A call for transparency

[Neptune]

Thanks for being a snob and my point still stands. SE is releasing patches every month, we ARE playing the "updated" version of the game every month...that's all they have to offer and therefore we're testing it. Just like we'll all be testing auto attack and the new job system soon. I understand a test server updates regularly the version of the game but I see no point to have it now considering we're all in beta. In the future, I'm all for it. Either way, I don't really care, just my 2 cents.

Well thanks Mack but it's confusing when you come in here and tell people we're already on a test server. Let me explain the difference.

Currently, the dev team works on a patch, QA's it, tells us nothing, and then explains it AFTER it is RELEASED.
With a test server, the dev team works on UPDATES that are patched into the test server for feedback. Everything is known well in advance with plenty of new info out and playable. Suggestions are made, things are tweaked, and eventually we get a finished patch on release servers. Most importantly, big changes don't have to be polished first and there won't be community blowback like with the release of the NMs.

So, I hope everybody understands the difference and what I'm proposing.

Yea ok but I'm pretty sure they are past "salvaging their customers" so to speak...I mean say there are 30k players atm playing the game, that's a hefty number but I'm sure SE is looking for somewhere in the 500Ks or even 1000Ks...just saying they don't care nearly enough to "piss off" anyone because everyone is already pissed off, even those who stuck it out.

I wish you wouldn't make that argument because even you have a voice that, if listened to, will add to the potential of this game for the future, starting now.

Also, on the contrary, because their dev priorities are based solely on the 2nd player's poll and they tell us nothing prior to patches. The whole point of my post was to illustrate why we are told nothing prior to patches. If they weren't worried about pissing anyone off they would tell us everything.