lean chasm
A lot may not agree with me, or will idk. However as the title says i think the test server should be pve and whoever wants pvp can activate the pvp and do its thing, or make two separate servers for testing pve and pvp, because it's really annoying when you are testing things out not necessarily pvp related and come group or a person appears and just start to attack you and kill you for nothing.
Anyway just a suggestion pls be nice
exotic meteor
public server im not sure but patreon/kickstart test - you can report that, people are not allowed to randomly attack each other
humble granite
I wanna also note that a significant part of the testing is combat balance between dragons, so making it PvE is kind of counterintuitive if you have only one server and need to test live-fire situations.
That said, what Layla said as well - they are not supposed to attack you if you specifically tell them to stop cause you are doing whoever-knows-what-else (like test Snapper fighting for example)
loud rapids
I think having 2 servers for testing would be appropriate. 1 for PvP-only and 1 for PvE only, as these are 2 completely different styles of play. It also gives players a choice between whether they want to participate in PvP testing or not.
This would also eliminate the need for yet another thing admins would have to watch out for (looking for pvp abusers).
exotic meteor
i want to point out how much it must cost to run so many server
be it running on your own machine or server providers
as each server needs X amount of RAM and CPU
they already run about 12 officials for normal game
theres no way they would run 2 testing servers ESPECIALLY as the patreon/kickstart one is not online as often and it also is very empty a week after a patch
As the PvP being ALWAYS only if both parties agree, theres no difference between PvP and PvE
what is different between PvP and PvE if we dont have crazy ppl killing everything that moves? crits, PvE gets more crits thats all
the admin thing, as long as you do die to something outside of effects it will be in the logs and they can easily check + on another note theres almost always admins online when theres a good amount of players on testing
ashen elk
It's not as though growing is an issue on the test server. Seeing as how we have access to grow and heal commands. Other than it being annoying, your not loosing anything so I see no reason to swap it to pve/have two servers
strong lily
Once the Ikioh server goes live then there will be one for PvP and one for PvE
warm heart
public server im not sure but patreon/kickstart test - you can report that, peop...
If we're not allowed to do that why make the server PvP at all?
It's still possible to enter PvP mode on a PvE server with a simple chat command, and anyone can do at any time if they wanted to.
This way you can only dmg people who also have PvP mode enabled/WANT to PvP on the server.
@ashen elk Very true. Still, people want to test out the new nesting changes or get their favorite/exclusive skins on the new dragon. Trolls are inevitable and it usually wouldn't hurt much if you're just insta growing Iconic E spawns to explore the map, but say you've been nesting for a few hours to try out the new upstatting or just got your favorite KS skin. Then a troll comes along and practically 1-shots you. Not very fun is it.
Sure, you could just sit in safe-zones the entire time or beg an admin for a restore but that also creates another problem. Admins need to be on constantly for no reason just to make sure people stay in line and remind everyone of the rules. ( I agree with @loud rapids )
I agree running 2 servers might be a bit too resource costly, even if it's just for a few days, so why not just make the test server PvE instead? Problem solved!
echo hollow
Once the Ikioh server goes live then there will be one for PvP and one for PvE
That's excellent news Lusewing!
I got off the test server a little while ago and I'm still feeling pretty bitter about my test server experience today. I'm looking forward to not ending test sessions frustrated and downtrodden.
hallow ledge
Another idea is that mabye if there was only 1 server one half of the map is pvp area and another Is pve (BR pve, arch pvp exp) I would rather have 2 servers bur if they wouldn't likr that this could he a example :>