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[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.

[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]

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.

[Krausus]

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.

you totally could be right but that doesn't change the way I feel they will do it.