BUG: TFs are nerfed to -1 with new patch

On LGTF and ITF all missions were set at level 49 with level 50 team leader.

Same with the Baracuda SF. A lvl 49 Reichsman was a joke.

Although general enemies were spawning at 49, the freedom phalanx in the LRSF were still 53. I do hope they fix this though.

I logged out with "A Hero's Hero" with all default settings. When I clicked the "Send to mission" power, weirdly, instead of a Peregrine Island portal, I was sent to Ouroboros. All enemies were grey L45 and I'm a L50.

"Np, just a glitch", I thought. I quit the TF. Took it again. Same thing.

The mission level shows up as "0" instead of 50. They are still all L45. Mission entrance is still Ouroboros instead of Peregrine Island. Repeatable. /bugged.

Guess I'm playing alts until it's fixed.

Yeah, last nights SF runs were pretty lame.

Please fix.

"Sorry bucko, but CoH and CoV are the same game." -BackAlleyBrawler
"Silly villain, CoX is for Heroes!" -Saicho

Does NCSoft even bother testing patches before pushing them live anymore?

In addition, some people have received 1.5x the normal reward merits for Strike / Task Forces due to the new patch.

lol, QA.

Er, the build that went live yesterday went on Test just two days before. And people reported the Ouroboros bugs before it went live on the forums.

This is pretty much shameful.

My mistake then. I though I had seen those patch notes last week.

I've lost track of time so much lately due to surgery and jetlag that I apparently misremembered when it was posted to Test.

That now makes me curious as to what I DID see last week.

The only bugs that get fixed immediately are exploits. So lets exploit this then it'll get fixed.

Okay, it looks like yesterdays patch to Live included items from the patch to Test last week (10/20) and the one from this week (10/26) as well.

I've looked all over the Test Server forums and see nothing about the Oro problems being reported. Can you provide links please Reiska?

Oroborous is unplayable. I really hope someoen gets on this quickly. I attempted 4 different archs during my playtime this morning to eventually just log off in frustration.My experience today consisted of:

1."The Vahzilok Pollutant" lvl1-15 arch
a. Access pillar and select the arch
b. The mission door spawned as a pillar in Oro
c. Click on the mission door(in Oro) .
d. Hang in loading screen for 10 mins.

2."The Mind of a King" lvl16-19 arch
a.Select (no problem). First mission is a hunt.
b. Get second mission. All baddies are level 1(wth?).
c. Hmmmmmm? Must be something wrong here /bug.
3."Crown of Glory" lvl25-29(3 door missions should be a quick and easy way to get the last 2 merits I need to purchase a recipe for the character)
a. Loads fine.... YAY!! It's a go!
b.Level 1's????????
c.Through logging out and in I managed to complete the arch. The baddies still stayed level1 but I was able to get credit for defeating objectives. I don't know why.......
1. Please note that I logged off to reset the mission after killing all objectives, reading in my combat logs that I had completed the objectives.
2.After the reset I completed the ONE objective as I had in the prior incantation and received immediate credit.


Can we please get this problem rectified?I know people wont like to read what I am about to type but I think if they can't get in a quickfix there should be a rollback to give them more time to analyze the problem. Oro is borked as to nigh unplayable within the levels documented above. When I have my patience glass more full I will attempt some other archs at higher levels this evening to try and verify if the level 1 spawns are just affecting lvls1-29 oro sf//tf's. There really seems to be some sort of BIG problem with all sf//tf's at the moment.

Not saying that at all. However, I only see one item related to TF's in the patch notes. If no one tested it, whether it was players, QA, or the Devs, all the way through to where the AV's spawn, it would be easy to miss. It's possible that the only testing steps used were starting the TF and then trying to adjust the mission settings to see if they would change or not and then breaking the TF at that point. If that was the case, they would never have gotten to the AV's so wouldn't have noticed the spawn level was broken.

Also, it was mentioned this weekend during a panel on bugs that there are many times when Ghost Falcon is trying to get something tested that he is finding 0 people on the Test server aside from himself or so few that he can't get sufficient data to be considered relevant.

Also, it was mentioned that some of the bugs that have come up only come up under specific load conditions (the sufficient numbers comment I made above) and those conditions were never met on the Test server so the items slipped through. True, they have tools to simulate specific load volumes, but it's just a simulation and doesn't accurately reflect what is happening all the time.

I'm not sure I can trust QA anymore, which makes me sad. I'd been thinking of applying for a QA spot, but I don't have enough faith in them to work with them.

I'm really not sure I can trust the /bug process or the Testing processes in general. I think the panel this past weekend left me with more unanswered questions than I had before the panel, and a more unsettled feeling than before.

Part of it was likely just me, since I wasn't in top shape for the weekend, and that may have contributed to my uneasiness.

At this point, I just don't know. The only thing I do know is that if I see a patch sent to Test, I will do my best to Test everything I can.

They need a real QA team then. Just like they invested in development they need to do the same for QA.

Having the team list bug crop up after the last patch is almost inexcusable. What does it take to reproduce that bug? Run with a team.

They need a team dedicated to testing specific things. The cycle for testing and regression testing should be the same each time. It only gets added to when new features are added.

This process definitely needs to be improved and a reinvestment here will make the vocal minority happy but is it worth it if the majority just accepts it?

I only do flashbacks for badges required for accolades which isn't often and most of the TFs I do are speed runs so I'm not part of the affected group here. But it sure sounds like a doozy.

Hopefully, even though it isn't listed in the announcement about Friday's patch, this will be resolved with the Friday emergency patch.

Which may explain why it isn't listed in the announcement about what is being fixed in the patch on Friday.

EDITS:

Also, I have a link a particular post in that thread over in a planning thread for a weekend TF, and it won't let me access it, so it's likely been deleted.

I can see how it would be exploitable, so won't mention it here. I'm sure others can come up with the same thought for the exploit, especially if it's clear enough for me to see.