Quote Originally Posted by Elexia View Post
This. The only people who feel they should have priority or are entitled just want to play the game , not test or offer feedback (no one can deny this.) People who don't play or even cared for it are the better choice in terms of priority as they're much more likely to offer feedback and see how things compare and if they feel something is right or not.

People who play now just wants to play, hence why whether true or not (most likely true) people were getting pissy about the potential of a July 2013 release date even after stating SE should take all the time they need to make ARR right, so that should prove most don't care about the testing aspect, they just want to play ARR already lol, so anything offered by current players let alone legacy players would be personal likes/dislikes of the individual, not for the better of the game.
I agree that a mix is best but I don't quite agree that legacy players will not offer productive feed back and "just want to play". I'm pretty certain that if you got in you would offer loads of feedback because of your experience with the current version. Sure there may be a lot of people who just want in to be able to play but that wont detract from their ability to provide good insight into how things feel based on their experience with 1.0.

New players will judge the beta on its merits alone but wont have that basis of comparison that a current player would have. I think Yoshi and Co. would want both types of people to tell them how things feel. I know when my kids fight I talk to them separately and ask them each what happened, compare the stories in my head, then piece together a picture of what most likely is the case. If SE is smart, and I think they are, then they will do this throughout the whole beta/alpha process.