Quote Originally Posted by Punainen View Post
Its not silly. Beta is not a trial period, beta is a TESTING phase. Current players have a perspective that new players don't have. Current players will be able to go "WOAH, wait! I liked the way this was before, change it back!", where as new players wont know the difference.
Its not an advertising period to bring in new players... IT IS A TESTING PHASE!! I'm shocked at how many people don't know this.
Gaming culture has grown to believe that open beta testing is actually an advertising/free trial period. I'm... I'm not sure why when there is a clear definition of the word, but.