That is actually incorrect. Most of the changes, especially all the changes leading up to 1.0 (so 0.9.0 0.9.1 and 0.9.2) had a lot of background tech that improved performance while simultanously make the game look better, because they optimizing the engine and things like lighting etc.
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Are you saying if the entire community was playing with the new graphics changes + optimization, that would have accounted for no testing at all? I find it hard to believe someone wouldnât have complained about their game lagging/freezing/stuttering. Point me to the section of the forums where no one mentions the issues they have/encounter with the gameâŚ
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Having 10k people playing the game normally but only 1% actually reports anything (because most players donât bother with the forums) or having 100 dedicated testers that are actively trying to break the game and test out everything. Iâd say the latter is more effective.
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So beta should have just been 100 dedicated testers actively trying to break the game and test out everything? Maybe they should have done that from day 1, and we could have gone v1.0 2 year ago! 
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Youâre being sarcastic, but that IS what most games do. The number of games that have early access or open betas is very very small. Most companies, especially the big studios, just have a team of internal testers.
And it wouldnât have sped things up because the biggest time sink isnât testing but rather implementing stuff.
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Yes, but they all had to sign the NDA so nobody could say that they were playing testing 1.0. Thatâs what all the bitching has actually been about.
I know it is. Outside of Blizzardâs stress tests, they donât (normally) release open betas either. But it just feels like a strange decision to have 4+ years of open alpha/beta testing, and then close things off for X months prior to the most important release in the gameâs existence. It could be to keep the feedback more, pointed, but at the same time it limits the exposure. Thatâs allâŚ
Yeah, I understand your point. Although the objective of early access games isnât testing. Itâs player feedback, which theyâve taken into account for multiple things, including the new faction system.
But at some point the game leaves EA and you donât get the test new things out in advance. All new developments LE gets from now on will only be community tested. You wonât get early access to them anymore. So the fact that you didnât get to play the last few months before launch is reasonable and expected.
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Ok, I hadnât thought of it from that point. I see what you mean.
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No, theyâll be internally tested & via the CT as well. Which youâd know but youâre not in Vegas & we know how that saying goes.
If I had to much money I would take any bet that the game runs poorly and not only for performece but for laoding times, ping times, rubberbanding and whatnot. I already ask myself if movement skills will breake again when the server loads get high ^^.