Dear Settlers,

For this week we plan to test following things on the test server:

1. Halloween Removal: 1st Phase
   
   • Date: 23.09.2013
   • Start: 16:00 CEST
   • Downtime: No downtime needed
   • Effect: Deactivation of the Halloween Event (e.g. Golems will disappear)
     
     
2. Halloween Activation
   
   • Date: 24.09.2013
   • Start: To be announced (tomorrow)
   • Downtime: To be announced (tomorrow)
   • Effect: Activation of the Halloween Event (e.g. Golems will appear again)
     
     
3. In-game Shop: Star Coins
   
   • Date: 24.09.2013
   • Start: To be announced (tomorrow)
   • Downtime: To be announced (tomorrow)
   • Effect: First test version of Star Coin items will be added to the Shop

More information will follow tomorrow. Stay tuned! :)

Happy testing!
Your The Settlers Online Team

Dear Settlers,

We want to thank you for your help during the last load test (18th of September).
You managed to reach the goal, hence there is a voucher for you which provides
one Bookbinding glue and 20 Pumpkins.

The voucher code can be redeemed on your live account,
but in order to make it easier for you, we publish it also here:

Hurry up, the voucher is valid only for short time span!

Happy settling!
The Settlers Online Team

Dear Settlers,

Today there will be a maintenance on the test server.

• Start: Approx. between 13:30 and 18:00 (CEST)
• Downtime: Approx. 2 hours.

During the maintenance the game will not be available.

More information will follow soon.

Update:
Today's maintenance has been canceled, it will take place next week.

Happy settling!
BB_xaar

Dear Settlers,

Today's maintenance on the test server had to be posponed.
The new version of the game will be deployed tomorrow (20.09.2013).

More information will follow tomorrow.

Happy settling!
The Settlers Online Team

16:00h Update: further delay with the maintenance. We keep you updated when the servers will be shut down.

15:00h (CEST) Update: 1 hour delay with maintenance. It will start approx 15:00 (CEST).

Dear Settlers,

we will perform another maintenance at approx. 14:00 (CEST).

Downtime: approx. 2 hours.

More information about the changes will follow during the downtime.

Happy wuseling!

Greetings
BB_Amaris

Dear Settlers, thanks a lot.

Due to your massive testing the goals are achieved!
The test environment is crowded, we have super high activity from your side like it was requested. The servers are heating up.

Please share potential bugs in the test server forum.

On Friday we will send the reward codes for the live game worlds.

Happy Settling,
BB_Graubart 

Dear Settlers,

the loadtest will start with a little delay.

Update: The load test started. The server load is quite high at the moment. That's very good for our testing purposes! Keep playing, together we are about to reach the goal soon :)

We will keep you informed here on the main page, when the loadtest will start.

Best regards
BB_Amaris

Dear settlers,

Besides new features the Halloween event introduces some technical changes.
Please help us to perform a load test. You have the chance to get rewards for your live account if the test goals are met (server limit for 20 mins).

Test server load test facts:

• Date: Wednesday, 18th of September
• Time: approx. 12:00 - 18:00 CEST
• Testserver: https://tsotesting.com
• The Halloween event is turned off until the start!
• Rewards: Will be sent on Friday

Activity tasks on test server:

• Play the Halloween event intesively
• Activate premium account (it's free, give it a try)
• Play adventures
• Defeat the Golem
• Cause traffic by being very active.

If the server is too crowded and you cannot log in, don't worry,
this means the community is about to reach the goal.

In case you succeed, you will be rewarded with
20 pumpkins and one bookbinding glue on Friday.

Have fun testing the new features!
BB_Graubart

Update 17:30h: Testserver back online - The Halloween event is turned off until load test tomorrow

This afternoon there will be a maintenance.
An update for the halloween version will be deployed.

We will inform you about the schedule soon.

Update:
approx. at 14:15 CEST the Halloween event will be stopped. DONE
approx. at 15:00 15:55 CEST Server are closed for update

17:05h: Internal test running, the game is still closed. The Halloween event will be deactivated until tomorrow. More infos soon...

In our forums you reported disconnection problems. We're on it, too. FIXED

Greetings
BB_Amaris

Dear Settlers!

The Halloween event will be activated today (Friday) approx. at 12:00 CEST.

In addition you can check out the latest developer's diary in your instance's forum.

Happy testing and enjoy your weekend.
BB_Graubart