Guild Wars 2

Seriously.
The concepts of these elite specs are lit!
The execution.. Messy

GW2 PTR. Awwww yeeeaaaah.

It is definitely a mess, especially for daily wvw-ers.

Artyport.2084:

Seriously.
The concepts of these elite specs are lit!
The execution.. Messy

They have a test server (one used by a group of players). It will never be enough feedback to have things 100% ready.

What would really help is if folks like yourself you think the implementation is “messy” would describe what that actually means. What is the concept that you like? How does its execution fall short? What do you think they should have done instead (if indeed, you have a suggestion). Simply saying -1 doesn’t offer them anything to work with.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Artyport.2084:

Seriously.
The concepts of these elite specs are lit!
The execution.. Messy

They have a test server (one used by a group of players). It will never be enough feedback to have things 100% ready.

What would really help is if folks like yourself you think the implementation is “messy” would describe what that actually means. What is the concept that you like? How does its execution fall short? What do you think they should have done instead (if indeed, you have a suggestion). Simply saying -1 doesn’t offer them anything to work with.

I would love to let them know.. Just not a month before release

Artyport.2084:

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Artyport.2084:

Seriously.
The concepts of these elite specs are lit!
The execution.. Messy

They have a test server (one used by a group of players). It will never be enough feedback to have things 100% ready.

What would really help is if folks like yourself you think the implementation is “messy” would describe what that actually means. What is the concept that you like? How does its execution fall short? What do you think they should have done instead (if indeed, you have a suggestion). Simply saying -1 doesn’t offer them anything to work with.

I would love to let them know.. Just not a month before release

One month is plenty of time to make adjustments(adjustments are really all that is necessary), why do you think the PvP/WvW weekend is that far out from release?

Anet needs to split up the test junk from the rest of the game play. It’s very disruptive and in WvW constantly being kicked out for updates? Seriously… This one reason is enough for me to hold off on buying the 8 copies of the expansion already.

There is a test server. Devs and select peeps under strict confidence (from what I am told and mentioned above) test before release to weekends like these. PvP and WvW are the only aspects disrupted and many want to try and those that don’t (such as myself) just do the dailies and move on until it’s over or get run over by new specs.

Regardless the release will happen and you will have to buy anyways if you want to progress in WvW and PvP. PvE not so much unless raid specs change and take advantage of the new elite spec. My guess is it will for financial reasons….eh em..

I have inquired on PTR servers before and my understanding is not gonna happen. On that note test servers do not find all bugs anyway so why does it matter where it is tested?

Want to be a playtester for ArenaNet? Here you go: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P7B8CXV?sm=cgXHYQcCJjFzBGP%2fsXjIOg%3d%3d

Good luck.

SleepingDragon.1596:

This one reason is enough for me to hold off on buying the 8 copies of the expansion already.

Eight copies?? Holy cow.

Beta testing new features inside the regular game has to be by far one of the stupidest possible decisions anyone could have made.

You wanted to test new elite specializations in WvW? Then why not restrict them to Edge of the Mists? There, plenty of space for people to test them out without interfering with regular WvW.

MOST games have test clients that are not apart of the main game. So they don’t interfere with anything.

Artyport.2084:

MOST games have test clients that are not apart of the main game. So they don’t interfere with anything.

Yep so does this one. It’s just not a PUBLIC test server

Vayne.8563:

Artyport.2084:

MOST games have test clients that are not apart of the main game. So they don’t interfere with anything.

Yep so does this one. It’s just not a PUBLIC test server

They are not test servers, they are test instances. Full game play is not possible so most bugs are missed since characters do not have full progression such as story, etc.

Solace.3425:

Vayne.8563:

Artyport.2084:

MOST games have test clients that are not apart of the main game. So they don’t interfere with anything.

Yep so does this one. It’s just not a PUBLIC test server

They are not test servers, they are test instances. Full game play is not possible so most bugs are missed since characters do not have full progression such as story, etc.

How do you know this? Are you a playtester breaking the NDA?

The food provided are limited, the runes and sigil too are limited. Not too sure if they are “trying” to test but more like they fear that there won’t be enough people to make it a fun experience for those who are want to try out the specialization.

This is a playtester application not a usual closed or open beta test with a massive amount of feedback and bug/exploit hunting that other games do.

Weaver has serious issues on some weapon like Staff. They should have realized months ago that it’s unplayable. All the defensive skills are behind a 5 sec cooldown. It’s so clunky, and for what gain? The new skills and complexity are not worth giving the other stuff away.

The solution is pretty easy actually, they need to remove the cooldown when you are attuning skills 4-5 to the same attunement as 1-2, and also buff the #3 skills with more defensive, evasion or damage.

Yes, all that would have been avoided with a test server.