Serious Discussion about public beta testing

[Leo]

I was running a beta server all the time and no one ever joined there.

[zakath]

I had 10 or so public servers + the #soldat.mapping gather servers.

[STM1993]

I was running a beta server all the time and no one ever joined there.

Right, I remember one more problem regarding beta testing.

Not enough servers. Even if there were enough, there is a major problem when it comes to lag/ping, which can seriously cripple testing efficiency, especially if the servers had a ping cap. I noticed most of the beta test servers were all of a few same locations rather than spread out and people only play servers whereby the ping is below 300 for them.

[Furai]

I was participating in previous beta testing and in will be participating in future ones. I wish I could became Betatester, somehow.

[Mittsu]

I was running a beta server all the time and no one ever joined there.

Right, I remember one more problem regarding beta testing.

Not enough servers. Even if there were enough, there is a major problem when it comes to lag/ping, which can seriously cripple testing efficiency, especially if the servers had a ping cap. I noticed most of the beta test servers were all of a few same locations rather than spread out and people only play servers whereby the ping is below 300 for them.

there were american and european servers, i think it's enough for most of people. It's no excuse in this case.

[STM1993]

there were american and european servers, i think it's enough for most of people. It's no excuse in this case.

I guess it's just me then, I get 300 or more for nearly every beta server while those below 300 are mostly empty >.>