At 01:14 PM 6/21/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> > on a test server, i doubt they make tape backups of characters as often as
> > on live servers. and why should they go through all that trouble for just
>a test
> > server?
> >
>
>Nope they don't make backups regularly. But they've had to do quick
>rollbacks before. If you haven't played regularly on test and don't know
>the environment please don't make blatant generalizations. Typically the
>backups are about 2 weeks old. When they did this restore characters that
>were deleted 2-3 months ago were re-created.
um, i have played regularly on test. one of the quirks of their rollback is that
all previous characters that were deleted show back up on the account. like
from forever. when kunark beta characters got added into people's accounts
that created a problem.
> > if the players on test were truly testers, there for the sake of testing
>the code, then
> > i would agree. since they are not, it hurts the players' credibility, not
>verant's.
>
>Uhh thanks so much for your ignorance of the situation.. We are players.
>We pay $10 per month just like you. The players who played there and got to
>high levels SPECIFICALLY so that they could test high level
>dungeons/areas/planes/dragons were basically paying verant for the
>priveledge of doing their jobs for them. People that played on test
>religiously (I'm not talking about the 5 day wonders that would level to
>17th then go back to a live server) were very religious testers. Most of us
>have been testing this game since Beta 2 or earlier. Many of those folks
>have now left in disgust over their treatment by Verant.
doing a player wipe doesn't hurt the testing of areas. gm's can always buff
up players to test new high level areas. i know of quite a few people who played
on test simply because it was less crowded than other servers. the population
on test went from 150ish to 600ish in a period of 3 months. you think all those new
people came just to test stuff? i never said that no one on test was testing stuff.
i said that the majority of people on test were not. you make it sound like playing
on the test server was ''work''. you didn't derive any enjoyment out of being one
of the first people to see new zones/items/mobs? you didn't derive any enjoyment
out of just playing the game?
>IMHO: Anyone who played on Test should have been playing for free instead
>of paying $10 bucks a month. Just my opinion though.
>
>I leave you with this thought:
>If there weren't level 50 players to test the planes, dragons, kunark,
>etc... how stable would those zones be on the live servers? Hope you enjoy
>falling through the world for 32,000 dmg when walking across the plane of
>hate. I've had it happen. Have you?