Elizabeth O'Malley
Pirate
As an older, experienced, long time player of the original POTCO, I was super excited to be apart of this journey. I was part of ALPHA as of July 1st through September 19th, and found the game stable although limited in what you could do. I was super looking forward to BETA and the ability to have all game options available.
I have kept a log throughout my play time, both on alpha and beta.
I started "playing" beta on December 15, 2016. Because I do not have a key, I register for 3 day windows each and every day. It is difficult because of my responsibilities, but I cut a certain window of time out of my day to log in and play.
In the eight days that I have played my average crashes range above 40. That means that for every 180 minutes, I'm crashing about every 4 -5 minutes. I have never been online for longer than 20 minutes in total. Every time I enter a building, get on a boat, tp, enter an enemy lair, etc, I crash.
It has not improved. It is consistent and regardless of time of day.
I use Razer and other tools on my new pc to optimize my computer. In game settings I've removed all high memory options, such as music, front end display, etc. I even have graphics on Medium settings.
I'm getting the impression that there are a lot of other folks out there in my same situation. Yet, I see, when I'm able to actually land on an island, that there are players with notoriety upwards of level 10... even in the low 20's... I cant figure out how that can be when you're crashing all the time. I am disheartened and considering giving up BETA.
I can not understand why the game would be open when stability is so fragile. Every time I log in, I notice updates and am encouraged by the possibility that perhaps the stability of the game has increased. Yet, just today, I had the worst 3 hour session since I've been on beta. I was unable to maintain a connection and achieve a quest item or attack an enemy. I crashed over 52 times in 3 hours.
Is this the expectation of BETA?
I have kept a log throughout my play time, both on alpha and beta.
I started "playing" beta on December 15, 2016. Because I do not have a key, I register for 3 day windows each and every day. It is difficult because of my responsibilities, but I cut a certain window of time out of my day to log in and play.
In the eight days that I have played my average crashes range above 40. That means that for every 180 minutes, I'm crashing about every 4 -5 minutes. I have never been online for longer than 20 minutes in total. Every time I enter a building, get on a boat, tp, enter an enemy lair, etc, I crash.
It has not improved. It is consistent and regardless of time of day.
I use Razer and other tools on my new pc to optimize my computer. In game settings I've removed all high memory options, such as music, front end display, etc. I even have graphics on Medium settings.
I'm getting the impression that there are a lot of other folks out there in my same situation. Yet, I see, when I'm able to actually land on an island, that there are players with notoriety upwards of level 10... even in the low 20's... I cant figure out how that can be when you're crashing all the time. I am disheartened and considering giving up BETA.
I can not understand why the game would be open when stability is so fragile. Every time I log in, I notice updates and am encouraged by the possibility that perhaps the stability of the game has increased. Yet, just today, I had the worst 3 hour session since I've been on beta. I was unable to maintain a connection and achieve a quest item or attack an enemy. I crashed over 52 times in 3 hours.
Is this the expectation of BETA?