Purpose of the PTE
The PTE was made public for testing by players by the developers. It's primary purpose was to test out changes in a 'live' environment after thorough testing on the internal test worlds. The intent...
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As part of testing it is necessary for wars to not break out as this can interfere with the testing process. Once testing has been completed (it can take weeks if bugs are found quickly and changes have to be made) then PvP can start, although it preferrable if they didn't in case further bugs are revealed.
