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I saw that eq is allowing characters to be copyied to the test server does this mean they get all the benefits that newbies characters get, as far as the vet rewards? Just wanted to know

I transfered/copied over to test last week, and I can say I am never going back to live again LOL. But Test is not for everyone. I personally tend to solo/duo alone, and with the small population, that works out well. The community on Test is very friendly and helpful, and general chat is more like guild chat than the spam filled general channel on live servers.

Although, fair warning, if you are a ubah-raider and go there thinking you are elite, you might as well stay on live. You might very well be elite, but people there don't care about the 700HP gear or your 2000 AAs. And the zones that most high levels on test hunt in are probably old news to you.



Edited, Sep 3rd 2008 8:40am by svanhild

I popped onto Test for a bit last night. Took my lvl 57 necro (copied) to Blackfeather Roost and oooohhh man that experience is ADDICTING! She got about 10 AAs in the half hour of running lesson. The zone was pretty busy on the first level at least. Lots of lvl 60s running around so finding a group might not be quite impossible.

Comparing to live servers, I would say there are a few disadvantages. Bazaar traffic is very slow. I myself have a trader, mainly tradeskill stuff and the occasional defiant drop that I get. It can be hard to find what you want, prices are reasonable though, as there is no plat selling farmers running around.

Also the server does get small patches often. Usually down for an hour, and most of the time you get a warning about it. And they don't worry about what time it is or anything. If they have a fix for something, they bring the server down, patch it, and bring it back up. Since I started late last week, I've know of about 4-5 patches that were done, mostly for /testcopy issues.

Only other disadvantage might be grouping. As I mentioned to Mandie, I have a combo that is working Storms right now and early evening CST time, they are usually the only ones there (in a hotzone even).

Otherwise, I love Test, and I am staying there, even if they consider me to be a Proddie (that's what they call people from live "Production" servers. :)

One Word of Caution Before you /testcopy. Stock up on spells (they can be hard to come by in the 60-69 rage), food and water. After you copy over, immediately go to a zone that you know you can survive and farm vendor junk so you can start to build a cache of PP as you will have none when you transfer.

We've had a glut of patches in the last couple of weeks, and that's definitely not the norm. I've been on test a little over a year, and I'd say the "typical" time between patches is anywhere from 10 days to 2 weeks. We've just been hit a lot lately due to /testcopy tweaks and bug fixes for the voice chat system. I agree with everything else you said!

I can only imagine them discontinuing Test if they were to discontinue the game (or at least enhacements/patches to it). In which case you have bigger issues.

Which server is the Test server? I have been looking and I do not see one flagged as Test.

can you testcopy a toon over and hand off something to a mule and recopy again and hand it over again?

could you get some dropable gear on a live server and move it over to your permanent toon on test?

A lot of people I know on FV are borrowing items before /testcopy. obviously you only want to do this with someone you know.

There is a separate executable file in your eq directory. I believe it is testeverqust.exe? Run this file instead of the normal exe and it will bring will load the normal updater/log-in menus. If you plan to play both test and normal servers, it is helpful to make a second copy of the entire eq directory. This will keep you from having to update back to the normal game when ever you do not wish to play on test.

It's usually not too long, but can be depending on the differences between test and normal servers at any given time.