Do we honestly have to keep paying in order to stay in the preview?
Well this is silly
It seems really counter-productive.
To say the least.
We buy a chance at a sneakpeek to new content, and are helping the developers improve things to our enjoyment.
They receive a bit of money to support creating content and hosting servers, and collect our feedback.
I see your point, but some clarification would have been better on the "$9.95 totaled in the last 30 days" As I assume it was 30 days before the first.
The idea is so few people are on the test server, and the most loyal and actively loyal players are allowed on.
There is no problem with this, if this behavior continues we should allow only paid account to access these forums, this is not the place to rant about this...
the idea is to get LESS people on the test server.
Makes sense*.
*Not.
Sigh, you really don't understand testing of new products then.
Although I like the idea of testing new content, but shelling out 9.95$ for a month of preview time that only lasts a few days and then waiting for a month or so for new content doesn't seem very fun. Maybe paying could get you access to several preview events? That way at least you could make the payment, get your energy AND see the preview, and then see the next one that comes up in a few months or so.
/I paid the money to see the preview and to get some much needed energy.
Apparently so, much to my disappointment.