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Diving Into the Test Realm Waters

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited March 2016 in News & Features Discussion

imageDiving Into the Test Realm Waters

It's that time once again! KingsIsle dropped the spring update into the test realm last Thursday while they were preparing for a big weekend of SXSW fun. The update touches upon many aspects of the game and has been well received overall. Although not a huge update, I do feel that it's an important one. Some elements included in it have even been requested by players for years!

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  • sixpence333sixpence333 Member UncommonPosts: 1
    Thanks for the nice write up. It was a joy to read. :)
  • SoloDragonRiderSoloDragonRider Member UncommonPosts: 4
    Very nice review of the test realm material.
  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    Has the test realm material/ideas ever been changed?I find the game is just too boring to play through any content more than once twice so i have had no interest to try and test realm.

    Also any preview or review SHOULD be done by GAMER's not a website that has been paid money to give a biased review.
    Gear Vault is basically a cash shop advert,doesn't belong in reviews of content.
    Rewards if typical of what KI likes to hand out ,are most likely very inadequate because every single idea of itemization is interfered with by cash shop and why i never like cash shop gaming.

    Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.

  • PoopieDoopsPoopieDoops Member UncommonPosts: 1
    Thank you so much for your excellent review!
  • VanessaMythdustVanessaMythdust Member UncommonPosts: 16
    edited March 2016

    Wizardry said:

    Has the test realm material/ideas ever been changed?I find the game is just too boring to play through any content more than once twice so i have had no interest to try and test realm.



    Also any preview or review SHOULD be done by GAMER's not a website that has been paid money to give a biased review.

    Gear Vault is basically a cash shop advert,doesn't belong in reviews of content.

    Rewards if typical of what KI likes to hand out ,are most likely very inadequate because every single idea of itemization is interfered with by cash shop and why i never like cash shop gaming.



    I just want to clarify that I'm not paid by MMORPG or KingsIsle. I'm an unpaid volunteer guest writer here. :)


    While the Gear Vault is available in the Crown Shop, it can also be crafted if you get the recipe from Toshio in Mooshu. As long as you put in the effort, you can get the vault without spending any money in the cash shop.


    A lot of people agree with you and don't feel a pull to go through content twice (once on the test realm and once on the live realm). I personally like to test mechanics and cheat test boss fights so I can make guides to share the information that I find. And to answer your question, yes, what is on the test realm often changes based on player feedback.
    Post edited by VanessaMythdust on
  • maleena38maleena38 Member UncommonPosts: 1
    what is the test realm???
    I don't see him in Ravenwood and I'm interested!! Not enough to do here at the moment and I'm getting stir crazy!!!
  • VanessaMythdustVanessaMythdust Member UncommonPosts: 16

    maleena38 said:

    what is the test realm???

    I don't see him in Ravenwood and I'm interested!! Not enough to do here at the moment and I'm getting stir crazy!!!



    The test realm is a server that players are able to test new unreleased content on. So everything mentioned in this post is not in the live game just yet. Members have access to the test realm during week days - it goes offline on the weekends.
  • Rachel_DayRachel_Day Member UncommonPosts: 3
    Me: They should at least give better xp for fishing and for fishing quests they SHOULD NOT use rare or even epic fish. Not everyone has crowns to refill energy when it gets low and the two free ways you get it back is waiting or you level. fishing spell energy cost should be lowered along with gardening. In some worlds like Azteca and Avalon there are narrow strips of safe road, you get pulled in easily. I really dont want to be fighting things i dont have to. Spell bosses health should vary for experiance of the wizard and the class of wizard, and if there is the same class wizard then they should join the battle so it wouldnt be solo. They should have two person mounts as drops in worlds like wizard city, marleybone, krockotropia etc. And give balance overtime damage spells and more blades and traps. Crafting shouldnt have to be so hard as in finding the stuff to craft it epesilly in crafting quests, the craftable mega pet snacks, the fish in them most of them are rare and epic fish. on top of it all not everyone has member so it will be hard to craft it. Thats what i think they should improve too.


    Balance wizard Rachel Day lvl 87 going on 88 in a bit
    P.S put winterbane bundles in gamestop. the target i go to dont have it.
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