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Originally Posted by GraveyardJimmy
Blacksix has stated there is. Here are some quotes (since you ignored the last post I made to suit your agenda):
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Jeeze chill out. I read your post and understand your view. Sorry i didn't quote you and caress your forum ego. My only agenda is thinking that a dedicated team of testers would help fix and find issues, why you are so hostile to this only you know.
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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt
Actually i'm with Sith on this one. What you say effectively translates to "i want only the final patch".
Sith says "you have the option to not install the intermediate testing patches and wait for the final".
It doesn't make any difference whether the alpha is public or not: in both cases you don't install the alpha patch.
The fact that you can doesn't mean you have to, if it contradicts your wish not to test it.
In fact, the main differences between the two approaches (what we have and what you suggest) are:
1) with the current approach you have an option, with the one you suggest you don't and
2) public testing = more testers = statistically more probable for issues to be encountered = bugs get discovered faster.
I really don't see how this is worse than internal testing only.
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I think public beta testing is a good thing, but what is better is to have closed testing as well. I've been around the block, been involved in internal testing and such like in the past, its far for productive and focused than an open forum beta test, which serves a different purpose.
Having a volunteer, i.e not paid, team, testing specific changes to the game not only improves efficiency but relieves the developers from this work. The devs & testers share info on a closed forum under a NDA.. this is the kind of setup that I think could only benefit CloD...BS like 'don't download the patch if you don't want to test'.. is well BS.