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Originally Posted by Tcal
Has the Test server helped the game? do we have you on test to thanks for a very easy game?? I see notes going up on testserver then its the same on Live. So pretty please why would i want to move to test, it's not gonna change a damn thing.
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Also, we have had a nice statement lately from the devs saying that they intend to get into a release cycle that actually gives the folks on test some time to try out most changes before they make it to live (there have been times when feature changes get 1 day on test, which isn't enough time to find the bugs and have them fixed). However, there will always be fast track bug fixes that either have little time on test or are simply run through internal testing and applied directly to live.
The folks on test do several things for us. What is obvious is looking for bugs in the changes that are destined for live. What is less obvious is that (as in the case of the death changes), devs will sometimes put proposed changes on test to see how they work with real players banging on them; this is the time when having a thriving test community really pays off for both the devs and us.