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While there is an update on test I do believe that they should focus their time on working on fixing test bugs so that that update can go onto live with as few bugs as possible. I'll repeat that: When there is an update on test, they should spend their time fixing that update, and then when it gets out, work on the bugs live has. It is best to have the whole team working on test when there is an update on it, so that there don't end up being more bugs on live.
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I hope you don't mind me referencing the Test server. The fact of the matter is, it's difficult to talk about the quality of this game without tying both Test and Live into the equation.
Now, this current update that the developers are focusing on, Ship Customization, does deserve quite a bit of their focus
at the current moment. Mind you, I'd love to see them update Live with bug fixes more, but for the time being, when there is an update on Test, they need to concentrate on Test so that the bugs don't leak out over onto Live.
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So you're saying that the Developers should COMPLETELY FORGET about the game version that HUNDREDS of more players PAYING for and devote ALL the time to the test server that doesn't even represent the majority, at the present time?
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As I stated above, you cannot discuss this game without discussing both Live and Test. While Test may not have the majority of the players, the actions that the developers make on Test will leak over to live. Inasmuch, they ARE representing the majority of the players when fixing Test, they are just not representing them at that moment in time. They should devote all their time to the Test server so they will be able to transfer the bug fixes from Test to Live because the two are, essentially, equal. The bugs that affect Test will affect Live.
I will admit that the phrase cannot be swapped; the bugs that affect Live do not necessarily affect test, if only because there are more players on Live that are exploiting said bugs. However, the design is the same, so if they are able to take a report from Live, create the fix in Test, and then transfer the fix over to Live, they ARE concentrating on Live.
The only reason the selection for players on Test matters is because Disney is less likely to let the people who have been reported and exploit the bugs on Live onto Test, therefore not seeing the effects of said exploits on Test and making it less likely to fix them.