New Content Pending - PTS Still Closed ???

Phantax

The next content update could be with us in as little as 3 weeks (Don't blame me, Zenimax said 4-6 weeks each release) But I'm not holding my breath for anything sooner then 7 again ! ! !
Anyway... possibly as near as 3 weeks for new content and the PTS is STILL closed to the public???
Zenimax have already said they are going to announce the new content this week,

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Hey guys, we plan on giving you some updates on new content later this week.

so unless they are going to announce completely un-tested content, this update has already been tested (behind closed doors again) ! ! !

The PTS is supposed to have been opened to the public (ESO players at least)

Arsenic_Touch

Soon™

"Soon" does not imply any particular date, time, decade, century, or millennia in the past, present, and certainly not the future.

At this point, you're better off getting a sun dial.

nerevarine1138

The last official statement said the PTS will be open to the public.

However, just to correct some serious misstatements in that post: Craglorn was released at the 6 week mark. It was only 7 if you counted early access time. And if we're possibly 3 weeks away from new content, that means we're also possibly 5 weeks away from new content. There's no need for PTS to be up and running that far in advance, and I absolutely hope they are doing behind-closed-doors testing before doing a larger-scale PTS build.

Be patient. They said the next round of PTS is open to everyone, and I have the feeling that most people want it that way so they can experience new content early rather than actually try and provide valuable feedback about bugs. So you'll all get your chance to rush the PTS and then complain about how bored you are when 1.2 comes out.

Phantax

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

There's no need for PTS to be up and running that far in advance,

Really, I can think of a few thousand players that would disagree there...lol
(Judging by the huge success Zeni has had so far with bugs, glitches, bots, latency etc...)

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

and I have the feeling that most people want it that way so they can experience new content early rather than actually try and provide valuable feedback about bugs. So you'll all get your chance to rush the PTS and then complain about how bored you are when 1.2 comes out.

Its true some people do want PTS just as a form of early access. We've even had some PTS players say that they are using it for their guild to find work-arounds / exploits they can use to get ahead of others.
There are also people like myself who actually enjoy testing and see it for what it is... a way of making the game better.

Oh and thanks for your uninformed judgement of me just wanting to rush content and how quickly I will get bored (tip... don't judge people when you don't know sh*t about them)

Jarnhand

Slow the content the a** down, and instead focus on fixing the current game!

Said it before; the powergameing mix/maxers can NEVER EVER be content, they will 'finish' end game in 1-2 weeks after release of new content. Then whine on boards on how 'easy' it was. Just forget catering to them.

They can release a million expansions for VR12, do not matter one bit if most are stuck in a PvE VR gring below VR5. And it does not matter one bit if they release a million expansions if the game is ruined by bugs, imbalances and lag.

Fix balancing and bugs and lag, THEN focus on new content. Or lose customers by the tons, due to pure frustration / fun killing issues.

PS! its a great game, keep up the good work, just saying what focus should be on...

steveb16_ESO46

Psst. Little secret.

We ARE the PST.

Phantax

steveb16_ESO46 wrote: »

Psst. Little secret.

We ARE the PST.

That would be even funnier... if it wasn't true

Arsenic_Touch

steveb16_ESO46 wrote: »

Psst. Little secret.

We ARE the PST.

Technically, the NA servers are the PTS. We're testing for the EU servers

anakaki

Phantax wrote: »

The next content update could be with us in as little as 3 weeks (Don't blame me, Zenimax said 4-6 weeks each release) But I'm not holding my breath for anything sooner then 7 again ! ! !
Anyway... possibly as near as 3 weeks for new content and the PTS is STILL closed to the public???
Zenimax have already said they are going to announce the new content this week,

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Hey guys, we plan on giving you some updates on new content later this week.

so unless they are going to announce completely un-tested content, this update has already been tested (behind closed doors again) ! ! !

The PTS is supposed to have been opened to the public (ESO players at least)

They said pts would be open to everyone after craglorn fiasko.

steveb16_ESO46

anakaki wrote: »

They said pts would be open to everyone after craglorn fiasko.

They say a lot of things.

nerevarine1138

steveb16_ESO46 wrote: »

anakaki wrote: »

They said pts would be open to everyone after craglorn fiasko.

They say a lot of things.

They haven't yet made any flat-out statements to players that haven't been true. I'm not talking about "OMG, they totally said they were going to make my class better!" types of statements. I mean actual statements of fact. If you can find an example of a lie in the past, feel free to post it instead of making vague accusations.

AlexDougherty

Arsenic_Touch wrote: »

Soon™

When was "Soon" trademarked??? XD

steveb16_ESO46

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

steveb16_ESO46 wrote: »

anakaki wrote: »

They said pts would be open to everyone after craglorn fiasko.

They say a lot of things.

They haven't yet made any flat-out statements to players that haven't been true. I'm not talking about "OMG, they totally said they were going to make my class better!" types of statements. I mean actual statements of fact. If you can find an example of a lie in the past, feel free to post it instead of making vague accusations.

They repeatedly claim to fix stuff and it turns out it's not fixed. They claimed this was going to be the smoothest release ever. They claimed there would be an EU server at launch.

They claimed I could effectively play a nightblade with something other than light armour and staffs.

The list goes on and on.

And just to point out - I said nothing about 'lying'. You said that.

nerevarine1138

steveb16_ESO46 wrote: »

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

steveb16_ESO46 wrote: »

anakaki wrote: »

They said pts would be open to everyone after craglorn fiasko.

They say a lot of things.

They haven't yet made any flat-out statements to players that haven't been true. I'm not talking about "OMG, they totally said they were going to make my class better!" types of statements. I mean actual statements of fact. If you can find an example of a lie in the past, feel free to post it instead of making vague accusations.

They repeatedly claim to fix stuff and it turns out it's not fixed. They claimed this was going to be the smoothest release ever. They claimed there would be an EU server at launch.

They claimed I could effectively play a nightblade with something other than light armour and staffs.

The list goes on and on.

And just to point out - I said nothing about 'lying'. You said that.

Right, you just implied it. Are you really going to get into a battle of semantics here?

ZO has made zero factual statements that have turned out to be wrong. Whether or not you believe that something is "fixed" or "effective" is entirely subjective. But when they set release dates, specific maintenance end-times, content update time frames, etc., they've never had to go back on their word.

WebBull

I do not want new content yet.

I would rather have a major patch to improve the current game than any new content. Overly releasing new content is meaningless if it's not used (Craglorn is mostly Anom) or fun.

Fixing what you have first is more important than setting a strict content release schedule.

Phantax

tdilloncub18_ESO wrote: »

I do not want new content yet.

I would rather have a major patch to improve the current game than any new content. Overly releasing new content is meaningless if it's not used (Craglorn is mostly Anom) or fun.

Fixing what you have first is more important than setting a strict content release schedule.

I agree, but I didn't say new content now, I said it should be available on the 'open' PTS for extensive testing by now !

steveb16_ESO46

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Right, you just implied it. Are you really going to get into a battle of semantics here?

ZO has made zero factual statements that have turned out to be wrong. Whether or not you believe that something is "fixed" or "effective" is entirely subjective. But when they set release dates, specific maintenance end-times, content update time frames, etc., they've never had to go back on their word.

I tell you what. You just make up what i'm saying and hold the conversation with yourself okay?

And no - whether something is 'fixed' is not in the slightest bit 'subjective'.

But fair do's let me test that by logging onto the EU-based server for all that good low ping game play.

Hang on ... hang on.

Nope.

Turns out the existence of an EU based server isn't subjective after all.

Any more than the never-ending trail of still-broken from beta quests at launch was 'subjective'.

Just like the still not fixed VR trash mobs being over-powered isn't 'subjective' either.

nerevarine1138

steveb16_ESO46 wrote: »

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Right, you just implied it. Are you really going to get into a battle of semantics here?

ZO has made zero factual statements that have turned out to be wrong. Whether or not you believe that something is "fixed" or "effective" is entirely subjective. But when they set release dates, specific maintenance end-times, content update time frames, etc., they've never had to go back on their word.

I tell you what. You just make up what i'm saying and hold the conversation with yourself okay?

And no - whether something is 'fixed' is not in the slightest bit 'subjective'.

But fair do's let me test that by logging onto the EU-based server for all that good low ping game play.

Hang on ... hang on.

Nope.

Turns out the existence of an EU based server isn't subjective after all.

Any more than the never-ending trail of still-broken from beta quests at launch was 'subjective'.

Just like the still not fixed VR trash mobs being over-powered isn't 'subjective' either.

Name one quest that has been broken since beta.

Show evidence that the VR mobs haven't been fixed (all of mine have been doing exactly the damage they were pre-hotfix).

And please, please, please direct me to the post that gave a specific time frame for the EU server.

You can say that fixes aren't subjective all you like, but when your fixes are things like "My class isn't playable/Nerf [x] class," you don't have a leg to stand on.

Attorneyatlawl

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

The last official statement said the PTS will be open to the public.

However, just to correct some serious misstatements in that post: Craglorn was released at the 6 week mark. It was only 7 if you counted early access time. And if we're possibly 3 weeks away from new content, that means we're also possibly 5 weeks away from new content. There's no need for PTS to be up and running that far in advance, and I absolutely hope they are doing behind-closed-doors testing before doing a larger-scale PTS build.

Be patient. They said the next round of PTS is open to everyone, and I have the feeling that most people want it that way so they can experience new content early rather than actually try and provide valuable feedback about bugs. So you'll all get your chance to rush the PTS and then complain about how bored you are when 1.2 comes out.

Quoted for excellence.

GeeYouWhy

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

However, just to correct some serious misstatements in that post: Craglorn was released at the 6 week mark. It was only 7 if you counted early access time.

Just to correct your serious misstatement. Launch day was April 4th, Craglorn launched on May 22, that is 1 day shy of 7 weeks, therefore not within 6 weeks.

nerevarine1138

GeeYouWhy wrote: »

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

However, just to correct some serious misstatements in that post: Craglorn was released at the 6 week mark. It was only 7 if you counted early access time.

Just to correct your serious misstatement. Launch day was April 4th, Craglorn launched on May 22, that is 1 day shy of 7 weeks, therefore not within 6 weeks.

During the 6th week is in the time frame of 4-6 weeks per update. It wasn't in the 7th week, and we aren't even close to a time window for complaining about the next update yet.

driosketch

Heads up people. Reports are the 6gig 1.2 patch is updating to the PTS now. Get to downloading if you really want to be a tester. An update means the server should unlock this week. And it should be open to everyone.

SirAndy

There you go:
forums.elderscrollsonline.com/categories/pts
;-)

Mortosk

Arsenic_Touch wrote: »

Soon™

"Soon" does not imply any particular date, time, decade, century, or millennia in the past, present, and certainly not the future.

At this point, you're better off getting a sun dial.

Careful, Blizzard has a trademark on that.

ZOS_TristanK

Hey, folks. The Public Test Server is now officially open for all players with an active ESO subscription! We welcome you to check out our recent announcement about PTS here.

anakaki

ZOS_TristanK wrote: »

Hey, folks. The Public Test Server is now officially open for all! We welcome you to check out our recent announcement about PTS here.

Well there's a suprise... Not all bs then this time.

steveb16_ESO46

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

steveb16_ESO46 wrote: »

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Right, you just implied it. Are you really going to get into a battle of semantics here?

ZO has made zero factual statements that have turned out to be wrong. Whether or not you believe that something is "fixed" or "effective" is entirely subjective. But when they set release dates, specific maintenance end-times, content update time frames, etc., they've never had to go back on their word.

I tell you what. You just make up what i'm saying and hold the conversation with yourself okay?

And no - whether something is 'fixed' is not in the slightest bit 'subjective'.

But fair do's let me test that by logging onto the EU-based server for all that good low ping game play.

Hang on ... hang on.

Nope.

Turns out the existence of an EU based server isn't subjective after all.

Any more than the never-ending trail of still-broken from beta quests at launch was 'subjective'.

Just like the still not fixed VR trash mobs being over-powered isn't 'subjective' either.

Name one quest that has been broken since beta.

Show evidence that the VR mobs haven't been fixed (all of mine have been doing exactly the damage they were pre-hotfix).

And please, please, please direct me to the post that gave a specific time frame for the EU server.

You can say that fixes aren't subjective all you like, but when your fixes are things like "My class isn't playable/Nerf [x] class," you don't have a leg to stand on.

Oh give it up. You're just making a fool of yourself now. It's actually beginning to make my toes curl.

steveb16_ESO46

'We will make sure that no matter where you live, every player in North America, Europe, Oceania and many places beyond, will have a polished, lag-free launch experience. Based on the existing number of our beta signups and because we anticipate that the ESO community will continue to grow after launch, we plan to add capacity to keep up with demand in both our North American and European datacenters. The North American and European megaservers will first be hosted in North America. This gives us a more efficient way to address any platform issues that may arise at launch. After the initial launch phase is over, we will move the European megaserver to the European datacenter – but this will be a seamless migration for users, without additional downloads, logins or action required.'

Fiore.

Lag free experience? Stop sniggering at the back.

Initial launch phase? Well and truly over, especially as they now say they have now no specific estimate of when there will be a euro-server.

We hope that an engaging player experience, compelling content updates, outstanding customer service

Yea, outstanding.

Rhoric

The EU server will move when they feel it is ready to be moved. If it takes 6 months to move then it will take 6 months. Myself and hundreds of others have had lag free experience. I have encountered 2 quest bugs and both of those have been fixed.