Test Server

[Mireille]

I know there has been a desire for us to open a test server that players can use, and that echoes comments that Yoshida has made in the past. We feel that getting a test server implemented as soon as possible is necessary, but a large amount of work by the dev. team as well as fixes to the server would be required to make this possible, so the opening of a test server will begin post launch of 2.0.

In the meantime, we will hard to provide as much information as possible regarding adjustments and additions going forward to keep you all as up-to-date as possible.

My chief reason for wanting to see a test server is so that 2.0 is vetted for playability by players before release and not after. Basically as long as 2.0 is a hit with players it doesn't matter so much how you get there. We can live without a test server in the interim.

[Elexia]

My chief reason for wanting to see a test server is so that 2.0 is vetted for playability by players before release and not after. Basically as long as 2.0 is a hit with players it doesn't matter so much how you get there. We can live without a test server in the interim.

XIV is playable now therefore 2.0 will logically also be playable. What I think you meant the main reason people want a test server is:

"So we can continue to complain and want to change things certain players personally doesn't like about 2.0 before release so you guys can push 2.0 even further away to meet our demands. For example if we find out Crystal Tower is open world, that's not playable, it needs to be instanced!"

That's a bit more accurate than actual playability (It's not a new game, it's a new client.)

Would test server characters start at 50, or some other level depending on the content being tested?

You can adjust your parameters and triggers on a test server that isn't being treated like a glorified sneak peek.

[Geesus]

"So we can continue to complain and want to change things certain players personally doesn't like about 2.0 before release so you guys can push 2.0 even further away to meet our demands. For example if we find out Crystal Tower is open world, that's not playable, it needs to be instanced!"

Actually I think she meant what Delus said:

I would agree with what has been said, a 2.0 test server as soon as the client has been released will be beneficial to both SE and the players, we will get the chance to give feedback, and as long as it is acted upon (unlike the origanal alpha and beta) it should get better reviews.

And I would tend to agree. If the original testers were ignored and Yoshi and the Devs learned from that experience, this would seem to be the logical choice prior to Re-Launch and hopefully a success and not another failure.

I get what your saying Elexia and I would like to believe that WON'T happen with the complaining; now with most of the QQers gone now.

[Mireille]

"So we can continue to complain and want to change things certain players personally doesn't like about 2.0 before release so you guys can push 2.0 even further away to meet our demands. For example if we find out Crystal Tower is open world, that's not playable, it needs to be instanced!"

No I said exactly what it was I meant. I don't want a bunch of new players to play 2.0 for 8 days and then say this sucks and leave the way they did with 1.0. If they accomplish this another way, say by bringing a group of ordinary gamers in house and make them sign NDI's before testing, that's fine too.

Kindly don't put words in my mouth that I didn't say.

[Mireille]

Sorry this was a double post. I thought the first one didn't post. Deleted post contents since it was the same as the first one.

[Resheph]

Glad to hear something on this!

Is it safe to assume that a character on the test server would not incur the same fees associated with additional characters, considering that test server players would be assisting with QA?

I would assume that it being a test server, data roll-backs, restarts/wipes, downtime, etc, would be something test server players would have to expect as well. (Basically, it's for testing out new content and finding bugs, not being able to jump on new content before it goes live. So don't get mad when your data gets deleted on the test server, kiddies!)

Would test server characters start at 50, or some other level depending on the content being tested?

[Delsus]

I would agree with what has been said, a 2.0 test server as soon as the client has been released will be beneficial to both SE and the players, we will get the chance to give feedback, and as long as it is acted upon (unlike the origanal alpha and beta) it should get better reviews.

It will be benificial to the players as well because we get a chance to get used to the new client before release, if the ps3 players get to beta test before PC players get to touch the new client, we could be bigger noobs than the ps3 players, which isnt right lol.

[Matsume]

I know there has been a desire for us to open a test server that players can use, and that echoes comments that Yoshida has made in the past. We feel that getting a test server implemented as soon as possible is necessary, but a large amount of work by the dev. team as well as fixes to the server would be required to make this possible, so the opening of a test server will begin post launch of 2.0.

In the meantime, we will work hard to provide as much information as possible regarding adjustments and additions going forward to keep you all as up-to-date as possible.

Fixed it for you.