Battle ESO Devs and Help Us Test! 8/22/14 @ 3:00PM EDT

ZOS_GinaBruno

Changed the date and time of this event to Friday, August 22nd at 3:00PM EDT


Join us this Friday, August 22nd, to battle against ZOS developers in Cyrodiil!

We’re organizing a playtest on the PTS to test our new PFX prioritization changes, and we’d love to have you play with us (or against us!). The new PFX prioritization system ensures that all pertinent ability FX play on you and your group, and take priority over other effects so combat cues are not lost. This is best tested in a high-density combat scenario, so where better than Cyrodiil?

The battle will begin at 3:00PM EDT in the Chillrend campaign, and will last for approximately one hour. We’ll let you know which keep we’ll be focusing on later this week, and you’ll be allowed - and encouraged - to use the provided templates.

Please respond to this thread if you plan on participating, and if your guild will be joining you. This playtest is first-come, first-served, so be sure to log on early to get set up.

Once the playtest has concluded, head to this thread and answer the questions about our PFX changes. This information is invaluable, and it’s important that we test this thoroughly (but still have fun in the process!) before we push the new system to the Live megaservers.

ZOS_KaiSchober

Kämpft am Freitag, den 22. August, gegen die ZOS-Entwickler in Cyrodiil!

Wir organisieren einen Spieltest auf dem öffentlichen Testserver (PTS), um unsere neues System für Prioritätspartikeleffekte zu testen, und wir möchten mit euch (oder gegen euch) spielen. Das neue System stellt sicher, dass die wichtigen Effekte für euch und eure Gruppe gegenüber anderen bevorzugt und immer abgespielt werden, damit keine Hinweise im Kampf verloren gehen. Dies lässt sich am besten in intensiven Kämpfen mit vielen Spielern testen, also wo besser als in Cyrodiil?

Die Kämpfe beginnen um 21 Uhr deutscher Zeit in der Kampagne „Frostreißer“ und werden ungefähr eine Stunde andauern. Wir werden euch gegen Ende der Woche wissen lassen, welche Burg im Fokus liegen soll. Ihr seid eingeladen, die bereitgestellten Templates zur Charaktererstellung zu nutzen.

Bitte antwortet in dieser Diskussion, ob ihr (ggf. mit Gilde) teilnehmen werdet. Der Test ist denen zugänglich, die zuerst kommen, also loggt euch früh genug ein, um euren Charakter vorzubereiten.

Sobald der Test abgeschlossen ist, beantwortet bitte unsere Fragen zu den Effektänderungen in dieser Diskussion. Diese Informationen sind sehr wertvoll für uns und es ist wichtig, dass wir das neue System gründlich (aber mit Spaß) testen, bevor es auf die Liveserver kommt.

ZOS_MichaelServotte

Rejoignez-nous ce vendredi 22 août en Cyrodiil dans un combat à mort contre une équipe composée de développeurs.

Nous organisons un stress-test ce weekend afin de mettre à l’épreuve notre système de d’exclusion d’effets qui arrivera avec la Mise à jour 4 (voir notes de version) et nous nous attendons nombreux dans les rangs alliés ou ennemis ce weekend ! Le nouveau système de Priorité PFX s’assure que tous les effets spéciaux appliqués à votre personnage et votre groupe restent bien visibles et que vous ne perdez ainsi aucun indice en combat sur les effets appliqués. La meilleure façon de mettre cela à l’épreuve est d’organiser un affrontement de masse, avec de larges batailles. Quel meilleur endroit pour cela que Cyrodiil ?

L’affrontement débutera dès 21h00 (heure française) sur la campagne Affregel (Chillrend en VO) et devrait durer approximativement une heure. Plus tard cette semaine nous vous indiqueront le point de rendez-vous et vers quel place forte vous diriger et nous vous encouragerons (très fortement) à utiliser les archétypes disponibles sur le PTS.

Vous désirez nous rejoindre ? Alors manifestez-vous sur ce fil de discussion, et faites-nous également savoir si votre guilde sera de la partie. Ce playtest sera sur base du premier arrivé, premier servi en ce qui concerne les places, assurez-vous donc d’avoir le temps pour vous préparer et nous rejoindre.

Une fois le stress-test terminé, rendez-vous sur ce fil de discussion et répondez aux questions posées à propos du système PFX. Ces informations, vos réponses, sont importantes pour notre équipe afin que nous puissions apporter cette nouveauté sur les Mégaserveurs Live.

madangrypally

I will be there and likely have a Mostly Harmless group ready.

TheFalcon19

I'll be there.

demonlkojipub19_ESO

I would say I'll be there, but saturdays at work tend to carry on longer than they should

JLB

I'll be there just to unbreakable CC you

Shennynerd

Define "high density" cause last I checked on the PTS Cyrodiil there's like a 5 person limit per alliance per campaign :P

Darlgon

10 AM Central Sat Morning? /cry. No way, sorry.

Ghenra

Try to test the uberOP Magicka builds and the light armor, thanks.

Caph

All these time zones gets me confused but if this is 5PM Cest (Swedish time or German time for that matter) I will join in for an hour and try to get as many from Baby Face Bananas to join as possible (AD Europe)

demonlkojipub19_ESO

Ghenra wrote: »

Try to test the uberOP Magicka builds and the light armor, thanks.

Bet money the whole dev team will have light armor and staves. if not they'll get killed by the player base who will have nothing but light armor and staves, and still not see the problem.

Minsc

I'm going to solo kill you all , so you will know which class to nerf

Taonnor

Which faction will the devs play?

eventide03b14a_ESO

Heck yeah I'll be there!

Natjur

Cool, what faction?

Road2insanity777

I'll be there, this will be the deciding factor between sitting out a month and deleting all of my characters. Hopefully they have fixed some of the problems =/

Attorneyatlawl

madangrypally wrote: »

I will be there and likely have a Mostly Harmless group ready.

You beat me to it .

Sunrock

Darlgon wrote: »

10 AM Central Sat Morning? /cry. No way, sorry.

Take a plane to Europe.. maybe Paris or Berlin then and play on some Internet café then it starts at 5pm central European time....

But how lazy do you need to be if you can't get out of bed before 10 am on a Saturday morning?

PwntFace

I've got a crappy computer (aka potato) so I'm going to try to join and see how this plays out on my system.

BlackEar

I don't know if this is the right place to ask, it probably isn't. If so, sorry in advance!

I have read in the new post on the site, the road ahead for august the 20th about your plea to get more people to help test PTS

You also mention that you will add some sort of incentive for participants.
My question is, is this retro-active ? I.e should I start helping out on the PTS servers from now on to not miss out on the "rewards"?

Hope you can answer or direct me to somewhere where I can ask the question

Thanks in advance
//BlackBear

Cogo

Wow! Ok, this is how you really test Cyro! And do a great event for the players.

Zenimax and crew, cudos for this!

Daethz

I hope they play Dual Wield, so everyone crushes them without effort.
-And they finally see cause to buff it.

Daethz

PwntFace wrote: »

I've got a crappy computer (aka potato) so I'm going to try to join and see how this plays out on my system.

If we peeled it and deep fried it would it run better?

Cody

interesting.... I may or may not be there, as im currently playing an alt. if I do come, it will likely be solo.

IxSTALKERxI

1am - 2 am for me haha. But I'll be there. Not sure if any of my friends will be though.

Cogo

Btw, Go go Mostly Harmless! Kick the Devs butts!

SLy_Kyti

See you Sat at 8am PST...that is if more than 5 can even get in the campaign.

rendolpheb16_ESO

Get the biggest impulse train you can do and they will prolly understand our pain

Sacadon

Brilliant! ...now I can throw away the ZOS voodo dolls. Although I'm keeping the Matt Firor one. It's the special "Public Speaking Edition"... even comes with a self-actuating mouth so you can make your very own commitments.

Seriously though, it is absolutely required that all of you (ZOS) do not hold back on this.

Beldorr

Attorneyatlawl wrote: »

madangrypally wrote: »

I will be there and likely have a Mostly Harmless group ready.

You beat me to it .

Bringing my nightblade!