Preview Event Announced - Page 7

DarkCntry · #91 Nov 18 2009, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Starbuck1771

Well it failed if those who hopped onto Bullroarer last night couldn't enter the skirmish tutorial. Even today the bug is still there. So my statement that it was improperly tested before hand is still correct.

Except one glaring issue you're overlooking...

This improperly tested item was properly tested and an issue appeared because of the test last night.

That's the whole point of these events, to put undue amounts of stress on a system to see what issues will crop up.

So your statement is wholly incorrect, and woefully uninformed.

jsant00 · #92 Nov 18 2009, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapience

...very large numbers of players are added to the mix.
...this may have been frustrating to those who participated...
...highlighted a major issue before Siege of Mirkwood shipped...
...a very good thing!

Okay, yes I was frustrated because I REALLY REALLY wanted to try out skirmish! Then I had no idea what I was gonna do after looking over some of the changes. Class Books being sold by the trainers upset me because I spent way too much gold on all my books. Now its 189 silver, arghhh...

What topped the night off for me was that LAG fest. I think somewhere around 50 heroes taking him down... Would've been fun to fellow up with the lot. However very disappointed that my heart seeker only did 889 damage to +Scruff.

gildhur · #93 Nov 18 2009, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jsant00

Okay, yes I was frustrated because I REALLY REALLY wanted to try out skirmish! Then I had no idea what I was gonna do after looking over some of the changes. Class Books being sold by the trainers upset me because I spent way too much gold on all my books. Now its 189 silver, arghhh...

Yeah. I spent several gold repeatedly wiping in the Rift when it first came out. Now you can run through it with a fellowship of 60s and never die. Things are always more expensive at first and then get cheaper later. I would personally prefer to see class books be a skirmish reward and not just sold by a vendor, but given that those books gate class skills, they wanted them easily accessible. GOOD.

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What topped the night off for me was that LAG fest. I think somewhere around 50 heroes taking him down... Would've been fun to fellow up with the lot. However very disappointed that my heart seeker only did 889 damage to +Scruff.

Yes, it's called a "stress test" for a reason. Your participation is optional.

newwwwb · #94 Nov 18 2009, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkCntry

Except one glaring issue you're overlooking...

This improperly tested item was properly tested and an issue appeared because of the test last night.

That's the whole point of these events, to put undue amounts of stress on a system to see what issues will crop up.

So your statement is wholly incorrect, and woefully uninformed.

not quite. the issue clearly was not load on the server, as even hours after the event was supposed to have ended, and the server was close to empty, the skirmishes were still inaccessible to those not in beta. im pretty sure the problem was with the character copy system, or the way they tried to flag beta accounts vs. non beta accounts. both of these things would not have been issues on a live server.

anyway, im not upset about not being able to preview skirmishes, but im a little perplexed by the lack of a response by turbine. seems like we wont be getting one until at least tomorrow, as its after 5:00 in boston. hopefully theyre busy trying to fix the problem, but it would be nice to know that

jsant00 · #95 Nov 18 2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by gildhur

... they wanted them easily accessible. GOOD.

Yeah, I wish they would've done it a bit sooner.

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Originally Posted by gildhur

Yes, it's called a "stress test" for a reason. Your participation is optional.

Don't get me wrong, I loved being a part of it. I was ROFL'ing the whole time chasing after +Scruff around Esteldin not knowing whether or not he was fighting back. He was scary at 2.3MillionMorale, but we took him down, YAY!

It's just sad all these people are getting all upset about it, screaming bloody murder and all.

I'm glad they did open up a preview. Played with horse emoticons and actions on horseback (talking to NPC's and entering through doors); that was great!

I'm hoping they still let us preview the skirmish system before dec 1.

TheOneRinger · #96 Nov 18 2009, 06:03 PM

It was, obviously, a bummer that I didn't get to run any skirmishes. But I don't mind a whole lot, I know what is going to happen leading up to them. Hopefully, if they do have another preview, my minstrel will still be on there and I won't need to do the orders of war over again.

SeigneurDude · #97 Nov 18 2009, 06:31 PM

Glad the stress test is helping work out some problems before launch.

DarkCntry · #98 Nov 19 2009, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by newwwwb

not quite. the issue clearly was not load on the server, as even hours after the event was supposed to have ended, and the server was close to empty, the skirmishes were still inaccessible to those not in beta. im pretty sure the problem was with the character copy system, or the way they tried to flag beta accounts vs. non beta accounts. both of these things would not have been issues on a live server.

anyway, im not upset about not being able to preview skirmishes, but im a little perplexed by the lack of a response by turbine. seems like we wont be getting one until at least tomorrow, as its after 5:00 in boston. hopefully theyre busy trying to fix the problem, but it would be nice to know that

Actually, it probably was due to stress, maybe not directly on the skirmish system, but the copy system they had in place, which then pushed towards the skirmish system.

That said, you have no clue what could and couldn't be attributed to something stress related, and that's why these events take place.

As for Turbine fixing it, I'm pretty sure they are going to, as it is something that affects a key part of the game systems. It would be really out of the ordinary for Turbine to let something like this stick through.

**Sapience** · #99 Nov 19 2009, 05:57 PM

A little birdie just dropped by...

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Originally Posted by Sapience

Thank you for all of your reports!

Tomorrow, November 20th the Bullroarer Beta Server will be brought off line from 8:00AM -12:00PM Eastern (-5 GMT) for an update to address this issue. All players who participated in the preview and were unable to access Skirmishes will be able to do so once the server comes back up Friday afternoon.

We know the experience on Tuesday night was disappointing for some of you and we appreciate your patience and assistance in tracking this issue down.

As a thank you, we will be leaving Bullroarer open and available to you for the weekend. We hope you enjoy the Skirmishes!

Be sure to check out the new combat and mounts systems too!

Arrabell · #**100** Nov 19 2009, 06:03 PM

Oh nice!!

gludayers · #**101** Nov 19 2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapience

A little birdie just dropped by...

So does this mean the character I've been waiting for 26 hours now to copy, will be available to play this weekend?

willstar · #**102** Nov 19 2009, 06:27 PM

Anyway the character copy funtion could be reset or something so we can try to copy our toons over that failed in their first attempt?

cinder01 · #**103** Nov 20 2009, 02:57 AM

Or better yet, just open up Eyes and Guard Tavern so we can level up.

Adalas · #**104** Nov 20 2009, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by cinder01

Or better yet, just open up Eyes and Guard Tavern so we can level up.

I'd really appreciate this.

Belegaer_Levin · #**105** Nov 20 2009, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Sapience

A little birdie just dropped by...

Did the little birdie mention anything about enabling the Eyes&Guard Tavern again? Maybe at least the bestower to lvl 30?

This would be great for all "unfortunate" European players, who only have low level chars on the US servers and would love to contribute to the skirmish testing...