#Allow Playtesting Once Again (Closed and Open testing.)

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velvet lion
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This is probably one of the biggest changes that need to be added to SN to help start improving the game.
Allow the community (and possible small test groups) to playtest SN's updates again.

While I understand the whole 'wanting to surprise the community' thing that holo is going by, there's a fatal flaw with that. Developers usually miss things in gameplay and testing, I should know as I am a game developer myself and I have testers of my own. The Map 2 test was a great thing for people to provide feedback on and just get to play something new as well and I'm sure the developers enjoyed being able to improve based on community input.

There's MANY skips, bugs, unbalanced things, and general lack of QoL (quality of life) features that the community could have provided with their feedback in these latest updates. So the solution is to allow the whole SN community to beta test things like perhaps class changes and a new map, if need be, even have a closed testing group for the bigger updates. Sure it'd 'spoil the surprise' but it'd have players happy in the long run as the game's enjoyable rather than a unbalanced buggy experience.

Ask the long time community members and I'm sure they'll agree.
SN needs public and/or private player testing.

sharp thunder
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I agree a lot of things needs play testing for bugs and glitches especially this game

white blade
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Playtesters are really needed. I know the devs want to test the game their self but the actual players their self would know how to break the game or whats broken in general

sharp thunder
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It’s a simple thing

Player’s play test find bugs report them = a more polished game

white blade
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And ik there's a #1047331898705326130 thing, but still needs playtesters. Play testers can find more game breaking bugs to be fixed first

velvet lion
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Playtesting and surveys. Perfect combo for improving your game.

white blade
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key to success

velvet lion
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heh. but i need to keep it on topic.

sharp thunder
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I mean thinking about it what about console because thinking about it would probably be PC only

And console is the most buggy out of the three

velvet lion
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How I'd do it:
Open tests could be for class rebalancing and perhaps map tweaking. (stuff like how the traps were randomized)
Closed tests could be for things that change the gameplay, like the new classes or the talent system

velvet lion
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but its more complex so perhaps it'd be closed.

sharp thunder
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I mean it’s not like you can download a future version of the game while everyone else has to wait on console

Unless you were provided a download code by the dev’s or something

velvet lion
ebon brook
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please do this