I'd assume because then everyone would erupt in anger and disbelief should the patch not work flawlessly from the start. As others have stated, it is a common practice in the industry to beta test major patches prior to full circulation.
you must have missed the part where i said other game devs do this, hell even the MMO battleground europe do open beta tests while the main game server still runs.
as things stand i dont think TW has much to lose at present. thousands of players have shelved RO2 due to these issues.
lets get some open beta testing i say.
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