Originally posted by gaou

Originally posted by troyhicks472

Originally posted by 4getting2009

No. Bioware hasn't decided yet. Rockjaw was just commenting on this.

ok, so where is this Rockjaw posting this ? got a link to it ? because i searched the Offficial Game Forums and did not find any Rockjaw or any other mention of it.

rockjaw is Community Manager Stephen Reid's name on twitter.  i haven't noticed if he mentioned it on there but it was in the faq for the upcoming test he posted on the official forums

 

StephenReid General Discussion -> Next Beta Testing Weekend - FAQ

Will I need to re-download the game client after the upcoming Beta Testing Weekend, or can I use it during Early Game Access?

You may have to re-download the game client. This will be confirmed after the upcoming Beta Testing Weekend.

oh, ok thanks gaou, i apriciate that, i dont follow twitter

Originally posted by troyhicks472

Originally posted by gaou

Originally posted by troyhicks472

Originally posted by 4getting2009

No. Bioware hasn't decided yet. Rockjaw was just commenting on this.

ok, so where is this Rockjaw posting this ? got a link to it ? because i searched the Offficial Game Forums and did not find any Rockjaw or any other mention of it.

rockjaw is Community Manager Stephen Reid's name on twitter.  i haven't noticed if he mentioned it on there but it was in the faq for the upcoming test he posted on the official forums

 

StephenReid General Discussion -> Next Beta Testing Weekend - FAQ

Will I need to re-download the game client after the upcoming Beta Testing Weekend, or can I use it during Early Game Access?

You may have to re-download the game client. This will be confirmed after the upcoming Beta Testing Weekend.

oh, ok thanks gaou, i apriciate that, i dont follow twitter

your welcome and i dont really follow it either except for TOR stuff since every once in while a good nugget of info will make it its way there

Originally posted by gaou

Originally posted by troyhicks472

oh, ok thanks gaou, i apriciate that, i dont follow twitter

your welcome and i dont really follow it either except for TOR stuff since every once in while a good nugget of info will make it its way there

i mainly follow the game site and the facebook page and here, what little there is here that is

just wondering, have you gotten to play ? if so cool for you, im looking forward to what ever weekend the invite is for, just hope the wify that i bounce off of at work is up

just sad that Sony is removing SWG as of dec, havent gotten to check why they are shutting it down yet though, sort of sad though.

looking forward to having a new SW based MMO to play, from what i can tell from the movies and teasers they have set out, i know ill enjoy it, i got the collectors eddition, you ?

Originally posted by Icewhite

But the problem is, I just bought a game to get me through the next six weeks.

And with such a brief time remaining (41 days), I'm actually considering ignoring the invite and just playing at launch with no "spoilers" for myself.

Insanity?

Ah, looks like it's just a super stress test anyway.  No reason to get excitied.  Back to my other thang!

Good decision . Why bother, you wont change anything, you will just spoil the full fun of playing uninterupted.

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Originally posted by Moaky07

Originally posted by BarCrow

I've received an email to expect another beta invite. I'd love to test the servers and if only to login for a bit and mess around I might download the client. The only thing is I pre-ordered the CE and will get some form of early access in just about 4weeks. So I am debating whether I should take the time to download the huge client just to get erased before launch. I've tried 4 classes already and enjoyed them all  as well as crafting ..etc. Maybe I'll just wait for the real thing this time.

Aye I got a notification on the 11th to expect an invite. This was after already  getting in this week ends test. Played for about 6 hrs last night. Watched FB all day, so gonna log on in a sec for an hr or two.

I tell ya what, I can already see I am going to spend 2 to 3 hrs a day at least on this game, and sitting at the PC more than an hr or so makes me hurt. I hurt like Hell today from last nights session. That should say everything.

 

 

I'm right there with you. I never feel the ageing process more acutely than when I just awake for the day or when I get up after playing on the PC for a few or more hours. Oy..my aching back,legs and arse. Don't get me started on my stiff knuckles.The Rolling Stones are correct... it can be a drag  getting old . When I get the official email I'll probably download and play to help with the stress testing. Hopefully I can just patch it to play early release (I can only hope).  Meanwhile I have Skyrim keeping me pleasantly busy. I just became a Werewolf last night. Hope that's not a mistake.lol.

I agree OP it might be an OK  idea to just sit the beta out and wait.  Also like others said maybe jump on and play a class you never thought about polaying.  I did just that but now I think I want to play the class I thought I didn't ever want to play, lol.

Anyways I'm still glad that I got to play because I just built my computer on the Friday of the first day of beta weekend and was fun seeing how it held up.  It ran great!

also for those who think this is the last build it isn't. 

I was able to play over the weekend and personally, I think it's worth it to just hop on and explore a bit.  Try a different class if you're worried about spoilers.

I count 30 days from tomorrow (15th) assuming the early access is right. Don't know which day of the 5 I'll get in of course...

Try it before you buy it. Best advice I can give. Take a taste of a class or side your not likely planning on dedicating your time to and try it there if your wanting to avoid spoilers. You will get some (particularly if its the same side) but it should get you an idea of the story AND gameplay. Remember, gameplay is important, don't neglect it completely for story. Story can only do so much when your going to eventually run out of 'story' to go through.

Originally posted by Yalexy

I'm doing the same, totally forgetting about the beta and starting to play once they open up for the people who preordered.

There's no reason to play the beta-client, getting my character wiped, downloading 27GB etc, when it's only 30 days left before I can start playing the final release.

Yes of course, because there is no other reason to be involved in a beta besides your own benefit. 

Why is it that people have such a hard time understanding what beta TESTING is? 

Originally posted by DrWookie

Originally posted by Yalexy

I'm doing the same, totally forgetting about the beta and starting to play once they open up for the people who preordered.

There's no reason to play the beta-client, getting my character wiped, downloading 27GB etc, when it's only 30 days left before I can start playing the final release.

Yes of course, because there is no other reason to be involved in a beta besides your own benefit. 

Why is it that people have such a hard time understanding what beta TESTING is? 

Normally I'd agree with you. Beta is where we should be helping to make the best game possible. However..the way bioware is doing some of these betas..with the weekend only multiple invites with different client uploads each time. It becomes a pain..especially this close to launch. I also questioned whether to bother. I've contributed to 2 weekend betas and done my best to be a great bug reporter and suggestion submitter. Different waves of extended betas maybe 7-10 days per phase would have been less taxing. Thats the way i remember it working for most of the other mmo betas of which I've been involved. Anyway..I can see both sides and agree to aspects of both. I will still likely download the client again for this (hopefully) final beta.

Originally posted by BarCrow

Originally posted by DrWookie

Originally posted by Yalexy

I'm doing the same, totally forgetting about the beta and starting to play once they open up for the people who preordered.

There's no reason to play the beta-client, getting my character wiped, downloading 27GB etc, when it's only 30 days left before I can start playing the final release.

Yes of course, because there is no other reason to be involved in a beta besides your own benefit. 

Why is it that people have such a hard time understanding what beta TESTING is? 

Normally I'd agree with you. Beta is where we should be helping to make the best game possible. However..the way bioware is doing some of these betas..with the weekend only multiple invites with different client uploads each time. It becomes a pain..especially this close to launch. I also questioned whether to bother. I've contributed to 2 weekend betas and done my best to be a great bug reporter and suggestion submitter. Different waves of extended betas maybe 7-10 days per phase would have been less taxing. Thats the way i remember it working for most of the other mmo betas of which I've been involved. Anyway..I can see both sides and agree to aspects of both. I will still likely download the client again for this (hopefully) final beta.

I guess people must experience different things. I got my email wednesday. That was PLENTY of time to download the game before Friday (I just left my computer on when I went to work on Thursday, and it was done when I got home). There was a long queue friday not, so I Just tried logging in occasionally while doing other things at home (just to help them stress the servers). I got in later in the night and playeda bit. Sat/Sun I practically had 0 queues the whole time.

I don't really get the "frustrating" argument?

with a good connection, shouldnt take more than a day to dl the game, unless your with at&t with thier super slow package.. then it might take you 3 days. i dont see why people are complaining about downloading 20+ gigs? whats the big deal. you probably dl more stuff that that. IF YOU GOT AN INVITE, AND YOU PLAN ON PLAYING THE GAME ON RELEASE, YOU SHOULD BE HELPING THEM TEST THE SERVERS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE! and reporting bugs you find also if they ask you too.

Originally posted by troyhicks472

Originally posted by gaou

Originally posted by troyhicks472

oh, ok thanks gaou, i apriciate that, i dont follow twitter

your welcome and i dont really follow it either except for TOR stuff since every once in while a good nugget of info will make it its way there

i mainly follow the game site and the facebook page and here, what little there is here that is

just wondering, have you gotten to play ? if so cool for you, im looking forward to what ever weekend the invite is for, just hope the wify that i bounce off of at work is up

just sad that Sony is removing SWG as of dec, havent gotten to check why they are shutting it down yet though, sort of sad though.

looking forward to having a new SW based MMO to play, from what i can tell from the movies and teasers they have set out, i know ill enjoy it, i got the collectors eddition, you ?

yea i have gotten to play. been in the general game testing program since late august. and yep pre-ordered a CE day they became available. hope you enjoy your time on the weekend test. :)

Originally posted by gaou

Originally posted by troyhicks472

i mainly follow the game site and the facebook page and here, what little there is here that is

just wondering, have you gotten to play ? if so cool for you, im looking forward to what ever weekend the invite is for, just hope the wify that i bounce off of at work is up

just sad that Sony is removing SWG as of dec, havent gotten to check why they are shutting it down yet though, sort of sad though.

looking forward to having a new SW based MMO to play, from what i can tell from the movies and teasers they have set out, i know ill enjoy it, i got the collectors eddition, you ?

yea i have gotten to play. been in the general game testing program since late august. and yep pre-ordered a CE day they became available. hope you enjoy your time on the weekend test. :)

thats cool, yea, missed the Game Stop preorder by a day ( store ) so i hit home and snaged it at the online Game Stop, so ill have to wait on the damn mail service lol, personaly i just liked all the extras that come with the CE, i did the STO CE that was a loss mostly, they stated " comes in a brushed aluminum case " it was a cardboard with bruished alunium sticky paper wraped on it, the color detailed book,, yea it was nice, if it wants the size of a CD Jewl case

and the wife allredy baught me a glass case for the Gentle Giant Darth Malgus statue

Originally posted by Purutzil

Try it before you buy it. Best advice I can give. Take a taste of a class or side your not likely planning on dedicating your time to and try it there if your wanting to avoid spoilers. You will get some (particularly if its the same side) but it should get you an idea of the story AND gameplay. Remember, gameplay is important, don't neglect it completely for story. Story can only do so much when your going to eventually run out of 'story' to go through.

    I completely agree, and after last weekend, I am now very glad I did pre-order the CE on day one.  That beta event was VERY GOOD in my opinion.  The gameplay was very fun for me (unlike WoW), the art style / animations / graphics looked SO much better than anything I have seen before (even in the HD videos), and the story was VERY well done.  I played a class that I was not interested in and now I can't wait to see where the story leads me when the game goes live.  I did find a few little bugs (saying minor bugs is an overstatement) and made sure to report them.  The only thing about the game I found that I did not like was the animation for jumping (standing or running).  It looked a little awkward to me, but that is just a personal opinion, not a graphical problem.

    So my $150.00 (USD) is well spent.

    At this point I will probably skip the next beta event if I can force myself to do so, but I am not all that confident I can do so.  Maybe I will pick the same class again and this time choose all the opposite quest choices that I had made last weekend.  Might be interesting to see where that leads me.

Originally posted by DrWookie

Originally posted by BarCrow

Originally posted by DrWookie

Originally posted by Yalexy

I'm doing the same, totally forgetting about the beta and starting to play once they open up for the people who preordered.

There's no reason to play the beta-client, getting my character wiped, downloading 27GB etc, when it's only 30 days left before I can start playing the final release.

Yes of course, because there is no other reason to be involved in a beta besides your own benefit. 

Why is it that people have such a hard time understanding what beta TESTING is? 

Normally I'd agree with you. Beta is where we should be helping to make the best game possible. However..the way bioware is doing some of these betas..with the weekend only multiple invites with different client uploads each time. It becomes a pain..especially this close to launch. I also questioned whether to bother. I've contributed to 2 weekend betas and done my best to be a great bug reporter and suggestion submitter. Different waves of extended betas maybe 7-10 days per phase would have been less taxing. Thats the way i remember it working for most of the other mmo betas of which I've been involved. Anyway..I can see both sides and agree to aspects of both. I will still likely download the client again for this (hopefully) final beta.

I guess people must experience different things. I got my email wednesday. That was PLENTY of time to download the game before Friday (I just left my computer on when I went to work on Thursday, and it was done when I got home). There was a long queue friday not, so I Just tried logging in occasionally while doing other things at home (just to help them stress the servers). I got in later in the night and playeda bit. Sat/Sun I practically had 0 queues the whole time.

I don't really get the "frustrating" argument?

Yeah,,I do the same thing. Both times though there were some launcher issues for many people and the forum was ablaze with diffrent fixes because sometimes the first one didnt work. Just little stuff like that.  No one was bled to death with straight-razors but the little pin-pricks one after another can be a bit "frustrating". Anyway...glad launch is oon. Can't wait.

I was glad to know that they really were trying to have a genuine "Stress Test" of their servers before launch.  Now if a bunch of you opt out that might diminish the relevance some.  But not to worry.  I think BioWare can still project from the numbers they do have...

Still I find it hard to believe Early Access and Launch will be completely "flawless".  Not that I will be disappointed in the least if they exceed my expectations.  I just prefer to have a "prepared mind".  And participation in beta does nothing to diminish that that "preparation".  So I intend to participate.