State of the Beta - Post #4

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Qarl wrote:

Last week's patch introduced a lot of changes to the beta, including the Deterministic Lockstep mode.

While we had done a lot of internal testing with it, this was the first time we have had a large scale test of the mode. It held up very well, and players seem to be enjoying it. There were a few new issues identified, though, and we are working through them.

Towards the end of last week we added additional servers to the beta in various new locations. The lower-latency play offers many players further improvements to the Deterministic Lockstep experience.

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MajorThor wrote:

Motion to allow CB-Testers the ability to upload their live characters to the game!

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LeeroyLeone wrote:

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Qarl wrote:

Last week's patch introduced a lot of changes to the beta, including the Deterministic Lockstep mode.

While we had done a lot of internal testing with it, this was the first time we have had a large scale test of the mode. It held up very well, and players seem to be enjoying it. There were a few new issues identified, though, and we are working through them.

Towards the end of last week we added additional servers to the beta in various new locations. The lower-latency play offers many players further improvements to the Deterministic Lockstep experience.

I don't know if this is a PR stunt or a joke or something else, but are you kidding? I tested Lockstep mode for 2 days and it seemed to be broken as hell. So broken, that it is completely not usable for hardcore players. It is causing at least 1 random game crash per hour. It happens the most while joining instances (no matter if town or battle areas), but there are also crashes mid combat. I was really surprised that I did not RIP during one of those.

I am having 40-80 ping and compared to the predictive mode the current state of lockstep seems to be horrible. It causes crashes somehow even if I am not using it and someone on the party is. My friends have reported similar observations, so it can not be something related to my computer's hardware or software specific.

After 2 days I could not bare it any longer and switched back to predictive mode. Worked like a charm, crashes stopped happening after that (unless I join a party with someone using it).

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LeeroyLeone wrote:

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Qarl wrote:

Last week's patch introduced a lot of changes to the beta, including the Deterministic Lockstep mode.

While we had done a lot of internal testing with it, this was the first time we have had a large scale test of the mode. It held up very well, and players seem to be enjoying it. There were a few new issues identified, though, and we are working through them.

Towards the end of last week we added additional servers to the beta in various new locations. The lower-latency play offers many players further improvements to the Deterministic Lockstep experience.

I don't know if this is a PR stunt or a joke or something else, but are you kidding? I tested Lockstep mode for 2 days and it seemed to be broken as hell. So broken, that it is completely not usable for hardcore players. It is causing at least 1 random game crash per hour. It happens the most while joining instances (no matter if town or battle areas), but there are also crashes mid combat. I was really surprised that I did not RIP during one of those.

I am having 40-80 ping and compared to the predictive mode the current state of lockstep seems to be horrible. It causes crashes somehow even if I am not using it and someone on the party is. My friends have reported similar observations, so it can not be something related to my computer's hardware or software specific.

After 2 days I could not bare it any longer and switched back to predictive mode. Worked like a charm, crashes stopped happening after that (unless I join a party with someone using it).

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60x7 wrote:

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LeeroyLeone wrote:

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Qarl wrote:

Last week's patch introduced a lot of changes to the beta, including the Deterministic Lockstep mode.

While we had done a lot of internal testing with it, this was the first time we have had a large scale test of the mode. It held up very well, and players seem to be enjoying it. There were a few new issues identified, though, and we are working through them.

Towards the end of last week we added additional servers to the beta in various new locations. The lower-latency play offers many players further improvements to the Deterministic Lockstep experience.

I don't know if this is a PR stunt or a joke or something else, but are you kidding? I tested Lockstep mode for 2 days and it seemed to be broken as hell. So broken, that it is completely not usable for hardcore players. It is causing at least 1 random game crash per hour. It happens the most while joining instances (no matter if town or battle areas), but there are also crashes mid combat. I was really surprised that I did not RIP during one of those.

I am having 40-80 ping and compared to the predictive mode the current state of lockstep seems to be horrible. It causes crashes somehow even if I am not using it and someone on the party is. My friends have reported similar observations, so it can not be something related to my computer's hardware or software specific.

After 2 days I could not bare it any longer and switched back to predictive mode. Worked like a charm, crashes stopped happening after that (unless I join a party with someone using it).

I would suggest you try to mitigate your comments by ratifying that this is only what you are experiencing. I have been using DL since it launched with no problems. I'm going to infer that this means (that in its current beta state) it depends on the computer it is installed on as to what kind of experience the end-user will have.