https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sea-of-thieves-holding-another-test-this-weekend/1100-6457101/ >Sea of Thieves will offer another Scale Test on PC and Xbox One this weekend, so you'll have at least one more chance to feel the virtual salty sea air before its impending launch. The test will begin on Friday, March 2 at 2 a.m. PST and end on Sunday, March 4 at 2 a.m. PST. >Keep in mind, though, that developer Rare intends this test to be a real stress test for the game. Not only will the studio be attempting to put Sea of Thieves through its paces, it will actually be throwing wrenches (or scabbards) into the works intentionally. According to the announcement, "[W]e will also purposefully be stressing our services by throttling performance at certain times, testing the game in different data centres around the world, and simulating deliberate outages." So if you run into trouble, it's not you, it's them.