Don't they already have an invite only testing program (under NDA with focus testing I believe)? How is this different?
this post was submitted on 24 Sep 2025
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They do, that's the Evocati test group.
They recently expanded that group and relaxed some parts of the NDA.
I'm trying to understand the move as well. From what others in the playerbase are saying:
- There are too many leaks in Evocati (anytime bug reports or information is displayed in the private Evocati forums/chats it gets leaked).
- Inviting streamers to Evocati was a bad idea
- The Evocati group isn't as active as it should be
- A smaller focus group that only communicates directly with CIG will make it easier to find the leakers.
From my own perspective: Usually with these early builds there are major issues with certain parts of the game. For instance, they will tell everyone in the Evocati group to avoid spawning at certain locations (or avoid doing certain actions) which might cause issues like the entire server system to lock up and crash. CIG then needs to have their Sys Admins fix up the servers so that everyone can test again.
With how large the group has grown, many times players aren't reading the patch notes and they will trigger major issues that were supposed to be avoided.
With a smaller, more focused test group, they can push out builds that are quickly thrown together and even more unstable than what Evocati sees, all so that they can test very specific systems.
Something else I just thought of. This could be a smaller group where they'll try to eliminate any leakers first, and then move on to testing Squadron 42.