Battlezone's are broken on Haven & Piranha

[LittleHomer]

I wish that NGD do a big update just with bug fixes .

And I wish that NGD do a big update just with balance problems.

[jorgeseg]

guys no ofense but, i dont know if u are or not, but u sound like 10 yo kids...

[chilko]

hey guys,

we've looked into this and we still think it's a population issue.

yesterday, we never saw more than 5 people trying to enter the battlezones at any given time.

we are going to remove the level restrictions for the low population servers in the next update and see what happens.

the code is the same for RA and the rest of the servers. the instances are running on the same machines.

About the bugs:
We have arranged with our partners that we will use the first quarter of the year to work on bug fixing.

we have one new programmer working only on bugs right now. I hope we can nail most of them.

[_Enio_]

This is because there is a general consensus that it is broken on Haven and many players stopped/gave up queueing :/

A little notice on the server asking lvl55+ to queue for TeamDeathMatch shouldve shown that it is not a population issue..


Looking forward to nailing out bugs!! Great news!

[pauluzz]

Maybe we could arrange something with GM's.

Say after todays XP bonus or at a peak time, they send out some *NOTICE* telling ppl to join.

And see what happens

[Enitharmon]

Originally Posted by chilko

hey guys,

we've looked into this and we still think it's a population issue.

yesterday, we never saw more than 5 people trying to enter the battlezones at any given time.

Uhh, if you told us this was how you were going to "look into it", we would have queued up...

But at the moment, nobody has faith that it works anymore. Most only queue up whenever there is a new hotfix, or when it is coordinated with other realms via facebook or similar.

Please make an announcement (on prime time) as Enio suggests, preferably tell on the forum or something in advance, and I am sure we could get 24 people in queue.

Those 5 people were probably me, Enio, and dunno who were the remaining 3. Must be crazy people.

we are going to remove the level restrictions for the low population servers in the next update and see what happens.

the code is the same for RA and the rest of the servers. the instances are running on the same machines.

Said it before, but don't know if this might help:
On 28.12.2012 there was a hotfix, not sure exactly what it was for, but after this we got some weird matches on Haven. Instead of 8vs8vs8, it was 2vs2vs2 or even 1vs2vs2.

The next day, nobody could get a match at all..

Before the hotfix on 28.12.2012 we could play TDM all day long... On prime time usual waiting time was 20-40 minutes, which suggests we had enough people to fill 1-2 matches. Most of these players were level 60, I were lvl 58 at the time and most of the time the lowest... Some times though there would be one lower level (42-50) player on one team.

To go from this to a "population problem" in just a day seems very far stretched... And that there was some odd matches just before it all ground to a halt, makes people think there is a bug.

Could it be that the version that was put up on 28.12.2012 somehow requires alot more than 24 people in queue, to start a match? And that Ra is the only server with enough playerbase on to fulfill this, therefore ignoring this limitation?

About the bugs:
We have arranged with our partners that we will use the first quarter of the year to work on bug fixing.

we have one new programmer working only on bugs right now. I hope we can nail most of them.

Great news!

[Gabburtjuh]

ofcourse nobody is in the queque on normal days if its not working since ages, you cant go out of queque nor move the friggin box, so its only annoying.

Im pretty sure however that atleast 8 people per realm signed up right after updates.

[Slartibartfast]

Originally Posted by chilko

We have arranged with our partners that we will use the first quarter of the year to work on bug fixing.

we have one new programmer working only on bugs right now. I hope we can nail most of them.

Fantastic news! Thanks for sharing it.

[Ulti19]

On valentines day alone 5 people from my clan all 60 were queueing to get in all the time, that's just from 1 clan alone. I knew 4 other people who were also trying for sure at the same time. That's 9 just from some people I knew that day in alsius. I'm sure there were at least 20 people queueing in Alsius that day. Everyone was trying it. Yesterday I doubt anyone was trying anymore after it's not working for a week. I have stopped trying too and usually last week the first thing I did when logging in was hitting team deathmatch and seeing the match in progress for hours. That's why it shows no one is in queue anymore.

On the bug note, awesome!!! Please fix the weapon is pulled out, but is still on your back and no attack animation is shown and the huge drop in fps bug when people go underground after tele etc.

[schachteana]

Originally Posted by Enitharmon

Could it be that the version that was put up on 28.12.2012 somehow requires alot more than 24 people in queue, to start a match? And that Ra is the only server with enough playerbase on to fulfill this, therefore ignoring this limitation?

exactly my thoughts

Maybe some problems occur when one of those who want to join the instance goes offline.. :/

Note: Valhalla just managed to accomplish the first deathmatch battle since instances have been introduced. It was brought off by arrangement, it must have been far more than 24 60ers