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tillamook

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9/29/09 11:06:40 AM#1

Brenics

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9/29/09 11:22:18 AM#2

Think I was one of first to sign up, keep refreshing for 30 minutes.

Hrothmund

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9/29/09 11:26:37 AM#3

Signed up as well.

ABRaquel

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9/29/09 11:52:47 AM#4

I got a feeling that their website is getting pounded with everyone trying to sign up.


axhed

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9/29/09 11:54:35 AM#5

faaaaaaack i wish i had a real job and a gaming pc ><

have a blessed thread.

warty

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9/29/09 11:55:39 AM#6

aaaand its down!

Playing polished, lag free, feature complete games is carebear. Whining about a game you hate but still play is hardcore man!

auger5433

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9/29/09 11:56:14 AM#7

yea, its getting hammered

 

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greed0104

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9/29/09 11:58:34 AM#8

Apparently an MMO about story is more popular then some believe....

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Sabiancym

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9/29/09 12:01:00 PM#9

Damn, can't get into the site.  Must be getting hammered.

BaronJuJu

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9/29/09 12:05:33 PM#10

Wow, thanks for the link Tillamook, the sites down but I will make sure to sign up as soon as its up. I have to say I'm a bit surprised they went to beta already.

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greed0104

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9/29/09 12:07:46 PM#11

To be honest I think the game is more complete then they let on. The slow release of information is probably a better strategy in my opinion.

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tillamook

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9/29/09 12:08:55 PM#12
Originally posted by greed0104

Apparently an MMO about story is more popular then some believe....

 

You think? Good timing too, people are now learning that Aion can only fulfill their deepest fantasy for pointless grinding. Not that that's a bad thing, I liked EQ2 for about a year myself. Aion isn't a bad game, but I have the feeling that if you are looking for something new, TOR might be it more so than Aion. One reason I never bought it, even though I liked it in OB. I kinda knew this was gonna happen, expect TOR within a year or so.

greed0104

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9/29/09 12:12:30 PM#13
Originally posted by tillamook
Originally posted by greed0104

Apparently an MMO about story is more popular then some believe....

 

You think? Good timing too, people are now learning that Aion can only fulfill their deepest fantasy for pointless grinding. Not that that's a bad thing, I liked EQ2 for about a year myself. Aion isn't a bad game, but I have the feeling that if you are looking for something new, TOR might be it more so than Aion. One reason I never bought it, even though I liked it in OB. I kinda knew this was gonna happen, expect TOR within a year or so.

 

That was more so directed towards those that say MMO players don't care about story. As for Aion, I actually ordered it last night pretty cheap. Figure I would play it till ToR comes out. It's nothing new, but it's better then playing WoW another year.

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Fed1

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9/29/09 12:39:17 PM#14

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Abrahmm

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9/29/09 12:43:05 PM#15
Originally posted by greed0104

Apparently an MMO about story is more popular then some believe....

 

Or their website is incapable of handling as many people as some believe.

Irrelevant comments aside, thanks for the link Tillamook. I hope Bioware isn't one of those companies that announces beta sign ups years before they are actually ready to take in beta testers (cough jumpgate evolution cough). Time to sign up!

 

On a side note, I feel like beta testing this game would ruin it for you more than any other game because you will have seen the stories by the time it is released. Oh well

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greed0104

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9/29/09 12:51:41 PM#16
Originally posted by Abrahmm
Originally posted by greed0104

Apparently an MMO about story is more popular then some believe....

 

Or their website is incapable of handling as many people as some believe.

 

I wouldn't doubt that either, I still stand by what I said though.

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tillamook

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9/29/09 12:55:19 PM#17
Originally posted by Abrahmm
Originally posted by greed0104

Apparently an MMO about story is more popular then some believe....

 

Or their website is incapable of handling as many people as some believe.

Irrelevant comments aside, thanks for the link Tillamook. I hope Bioware isn't one of those companies that announces beta sign ups years before they are actually ready to take in beta testers (cough jumpgate evolution cough). Time to sign up!

 

On a side note, I feel like beta testing this game would ruin it for you more than any other game because you will have seen the stories by the time it is released. Oh well

 

Yeah, that's why I'm trying really hard not to sign up. I want to walk into this game, day 1 and everything be new. You could overcome the story issue by say picking a class you won't play in live I guess.

greed0104

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9/29/09 12:57:09 PM#18
Originally posted by tillamook
Originally posted by Abrahmm
Originally posted by greed0104

Apparently an MMO about story is more popular then some believe....

 

Or their website is incapable of handling as many people as some believe.

Irrelevant comments aside, thanks for the link Tillamook. I hope Bioware isn't one of those companies that announces beta sign ups years before they are actually ready to take in beta testers (cough jumpgate evolution cough). Time to sign up!

 

On a side note, I feel like beta testing this game would ruin it for you more than any other game because you will have seen the stories by the time it is released. Oh well

 

Yeah, that's why I'm trying really hard not to sign up. I want to walk into this game, day 1 and everything be new. You could overcome the story issue by say picking a class you won't play in live I guess.

That's my plan, I plan on going Empire in Live, and I'll pay republic in beta, if i get in.

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Abrahmm

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9/29/09 1:02:42 PM#19

Yeah, I guess if you just pick one class and stick to it the entire beta, the story will only be ruined for that class, unless all of the class stories some how tie together at the end, which would be a bad idea if you ask me as it would kill replay-ability.

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tillamook

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9/29/09 1:08:49 PM#20
Originally posted by Abrahmm

Yeah, I guess if you just pick one class and stick to it the entire beta, the story will only be ruined for that class, unless all of the class stories some how tie together at the end, which would be a bad idea if you ask me as it would kill replay-ability.

 

I think there are 2 overarching story lines to follow. You may only get a taste of the bigger story.

jawapet

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9/29/09 1:27:02 PM#21
Originally posted by greed0104

To be honest I think the game is more complete then they let on. The slow release of information is probably a better strategy in my opinion.

 

Very much so, that's why they keep a pretty standard flow of how and when info is released.

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greed0104

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9/29/09 1:27:46 PM#22

Damnit, now I'm having second thoughts. : /

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TUX426

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9/29/09 1:31:17 PM#23
Originally posted by greed0104

Damnit, now I'm having second thoughts. : /

 

Good! You're right guys...it's not worth it. Why ruin it now? Wait it out, give it a few months...don't ruin it for yourselves :P 

 

 

Oh yeah...and STAY OFF THE SITE!!! Those of us DYING to test it are trying to get in still ;)

greed0104

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9/29/09 1:32:32 PM#24
Originally posted by TUX426
Originally posted by greed0104

Damnit, now I'm having second thoughts. : /

 

Good! You're right guys...it's not worth it. Why ruin it now? Wait it out, give it a few months...don't ruin it for yourselves :P 

 

 

Oh yeah...and STAY OFF THE SITE!!! Those of us DYING to test it are trying to get in still ;)

I see what you did there.

Nah I seriously wanna test it, but wanna save the story. I could just skip through story parts. My biggest interest is PvP.

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jawapet

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9/29/09 1:36:23 PM#25
Originally posted by TUX426
Originally posted by greed0104

Damnit, now I'm having second thoughts. : /

 

Good! You're right guys...it's not worth it. Why ruin it now? Wait it out, give it a few months...don't ruin it for yourselves :P 

 

 

Oh yeah...and STAY OFF THE SITE!!! Those of us DYING to test it are trying to get in still ;)

 

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Yea I am def testing it.  I want this game to be the best it can be, and to do that I need to smash, blast, and beat the heck out of it.  That way they know what still needs worked on, like server capacity :p and so they can fix it, make it better, so those problems aren't there at launch.

It sounds like this going to be really focused testing, probably having it set up for certain classes areas to be worked on.  I don't think it's going to be the type of beta that we pick and choose what to test, I think they are really going to have a lot of control over the testing.  I think that's part of why they are going to be cycling through player each test session.  So if you want to save the story, best bet is don't sign up for test till they get out of the early stuff, sign up as late beta tester.

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