As a community alpha tester of GW1, this was a fun read! Such an educational journey and what a well organized and fruitful one too. We could see the game taking shape before our eyes! As a European, I 100% relied on being young and single with those American time zones. :D Tests could end in my group at like 3 am, lol.

Oh yeah, those were some good times. It was great getting early feedback from you & the other alpha testers, which really changed the course of our efforts.

I remember in the earlier builds we only had a “heal area” spell, which would also heal monsters, and no “resurrect” spell, so it was always a challenge to take down a boss and not accidentally heal it when trying to prevent a player from dying.