Quote Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh View Post
Or the fact you'd also have people playing on test servers just to play with the new toys and not give any feedback.
In other MMOs I've tried where there's been a test server it has been pretty much this to the point that test players have kept hush-hush about a discovered exploit so they can use it once the content goes live.

Test servers have the potential to be useful in theory but, in practice, I don't feel those games, at least the ones I've tried that had test servers, were any better for it.