Testing a locked server?

[Skeez1e]

<p>If that's the latest feature on Test - it's a resounding success. </p>

[Whilhelmina]

<p>Yes, I love this change, don't you? It's to teach us how to try to pick a locked server perhaps?</p><p>Question : why patching the BG to us if you lock the server just after that? Why not wait before activating them?</p>

[shadowfalx]

<p>Oh no, the TEST server is down? Wow who would have guessed that the TEST server would ever be down.</p>

[feldon30]

While it's understandable that Test server comes down from time to time, isn't it possible for players to simply avoid loading the Battlegrounds interface if it's buggy?

[Whilhelmina]

<p>Inub : I have nothing against the fact Test server can be down sometimes but we're speaking of a downtime for days, not for a 4 hours downtime or whatever there. What would you say if AB was down for days without previous notice and with a "server will be up one of those days eventually" type of notice afterwards?</p><p>In case you didn't know, today is the DD release day of the expansion and Test is the main server of a lot of people who do an amazing job at crushing bugs before they hit live...</p>

[Glip_the_Gnome]

<p>The Test Server is open and ready for business. We just wanted to be super careful that the potential corruption issue relating to battlegrounds affected as few characters as possible. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Purr]

<p><cite>Glip_the_Gnome wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The Test Server is open and ready for business. >snip<. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Lies, just lies...  And true ones to start with!   <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" /></p>