Devs, if it is so hard to test PS2 without many players, please think about it. I would gladly participate as a test user.
Agreed that PTR's would be the best way to test these patches - think that many players will help SOE testing these things
Though it would require a fair bit of effort, given how badly their internal testing protocols are failing, its hard to argue against at this point.
I don't think they tested this patch amongst themselves to be honest. If the devteam actually tested this nightmare then they either knew this patch was complete garbage and launched it anyway...or their entire QA/Testing team needs to be fired...NOW.