As for thier internal testing server...there is a limited population obviously. Also you have to take into account that the people that design something are rarely adept at breaking it (they have already fixed anything they could have thought of to break it). So for this set of massive changes they want to have a larger population to test it, while still not putting it in the public eye. Now an over-simplified example... Say they make mystic slows 100% and the mob does no autoattack damage. And coercers get powerdrains that allow them to neuter a mob's spells/combat arts. Perhaps they didnt see the connection, but then they see two people duo the hardest raid mob in the game. So they have to scale back the abilities because they work well in tandem. But mystics liked the idea of a 100% slow, whining insues, etc. Believe me, I am not saying the situation doesnt suck... I made a post just like this a couple weeks ago.
:smileywink: At least we've got a date for sure now, before Desert of Flames.