When Will Valorant Be Done with Maintenance?
Since its release in June 2020, Valorant, a highly-anticipated tactical first-person shooter by Riot Games, has been plagued with numerous server maintenance periods. These planned downtimes are necessary for updates, patches, and bug fixes. As the community eagerly anticipates a permanent end to the maintenance cycle, this article aims to provide insights into Riot Games’ commitment to quality assurance, the current progress, and when fans can expect their much-awaited Valorant with minimal downtime.
Riot Games’ Commitment to Quality Assurance
Riot Games is well-known for their dedication to quality assurance and perfectionism in their games. They have not shied away from taking steps to ensure Valorant’s high level of polish, prioritizing bug fixing, and improvement of game stability. This extended period of maintenance serves as proof of their commitment to the community.
Prioritization Model: To facilitate a gradual rollout of features, Riot uses a prioritization model to categorize and tackle bugs, requests, and changes based on:
- Urgency: Critical/Showstopper/Minor Bugs
- Impact: Number of users/Player base/Major Player experience
- Cost: Resource constraints
This prioritization enables them to tackle high-priority, player-affecting issues early, addressing most frequently reported ones and optimizing performance, while refining other features in a more piecemeal manner.
Bugs Fixed and Closed:
• Hud/ User Interface/ Bug fixes
• Map bugs & collision detections
• Gunplay Issues (firing, accuracy etc.)
• UI responsiveness
• Server crash/FPS optimizations
Ongoing Issues and Active Fixes:
• Competitive Game Mode Delay
• Some Server Lag/FPS/ Performance issues
• Death Cam/UI Issues After Reconnecting
Future Patches/ Fixes in Pipeline:
• Server-side data streaming for maps
• Better map rotation detection and switching
• Matchmaking Algorithm overhaul**
To minimize the downtime impact on players:
• Rocket League</Riot adopted an asynchronous updating approach, keeping both VALORANT and VALORANT Beta concurrent.
• Hotfix:** Emergency patch for emergency fixes and last-minute bug resolutions.
Table 1: Riot Games Maintenance Process Timeline:
| Milestone | Start Date | Estimated End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Hotfix v.2 | Jan 15th, 2021 | Jan 29th, 2021 |
| Content Update | Jan 29th, 2021 | Mar 1st, 2021 |
| Patch x | Mar 5th, 2021 | Apr 16th, 2021 |
Given this indefinite number of fixes required for Valorant to be completely ‘done’, will maintenance periods end definitively?
For an early end: Prioritizing most-often discussed player-affecting issues
- Game Stability > User Experience: Emphasizing continuous refinement
- **Patch Cadence < 40-day average (approx).
- HotFix: Target ‘ emergency ‘ resolution
A comprehensive solution depends on game health and constant monitoring feedback . Until there is certainty in game balance, performance enhancements, and quality enhancements, game-breaking issues, and new player acquisition & retention & revenue goals. A continuous testing period is, at the very least, 1 – 3 Months. Given Valorant’s young age and potential for massive player base growth..
Q: I understand maintenance for updates or hotfixes is necessary for game improvement; however, would the end maintenance period compromise game security?
*A: Yes! No Compromise in Security: Updates/fixes ensure consistency across player’s experiences within game stability ( 4% uptime).
Q2; Do Maintenance ‘ ‘break ‘ rank ‘ and prevent ‘drop-off *; ‘, so they shouldn’t be allowed
A: False – Each maintenance iteration should ideally resolve more & 80 issues; most common requests include UI, 0 issues. They maintain constant growth and user expansion in ‘** 300 million ‘ monthly active’ in Q3.
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FAQ: Is valorant maintenance planned to ever ‘ ‘ cease with time game growth stabilizing
*Answer- In essence YES! This could potentially stop after a certain’ quality milestone but for Riot it would seem like as ‘**‘ * to completely disband the maintenance mechanism without addressing bugs, with each update * still needed.
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In the near-future, it can be envisioned that maintenance will progressively evolve into regular server-side testing & validation with quality-assurance monitoring**. An essential component, ensuring users stay informed via regular notifications.
Q & A Additional questions with solutions
Answers from developers themselves
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In case, This article intends to help clear up doubt & <</i< the anticipation as well regarding a definite completion of maintenance or game stabilization timeline. At least one key point holds constant for users: no definitive maintenance shutdown. No compromises for your security.’
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