Actually the facts are:
Kunark was in "in house" beta for over 3 months and was in "closed" beta
with 1000 players for about 5-6 weeks. They concentrated for the first
several weeks on 'holes' etc. Trust me dying by falling through the world
is not fun.
That said, I agree they didn't test Kunark enough. Then again they sent EQ
"Live" before any of those of us in the Beta Test felt it was ready as well.
Unfortunately Verant has to answer to it's stockholders and it's board of
directors ;) Shipping deadlines are a pain ;)
Hope this helps!
----- Original Message -----
From: <jhenders@...>
To: <eqbards@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Bard Armor
> On Mon, Jun 19/00, Talies the Wanderer <snicker@...> wrote:
>
> > > We will never know for sure...
> >
> >
> > Also remember that this is the first time that Trakanon has been slain.
> >
>
> Also, it's likely a dragon's loot table is checked a little more
> carefully than the run of the mill mobs.
>
> Interesting rumours I heard lately: Of the (3!?) weeks that Kunark was
> in beta, 2 were dedicated to geometry testing (can you find places to
> fall through the world). That left one week for the unpaid testers to
> check dungeons, etc. Also, appearantly Verant's paid testing department
> consists of 4 employees. That would explain why Gordon has to go test
> things like spell drops.
>
>
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