A MOVE (take character delete it on live put on test) of a character to test server would not bother me so much. A COPY does bother me. A COPY has no root to the server. If a copy gets tired of downtime he simply returns to his / her server and is done with it. A COPY can be rude, and be a griefer and cause problems for people trying to test with no worries, he can always return to his / her original server with no worry about how thay re perseecved. I am not saying all copies would be this way, but having been on test servers (WOW, DAOC) where characters are copied if have seen how a very few can ruin the experience for the manay. When you are MOVED you are stuck, since there are no character moves off of test you are stuck, much like the exchange servers (blegh). How you play and are perceived by others will determine how well you fit in, and if you do not then tuff it out and keep going.
That said, come to test, make a new character. We have a slightly increased exp bonus and it would take an experienced player just a few short weeks to be at the top of the heap again. Once there you will have much the same feelings as those of us who have in fact worked up and discovered numerous bugs and reported them on nearly a daily basis. That feeling is ownership of the test process. You will never have that as a copied character since you have nothing to keep you on the server when a patch is put out that is so horrible you can die a dosen times before you can even log off the game, or loose all your gear to a bug, or any number of other things that send most people running from the server. Yet we who stick it out are a friendly group of rejects who plod along and take favor among those of us who do the same.
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