test copy no buffer?

[Suprchik407]

<p>there was a buffer on test copy this morning but I was still sending my copies over. I logged on a few hours ago and there were lots of people waiting on the buff bot, but no buffer. Is this something that was only spawned once or will it be back? I deleted 14gigs off my puter just to download the test server and feedback the new changes.</p><p>Please put the buffer back, lots of people waiting, thanks!</p>

[Scampy]

<p>Yes can you please put the buffer back up that was a great help and was greatly appreciated but i did see a lvl80 there and he said he did not have the Expansion to buff to 90 so he got 80 200 aa and enervated myth but no gear may i ask in his stand can you guys please add to that buffer some lvl80 gear so he can atleast hold , the reason i am asking aswell for said buffer is because the guild i joined over there is planning to do raids for a while and was needing a few classes that i could provide for the guilds progression ... Thank you very much for reading this</p><p>Reactive-90 Temp-D E A T H-</p>

[Blackpheonix]

<p>Yeah i am one of the ones that are in the guild over on test and the whole guild is willing to test the raid material for you guys and give you feed back just need the gear for a few of our guys and we can start a.s.a.p can reach me in game as Agito or Riku</p>

[ufalufa]

<p>hello eq2 but we we be happyto have the buffers back because we have a guild that is raiding now and we have people who are not high enough lvl or we want 2 get certain classes so we can raid decent .</p>

[Suprchik407]

<p>so whats going on? I see 2 people in my guild were able to get buffed sometime after 1pm on saturday the 7th. I had to log out for a thunderstorm and I came back at 9pm and no buffer here. Why cant you just keep the buffer up and running? Does it require someone actually there holding its hand? I want to test everything , raids and battlegrounds, please put the buffer on and keep them on.</p><p>At this rate my time is wasted trying to test but am not able to fully see whats what without the proper gear and levels.</p>

[Sneakattackk]

<p>From what I seen people are looking for the buffer to test stuff. I have talked to many people so far and many are looking at different chactacters ability special effects. Also PvP came to mind. Everyone else including myself are still wondering, Wheres the Buffer? So does anyone have any idea when a buffer is coming up? If you talked to a GM or if a GM see this can you tell us when or if a buffer may be coming soon?</p>

[Blackpheonix]

<p>well since its monday hopefully the devs will read this so we can start the raids and all</p>

[Glo]

<p>sooo.... anyone gonna answer this topic? i would really like to know just so i can see for myself how bad my character is gonna suck that and i cant get my normal char to copy over with the command... sooo..</p>

[Blackpheonix]

<p>i dunno wish we knew though so we can test some stuff out ya know?</p>

[havok711]

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[Eveningsong]

<p>I would suggest doing /testcopy.  It should be working now, and it will give you copies of the toons you raid with, as well as the ability to compare the new spell effects with the effects you are seeing currently on Live.  If you just want to compare all of the different classes and don't have some to /testcopy, perhaps a group of folks could just get together, turn up their particle spell effects settings and cast spells so that everyone can see the new effects.</p><p>FWIW, you get unlimited free AA respeccing on Test/Test Copy without needing the buffer, which isn't a permanent fixture of Test Copy, and unfortunately even if they put one up, it doesn't automatically go back up whenever the server has to be restarted/updated.</p>

[Glo]

<p>from what i understand there is still stuff on the test copy that needs testing because i guarentee not all the bugs have been fixed and as i hav stated before the command to copy chars there just does not work for me so i see no harm in them popping into the test copy for a couple mins to do it</p>

[Suprchik407]

<p><cite>Glo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>from what i understand there is still stuff on the test copy that needs testing because i guarentee not all the bugs have been fixed and as i hav stated before the command to copy chars there just does not work for me so i see no harm in them popping into the test copy for a couple mins to do it</p></blockquote><p>Agreed, they made the extra server because time is of the essence.</p><p>From what I gather they want to push the combat animations and new spell changes out ASAP.</p><p>So, in order to see these at all levels the buffer really does need to be there either at all times or have an announcement of when it will be up and for how long.</p><p>Otherwise, your only going to get a handful of people at best logging in to see the buffer, who will buff up and then may or may not even leave feedback.</p><p>I cant understand how this is a viable way to gain infoirmation, it defeats the purpose of testing IMO, without having more than a handful representing the players.</p>

[Glo]

<p><cite>Absynthe@Nektulos wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Glo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>from what i understand there is still stuff on the test copy that needs testing because i guarentee not all the bugs have been fixed and as i hav stated before the command to copy chars there just does not work for me so i see no harm in them popping into the test copy for a couple mins to do it</p></blockquote><p>Agreed, they made the extra server because time is of the essence.</p><p>From what I gather they want to push the combat animations and new spell changes out ASAP.</p><p>So, in order to see these at all levels the buffer really does need to be there either at all times or have an announcement of when it will be up and for how long.</p><p>Otherwise, your only going to get a handful of people at best logging in to see the buffer, who will buff up and then may or may not even leave feedback.</p><p>I cant understand how this is a viable way to gain infoirmation, it defeats the purpose of testing IMO, without having more than a handful representing the players.</p></blockquote><p>running on no sleep here but the second part of your post.. has me stumped are you saying we need it or dont need it the part that confuses me is the "i cant uderstand how this is a viable way to gain information"</p>

[Suprchik407]

<p><cite>Glo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Absynthe@Nektulos wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Glo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>from what i understand there is still stuff on the test copy that needs testing because i guarentee not all the bugs have been fixed and as i hav stated before the command to copy chars there just does not work for me so i see no harm in them popping into the test copy for a couple mins to do it</p></blockquote><p>Agreed, they made the extra server because time is of the essence.</p><p>From what I gather they want to push the combat animations and new spell changes out ASAP.</p><p>So, in order to see these at all levels the buffer really does need to be there either at all times or have an announcement of when it will be up and for how long.</p><p>Otherwise, your only going to get a handful of people at best logging in to see the buffer, who will buff up and then may or may not even leave feedback.</p><p>I cant understand how this is a viable way to gain infoirmation, it defeats the purpose of testing IMO, without having more than a handful representing the players.</p></blockquote><p>running on no sleep here but the second part of your post.. has me stumped are you saying we need it or dont need it the part that confuses me is the "i cant uderstand how this is a viable way to gain information"</p></blockquote><p>We need to buffer, Im agreeing with you that there are stuff to test still.</p><p>For the part you are stumped on - think of it this way, a small handful of people find the buffer when its up vs the rest (which would give a much larger sampling of opinions and testers)  is in no way a good representation of how the regular populace might feel about changes.</p><p>Out of the few who do get buffed, they may or may not feedback their thoughts further reducing the very purpose of a test server.</p><p>In addition, the more people who test the larger a chance if there is something borked (bugged), it may be feedbacked.</p><p>To summarize, the more people to test the better. Sony is limiting how many actually get to test changed content even though there are plenty willing to test. By not spawning the buffer is counter productive, its not going to give many people a chance to feedback properly and thus isnt an accurate sampling of the general populace.</p><p>Thats why I dont understand why on earth they wont spawn the buffer, it makes no sense.</p>

[Glo]

<p>thanks for clearing that up sorry i sounded so stupid</p>