the new changes, although test server seems to be home to alot of permanent peoples it is hard to give you guys the testing sphere necessary to progress. I noticed a surge of players coming in for the 3X crafting xp but left as soon as it was over. There are only a hand full of people actually going beyond the 3x xp range and crafting higher levels to test with, which makes it a 8-10 person focus group. Some of the crafting spheres are not being tested and buggy quests are the result. With adventure xp it is hard to find groups to level with and test out group quests, allowing us to skip certain quest lines that should be tested. I know I found and bugged 2 quests yesterday that could have more problems further along the quest line but was unable due to group requirements. I also understand that some players do not want to have increased xp changes due to having test as a home and feel like they are being removed from competitive live server enviroments. These are just thoughts on the current test server status and of course you guys know whats best

[Florinda]

11am Pacific and Test is still down.

edit: and of course as soon as I post that it comes back up!

[Lilith]

It was up for me, but when I tried to play I got a chunk 19 mismatch error and a crash... gonna try a full scan now

[Florinda]

Up but chat channels are down. I haven't tried leaving the chunk.

[Lilith]

Version mismatch in Chunk_n19_6 (Package 'Chunk_n19_6 version mismatch)

I did a full scan and nothing... patched the live files too...


Oh, and my sound card isn't appearing on the list... I have a 7.1 X-Fi

[Namdarie]

Originally Posted by Lilith

Version mismatch in Chunk_n19_6 (Package 'Chunk_n19_6 version mismatch)

I did a full scan and nothing... patched the live files too...


Oh, and my sound card isn't appearing on the list... I have a 7.1 X-Fi

Looking into this now...