DD Test Server - what is this please?

TWC_BlindAsABat · May 5, 2018

I just have to ask what is this Danger Dogz TEST server? What is it for and what is it designed to test?

Whilst putting finger to keyboard, may I also refer to a conversation I had with DD_FT on another forum. In response to a comment of mine regarding the direction of CloD, he/she said that there had not been any major changes to the Danger Dogz server. At the time that felt wrong to me and against my memories but I did not have any data to back up my opinion and it was, as I have said, on someone else's forum so I didn't not want to get into a discussion. However, I have been clearing out my study and came across my CloD Log Books going back to 2015 (yes, sad muppet that I am, I used to record every flight).

From those logs I can definitely state that the DD server was a lot different place than it is now. I had a fight in every flight and, though I was often knocked down, no enemy formation was ever too big or too well escorted for me to feel I should have a crack at it. Enemy raids now are routinely much bigger and, commonly, better escorted than they were then. There were also a lot more of them.

I don't mind change and it is only fair that over time people will want to develop their server. I merely ask that server developers remember that not everyone is flying in the CloD equivalent of the "Big Wing", most of us are, in fact, probably flying solo.

FoolTrottel · May 5, 2018

Hi B ...

The Test server is an exact copy of the original one, but it's running on an entirely new server. That new server is going to replace the old one, in the end. Currently, we are checking if CloD runs just as nice (hopefully even nicer/better) on the new one as on the old one. So, it's a test situation for the server, not for CloD really.

I do feel and understand the issue you are experiencing, and have been thinking about it, and how to 'change' the server so it will better suit the solo pilot. This is not really possible however, as the server was not designed to perform any specific role or scenario, it's just a bunch of different missions (159 at the moment) randomly launched... The steadily increasing number must've resulted in this change... I do not see it as 'development', as there is no direction in the changes made, there's no specific goal. It's more like an evolution...

See here: