Paying players for beta/game testing ?
Aasimar069
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I have a stupid idea and very cynical.
Do you think guys (BG:EE community) that the devs should be paying us (or at least not making us pay for playing this game) for game testing (or beta testing) the game ?
I mean we have already paid for something buggy, so why not paying us back since we are doing the bug report job (and sometimes even giving the solutions to get rid of the bugs) ?
By the way, I also confirm the "return of the bugs" have occured in patch 8 (the one that adds italian language), because on my other PC (the one I am currently writting from), with patch 7, there are none of these bugs !
- keyboard arrows not functionning properly (ex: in console or when they can be of any use)
- numbers and keys above the letters (QWERTY, ...) do not function properly (you can't use the console then, or use the 1-2-3-4 for dialogue => this is also annoying because the cursor sometimes disappear for no fu**ing reason ...).
- the default scripted is bugged for people with ranged weapons (again !!! this was fixed before).
I do not understand how these patch releases are tested (are they ?).
We only start a new game and, in a few minutes (at least less than an hour) , we are able to detect many bugs.
Do you think guys (BG:EE community) that the devs should be paying us (or at least not making us pay for playing this game) for game testing (or beta testing) the game ?
I mean we have already paid for something buggy, so why not paying us back since we are doing the bug report job (and sometimes even giving the solutions to get rid of the bugs) ?
By the way, I also confirm the "return of the bugs" have occured in patch 8 (the one that adds italian language), because on my other PC (the one I am currently writting from), with patch 7, there are none of these bugs !
- keyboard arrows not functionning properly (ex: in console or when they can be of any use)
- numbers and keys above the letters (QWERTY, ...) do not function properly (you can't use the console then, or use the 1-2-3-4 for dialogue => this is also annoying because the cursor sometimes disappear for no fu**ing reason ...).
- the default scripted is bugged for people with ranged weapons (again !!! this was fixed before).
I do not understand how these patch releases are tested (are they ?).
We only start a new game and, in a few minutes (at least less than an hour) , we are able to detect many bugs.
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If they had to pay people for testing the game, it should be more expensive, so we are paying less
Reguarding the italian patch, it should not be possible, because it's just the dialog.tlk file, so I don't know how a .tlk you aren't using could create bug.
So this would mean there are hidden changes which led to the return of these bugs
Overhaul is not made of money. If they even paid all the beta testers for their work I get the feeling they may have trouble making a profit. I don't mind working for free.
I've had issues since the third patch with the opening sequence and ingame cutscenes and they still don't work but who the hell cares,the games playable.I have a mod with the old movies installed,which to be honest was going in anyway broken or not.I still think the original opening movie is epic.
And new patches can accidently break old ones,nothing new there.There's millions of strands of code surely.Bound to happen.I've yet to see a game on the PC that's total perfection.At the end of the day,so long as it's playable and enjoyable which this game always has been.
(I can get off my soapbox now
Am also playing an archer and haven't experienced the ranged weapons bug yet.
I even switched over to the Italian version to make sure. Perhaps it is your computer keyboard acting up and not the game?
There are people willing to devote their time and energy to provide bug testing for free. These people should be commended for keeping the cost of the game down for the rest of us. Yes bugs still get through the cracks but I bet there would still be bugs if they had paid beta testers.
If I wanted to play a free game, I'd head over to Kong.
Software and bugs go hand-in-hand. It's one of those things. It wouldn't matter if they employed each and every member of the community, paying them minimum wage. Bugs are still going to slip through.
I suggest people interested on what is going on to read Trent's and Cameron's tweets as they say as much as we can reveal now and sometimes even more than we're allowed to say.
As a paragon of lawful goodness, it's always puzzled me how some people want to add financial incentives to things which are already rewarding in non-financial ways.
Why treat a Paladin like some mere mercenary?
If you have played a game that has zero bugs (not just those that you are personally inconvenienced, but truly NONE), I salute you. I can't think of a single game that I have played in the last 30 years or so that hasn't had at least some issues, even after it was out for years.
if it were me, I would either come to terms with the fact that there are going to be bugs or give up on gaming entirely. But that's just me.
;-)
@Tresset - Not really a Pokemon person myself. I do play Metroid Zero Mission and Super Mario Bros on my DS from time to time. Haven't really encountered much 'Errors' on that front, so I take your point.
@Samus - LOL. Exactly!
Humorous example of a Pokemon glitch: The Pokemon called Cofagrigous could not be traded by a certain method (GTS) because the censors were blocking it due to the word inside its name.