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Imperial City on PTS: What Tools Do We Need to Test?
I believe that for the most part the PTS needs to mirror the main server as is. As testing continues, have the DEVs and QA departments designate at certain times, focus areas throughout testing and finally the last 7-10 days be the culminating stress test phase where everything in the new update in unlocked, player lvl, CPs, gear craft, and see what the system will allow for the left and right limits in character power and how the game will react when those limits are reached.
We have both an American and European server, mirroring it up to the date would not work in terms of character copies would be problematic if you plan to merge, or leave out one group or the other if you only did one. Not to mention that the process to keep it updated would drag resources away from the main server. Given the limited resources there, I'm more than fine with a character copy and code copy right before major releases like this, it seems much more efficient