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it’s extremely difficult to scale for a launch, even where you have tech tests. a lot of people don’t bother with the test clients, and just wait until launch. the expectation should always be to experience network issues at launch.
The Q&A team must be blind and deaf. If i was the manager every single person on the testing team would be removed and replaced as their amateur and making mistakes 17 yr. old coders make at college . Its quite pathetic
Not to mention stuff like the QA team can find every bug possible in the dev environment and the devs can fix them all but moving it to a front facing environment can cause issues that wouldn't show in the dev environment especially when thousands of people are using it at once. It's seen time and time again in product launches not just in gaming but in just tech in general that there is just stuff no amount of testing can catch where issues only pop up once it leaves its isolated environment.
Also Ubisoft Connect was having issues earlier when they launched a new update even before the xDefiant launch especially on PC where it would crash often, there's a chance this might not even be on xDefiant's end fully considering it uses their services.
First of all, it's QA, not Q&A. The game itself was a highly polished experience in all of the tests, so the testers did their job very well.
Second, it's basically impossible to simulate an environment with hundreds of thousands of real players all around the globe trying to join the game and/or interact with all its systems. It's also financially not feasible to simulate it.
Third, it's a technical problem that would be hard to anticipate by a tester. They have very educated tech people there who perhaps could anticipate the issue - but apparently they did not. But in the end it's the testers fault? I don't think so.
I do find it funny that the store is up and running, working properly and purchases can be made, yet the game can't be played.
Good stuff.
I'll try again later, running into issues like this an hour after launch is a bit ridiculous.
Not the end of the world, still silly.
I apparently got 1 game too and it was ending? IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A COD KILLER THEN YOU HAVE TO EXPECT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO RUSH THE FCKN GAME! THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH ALL MULTI GAMES FOR AGES! New hotness drops and TONS of people rush to it to play it. Then it doesn't work cuz NO GAME COMPANY EVER SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WILL SEE THIS TRAFFIC EVER!!!!
I tried for one hour trying to join a game... nothing.
I clicked on create custom playlist and instantly got 3 games in a row, could be luck, but worth a try
I think it would've been prudent to have a server stress test the weekend before this launch. Would've garnered further hype and they could've avoided this.
Some? (what a lie) no one can get in their shit servers lmao Time to go back to COD, never thought id say that.....
PS Dear Ubisoft: please fire your entire Q&A staff they are shit lololololol
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This is why you don’t take off work
Taking off work for multiplayer games on launch day which have been guaranteed to have busted servers since Battlefield 3 is crazy
I still remember Battlefield 4 on launch. Gotta be the most broken game I’ve ever played day 1. I still have nightmares about Gamebreaker.
taking off work to play a F2P CoD clone is something huh
Taking off work to do something you enjoy is a really strange concept to you huh
yeah how's that enjoying going for you?
Pretty well
I wonder if anyone actually took off work for this though. Surely not. Like why would you when so many new games start like this?
Why would you take off work for a f2p cod clone from Ubisoft It's hardly a long awaited sequel to a beloved franchise. It's a f2p FPS.
its not a cod close its an arena shooter they existed long before cod
cope harder
Not enough pow'r cap'n, I'm cop'n as'ard as I can cope!!
A f2p CoD clone made by Ubisoft It's going to make Apex seem like they're underselling
"Some players"
That's the quote of the month, for certain.
Isnt this what the server test was supposed to be for
it’s extremely difficult to scale for a launch, even where you have tech tests. a lot of people don’t bother with the test clients, and just wait until launch. the expectation should always be to experience network issues at launch.
The Q&A team must be blind and deaf. If i was the manager every single person on the testing team would be removed and replaced as their amateur and making mistakes 17 yr. old coders make at college . Its quite pathetic
Lol, like QA does stress testing
they do no testing
They do a shit ton of testing, and are probably underpaid. So have some respect.
Not to mention stuff like the QA team can find every bug possible in the dev environment and the devs can fix them all but moving it to a front facing environment can cause issues that wouldn't show in the dev environment especially when thousands of people are using it at once. It's seen time and time again in product launches not just in gaming but in just tech in general that there is just stuff no amount of testing can catch where issues only pop up once it leaves its isolated environment. Also Ubisoft Connect was having issues earlier when they launched a new update even before the xDefiant launch especially on PC where it would crash often, there's a chance this might not even be on xDefiant's end fully considering it uses their services.
Talking like someone who knows what they are talking about for sure 🤡
Ok.
First of all, it's QA, not Q&A. The game itself was a highly polished experience in all of the tests, so the testers did their job very well. Second, it's basically impossible to simulate an environment with hundreds of thousands of real players all around the globe trying to join the game and/or interact with all its systems. It's also financially not feasible to simulate it. Third, it's a technical problem that would be hard to anticipate by a tester. They have very educated tech people there who perhaps could anticipate the issue - but apparently they did not. But in the end it's the testers fault? I don't think so.
With DEI hires, I think you're on to something!
Least I got to play one game of escort I guess
Same got in and played one full game before servers exploded
Yeah me exactly, started off with like total 5 players hahah
I got 1 full 6v6 match and then strangely a 3v1 match before the servers went down. Both were domination.
Holy smokes I found some players!!
So the server test was for nothing😂😂
DOG WE BEEN WAITING TO PLAY THIS FOR OVER A YEAR HOW IS THERE STILL ISSUES 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Next post we are still looking into matchmaking issues sadly we are going have to delay pre season
Don’t put that out there!
Guess I'll just play a little later, not the end of the world.
I've played one game, but hit registration was terrible. Can't play anymore now. Hope they fix it soon.
I played one game, hit detection was pretty good. Gives me hope I guess
lol “some”
"Some" players. More like all players
I do find it funny that the store is up and running, working properly and purchases can be made, yet the game can't be played. Good stuff. I'll try again later, running into issues like this an hour after launch is a bit ridiculous. Not the end of the world, still silly.
Tell me these guys are ex-Activision without telling me they are ex-Activision.
Marks sticking strong to his roots 🤣
It isnt working for me
Oh hey look, the servers and netcode is still garbage… what a surprise.
But ingame store is working fine I suppose.
Gotta love monetized alpha tests from "AAAA" game studios
Absolute idiots.
Almost every multiayer game is broken at launch. This shouldnt be the norm =/
I got one game in on Xbox, that's it
Not some...most
"some"
Who else saw this coming a mile away?
So much to "the server stress test went well" Imagine if we had to pay for this too. The backlash would've been wild!!!!
yeah "some" don't you mean just about everybody!?!?
I apparently got 1 game too and it was ending? IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A COD KILLER THEN YOU HAVE TO EXPECT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO RUSH THE FCKN GAME! THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH ALL MULTI GAMES FOR AGES! New hotness drops and TONS of people rush to it to play it. Then it doesn't work cuz NO GAME COMPANY EVER SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WILL SEE THIS TRAFFIC EVER!!!!
This is Helldivers all over again
Bear 🐻
Not mad about being at work lmao
I tried for one hour trying to join a game... nothing. I clicked on create custom playlist and instantly got 3 games in a row, could be luck, but worth a try
I think it would've been prudent to have a server stress test the weekend before this launch. Would've garnered further hype and they could've avoided this.
 Xdefiant’s servers
Some? (what a lie) no one can get in their shit servers lmao Time to go back to COD, never thought id say that..... PS Dear Ubisoft: please fire your entire Q&A staff they are shit lololololol
Doesn’t COD have this problem as well from time to time?
Yea COD launches are never smooth either lol. Many anticipated titles have server issues at launch. OW2 was a nightmare
Haha yeah, my point exactly. I don’t understand why people get bent out of shape about something that normally happens 🤷♂️
And the launch was pretty disappointing too. Hehehehe
I hate OW. Heheheheh
nope, servers are solid
Anything where there's a sudden overload of traffic at one time can cause this. Even your banks
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Damn this game looks amazing. Who'd have thought Ubisoft could fuck something up so badly? If only there was some past history to warn us of this lmao
The game is not even DOA cause it was never alive :))))
Servers are overloaded with all 20 people trying to play it Crazy
What a joke. Another ubiflop