The folks at Pirates of the Burning Sea have posted a dev log which details the work they have been doing on revamping avatar combat, and letting players know how they can get involved with testing the system.

While DesignCo and ConCo are working furiously to make the new avatar combat system super fun, I’m busy gathering players to help us test it. This isn’t new—playtests have been an important part of our development cycle since long before launch. Putting developers in the same room as someone playing their game is a humbling experience for us, but it’s also the best and most direct way we have to get feedback. We get so used to thinking of the game from the inside out that it’s invaluable to check that view against what you all see from the outside in.

Read more here.