Wait... No Public Test Server for this game?

[Dravion]

A Public Test Server would be fine, if players actually used it for Public Testing.While some will be looking for minor bugs "can't mount in this spot when I should be able too!" Most would use it just to peek at content early, and make a few complaints (craft items in dungeons) but if Yoshi and the team decide that's the way it is, then that's the way it is. So more than likely players would use it to practice new turns, extreme modes, etc. That way once everything is live they can easily breeze through the fight due to knowing all of the mechanics. Once that's done they'd find themselves here on the forums complaining that there is nothing to do.

[silentwindfr]

exept here, we are not talking of the raid, but the add of feature, by showing to a few bunch of player how it is, they can know if it will be good or not.

they can create a server test with NDA and save a lot of time and money for fix mess like hunt.

ps: more important, this server must be with player from all around the world, not only japanese or american or european.

[BobbinT]

From what I learn about public test server, at least on XI, is to check latest feature before SE decide to release it in live server, or withhold it. Cait Sith summon and new UI are among those that's taken longest time being in test server, with Cait Sith summon being recently and officially approve for public live release after years being in test server and ppl already doubting it would see the light. Basically, test server serves as to test new features whether it's ok or not.

[Malamasala]

From what I learn about public test server, at least on XI, is to check latest feature before SE decide to release it in live server, or withhold it. Cait Sith summon and new UI are among those that's taken longest time being in test server, with Cait Sith summon being recently and officially approve for public live release after years being in test server and ppl already doubting it would see the light. Basically, test server serves as to test new features whether it's ok or not.

Oh that one. I had already forgotten all about it. Only waited 2 years or so for it before I left the game. Don't see how it could take any time with testing since when it comes to avatars the default reply for the test server feedback is "Sorry, this is a lore design so even if it is unbalanced or broken we can not change it" like with Fenrir's enaspir half-moon period. (I mean... enaspir for an avatar? Please.)

[WellFooled]

In my experience (besides the already mentioned hardcore raid groups), most people who participate in PTR do so casually to get a preview of the upcoming content, and PTR have a much lower population, and no progress can be applied to your characters on the live servers. Because of this, I don't think it would have changed anything about the implementation of hunts. There would be few people doing them and thus little competition. So the majority of problems associated with the hunt wouldn't have happened on the PTR.

[Grizzlebeard]

S-E tests anything before release?

[Teirshin]

Rift had public test servers, and they were great.

FFXIV needs one pretty bad imho. Either that or the dev team needs to stop smoking whatever it is they are and take a clear look at what the heck they've been doing lately.

[Dwill]

I kind of find it hilarious that a lot of people say they don't care about what other people do in this game yet someone suggests something that would benefit nearly everyone, people say that it shouldn't happen because some other people might have an advantage in content they wouldn't even do in the first place.

Quite the funny and hypocritical stance.

[Tupsi]

I kind of find it hilarious that a lot of people say they don't care about what other people do in this game yet someone suggests something that would benefit nearly everyone, people say that it shouldn't happen because some other people might have an advantage in content they wouldn't even do in the first place

The 'advantage' negates the purpose of the PTR.

[Dwill]

The 'advantage' negates the purpose of the PTR.

How so ? People can test the fights, find bugs and glitches that are there (which there were at early ScoB but still made it live). Yes it might give raiders an early advantage in the fight but then again, why do people care about the advantage it gives raiders in a race to something they wouldn't even partake in for quite some time in the first place ? Or does that not caring about what other people do only applies when it's advantageous to you ?