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[POLL]Allow more GMST testers
I heard that some Youtubers such as Sorrowful, Matt, SmartBored and Daboki and going to be the test server to test out the new skills and area. Aside from streamers and youtubers, will it be possible for some very observant forum members to test out the servers and write out reports on the features and such? We do have VFMs and some very smart members in the forum community who can do a decent job doing an overview on what to expect during the next patch while recording a streaming.
Do you think Nexon should allow a few more people to test the 5th job content before it hits the server?
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I hope that, besides streamers, they also invited people who've demonstrated the ability to write coherent bug reports, either on the forums or on the subreddit. Streamers focus on doing fun things that people will want to watch, not the sort of repetitive things careful testing entails. And while streamers could run into bugs I think dedicated testers would do better.
Either way it's a good start, and I hope it can prevent the next patch from being as disastrous as v178.
Instead, I just want to find and report the game-breaking bugs that currently persist in the game.. and try out the new content even if I'm not level 200 yet
I'm not a coder/programmer, but I am an experienced player (roughly 8-9 years) and could help provide feedback/suggestions that most of the player community would agree with regarding the 5th job update.
I don't think testing should ever be streamed at all. You aren't really "testing" then.
Actual testing is the most boring, painful thing ever to do and it's not even fun to watch.
But yes I agree more testers would be good, but have them actually test the content.
That is why I think even streamers, who are allowed on the test server mostly for hype-building, have a good chance of running into bugs and saving us at least part of the inevitable "unscheduled" maintenance on the 15th or 16th.
I don't know whether their normal-server characters were copied into the test server, or they had to make new ones and use special tools to level them up and gear them. I hope it's the former, because a lot of the bugs we get in the live servers involve old items/gear, old completed (or in progress) quests, link skills, and other things that just don't happen in a clean new test server (which is part of why Nexon's testers don't find them).
We'll see, I suppose.
Sure they would hit a few of the bigger bugs but they could miss out on stuff like Kanna dc's if they don't play the class.
Again I am not against them actually testing but I think streaming isn't for testing purposes, it's for getting hype.
i rather be given a to do list and cover the major things they need to test. I find it more productive for myself to be reproducing bugs and giving the developers valuable feedback before launching than to do dailies and drool on my calendar.
Ever since MLC was disbanded, most of my skills I obtained faded (kind of like deleting a character with a link skill.) I hope I can do some more volunteer work to stuff my resume before I find a job. I am not in because I want to put V Update Test server videos into my channel or stream, but to actually test the functionality of new features such as the advancement system, cores, matrix and the new Arcane Road.