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Can we get an actual public test environment?

Lauchmelder·9/5/2017, 5:20:31 PM·9 votes·533 views

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I'm not asking for a mass invite to the PBE, I'm talking about a Public Test Server (PTS) everybody can join.

**What would be different? **The PBE would still exist and only the select few players get access to it, testing out changes Riot adds over the course of the PBE update cycle, filtering out the biggest of bugs and imbalances. After they (the changes) are adjusted it goes onto the PTS for one week to stress test those exact changes by anyone interested. It would probably be a lot more data to look at, maybe even finding some more bugs to fix.

What I'm basically asking for: A one week public beta for every patch. While the PBE is usually doing an ok'ish job (in my opinion) they lack the manpower to stress test changes. When it comes to finding bugs/major imbalances/broken stuff it's Quantity over Quality though.

12 Comments

ModWulf Helhammer9/5/2017, 5:39:05 PM5 votes

Than nobody plays live server.

And everything is still unbalanced because all the traffic would be going to the server in Cali, causing lag

Psyrik9/5/2017, 5:27:32 PM1 votes

[zombie-brand-clap]

FurriesAreHot9/5/2017, 6:38:00 PM1 votes

Notice how even the small few people with access complain about instability and lag. It's a reserved server to save them money one large servers for testing. It also keeps toxic players out, and the helpful and constructive players in.

Paroe9/5/2017, 9:12:04 PM1 votes

@thread What youre talking about only works on pay to play or subscriber games. League of legends PBE would be better if it were ACTUALLY the same game a patch ahead. Fact of the matter is, PBE is a different build entirely and NOT just a patch ahead. Its a much smoother, better built entity.

And yes, people would just play on your proposed "sneak peak" server; especially the hundreds of thousands of casuals who dont play more than a few times a week to begin with.