[Florinda]

Double adv xp and triple craft xp obviously hasn't been attractive enough, and frankly, people on Live just aren't going to hear about events or won't be interested in participating in them with a lvl 1 toon.

I honestly believe the devs need to offer a) character copies (with gear); b) adv level buffing with lvl-appropriate gear (similar to the /testbuffme command on EQ1 Test); or c) both. The biggest roadblock to most people who might be interested in playing on Test is the prospect of spending a huge amount of time leveling up.

This goes for crafting as well. There were at least a dozen talented crafters interested in taking up Silius' offer of character buffing on Test, and we could have used them, however part-time their presence might have been. Since Silius has silenced himself, it's anybody's guess if that will actually happen, but if it doesn't, it is a loss for Test, which desperately needs any shot in the arm it can get.