Apply for the post.
Think about it: if you do, you might help devs focus a bit more on cosmetics, and I agree with all you say about them. There’s a real need here. Plus, as a moder you have a certain know how.
(And you have the “Enlisted tester” title under your name so it justs fits, eheh)
personally, my frustration stems from the fact that the tester’s job is to identify the bugs.
This cosmetic bug (and a fix!) has been identified by Erika and others, multiple times.
Becoming a tester and re-identifying the bug will not change anything, as it is already identified
What good is becoming a tester if your job is already done, and are now waiting on other people’s jobs?
It’s just …
Did the staff REALLY identify said bugs and forwarded them?
Sometimes (often) I get the impression they just ignore them.
So with Erika there, my hope would be to add some power to fix said issues…
Second…get in there and push cosmetic fixes and customisation improvements. Im still hoarding cosmetics orders until its decent
And still waiting for italian eastern front
i’m not sure how much i can discuss behind the scenes.
so as much i love to be honest, and i rather not get banned for leaked dms ( which i’m not going to do ) as i still have more plans just about that, i’ll say this:
i was asked in the past but some or more individuals to be part of this “club”.
i, refused.
there are a couple of issues and reasons.
reason being, because i am active on the forums but not so much on the computer with the actual game / editor due to my job. which as it shifted to a 9 to 5 from my previous part time job, hence, i ( yes. i am texting from work. no, i would not reccomend doing it, but i’m lucky that in my company i have more liberities than not ) so i don’t have much time to spend behind the actual game or editor to test, file bug, be available to all the meetings, join voices chats that they do on a regularly, which ties to the second " issue ".
i’m more of a liability than help.
you can’t have someone like me to associate with the people behind this project.
my temper has become very short fused ( which i apologies. but sometimes it’s necessary ) hence, somewhat of a land mine waiting to explode lol. which i probably burned many bridges with it. and, it’s fine. i don’t mind.
i did however, stated that i was willing to " free lance " whenever possible when needed, and it’s what i did. ( with the cosmetic issues list that i compiled and was “commissioned” to me by one of the helper or cms ) which i also did with some of the fixes and bug reports. and the free quality assets made with the editor.
all through out the forum, bug report, etc you know. the reasons why those existed in the first place ( or at least, i thought so ).
time is also an issue as i couldn’t “profesionally” attend to the various schedules that they have, i much rather offer help and actually do the things on my terms and time. whenever i want, or feel like.
my patience and passion is not enteral.
i am still passionate of enlisted after all. but that few time left, i would spend it behind the editor. which that other can of worms takes alot of time. but i love doing that. if i would apply for alpha test, i wouldn’t have much time for my own mods.
the other “issue” lies in how alpha test members works.
because they don’t primarily deal with only cosmetics ( hell, i think only very few people do ). and understandably they deal with much more. so i would find my self testing other stuff opposed as helping out with cosmetics.
as i stated, my dms are always open.
and i will continue to help whenever possible.
just not as an alpha test member.
which speaking of, am i really the only one who can deal with cosmetics?
none of yall read books, watched movies ( actually, most of them are incorrect with uniforms depictions but whatever ) ?
i don’t think DF really needs to depend on a lunatic like me to fix all of the cosmetics.
even though, it’s somewhat what i found my self doing.
as much as an attention seeker pleasures me being showered with compliments and recognition of my work, i don’t like being in the center of attention. and i hate bringing my self there just to fix very minor and simple issue.
i shouldn’t be the one doing any of the things i do.
i’ll do the because it’s the right thing to do.
but again, am i the only one? should i be the only one?
i say no.
i hope it makes sense.
EDIT.
i presume it does make me an hypocrite because " if you want it fixed, go there and do it ".
which it does look and seems i’m avoiding… but no. i really stand behind my reasons explained.
sorry not sorry.
just an 
situation.
We’d recommend not applying if you’re interested in a specific threshold of rewards primarily - there are various benefits as a “thank you” for your work improving the game (which should be the main incentive) should you become an alpha tester, though, and you can purchase a premium account (which will help you create custom rooms with passwords) with some of it. 
Do note that many tasks will be on a whole separate build of the game, where a password for custom lobbies is not needed.
There are bugs in your game BOTS which I and others have been complaining about for a long time, isn’t it time to fix them?
There, bugs that I am reporting…Again 
I’ll be honest, for me, the one thing that is as annoying as bad team mates is bots with the IQ of a 3 year old.
I just ask that because as a modder it a oppurtinity cost the decision. Like if it was 1000 gold per month I could reconsider modding but I love too much modding to take my time recreating bugs
ah yes. the negotiator and business man.
i like your way of thinking.
maybe modders deserves 1000 gold for their time based on the quality of their mods.
Eheh… I’m doing the same at the moment 
But I understand completely, and I respect it. The only thing I don’t agree with is when you say:
I don’t believe it’s true. You say what NEEDS to be said, unlike those who just say what they THINK the devs would like hearing. Enlisted needs more ppl like you, and less ppl like those.
high five 
but go figure they are the ones who gets listened to.
so… you know.
i mean, just looks how everyone just pretended my posts above flew over their heads and dead silence.
i’m sure such attitude of mine is of no help.
and as much i love saying " i do it because i’m passionate ".
it generally seem not having any impact.
so right now, my plans are to essentially pump out bug reports, free cosmetics and well made custom cosmetics through threads, my own mods etc.
even if they dont get any recognition, i at least did my part where i could.
if nothing happens, oh well.
i’ll eventually move elsewhere i suppose.
anyway, i digress.
and i probably outstayed my welcome.
have a lovely continuation.
STAR WRAS REFERENCE1!!1!!1!!
if darkflow gives the 1st place winners of a screenshot contest just 500 gold then that says all you need to know about how darkflow likes to reward their community
I find it funny how cheap they are even tho it doesnt cost them anything to give out gold.
Is that the case with faulty hit registration? I reported like 3 different cases of it but after more than a year, the soldiers still get temporal immunity and stand through a whole machinegun burst-till-overheat like it’s nothing, clearly shaking from being hit by all the bullets
This one is particularly annoying. Happens so many times, and a few times I got killed trying to shoot a launcher just because my bot walked into my aim right when I launched the rocket
Oh…
You’d be surprised…
I know some staff members:
Dragons on their hoards, I tell you.
But that said, if you want to do this only for the rewards… that’s not for you.
Thanks @ErikaKalkbrenner for pointing this out for the 100th time! @MajorMcDonalds @James_Grove I beseech you to kindly request the devs to look into these ‘MINOR’ issues. There are 10s of CBRs on the planetree camo itself on Gaijin’s support website. I will say it once more: ‘THIS IS NO WAY TO BUILD CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.’ How could it take more than a year to fix a bug which can be solved within minutes as shown by @ErikaKalkbrenner?
its no need.
its need.
I mean its honest if all you do is pointless bug testing and demanding payload nerfs.