BETA testing
Since release of the game we were introduced to beta testing on many levels, This was a good way both test fly new ships and test the core mechanics of the game, With this we could generate solid bug reports for frontier to look into and deal with before live update release.?
According to the forum archives Since beta testing has stopped effectively Bug reports have gone through the roof for example:
Beta testing phase 2.2 6k+ threads
Beta testing phase 2.3 5k+ threads
Beta testing phase 2.4 1k+ threads
Beta testing phase 3.0 3k+ threads
Live Update 2.1 23k+ threads
Live Update 2.2 45k+ threads
Live Update 2.31 26K+ threads
Live Update 3.0 18k+ threads
Live Update 3.1 6k+ things start to change here and though not each thread is a bug but the volume of threads has clearly increased without beta testing.
It seems clear that during beta testing phases less bugs where reported than actual live updates in some cases by passing the beta testing stage.
My Question for frontier that although you have a team somewhere is there a dedicated team working on both long term major bug fixes as well as more local smaller bugs, and how is core gameplay mechanics sorted for fixed.? not just yes we have people on it???
Sadly frontier are very slow on the ground to provide the community and in depth information on results of fixed game issues, aside from the update patch notes that in many ways seem to fix bugs that are not that important compared with major long term bugs still around in the game today. It would be good to have a fixed forum page so we can search for bug fixes that have been sorted not just known issues page.
With a team of what many people are saying is 100 strong, mix of developers sound artist, core game play, producers and more, it would be nice to know that are our bug reports having the attention they need, or are they all back of the bus?
3.2 bug reports page is building in the hundreds as of today, but I cant help still believe if frontier stopped all work on content, and put all there resources into fixing every issue from long term bugs to minor fixes and game mechanics, then they can start with new content and can handle the shear volume of new bugs and fixes this way they can stay on top of it instead of having thousands of bugs in the pipeline and little to no chance of being looked into.
Since release of the game we were introduced to beta testing on many levels, This was a good way both test fly new ships and test the core mechanics of the game, With this we could generate solid bug reports for frontier to look into and deal with before live update release.?
According to the forum archives Since beta testing has stopped effectively Bug reports have gone through the roof for example:
Beta testing phase 2.2 6k+ threads
Beta testing phase 2.3 5k+ threads
Beta testing phase 2.4 1k+ threads
Beta testing phase 3.0 3k+ threads
Live Update 2.1 23k+ threads
Live Update 2.2 45k+ threads
Live Update 2.31 26K+ threads
Live Update 3.0 18k+ threads
Live Update 3.1 6k+ things start to change here and though not each thread is a bug but the volume of threads has clearly increased without beta testing.
It seems clear that during beta testing phases less bugs where reported than actual live updates in some cases by passing the beta testing stage.
My Question for frontier that although you have a team somewhere is there a dedicated team working on both long term major bug fixes as well as more local smaller bugs, and how is core gameplay mechanics sorted for fixed.? not just yes we have people on it???
Sadly frontier are very slow on the ground to provide the community and in depth information on results of fixed game issues, aside from the update patch notes that in many ways seem to fix bugs that are not that important compared with major long term bugs still around in the game today. It would be good to have a fixed forum page so we can search for bug fixes that have been sorted not just known issues page.
With a team of what many people are saying is 100 strong, mix of developers sound artist, core game play, producers and more, it would be nice to know that are our bug reports having the attention they need, or are they all back of the bus?
3.2 bug reports page is building in the hundreds as of today, but I cant help still believe if frontier stopped all work on content, and put all there resources into fixing every issue from long term bugs to minor fixes and game mechanics, then they can start with new content and can handle the shear volume of new bugs and fixes this way they can stay on top of it instead of having thousands of bugs in the pipeline and little to no chance of being looked into.