Ok. We have confirmation that Swamp Hag could have been used by scum with basically a 100% chance of creating a hated town. As such, we shouldn't "test" anyone that we wouldn't totally want to lynch today.
This is just absurd. I was not in the game on N2! I COULD NOT have used it then! And neither could pit, because he was absent! Here is a list of all the things that would need to happen for testing faust to loose the game:
1) I am scum
2) I used the swamp hag on the second N2 without being in the game, OR pit did while being replaced for inactivity, OR my scumbuddy did.
3) My partner and I are for some reason not testing faust and everyone else ourselves right now so that we can win the game instantly with 3/4 probability.
4) Faust is the unlucky hated townie, a 1/4 chance even given the other two.
SUPER unlikely!! Meanwhile, here's what needs to happen for testing faust to lynch scum!faust and make me IC, essentially winning us the game:
1) I am town
2) Faust is the lucky hated scum, a 1/2 chance.
Even if you don't know I am town, these are still decent odds! In all other cases, nothing happens. So testing faust is absolutely in our best interests.
However I agree we should not test anyone else, because the odds are not nearly as much in our favor and there is a significant risk of a scum quickhammer.