@Gothix said in So that went well, huh?:
It's why it's called stress test. You throw the thing in stressful conditions, see what didn't go efficiently, then improve on it.
There is like 2 years before game is released.
Are you seriously saying that you want smooth, bug free product already, that much before release? ^^
Damn dude, you should read a bit about software development. xD
I said none of that actually, nice straw man.
It's true, I'm not a programmer, but it would appear that being forced to cancel a test two days early because your game cannot handle more than a few hundred people might be the signs of a weak foundation, and this could be troubling to early founders moving forward. "The engine can't handle it" or "the servers are maxed well before we expected" are problems that could potentially halt or significantly delay production, one might imagine, were they not a software developer.
If someone who actually knows what they're talking about could muzzle the angry attack dog over here for a moment, I'll rephrase my original questions.
I'd like to invest in this project, but I have some concerns regarding this weekends stress test:
Was this scale of "not ready" about what you were expecting, or did it catch you by surprise?
Would you consider this a setback or just a minor inconvenience?
What did you learn from this, and how did these results help you moving forward?
Were I to purchase a "founder's pack" and jump right into the alpha this very moment, is the experience I had during the stress test typical of what I'd see on a daily basis?
Perhaps these are questions that cannot or will not be answered, and perhaps some overly rabid defenders see my inquiries as "attacks", but my stated intentions are my actual intentions: I'm a consumer, not a developer, and within the bounds of "what can be disclosed at the moment", I'd simply like some assurance that things are on track, I can toss my money in with confidence, and if the water isn't quite fine, at least the pool is shaping up as expected.
Edit, thanks mod, took me awhile to write that and you responded in the meanwhile. Looking forward to reading the aftermath study.