That only works if they have a build ready before well before it's to be deployed. I have a feeling CCP Shanghai are constantly behind schedule and have allocated most (all?) of their resources into catching up (or trying to) rather than planning ahead.

They'd also need to be able to distribute testing builds to us. I doubt it's possible to skip the lengthy Q&A process Sony apparently insists on before anything is allowed on PSN.


I could be wrong on both counts however. Actually, I hope I am since a test server would be kinda nice.

Signed, and allow unlimited sp and isk. But a problem could be people would only play on the test server.

Yeah and enough life boats would have helped the people on the Titanic as well.

Of coarse no one thought that the Titanic would have ever sunk to begin with.

Maybe CCP thought that they had built an unsinkable AAA FPS .

You guys really want to put your PS3's under the strain of a test server?? you will need deep pockets.

They already take a hammering with DUST as it is, it will be much worse on a test server.

You done yet?

He never is.

Pity.

Who's going to pay for it?

Who's going to pay for it?

We're a few weeks into Uprising now, and stagnation has set in due to the imbalance. In addition to this, we have a stupid number of bugs and glaring issues.
All of these problems, ALL of them, could have been spotted a mile away if we had a test server.

It took all of 10 minutes for good players to realise that the TAR was by far the best weapon, and that the Caldari Logistics was the best dropsuit. That could have been fixed before Uprising proper had even hit the main game!

We wouldn't have half a dozen useless weapons or horribly OP weapons and suits had we been able to test Uprising before launch. Perhaps the premature release on 5/14 wouldn't have been such a fiasco, and reviving people would actually work properly.

This does, of course, rely on CCP listening to the community, but implementing a test server would be a promising step in showing that they do.

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Agreed with by:

Arkena Wyrnspire
A'Real Fury
Telcontar Dunedain
Azura Sakura
KOBLAKA1
Tharak Meuridiar
IRuby Heart
olssam 62
Cygnus 2112
TERMINALANCE
2-Ton Twenty-One
EnIgMa99
Aqua-Regia
H arpoon
Vethosis
Geth Massredux
Aerion Spiritus
Jason Punk
DarkMaximos
Mac Dac
IrishWebster (x2 apparently)

/signed with my eyes closed.

How it should work would need some thinking as you wouldnt want half the player base playing test server everyday. But, allowing sessions 2/3 times a week when devs can offer adjustments so players can test a few hours and give feedback would be a major help to balance the game.

+1
This is test track mode CCP. We want a way to test the up and coming features that you are testing. We want to see the guns and gear as they are being tested. Give us the chance to see the new features coming up so we can make choices that affect our characters on the TQ server without needing a respec every time you release a new feature to work the kinks out. We volunteered our time to Beta test for you and realize that you want and need feedback on how the new stuff should affect our Universe. Give us an option in the loading screen to hit the Test battlefield. We will help you move your game forward.

Um... bump? After a long time.