Why don't YOU test?

At least the last 6 balance playtests have failed due to a lack of players. Since I already had a thread trying to make testing easier, but nothing has seemed to come from scheduling around the highest amount of players. As such, I want to know, why you don't test, and what could be changed to help encourage you to test.

 

I am out working in Kazakhstan for another month . I tried to connect but the speed was hooooorrible... Ill just wait until i come back.

 

lazy, I will look into it after I finish my current project.

 

SVn is too big and bloated for me to use in australia.
It's like 4gb now and I can't afford to have that chunk out of my cap.

 

eh ill install svn just cause i love you mashav

 

Tests are always on at 3am my time. I'm more interested in seeing how the non-Aus people respond though. It's weird how the playtests for 2.25 worked fairly well, and now there's no response at all.

 

Because peeps want to play the actual game.

 

if the test was on 4 hours later then what you have been having it... I could generally make the tests.

 

I would help test if I didn't have a fucking 5GB usage limit on my shitty usb stick internet.

True story.

 

I've been out of Empires for awhile, but I'll give you my two cents anyway.

Developers not caring about/listening to players means players don't really care about what the devs want.

I don't think I've seen any game where the players like the developers. In most cases, the players have good reason.

 

The players are dicks generally.
See SC2 forums before release.

"omg blizzerd ruined starcraft why did they change units"

 

Where is this option:

95% of the testers are retards/idiots that think testing is trolling or doing the exact opposite of what is needed to test something.

Seriously in any test after krenzo left most players taking part only fucked around or activly sabotaged testing.

 

The main reason I havn't been listening(I can't speak for anyone else) Is that the stuff hasn't been tested. There has been stuff waiting in the SVN for months that just needs one decent(20+ players, no retardation) test for stuff to be changed. There's no real point in changing stuff that was put in entirely for testing(not direct implementation) when it hasn't been tested.

That would fall under "Other".
The main reason I didn't include that is because there has been barely anyone at the tests. There are no retards to troll the test.
Also, since all I've been doing is trying to get balance tests, all that they need to do is play the game normally.

 

Because I'm not really that interested in the game outside of playing it with a few people, and I enjoy playing anything with them. The game itself is not a lot of fun. Nor has it ever been I think.

 

If they're balance tests then couldn't you transfer the scripts to Emp Main or something when it's filled up and take feedback from that?

 

No, because there are non-script balance changes in the SVN.
Edit: Also, the server would need to restart, and a lot of people would likely swap to another server when it did.

 

I'm too butthurt to contribute anymore.

And what mayama said.

 

• i hate playing buggy, unbalanced games
• im often busy w/ other stuff when playtests are

ban him

 

Complete lack of quality control and organization.

 

I would love to test - but the SVN got changed or taken down.
then any posts about testing new empires get over shadowed by idiot, troll, fag posts.

so yeh