The Devs should hire players to test/give Job feedback

[Duelle]

I see other multiplayer games like Overwatch use special servers specifically for beta testing and balancing before launching it worldwide.

While I understand this could be an issue with story driven content, for combat balances, a single server for players to sign up for just to try to find how classes properly balance would help immensely.

I mean, for goodness sakes, SE had a moment when Ninja's found a rotation better than the one they had used for testing within a few days!

There is a way this can be dealt with. Make the test server a large empty room about the size of New Gridania. Have players make a character, talk to an NPC that levels them to cap or whatever intended test level. Add treasure chests or an NPC that gives out job-specific max level gear for testing. Add a console that summons a boss to test the gear/gameplay against. No story is spoiled (though to me that's a dumb reason for not having test servers) and you can test all combat-related gameplay aspects.

[Fatshine]

There is a way this can be dealt with. Make the test server a large empty room about the size of New Gridania. Have players make a character, talk to an NPC that levels them to cap or whatever intended test level. Add treasure chests or an NPC that gives out job-specific max level gear for testing. Add a console that summons a boss to test the gear/gameplay against. No story is spoiled (though to me that's a dumb reason for not having test servers) and you can test all combat-related gameplay aspects.

This is brilliant.