Beta for each patch

[Orophin]

The only downside for this to SE is that you'll get hardcore groups going in and testing the endgame content, beating it shortly after it's live, and potentially unsubscribing a lot sooner than they normally would have after running out of content.

[Espon]

The only downside for this to SE is that you'll get hardcore groups going in and testing the endgame content, beating it shortly after it's live, and potentially unsubscribing a lot sooner than they normally would have after running out of content.

That's going to happen anyways. There will always be those hardcore players that will go at content non-stop and clear it quickly. Thing is, this is such a tiny percentage of their player-base; most people will take weeks or even months to complete everything, if that.

Mind you, Crystal Tower is supposed to be easier than Binding Coil, so I doubt it'll take very long for even the average player to do it. This more applies to when actual harder content comes out. The only challenging content this patch might be the Extreme Primals.