aeiouy wrote:
Since they intend to bring them out every two weeks, they can't really keep them on test for more than a week.
As far as I can tell a lot of stuff isn't even being caught on test due to the number of testers and the feedback from the testers...
So having it on test longer wouldn't necessarily make the patches any better, they would just make the time between patches on live servers longer.
Not sure I see the benefit there.
I see several issues each patch that is noticeable right away on live and gets fixed in hot fixes, that apparently nobody on test noticed... I got to be honest I am not impressed with the feedback test servers generally provide.. They provide good very basic feedback, but in almost every game I have played they have had the same problem... Basic stuff is getting missed, and I am not sure why... I think part of it is that people who play on test servers are not good testers... They play on test for other reasons.
I am not here to bash the players on test, but like I said, every game I have played the same things have happened and it has happened here again. Maybe it is because there are not enough people, or not high enough level or whatever... but like I said you go back and look at some of the feedback after the last patch went live and compare it to the feedback from the week before on the test server, and you won't see reported issues that didn't get fixed, you will see issues that were never noted.
Message Edited by aeiouy on 03-29-2005 05:41 AM
Say what you really mean .. we're all friends here.
THEY PLAY ON TEST TO FIND EXPLOITS SO THEY CAN .. WELL .. EXPLOIT THEM.