05-19-2005, 05:20 PM
Yay! Someone understands the concepts of white-box and black-box testing!
Seriously, this is the exact reason that both types of testing need to be done. Typically, the in house testing is more prone to be white box because of the more immediate access to the coders and code.
The open testing done by players is a large scale black-box test phase, and can releave things in both PvP and PvE that would be difficult to find if you are testing based on knowing what is supposed to go into and out of the "box."
In the end, I do hae to agree that there is little reason not to have PvE test servers. There are many people that want to test the non-PvP content, and many that just want the ability to get into the PvP content without non-consentual PvP littering the way there.
Seriously, this is the exact reason that both types of testing need to be done. Typically, the in house testing is more prone to be white box because of the more immediate access to the coders and code.
The open testing done by players is a large scale black-box test phase, and can releave things in both PvP and PvE that would be difficult to find if you are testing based on knowing what is supposed to go into and out of the "box."
In the end, I do hae to agree that there is little reason not to have PvE test servers. There are many people that want to test the non-PvP content, and many that just want the ability to get into the PvP content without non-consentual PvP littering the way there.
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Alarick - 60 Human Priest <Lurkers>
Guildenstern - 16 Undead Rogue <Nihil Obstat>
Dethecus
Berly - 23 Tauren Warrior <Frost Wolves Legion>