The first network test is open

This test is about the servers. I want to see how the game holds up with a lot of people on at once, from all over the world, on every kind of connection and computer. So the most useful thing you can do is come in and play however you like, and bring people with you: the busier it gets, the more I learn.

Press Play on this page, make a character and you’re in. Gildrook runs in your browser, so there’s nothing to download. There’s a limit on how many of us can be on at once, so if the test is full, the Play button will say so. A place opens up again soon, so try again in a little while.

Every character made during the test is a member while it runs, so you can try all of it: wings and the twinblades, the members’ armor, and the seats you craft yourself and set down anywhere for friends to share. A while on one of those leaves you Well rested.

You start as a Contractor on probation in the Society’s training compound, chopping, mining, fishing, cooking and fighting for the trainers until they sign you off. After that it’s up to you. Rent a room at the Grand Hotel and furnish it, head out to Gullhaven and the coast, go down into the Undercliff, take on the Mean Mother or the Smuggling Captain, or put a look together and hang out. The posts below go through all of it.

While the test runs, your game sends me a few numbers every half minute about how smoothly it’s running for you: your ping, your frame rate, your graphics settings and what sort of computer or phone you’re on. That’s how I find where it slows down, so you don’t need to report lag yourself. Just play.

Come and say hi on the Discord, and follow us on X. See you in there.