CCP will be hosting a mass testing on Singularity on Jan. 27 at 17:00 UTC "in order to investigate the source of the current lag in large fleet fights." According to CCP Tanis, the test requires 100+ players to be a success.

More information on the test can be found in this thread on the official forums, or just keep reading after the jump.

Howdy Folks,

We are looking further into the situation surrounding medium/large scale fleet battles. To get to the bottom of this we must run another mass-test, this time using special debugging code.

The test will begin Wednesday, January 27 at 5pm UTC. They are expected to last for about 1 hour. We need at least 50 pilots, preferably 200+… the more people who show up, the better.
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Test schedule:

Wednesday [January 27] @ 17:00 GMT
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How to connect to Singularity for this test:

• Make a copy of the current Tranquility (TQ) client


• Visit the Sisi patch page.


• Patch the copied client to the Singularity build


• Login to the singularity test server


• Join the in-game channel "MassTesting"


• Listen for instructions and ask questions in-channel

What exactly is being tested?

Session changes:

• Players will be separated into two fleets, X and W.


• Test will take place in and around FD-MLJ.


• X fleet will 'occupy' FD-MLJ.


• Using W fleet, we will then test jumping into a gate-camp, from a system on the same node, and also a system on a different node.


• We have added special debugging code to help us isolate problems.

What else should I know?

• Try running logServer, read here if you're not sure how.


• You will want to bring a fleet-setup BS or smaller.


• You should pay attention to your FPS (use ctrl+f to view in-game)


• Anyone able to use multiple accounts is strongly encouraged to bring your alts!


• CCP staff and ISD will be on hand prior to the test to help move players to the starting location


• Feedback thread will be posted at the time of the test


• Use drones!


• Give weapon linking a try


• Spider tanks 4tw