SE needs help for testing their servers before 5.0

[Iscah]

Let's do this everyone for giving them some time for adjusting things for reducing the % of bad surprises at 5.0 launch ^^

Personnally i appreciate the fact they ask us that.

It's probably a good idea to add a link to the announcement in the original post for reference and context, so people can know what you're talking about.

[Crystal_Raven]

So you're telling me we have permission to potentially crash the servers by messing with new features?

Hell yes.

[ExKage]

It's probably a good idea to add a link to the announcement in the original post for reference and context, so people can know what you're talking about.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...324326febe62bf

Help Us Stress Test Ahead of Shadowbringers

In preparation for the release of Shadowbringers, we will be performing stress tests to verify server stability in field areas. Simply join the specified large-scale FATE by using the World Visit system coming in Patch 4.57. Warriors of Light, please lend us a hand!

Schedule
Specific times in late April to mid-May

Details
Throughout the above period, the large-scale FATE “A Horse Outside” will spawn at specific times.

How to Participate
We will announce the World in which the FATE has spawned in the form of an in-game system message. We ask players to join the FATE by using the World Visit system.

* We will not announce the precise location or spawn time for the FATE in advance.
* There may be times where players cannot enter the FATE area due to restrictions on the maximum number of players.

The FATE "A Horse Outside" is the Ixion fate.

[Rowde]

Now that' I've been thinking about the logistics of this... I've realized just how much is actually going to be effected.

Again, they're seemingly setting this up how it would go down in a cross-world hunt shell/discord group. They're calling the FATE data-center wide and everyone then has to get there.

That means in addition to the actual zone with the FATE/Hunt getting potentially flooded and crashing... all city-state Aetherytes that allow for transferring to other worlds (can't remember if it's just starting cities or if Ishgard and Kugane are included too) and especially the city-state zones on the world receiving the influx of players from the other worlds will be effected too. Weeeeeeee

[Fredco191]

I’m glad that they thought about this.

[Iscah]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...324326febe62bf

The FATE "A Horse Outside" is the Ixion fate.

I know that - but I'm saying that information should be in the original post, not halfway down the page, so perhaps Loki can edit his post to add it in.

[SerLuke]

This is a great move and I hope they will use the results of this test to bolster the servers for Shadowbringers’ launch!

[ExKage]

I know that - but I'm saying that information should be in the original post, not halfway down the page, so perhaps Loki can edit his post to add it in.

It was a "to add to this response" comment, nothing in disagreement.

[Emerald_Swords]

Love the idea, hope to catch some while playing.

[Jonnycbad]

Hard to get people to participate unless there's a juicy reward like a free Fantasia or limited time glamor. Like if they REALLY want to simulate stress (e.g. bottleneck with Raubahn at 4.0 release day), they need to give a reason for thousands of people to login and head to the FATE, otherwise people will just stay in town or do dungeons, etc and their data will be not be reflective of a true strain. Especially because MOST people have the Ixion mount by now.