Test server access? i want it but i dont know how to get it

[Crazypirate]

I have only been on test a short while but I have rarely seen any high lvls, is it possible that with next lvl weapons and other higher lvl things "coming out soon" that they wanted to increase the number of testers able to give feedback about such things. When the last weapon quests came out I read several posts on here from pirates that couldnt test them because they were too low a lvl, the more testers the more feedback the less gets missed when game goes live.

[swashbuckler II]

I think it was a good idea to release more testers, but not for everyone.
Since they released it to everyone, well everyone got in, Glitchers, ect.
Also people that would test old glitches in test, but when doing so find a graphic glitch or something. then hopefully report it.

[Basil Dreadflint]

I think the open invite to test was Disney's way to save themselves some work. They needed more testers, they plan to release a lot of new content over the next year, the old test group was declining, or not as active as Disney wanted them to be. Releasing the test invite allowed Disney to NOT have to send personal invites, not screen accounts and find the "Right" people, not have to search and select.

My opinion, and it is just an opinion, is that:
1) A lot of these new people on test will eventually lose their fascination, and just decay away.
2) Not do the job, and Disney will remove them.
3) or, will provide some fresh faces, new ideas, and be extremely beneficial.

To those people who have been on test since the beginning; look around, even just two weeks ago, how many of the originals were active on test, how much testing was actually being done, and how many were gone, even to the point that they had let their regular accounts go inactive? I was on the test server a couple times just before they opened the invite, and I spent a few hours there and didn't see a single other pirate. Test isn't a private clubhouse, or a reward for the game Founders, it's a place for Disney to get feedback on things they plan to release to the public, before it happens.

Disney will weed out the ones that don't give any valid input, and those who stay will prove to be valuable to the game and it's development.
Remember the whole idea behind test is to have people verify the content, test the functionality, and report back their findings. All those who think being on test is just Tortuga on Abassa, they will be gone in short order.

I myself plan to get at least one test pirate to level 40 as fast as I can. Since I am one of the biggest mouths to complain about lack of content for high level pirates, nothing for level 40's pirates to do, I want to be in position to test ANYTHING that they have coming out for raised Notoriety, Weapons levels, etc.

[Rackat]

Originally Posted by Basil Dreadflint

I myself plan to get at least one test pirate to level 40 as fast as I can. Since I am one of the biggest mouths to complain about lack of content for high level pirates, nothing for level 40's pirates to do, I want to be in position to test ANYTHING that they have coming out for raised Notoriety, Weapons levels, etc.

Oh, snap. Good point. I hadn't thought of it like that.

[Evie]

Thank you, Basil.

I have to say, with some of the responses, I'm a little afraid of the test server right now. If the "old" testers are so against having the new ones there, its not going to be a very friendly place.

A very large group of my friends and I were lucky enough to get on, and have been playing on test this week. This is a group players with multiple high level pirates on open, including 5 guildmasters and several other officers. We're having fun (it is still a game) but more importantly, we are finding (and reporting) many issues. Since there are so many of us, and we are used to working together, we can test/recreate things easily, and level fast so that when new things come out, we will hopefully be able to test those as well.

I understand that many of the original testers feel cheated, perhaps because they had to wait for an invitation and we got in so easily, but as Basil said, with new things on the horizon, we'll need a lot of testers, and it sounds like not many are left. Yes, a lot of people have gotten in who will abuse it, but a lot of very diligent pirates got in as well. And yes, Disney will have weed through the ones who are not doing their job. But that does change the fact that they also got a lot of very good testers in this as well.

[Raikel]

Originally Posted by swashbuckler II

I think it was a good idea to release more testers, but not for everyone.
Since they released it to everyone, well everyone got in, Glitchers, ect.
Also people that would test old glitches in test, but when doing so find a graphic glitch or something. then hopefully report it.

I remember when a sped glitch was found one time, made one guy appear in one place an d then another. Not to mention the Hit with a cutlass from a mile away, and moving fly trap glitches. Truly, they need more testers, but the thing is they need people they know actually care about reporting to be on there.

[swashbuckler II]

from my knowledge, Fly traps were supposed to move, but they stopped it now