Thread: 2.0 beta?

I get the distinct feeling that you will need to sign for the PS3 Beta, however, while I bet there will be sign ups for the PC Beta, everyone currently playing probably won't need to sign for the PC Beta.

I use as evidence, the Development road map, It shows that the 2.0 Client will be available and distributed a whole month prior to the start of the PS3 Beta.

Who gets in will largely depend on what they want to accomplish.

If they are testing hardware compatibility (new graphics engine, very possible) it will depend on the specs of your machine.

A lot of times testing things like the UI, balancing, etc. comes as a secondary goal in beta. you may find this a little odd, but while testing hardware you're testing this too. because it's something that will happen independent of machine specs it becomes a secondary criteria when selecting applicants. if you have experience beta testing, obviously you'll have an advantage.

the beta will likely be in phases. initial phase i'm guessing will be hardware compatibility. followed by server stress testing. the whole while they will be looking at testing out the new UI and some of the new systems. we aren't really revamping abilities (except crafting) so balancing will likely come in at a very low scale. unless they've changed the damage/enmity formulae, in which case balancing will come into play. but seeing how short the beta phase is. it's most likely server testing and hardware compatibility.

how long you've played is really irrelevant. I would love to see the people who stuck with it get rewarded. but that's what legacy was all about. you're getting a cheaper sub fee. a mount. and more character slots.

it's a really bad idea to look at it as 'I deserve to get in.' because, really, why? you've been loyal? Legacy takes care of that. You don't really deserve anything.

it should be more 'I am a great applicant because...' I've beta tested over 25 MMOs. Inclduing TSW, SWTOR, FFXIV, HGL, LOL, Aion, and Terra. Have great PC specs and know how to trouble shoot. I'm an active member of the community and help with troubleshooting wherever I can.

Unless SE still has our PC specs logged (and they probably don't) you will likely need to sign up.

Originally Posted by Onisake

Who gets in will largely depend on what they want to accomplish.

^^This. But i'll add one more thing... There's maybe 30,000 of us who are at all active right now...
Obviously they are going to add more servers as well, although that might not be at the start of Beta, still,
They could add all 30,000 of us into Beta and still have gobs of room left over that they want to fill.
We're not going to get 'priority', but unless tens of thousands of random new people sign up on day one to test the beta, and none of them can be PS3, because that starts a month later, we'll get in by virtue of 'lack of applicants'.

I think Japan Expo was "pre-registration", no one is 100% guaranteed to have access.

As for all Legacy players to have access to beta, I hardly doubt that, at least not on early phases... we're just way too many. And on top of current subscribers, SE wants to hear the voice of non-XIV/non-XI players as well.

If you people think all current players "need" to be in the beta, you all have no idea how betas actualy work

a Beta needs to draw from EVERY community of gaming

they need good systems, bad systems, max specs, min specs
differnt brands of cpus, etc etc

they need different playstyle of players and so on and so forth


and they can only put so many people into it at a time, so you cant just say "all legacy gets in first" as legacy players do not encompass all aspects they need to test


remember, its a TEST, you arent supposed to be "playing"