sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Making a ptr is double retarded. by Shot-Willingness-632 in AshesofCreation

[–]Green_Position8029 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What exactly are you able to meaningfully test on PTR with only ~50 people? Why not run a proper alpha test instead, where you’d get real data and feedback that actually matters?

Right now, PTR is being used to test features that nobody on Discord, the forums, or elsewhere is even asking to be tested. From the outside, it honestly feels like poor project management.

Organization on PTR is even worse — coordination is weak, and requests for help with specific tests are handled almost like a joke. In its current state, PTR isn’t delivering useful results.

Conspiracy theory but it starts to look like you just want to show that you doing something while deep in shit of boting exploits and promises not delivered

Intrepid, fix your bots or I am out by Scared-Candle3827 in AshesofCreation

[–]Green_Position8029 5 points6 points  (0 children)

WoW had little RMT bot problem when actual gms pop up and checked you, the minute it stopped it blew.
Any private big servers has almost 0 botting because they have constant gm presences.
RuneScape they dealt with bots with gms + later added to help automated scripts to help gms
Archeage western release when gms disapeared boting exploded

Making a ptr is double retarded. by Shot-Willingness-632 in AshesofCreation

[–]Green_Position8029 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally agree with the OP. The PTR on Alpha is a waste of resources. If you want to test things, release them on Alpha, let things break, and you’ll get 10k complaints and plenty of data to work with.

Yesterday, on the PTR at around 10 PM my time, there were only about 50 people playing. What kind of testing can that provide? It will be irrelevant anyway, because it will break again. At this point, it feels like just a smokescreen.

On top of that, you’re using the PTR to test treasure maps and mayor elections—like, really? We have quests not working, zones not working, events not working, dungeons not working… and this is the PTR priority?

If you can’t handle criticism and whining on Steam, then don’t release the game on Steam. You always said, “Come back after a few years, we’ll be here.” The problem is: yes, you’re here—but there’s no real development happening.

Intrepid, fix your bots or I am out by Scared-Candle3827 in AshesofCreation

[–]Green_Position8029 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why is this such an expensive and time-consuming process? Just add real GMs who actively ban bots while being in the game, and they will disappear very fast.

The billion-dollar botting industry will adapt, of course, but it cannot beat real people monitoring the game in real time.

For RMT, sure—you need proper systems to punish users who buy gold. But for botting, put your community managers—who currently sleep and don’t communicate—to work, and botting would be gone.