Age of Conan test server now open to public
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Bugs, Patches
To our ever-lasting surprise and confusion, there always seems to be a significant number of players in any given game who are so eager to try out the latest patch that they're willing to spend their time on a test server testing content before it goes live. For a game like Tabula Rasa, with its monthly deployments, there's at least some logic in this. There's an advantage getting acquainted with tweaks before they go live. For a game like Age of Conan, with its current bi-weekly patch schedule, this isn't quite the case.
Still, one thing that's become clear over the past couple weeks is that Funcom could really benefit from a more rigorous testing process for their patches. As we discussed on Saturday, the old beta test servers are coming down in favor of a new public test server, or Testlive, as they're calling it. If you want to participate, simply follow this link to download the executable, point it to the directory where you have the game installed, select a destination directory, and let it do its thing. Once its installed, go into your destination folder, run ConanPatcher.exe and you've got it. They'll have vendors up in the coming days to allow you to buff up your characters to specific levels, which should speed up the testing process as well.
Still, one thing that's become clear over the past couple weeks is that Funcom could really benefit from a more rigorous testing process for their patches. As we discussed on Saturday, the old beta test servers are coming down in favor of a new public test server, or Testlive, as they're calling it. If you want to participate, simply follow this link to download the executable, point it to the directory where you have the game installed, select a destination directory, and let it do its thing. Once its installed, go into your destination folder, run ConanPatcher.exe and you've got it. They'll have vendors up in the coming days to allow you to buff up your characters to specific levels, which should speed up the testing process as well.




















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Twarsong said on 11:36AM 6-30-2008
Seeing that you have to point the game to your install directory, shouldn't "...open to public." be "...open to subscribers"? Or can one just use the patcher to download the full game?
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csavarda said on 2:09PM 6-30-2008
Subscribers only, I would have to assume. If they let canceled accounts play on the "Test" server (I find that name humorous, as every other server is just as broken and flawed) just imagine how many more people would hit the cancel button and take the free ride until it's really worth the monthly fees.
crsh said on 12:53PM 6-30-2008
Side note, they announced they're moving to a 1 update/week schedule starting this week, they're done with the bi-weekly updates.
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