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[Krausus]

I Got C.E. And played since day 1 and the reason i called 1.0 a beta because everything was a testing but we paid to test and give feedback on a game on forums am i wrong ?

A lot of CE didnt stay but most did who played till the end from the worst to the not so worst .

further insults to SE by continuously calling 1.0 a beta probably wont help your chances to get into 2.0 beta. I personally would like those that have played since release date (or earlier) without breaks to get first dibs but I really dont think it is gonna matter. I highly doubt this is going to be like a normal very limited beta experience. new server will hold up to 5000 users and they will probably have like 10 of em so I doubt any of us active users will find it hard to get in and there still be plenty of room for new folks.

[Antipika]

further insults to SE by continuously calling 1.0 a beta probably wont help your chances to get into 2.0 beta. I personally would like those that have played since release date (or earlier) without breaks to get first dibs but I really dont think it is gonna matter. I highly doubt this is going to be like a normal very limited beta experience. new server will hold up to 5000 users and they will probably have like 10 of em so I doubt any of us active users will find it hard to get in and there still be plenty of room for new folks.

Lol you really think that 10 beta servers will be launched straight and that all slots will be allocated to current players? I think that first phase(s) will be limited. The number of participants will grow over time, but I don't SE starting straight with 50K testers.

[Krausus]

Lol you really think that 10 beta servers will be launched straight and that all slots will be allocated to current players? I think that first phase(s) will be limited. The number of participants will grow over time, but I don't SE starting straight with 50K testers.

Yes I really do, alpha might be quite limited but I doubt beta will be at all. This isnt a new IP.

[Molly_Millions]

Yes I really do, alpha might be quite limited but I doubt beta will be at all. This isnt a new IP.

Antipika is right. They will start with a small group in alpha, add a few more in early beta, and slowly thottle up the number of concurrent logins as they get closer to open beta when they open the flood gates. That's how they will stress test the new code running on the new servers. This is what I do for a living, it's basically an industry standard.

[Antipika]

Yes I really do, alpha might be quite limited but I doubt beta will be at all. This isnt a new IP.

It's not about a new IP. New servers, new client, lot of things to test and feedback to receive. Doing it progressively just makes sense. We may not even have access to servers 7 days a week at first as well. It could be region based like first alpha phase. That's also good for SE to get feedback on latency, especially from NA/EU players.

[Validas]

Antipika is right. They will start with a small group in alpha, add a few more in early beta, and slowly thottle up the number of concurrent logins as they get closer to open beta...

This does sound like standard procedure, but I think I recall reading they intended to use the alpha period for stress testing the servers. Wouldn't that require a large number of players? Just curious.

[Molly_Millions]

This does sound like standard procedure, but I think I recall reading they intended to use the alpha period for stress testing the servers. Wouldn't that require a large number of players? Just curious.

not really. they have a couple routes they could take. they could, as you point out, just open the flood gates right off the bat. have all the servers open and let everyone try them out. But they'd do so at the risk of pissing of everyone in the alpha that end up having log in trouble. In that case, SE would end up with a large number of frustrated alpha testers. They could also have a large number of alpha servers open, and limit the areas you can go to, which would require fewer alpha testers. Most likely though, they'll limit the number of servers and the number of areas you can go to, thus requiring even fewer alpha testers. This way if things go bad there are less frustrated alpha testers and less people to spread bad press.

[Antipika]

Well you only need to stress test one server. So we are looking at around 5k players for the alpha. No need to stress test 10 servers at the same time.

[Griss]

I am sort of expecting the alpha beta process of 2.arrr to be the same as what we went through with 1.xx. Except with out the feeling of being mostly ignored.

[Antipika]

Well you only need to stress test one server. So we are looking at around 5k players for the alpha. No need to stress test 10 servers at the same time.