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Stress Test Event Sees 80 Players Taking On Fire Goblins - DarkFall: New Dawn - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited November 2016 in News & Features Discussion

imageStress Test Event Sees 80 Players Taking On Fire Goblins - DarkFall: New Dawn - MMORPG.com

DarkFall: New Dawn News - During a recent stress test event, over eighty Darkfall: New Dawn players entered a village of fire shooting goblins simultaneously. Citing a few minor hiccups that were easily ironed out, the New Dawn team declared the event a success. The event not only tested the simultaneous game play of that number of players but also the spawn scaling mechanic.

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  • DXSinsDXSins Member UncommonPosts: 324
    edited November 2016
    80 Players killing 50 mobs is newsworthy? and considered a successful stress test?

    I guess my low expectations of these 'official' p.servers are well placed and why there is so many 'free tests' for them in the mmo news.

    How these are meant to sustain on a subscription model when they can only pull together 80 people for a public free test is beyond me...
  • OnigodOnigod Member UncommonPosts: 756

    MrSyn said:

    80 Players killing 50 mobs is newsworthy? and considered a successful stress test?

    I guess my low expectations of these 'official' p.servers are well placed and why there is so many 'free tests' for them in the mmo news.

    How these are meant to sustain on a subscription model when they can only pull together 80 people for a public free test is beyond me...



    They are having those 80 players on the same spot, the same node in combat and that is very different than lets say 80 players together in World of Warcraft, in DFO you will feel a change of ping very fast, big siege wars were actually pretty impressive to run so smoothly in Darkfall imo.

    I am not a fan of what New Dawn is trying to do but Rise of Agon seems to come along just fine and seems to be the more popular option of these 2 but calling this a failure based on this is bs I am not going to be playing any of these servers untill theres a full release and im a big fan of DF1 and cant wait, noone who already played on their "indev version" would bother.
  • Thomas2006Thomas2006 Member RarePosts: 1,152

    Onigod said:



    MrSyn said:


    80 Players killing 50 mobs is newsworthy? and considered a successful stress test?

    I guess my low expectations of these 'official' p.servers are well placed and why there is so many 'free tests' for them in the mmo news.

    How these are meant to sustain on a subscription model when they can only pull together 80 people for a public free test is beyond me...






    They are having those 80 players on the same spot, the same node in combat and that is very different than lets say 80 players together in World of Warcraft, in DFO you will feel a change of ping very fast, big siege wars were actually pretty impressive to run so smoothly in Darkfall imo.



    I am not a fan of what New Dawn is trying to do but Rise of Agon seems to come along just fine and seems to be the more popular option of these 2 but calling this a failure based on this is bs I am not going to be playing any of these servers untill theres a full release and im a big fan of DF1 and cant wait, noone who already played on their "indev version" would bother.




    80 people vs 50 mobs eh.. Nothing new by any stretch.. Nothing impressive by todays standard.. Maybe 16 years ago that was impressive.
  • berlightberlight Member UncommonPosts: 345
    edited November 2016
    Then the mobs dropped items and the server crashed.

    Beta tester maniac

  • OnigodOnigod Member UncommonPosts: 756
    edited November 2016

    Onigod said:



    MrSyn said:


    80 Players killing 50 mobs is newsworthy? and considered a successful stress test?

    I guess my low expectations of these 'official' p.servers are well placed and why there is so many 'free tests' for them in the mmo news.

    How these are meant to sustain on a subscription model when they can only pull together 80 people for a public free test is beyond me...






    They are having those 80 players on the same spot, the same node in combat and that is very different than lets say 80 players together in World of Warcraft, in DFO you will feel a change of ping very fast, big siege wars were actually pretty impressive to run so smoothly in Darkfall imo.



    I am not a fan of what New Dawn is trying to do but Rise of Agon seems to come along just fine and seems to be the more popular option of these 2 but calling this a failure based on this is bs I am not going to be playing any of these servers untill theres a full release and im a big fan of DF1 and cant wait, noone who already played on their "indev version" would bother.




    80 people vs 50 mobs eh.. Nothing new by any stretch.. Nothing impressive by todays standard.. Maybe 16 years ago that was impressive.
    I was just stating for a game like this its different than your average mmo.

    Also what part on the new dawn website or this post are they trying to IMPRESS you,  they are testing their spawn scaler, I know it is standard for most people on this forum to give a negative taste to all their posts, I didnt say I was impressed myself so ur point is uneccesary in any way.


  • winghaven1winghaven1 Member RarePosts: 745

    Thomas2006 said:



    Onigod said:





    MrSyn said:



    80 Players killing 50 mobs is newsworthy? and considered a successful stress test?

    I guess my low expectations of these 'official' p.servers are well placed and why there is so many 'free tests' for them in the mmo news.

    How these are meant to sustain on a subscription model when they can only pull together 80 people for a public free test is beyond me...









    They are having those 80 players on the same spot, the same node in combat and that is very different than lets say 80 players together in World of Warcraft, in DFO you will feel a change of ping very fast, big siege wars were actually pretty impressive to run so smoothly in Darkfall imo.





    I am not a fan of what New Dawn is trying to do but Rise of Agon seems to come along just fine and seems to be the more popular option of these 2 but calling this a failure based on this is bs I am not going to be playing any of these servers untill theres a full release and im a big fan of DF1 and cant wait, noone who already played on their "indev version" would bother.








    80 people vs 50 mobs eh.. Nothing new by any stretch.. Nothing impressive by todays standard.. Maybe 16 years ago that was impressive.




    Holy shit by the sound of this, this guy is really cool. Look at how he's able to inform us just how uncool this test was for this game. Man, if it weren't for you, I don't know what I'd think about this!

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  • fodell54fodell54 Member RarePosts: 865
    Those VFX look like shit.
  • PhryPhry Member LegendaryPosts: 11,004
    winghaven1 said:

    Thomas2006 said:



    Onigod said:





    MrSyn said:



    80 Players killing 50 mobs is newsworthy? and considered a successful stress test?

    I guess my low expectations of these 'official' p.servers are well placed and why there is so many 'free tests' for them in the mmo news.

    How these are meant to sustain on a subscription model when they can only pull together 80 people for a public free test is beyond me...









    They are having those 80 players on the same spot, the same node in combat and that is very different than lets say 80 players together in World of Warcraft, in DFO you will feel a change of ping very fast, big siege wars were actually pretty impressive to run so smoothly in Darkfall imo.





    I am not a fan of what New Dawn is trying to do but Rise of Agon seems to come along just fine and seems to be the more popular option of these 2 but calling this a failure based on this is bs I am not going to be playing any of these servers untill theres a full release and im a big fan of DF1 and cant wait, noone who already played on their "indev version" would bother.








    80 people vs 50 mobs eh.. Nothing new by any stretch.. Nothing impressive by todays standard.. Maybe 16 years ago that was impressive.




    Holy shit by the sound of this, this guy is really cool. Look at how he's able to inform us just how uncool this test was for this game. Man, if it weren't for you, I don't know what I'd think about this!

    Thank you for your service.
    It is after all supposed to be a PVP game that has lots of sieges etc. numbers should be in the hundreds, even Planetside 1, which is probably at least 10 years old now, could handle hundreds of players in the same location, fighting, using a wide variety of weapons, 80 is not really a test of the server which is what this was supposed to be about, it would be hoped that the numbers stated were due to limited player involvement rather than server capabilities, because 80 players is a ridiculously small number, it would be hoped that the game could in fact support over 300 players in the same area without becoming unstable. :o
  • DakeruDakeru Member EpicPosts: 3,803
    Hilarious that an 80 player stress test is considered a success.
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,059
    edited November 2016
    Dakeru said:
    Hilarious that an 80 player stress test is considered a success.
    I didn't find anything funny about it.

    Perhaps humor is different in the land you come from. ;)

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  • jmcdermottukjmcdermottuk Member RarePosts: 1,571
    Modern MMO's. 80 players is a big deal now eh? That's barely more than a BF server from 20 years ago. Now if they stuck a 1 in front of the 80, or better yet a 2, then I'd say they have an MMO.

    And people still have the cheek to say the genre is in good shape when this is considered news worthy.
  • HeretiqueHeretique Member RarePosts: 1,536
    Sorry but the game has been dead since our first run through the original Darkfall. Throw in the towel, the people holding onto this with rose-tinted glasses won't keep the game alive for the 5th time.
  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,485
    edited November 2016

    Kyleran said:


    Dakeru said:

    Hilarious that an 80 player stress test is considered a success.


    I didn't find anything funny about it.

    Perhaps humor is different in the land you come from. ;)



    You mean Earth? lol
    BTW anyone else think that video looked like an EDM music fest? I was kinda expecting an appearance from Chainsmokers or David Guetta to drop some beats.
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  • DakeruDakeru Member EpicPosts: 3,803
    Kyleran said:
    Dakeru said:
    Hilarious that an 80 player stress test is considered a success.
    I didn't find anything funny about it.

    Perhaps humor is different in the land you come from. ;)
    Actually this would be perfect as one of those vids where the guy tries to explain something on the show and he can't stop laughing:

    "Ok so we rebranded the game for the third time so the suckers have to buy it yet again. But of course no one else gives a damn so in order to lure in people we announced a stress test. Everyone knows that this can be done by simulations but whatever.
    Only 80 people bothered to come and even that was enough to cause some problems.
    *slams table
    And here is the best part.. WE TOLD THEM WE FIXED THE BUGS AND THAT THE STRESS TEST WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!"

    *audience goes wild
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  • GaladournGaladourn Member RarePosts: 1,813
    bear in mind that DF has real-time combat, collision detection and directional hits...
  • DakeruDakeru Member EpicPosts: 3,803
    Galadourn said:
    bear in mind that DF has real-time combat, collision detection and directional hits...
    You mean like ESO, GW2 and similar games?
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  • alf2oooalf2ooo Member UncommonPosts: 139
    not really, you are miles away, thats action combat, basically tab target on mouse-over
  • DakeruDakeru Member EpicPosts: 3,803
    alf2ooo said:
    not really, you are miles away, thats action combat, basically tab target on mouse-over
    Funny.. last time I played those games I didn't have to tab target anything. The game realized whether my sword was hitting something or not.
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  • alf2oooalf2ooo Member UncommonPosts: 139
    edited November 2016
    you aren't hitting anything in those games, your mouse is locked in the middle and you target what you mouse over or you perform a standard aoe attack, glad you learned something new.
  • DakeruDakeru Member EpicPosts: 3,803
    alf2ooo said:
    you aren't hitting anything in those games, your mouse is locked in the middle and you target what you mouse over or you perform a standard aoe attack, glad you learned something new.
    I mostly learned that people will go quite far to defend this game with the epic 80 people stress test and some fps elements as if that was anything new or innovative in 2016.
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  • alf2oooalf2ooo Member UncommonPosts: 139
    edited November 2016
    i think this game died several years ago if your main objective in this post is bashing, so be it, I'm not defending anything; yet I think you are trying too hard making false statements on a game you clearly don't know.
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