Testers know that they will release before we are satisfied with the product. They have been for the over 5 yrs I've been a Disney tester... it's the nature of the beast. I found last night my lag was considerably less than it had been but I have learned to load the update, log on to a pirate, then log out and reboot before attempting to play. The Jugs regenerating on top of ships by PDF I think is perhaps the one thing I thought they would fix before this one went to open... but the rest of it really is not that huge. We have been reporting the compass being off for months, and they really don't seem to see it as an issue. They had decided long ago the day they would release it to "live", and all we can do is to attempt to let them know the issues that we find. They fixed the compass from what it was the night before... obviously it is the way they want it. With test being a small server, there is no real way for us to test the broad spectrum of different computers that open will experience. There is also no real way for them to test the volume of players on the live server on test. The server is small, and we all have seen what happens there when they add a ton of new pirates. The ratio of kid/adult is also quite skewed on test... testers that remain on test tend to be at least teens, usually adults. Adults are not as prone to trying to find glitches. So... in my opinion, we did our job. We tested, we reported, they made the decision. Being a tester is sometimes a thankless job, but I would like to thank all the new testers who tried to make the game better before it went to open. The ones who tried to play the game, not exploit the glitches. Welcome to the world of test... it's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.
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