Thread: 2.0 beta?

Originally Posted by TheVedis

if its a closed beta, its not about polish though, which is what it sounds like is gonna be happening first

open beta is moreso the polish end of things

Open beta is almost always about stress testing the server and see how the load is distributed against the new engine(s).

Polish does come from feedback, but it's a part of the natural progression of what players want to talk about.

many players think 'Oh, they want me to tell them how they can make their game more fun. so i'll talk about that.'

and the feed back will go to the devs. but this feed back, if it is implemented, won't be seen for months. it has to be developed. tested internally. validated. and then released. Polish comes well after release, and well after beta.

what will be implemented is emergency fixes to the UI. or ground breaking bugs/oversights. "I can fish up 100 fish in an hour. turn them into a hat. and NPC the hat and make 2m gil an hour." or "If i move the minimap partway off the screen, it glitches out and doesn't refresh my position"

Sadly beta = early preview to this generation of MMO players because that's exactly what the companies consider their beta. They only use the term beta to cover their asses if their demo is broken in any way so the press won't hop on their ass about a broken game.

I would expect at the very least legacy accounts will all have access to the 2.0 beta and a high possibility of everyone with an account when the servers go down will get access.

Originally Posted by Lurex

I wasn't stating I was the only one. I was stating I stuck through all the crap with this game. Does that sound entitled? You are damn right it does. Because, in my eyes, I am entitled. Like i said, I deserve it, and I better be in Beta, period.

They know you'll still pay even if you're not in the beta so what's the point in adding you? They'll be getting the people who aren't currently playing I'd imagine.

Originally Posted by Delsus

I would expect at the very least legacy accounts will all have access to the 2.0 beta and a high possibility of everyone with an account when the servers go down will get access.

He already said Legacy won't get you exclusive access to the alpha and beta. Whether or not his stance changes in that regard we'll see but last word is pretty much no grandfathering into it.

Originally Posted by Viritess

They should be reporting bugs, thats half the point of beta testing. Even if your not familiar with code. this thing happened here and this happend i was on this class with this blahblah etc. can be helpful. As much as having fun being in a beta can be. Bug hunting should be on your mind when your beta testing. not beta fun-time or beta-learn stuff before others. Beta-testing ^^

I know what beta-testing is and how it works. I worked in testing for both hardware and software and I actually develop flash games as a part-time job ^^

I know everyone should ideally be bug reporting. I wasn't saying no one does, I simply said that unfortunately not everyone does.

Originally Posted by Elexia

He already said Legacy won't get you exclusive access to the alpha and beta. Whether or not his stance changes in that regard we'll see but last word is pretty much no grandfathering into it.

We'll get in. Lol.