Wolfsglen said:
lol that is most certainly NOT the only thing testers do by a long shot, you would be surprised
But otherwise, what JC said is exactly right.
Well yeah, I know that testers do more than just play and give input, they have to meticulously report bugs, the circumstances under which a bug ocurred, test for exploits ect. but I assumed we all knew that, and was just pointing out that at the core of it, a tester is just a player that reports his experience.
You guys are not taking what I said though for as it was meant. I am not saying that developers don't have a project outline already in place, and I am not saying testers don't do anything, I was just pointing out that in a way, because RO mod was always in Beta, in a way, all of the player community were testers. Thus, all of our input has been taken into consideration, and this manifests in things like the resting of weapons, diving to prone, better animations, etc. these are all things that were voiced quite heavily in the forums.
I also agree that it is kind of ridiculous for everyone to be making suggestions for a game that we have yet to play. We should really just wait for ROOST to be released, and then critique/provide insights.
Another thing to consider is that there will be a big difference between the Suggesetions Forum from the mod and from ROOST: the players making suggestions for ROOST will be *paying customers,* which does change the dynamics slightly.