Forced Beta Test

[phoenix182]

Originally Posted by Aviann [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The server needs this more than a few people need their new spell level. We've been waiting for Velious for years in hopes that it'd fix the toxic endgame scene we have now.

Maybe those individuals who think this is a shitty thing should do everyone a favor and help out this weekend so it isn't just the current testers doing all the work for them.

Of course, there's another side to this.

Take a group of people who don't have high level toons, and haven't explored Velious content (at least not recently enough to matter), give them high level toons and let them loose in these new zones.

Is the feedback you're going to receive of any real value? Some, maybe, but mostly you'll get a crazy, chaotic cluster.

The purpose of open or forced betas is load testing (and MAYBE hunting lagpoints caused by bad object intersections). That's it's only true value. No one else has any idea what's going on, or how to behave. IF they play at all (and that's a BIG if) they'll be too busy figuring things out and dying repeatedly to know if anything is 'how it should be' to provide valuable feedback.