Combat 2.0 Testing

There were a few questions regarding the testing server after last week’s article and I have some answers to them.

Regarding the character “transfer”; that probably wasn’t the best word to use. We will be copying your character information over to the test server—not moving your whole character. You’ll have all the stats and equipment on the test server that your game character has at the time the copy is done. After that, your character paths will be completely different between the test server and the live game. Nothing you do on the test server will affect your live character and vice versa.

The current plan is to run the test world on normal settings. Frankly, having a test server set to Hostile wouldn’t be particularly conducive to testing, if you know what I mean. ;) Since it will be a normal world, you can still use /pvp to flip your flag at any time—you just won’t be constantly flagged once you hit level 16.

What we’ll be doing with the test server after Combat 2.0 launches has yet to be determined. Much of that decision will depend on the amount of assistance it provides us and what our production schedule is like in 2006. We’ll be working on determining the fate of the test server over the next few months.