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A call for help! We need help stress testing our MMO but need more players

Hey hey, so I need a little help gathering some folks together to get a better idea on just how many concurrent players our servers can handle and am happy to give steam keys to anyone available this Wednesday at 4PM EST or Friday at 6PM . Groups are totally welcome so if you have a few friends you'd like to bring with you the more the merrier. I hope this doesn't come across spammy but we really need help getting more players in and I didn't know where else to go
Little backstory: We've been working on the game for 5 years now, it's an open world survival MMO, it's called Fractured Veil, it's on steam and is the real deal (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1128500/Fractured_Veil/). We think we can get 150-200 players on a server right now, maybe more now that we moved to a new 5950x machine but we've never been able to get more than 40-50 people on at any given time. It's harder than organizing a WoW raid with Leeroy Jenkins I swear.
Anyways I'd really really appreciate anything the community can do to spread the word and PM me here for the keys or leave a reaction to the poll we've got going on in our discord here: https://discord.gg/SdPzukcgPu
I didn't want this to come off too needy or anything so hopefully the mods don't mind me asking you guys for a favor like this every now and then. In addition to the keys if anyone here has any questions about game development, making a survival game or the meaning of life, I'm more than happy to do a little Q&A.
Thanks so much, can't tell you how much it would mean to our little team to get a bunch of you all in game this week or next!
shekilledcovid
Dang. It looks fun but I only have last gen Xbox1 and 360.
lazorith
I'm in!
GenesseeV
Awesome, excited to have you! Ping us on discord or just sign up via the form and leave a emoji on the poll and you're in
NotTimon
I totally want a code but imgur fucked my messaging on here
GenesseeV
haha, I think we can let it slide.. head over to the discord link and vote on the poll in #polls and you're in like Flynn!
Greyhoundfax
Is it this Friday/today? Then I'm down
fartsandwitches
Commenting on mobile to remind myself to do this on my comp tomorrow
itsjustchris18
This sounds like the game I’ve been waiting for o:
GenesseeV
not satisfied with what else is out there?
itsjustchris18
I just enjoy survival games as well as zombie games a lot. It looks pretty sweet.
gbschenkel
What is the name of this game?
Greyhoundfax
I'm pretty new to games in general so I maybe could add something to the newer gamers out there? I definitely want to be a part of that
Blodesheim
Sounds like fun.
April80
Im down
wallsh1
played 4k hrs in rust 2.5k in ARK games like these are my bread and butter would like to try.
GenesseeV
oh damn, it's the perspective that comes from that many hours that we are looking for.. Would love to get you in and hear your thoughts
wallsh1
signed up on the discord hopefully I get in :P
GenesseeV
If you reacted to the poll you are in like flynn
wallsh1
all done boss just had to eat dinner first.
ChiKid312
I would be so down with that
GenesseeV
Awesome, we have a test tomorrow if you want to join or regular tests on wednesday. Hop in the discord server and sign up
Nytr013
It doesn’t sound needy. I’m so down!
GenesseeV
Can't wait to have you!
i4nimassive
I'm a big survivalist game player, would be open to try if you fine people allow me to.
Malzie
@GenesseeV I would be available tomorrow (Wed) at 4pm to give it a shot. Looks pretty interesting and the genre is right up my alley.
GenesseeV
Say hi on our discord and tell us a bit about the other games you are playing, would love to hear what you'd like to see
Xilir8
The times don't work for me but I'm happy to spread the word.
GenesseeV
Much appreciated! Come over to the discord either way and sign on up via the traditional form so we can get your name on the list for a key
MrsCletusKlump
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CatsUpvoteTerror
JahNoodles
I can do wed and Friday
GenesseeV
Yay! hop on to the discord, react to the poll in #polls and you are in like flynn!
SteveMND
Stress test a game? I'm down for that.
xxxnaked
Wait! We don’t have to pay?!?
GenesseeV
who doesn't like trying to break things?
SteveMND
I literally work QA/QC for a living. I made a job of it!
iamDinge
Why host your own servers vs hopping on to AWS/GCP/Azure? Cheaper and more powerful if you have the skills to deploy there.
GenesseeV
Single threaded engines like UE4 means per core clock speed is crucial. AWS/GCP/Azure are not optimized for this kind of task
GenesseeV
especially when you take sustained CPU usage into account where our cpu is at 80-100% 24/7. Check out VPSBenchmarks for sustained speeds
GenesseeV
Best hosts are Genesis and Vultr right now, both we know and work with and their top servers are 100-200% slower than the 5950x
GenesseeV
And on GCP/AWS our bill would be 5-10x higher per month for equivalent speeds
iamDinge
Fair. Wasn’t sure if you were techie but clearly you are. Haha
floxsyu