1.7 going live on 2/12

I noticed they added a date range for the Gree event to the official page. 02/12 - 02/26. Interesting.

http://www.swtor.com/gameupdates/1.7-return-of-the-gree

BINGO!

The only reason people are really upset here is because everything within 1.7 would have already been leaked if it ws on PTS. They want to know what they will be getting.

PTS serves no purpose until character copies for PTS goes live and they can fill the server with all levels of players. There are few level 50's currently on PTS to even be able to test end game content. When the Asation wz map was released, some of the Darth Hater team queued for a match for over 5 hours before giving up. There's no point in testing if there's no one to test. Many other MMO's don't even have a public PTS. They have "beta" teams that are testing under NDA agreements or are paying beta testers that are under NDA. Don't expect the full RotHC to be on PTS either. Maybe portions of it, but certainly not the full patch.

I really agree with a lot of the sentiments in this post about testing to get rid of bugs prior to the patch. But it's a moot point before we get PTS character copy.

I have a feeling there is no testing to keep the event somewhat a surprise

I don't understand why do they give up so much info on the event. Didn't they say before that they wanted their events to be sudden and unexpected?

Yesterday was threads on the updates taking to long and now we have threads on them not allowing more testing before new content goes live. I am constantly boggles by the forums but it is good for people watching and to kill time.

I agree with you that secrecy has a price. What I generally see, obviously just an opinion, is that this community bends itself completely out of shape for things that aren't bugs, but instead attack for things in the game that they simply don't like. It wouldn't shock me that these same people report something as a bug when it's simply not something they like which isn't testing in my opinion. There are obviously those who do report actual bugs, and I respect them. I just don't have the faith that most of the people are objective even if spotting a bug shouldn't be a very hard thing to do . I report bugs when I encounter them in game, and I'm not on a test server.

I'm also glad you don't work for Bioware either. I like the fact that Bioware has hired, or seemingly has hired, part time testers. They are not the development team either. I think they will do a far better job at testing than anyone on the PTS could ever do.