Third Seasons Patch is out....
witch:
Ah, here's why their testing fails...
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That takes lots of manpower and lots of time...
SaraMK:
:D, witch. I think you're right, there.
I think they go about testing the wrong way. I mean, there has got to be a reason why they're consistently missing major bugs that players find within minutes of loading the game. Assuming they are testing, as they claim, there shouldn't be any reason why they don't find those bugs themselves. The question is, how are they testing? It's kind of hard to imagine that the crying babies, for example, or the vanishing FFS clothing, wouldn't have been immediately obvious under all but the most convoluted circumstances. I just don't get it.
witch:
When we test software at Poly, as part of the design process, we write a testing plan prior to actually doing it. If EAxis run on some sort of process like that, they may just be testing things they EXPECT might go wong or testing what they want to get right, instead of noting what really does go wrong. Also testers may not be so familiar with the game. They may just check to see if <<this thing>> works and never notice if another thing doesn't.
KatEnigma:
They've allegedly hired Simmers to play test after the FFS fiasco. I think part of the problem is that they hire them as temps, and I'd bet that they only bring them in for crunch times. Both Pets and Seasons were missing the huge obvious bugs from the previous releases, so that was an improvement. But they are just as obviously NOT testing the patches in regular gameplay.
Jfederated:
They only had simmers testing the game after FFS?! :o That's hilarious and gruesome. Tho I always suspected their testing involved way too much woolpropping and not enough actual playing.
I'll smack just about anything modders here put out into my game without fear, but that fixed 2nd Seasons patch is still sitting on my desktop uninstalled. I fear it. I fear most everything EA puts out for this game anymore. The anxiety is horrendous. I need counseling or another hobby.
How many computer setups does one Pescado use to test his fixes...that always seem to work right out of the can on anyone's system? I'm curious and cynical (of EA) all at once.
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