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Details on Public Test released this morning, here is aLovingRobot's post from our Discord

Hi Everyone!

There have been a lot of questions about our first Open/Public Stress Test.

We originally targeted the end of this month (March 2023), but have decided to change that based on details that will be explained below.

The following plan is now firm:

Public Stress Test
April 28-29th (Fri & Sat)

This will consist of two 4-hour sessions (one each day), with the possibility for them to run longer than 4-hours if conditions allow.

The focus of these two sessions is Technical Stability at Scale.

This includes everything from download and installation, through in-game/network/server performance.

Data derived from this test will enable future tests that focus on gameplay in general or other specific facets of the game.

This stress test allows us to gauge where we're at in development and plan for future sessions.


The reasons for the change in timing are as follows:

A recent Friends & Family Stress Test provided us with data on optimizations and bugs that needed to be fixed.

Plus, this places the test right after the end of Ramadan.

The new date gives us the next 3 weeks to wrap up the work on these issues, and then 2 weeks of time dedicated purely to testing and prepping the test build.

As a side benefit, it also gives us more time to get in the new character art and address a number of other art and gameplay issues/additions, that while not the focus of this test, will make your first impression that much better.

We'll update the information provided here in the coming days to include specific times and any details we might have left out.

We're currently evaluating the best window of time for our North American folks, since you/they make up the vast majority of our community and team.

We're looking forward to seeing you on the Friday, April 28th and Saturday, April 29th.

Thanks!