Battle Server Alpha Test

by computerheat 30th January 2014, 07:53 AM

Relic's Director of COH2, Quinn Duffy, publicly announced during Sunday Night Fights this past weekend that Relic is in the process of rolling out "Battle Servers" as a way to smooth out lag that players have been experiencing in multiplayer matches. This much requested new feature is now available in alpha form. Do your part for the COH community and get involved in the stress test! Participation in the battle server alpha stress test is not limited to players who are in the beta, so I don't want to hear any excuses for not signing up, soldier! Check out community manager Noun's post from the official forums for more details:

As we continue to work towards improving the Company of Heroes 2 online experience we’re turning to you, the community, to help us test one of the biggest new technologies in Company of Heroes history – the Battle Servers. Once launched the Company of Heroes 2 Battle Servers will be an important step towards reducing lag during online play and preventing unfair play such as drophacks.

Since these servers require such a massive change in how Company of Heroes 2 online play works, we want to test them extensively before we make them live in the full retail game.

Today we’re launching the Company of Heroes 2 Battle Server Alpha Test.

The success of this Alpha Test will rely a great deal on community participation. There will be times when we need to stress test the servers, and will call on you to hop on and play various game modes, to ensure that they can handle the number of players that enjoy CoH2 every day.

We appreciate feedback on your playing experience in this forum.

As this is an Alpha Test there are issues that we’re aware of, and others that we currently aren’t collecting in regards to this Alpha Test.

The following are currently known issues:
Sync Error Detected message displays when viewing a replay
[LOC] $11064199 No Key displays for Tutorial button in front end when in another language
Battle Server - If you lose your connection to the internet & get it back, CoH doesn't recover & continues to give you an error
Battle Server -If you disconnect via lag/cable pull and reconnect, you are unable to continue playing online
Battle Server - Intense lag/disconnection from one player can drop other players
Players receive multiple notifications/event cues when a player quits from the game
Single player ToW solo missions against the AI may be unstable
We are also not taking balance feedback as part of the Alpha Test, so please continue to give that sort of feedback in the forums you were using before.

Thank you to everyone for your help testing our Battle Servers.

Here are the instructions for joining the Company of Heroes 2 Battle Server Alpha Test.
Open Steam
Go to your Steam Library
Right click on Company of Heroes 2 and select “Properties”
Click the “BETAS” tab in the Properties menu
Use the drop down to select “public-alpha“
Steam will now download the Alpha Test
Launch the game
Feedback is best given in this forum.