Age of Conan

Originally posted by Burnthebed

May 1st if you are lucky enough to out click some rabid fanboy and get a key from fileplanet.

What is to out click? Get Comrade, install it and follow the directions to set it up.. I got notified and went straight to the page and got my key. There was no outclicking anyone.

Originally posted by elfstone222

The reasoning for limiting a beta crowd with a barrier like a FP sub for lag purposes is a bit retarded for this situation. The game will be released soon, if they can't handle all comers already, they're going to be screwed at release. I'd assume it would be better for... testing in beta form... if the crowd was as large as possible just for release. It's actually common for releasing MMO's to do stress tests with a final totally open beta, so AoC is going against what seems the best idea by limiting the crowd at all.

Are they using the new Cheetah 2 Engine for the open beta or are they saving that stress test with the rest of the untested features that are going to be included at launch?

I haven't heard one way or the other yet, but if they aren't already using the cheetah I'll be disappointed in them. They really should have taken the oppertunity they've had to test these things before release. Getting tired of devs releasing "almost" done/debugged MMO's.

they could be limiting the number of people so they can do controled tests to see how many people it takes to crash a single server..

they dont need to be running several at once to figure out how much a server can take before it goes down..        

also limiting the beta gives there dev team more time to get the first patchs redy for when the game releases since we wont be playing the full client in the open beta anyways..

To me, they should already be running on all pistons by now. This is like waiting to do a bunch of homework the night before the crap is due, chances are you're going to do a rushed job, miss things, and not care as much about the quality of your work so much as getting it done on time.

The whole thread has been talking about this, points have been made on both sides. Don't read the first post and tack a +1 at the end of the thread.

One day, the developers will get smart and say pay US the $15 and we'll let you into the open beta...

Somehow, that just seems really vile and corrupt, but I don't really see the difference in the end.

It's paying to play a beta product, which imo is just wrong.

It´s not a Open Beta if you have to pay and there is a limited amount of keys

I nearly cried when i found out that i hade to pay

Its called "open beta" cause NDA will be lifted and information will be open to public. Its not open cause tis free.

So I take it that this will be a different client than the PvP Weekend? Kept it on my HD just incase... was a nightmare to download.

Originally posted by Psiho246

Its called "open beta" cause NDA will be lifted and information will be open to public. Its not open cause tis free.

That is true but traditionally, open beta is free. But if you want to go down that road, it's also open beta because those in it can experiance and tell of their experience in ALL PARTS of the game, otherwise it's just a glorified stress test.