Major test glitch. Caution.

[ex8404]

On a serious note. And I just started thinking about this and felt that it deserved its own post.

Sure, the test server has been down for almost three days now. Big deal. I spent some time on open. Something I haven't done in a long time.

So we are without the test server. Free accounts and most of us understand what comes with game testing. Bugs and glitches and fails and slow-downs and on and on and on.

But, and this is my comment, complaint, criticism, whatever... Where is the Two-Way Communication? I am not saying that the Dev Team owes us anything but how many testers are getting discouraged because they get no feedback on their input? A simple, "Thanks for hanging in there guys" would be enough, wouldn't it? Or even better, a forum on the test web site could solve almost all of the frustration people are obviously feeling.

Who wants to play and level and slog through new updates peeking in every corner, trying to set every trap and looking for every programming error they can and never be told, "Thanks?"

Just a thought...

EDIT: Thanks to all who PMed me. I have my answer so I took out the part where I asked. Again...THANKS TO ALL!

[MacIronhawk]

Any time I send in a bug report all does is thank me for my feedback. Half the time the bugs I report never get fixed.

One way communication with the developers would be nice. Just so I could type, "This is the bug, it's annoying, please fix it." A human response would make going on the test server more enjoyable. A thank you here and there would be nice.

Also, they fail to give us every bit of information that comes with updates. Did anyone remember seeing a post where someone picked up a navy hat? Does that mean we can wear a whole navy uniform? No idea, because they didn't tell us.

[Captain Sureshot]

Originally Posted by ex8404

On a serious note. And I just started thinking about this and felt that it deserved its own post.

Sure, the test server has been down for almost three days now. Big deal. I spent some time on open. Something I haven't done in a long time.

So we are without the test server. Free accounts and most of us understand what comes with game testing. Bugs and glitches and fails and slow-downs and on and on and on.

But, and this is my comment, complaint, criticism, whatever... Where is the Two-Way Communication? I am not saying that the Dev Team owes us anything but how many testers are getting discouraged because they get no feedback on their input? A simple, "Thanks for hanging in there guys" would be enough, wouldn't it? Or even better, a forum on the test web site ( and if anyone has a link to the test web page, please PM it to me? Long story...) could solve almost all of the frustration people are obviously feeling.

Who wants to play and level and slog through new updates peeking in every corner, trying to set every trap and looking for every programming error they can and never be told, "Thanks?"

Just a thought...

yeah, I don't think communicating with players on Test is much of a priority anymore. Seems that it's been like this since Privateering went live. There always has been a fair amount of ambiguity with the Release Notes. They didn't even update the Test Launcher Game News with a closed blurb, though they did update the virtually unused POTCO Test Server web page

[goldenpirates]

It's back up! Let's see what they fixed for now