PTS = Public Test Server ?

sPark101

What do you people test? Why are there so many problems like rapport rating bugged?

bmnoble

How is it bugged haven't heard anything about that at all.

I have seen the bar move just a very tiny amount at a time, its meant to take a long time to fill the bar, otherwise there would be no point having achievements for it.

GreenHere

Forum rules prevent me from sharing my true feelings on it, but I'll say this:

LOTS of things are tested by players. LOTS of feedback is given. And LOTS of bugs are reported.

But more often than not, VERY FEW things change from what they put on the PTS vs what makes it to Live servers. And almost never is feedback so much as acknowledged, let alone acted upon...

Take that as you will.

Tannus15

sPark101 wrote: »

What do you people test? Why are there so many problems like rapport rating bugged?

Oh sweet summer child. You think they pay any attention to what we do in the PTS?

SirAndy

Tannus15 wrote: »

sPark101 wrote: »

What do you people test? Why are there so many problems like rapport rating bugged?

Oh sweet summer child. You think they pay any attention to what we do in the PTS?

Even way back when the PTS was still the Private Test Server, ZOS had the habit of completely ignoring all and any testing we did.

AuraStorm43

Whats the point of a public test server if reported bugs like the light attack bug go live unfixed

Blacknight841

The PTS is meant for you to prepare for what is come. This way we know the bugs that we will be getting. You don’t want any surprises when you preorder…. It is much better to know what’s broken beforehand so can purchase the expansion with confidence.

It is now the fourth year that there are two identical furnishings called “orcish chair, peaked” (one blue and one purple), and it has been like this since the launch of homestead.

Narvuntien

I am pretty sure I ran into the bug and reported it

Gythral

It's a marketting tool not a 'testing' one!

Xuhora

sPark101 wrote: »

What do you people test? Why are there so many problems like rapport rating bugged?

this one statement is so wrong its hard to wrap arround my head...
You are blaming the PTS testers, which consists of players from the community not getting paid by anyone. we do it because we want a new chapter/dlc with no annoyances and bugs and what not.
the developers on the other hand do not listen and do not learn from all the previous bad releases with bugs.

and you have the audacity to come here and blame us saying come on guys, you can do better testing?

Danikat

If you really want to know you can see what was tested, which bugs were reported and the feedback that was given since it's all on this forum: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/categories/pts

You can also see the changes ZOS made during the time Blackwood was on the PTS by looking at the different versions of the patch notes.

Basically once an update is added to the PTS it's almost finished and the release date set and ZOS will only make minor changes, and then only the ones they're able to schedule into the time between the PTS release and the live release. Players might come across and report some of the bugs which are scheduled to be fixed, and might find others which don't make it onto the schedule and then aren't fixed but it doesn't seem to make a big difference either way.

When I first started using the PTS I wasted a lot of time giving detailed feedback on the content and bugs I'd found. I've since learned that for players the PTS is mainly useful as a way of previewing upcoming content yourself so you can see if you want to buy it - and that includes accepting that bugs seen on the PTS will be in the live version and considering how much that affects your decision.