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Every MMO I've played has had similar issues with lag spikes, connection issues and content that never works as intended. "MCO, SWG, EQ2, Vanguard, ATITD, Fallen Earth, Rift, Aion, Tera, SWTOR"; all had people screaming on the forums for a refund at launch or shortly after. We have entered the "Twilight Zone" of patches to fix what the previous patches broke, that break something new...

While the issues in Defiance can be a "wear out", I for one do still really enjoy this game. None of these previously mentioned issues are new to the world of online gaming. The one thing I don't understand is why there is no Test Server to help test and smooth out these "issues".

Please open a test server, for the many that do understand what's happening here is normal. I would like to be part of the solution. I'm a disabled/retired vet with lots of time to spare.

I agree with all of it but the 'test server' part.

Not arguing, just discussing....
What makes you think there isn't some testing going on, just because they don't have a 'test server thread' in the open forums?

I'm not an expert, I don't have secret info, I'm just saying. My guess from doing beta's and stuff in the past is that there are a lot of people doing stuff behind the scenes with non-disclosure agreements in effect. It's all part of taste testing the ice cream to make sure nobody slipped a bag of feathers into the mix.

Sometimes something slips passed that wont trigger 999,999 times out of a Meg.

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Originally Posted by crasher

I agree with all of it but the 'test server' part.

Not arguing, just discussing....
What makes you think there isn't some testing going on, just because they don't have a 'test server thread' in the open forums?

I'm not an expert, I don't have secret info, I'm just saying. My guess from doing beta's and stuff in the past is that there are a lot of people doing stuff behind the scenes with non-disclosure agreements in effect. It's all part of taste testing the ice cream to make sure nobody slipped a bag of feathers into the mix.

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There is testing happening but it's internal behind their firewalls and NOT a true representation of it's production environment. they're sandboxed out.

With a Test Shard or Testing Client they get a better and more accurate scenario of whats going to happen.

Case in point the Beta. I bet it worked perfectly in house for them. As so as the breadth of population hit we saw the laggy buttons, flying quads, and other craziness they had not anticipated.

It's the only way to stop these horrible launches. They literally ARE beta testing patches with the live population.

http://wp.streetwise.co/wp-content/u...production.jpg

2 - 3 weeks ago a lot of people on here (myself included) were begging for the opportunity to test. Devs are, as usual, 'working on something'.

I'm worried time is running out as more people lose interest, now a lot of those people that were begging to help out have gave up and moved on.

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