Originally posted by Wickedjelly

They want to market beta and use it to increase sales?

your dilusional- this game dosent need all the hype it has already gotten. they dont need to sell a beta to increase any sales- as a matter of fact they are probably doin it for internal performance issues, and as some posts have already stated -dont play beta if you dislike disruptions -wait for offical release.

Originally posted by orbitxo

who cares- it was beta!- you guys are beginning to sound like FOXnews... write something positive about the game! so we can discuss.

..and no, i dont agree early bird gets the worm...or beta acess.

-newly GW2 Fanboy!

 

 

Heh sounded like the truth and was fair and balanced. Maybe this article will get stellar #1 ratings as FoxNews enjoys. ; )

Originally posted by orbitxo

who cares- it was beta!- you guys are beginning to sound like FOXnews... write something positive about the game! so we can discuss.

..and no, i dont agree early bird gets the worm...or beta acess.

-newly GW2 Fanboy!

 

My " Fair and Balanced " comments, " I report you Decide "

No problems at all, really enjoyed the beta.

" Charlie Mike "

Originally posted by Slapshot1188

Originally posted by Wickedjelly

This is what happens when you offer beta access via prepurchase or preorder. Nothing new here and I have no sympathy for companies being taken to task over it. Matter of fact I'm rather sick of people always laying the blame at the feet of the players and giving these companies a free pass. It's getting really old. You reap what you fucking sow. They want to market beta and use it to increase sales? This is what happens when some pay for the product and can't play or have serious issues. Beta or no.

Let 'em rage. They paid for the product. Like I'm supposed to have sympathy for Anet when they essentially had the majority pay to get access to their beta. Give me a break.

 While I actually enjoyed the beta, I fully support the quoted post.  As soon as you take people's money you had better expect to be judged.

 

Do it after the Closed Beta Weekend. According to the Blog post Arenanet were able to fix a lot of problems.

Even Frogster and EME had their problems in the Closed and Open Beta(!). Game-, Login-,Dungeon-Server were unavailable a couple times, monster were resetting during an encounter, the last Story-questline on Island of Dawn didn't work as intended, etc.. And Tera is an so called optimized one year old mmorpg.

Originally posted by adaneshade

I saw very few issues the entire beta, was actually commenting to friends on how little lag/fps issues existed in crowded areas (WvW battles) compared to other games even after they were released (see WAR, SWTOR, WOW[anyone else remember opting to not loot at all due to character being stuck on the ground for 10 minutes?])

 

Yes you paid for access to the BETA, but no one twisted your arm, that was a result of wanting to see it now...I'm guilty as well, but at least I can take a step back and realize I KNEW that I would see some bugs etc.....

 

So what is your point? You think people that had your experience are the ones raging? Really? Pretty sure it would be the ones that couldn't log in, account errors, etc.

Why is it so difficult for people to see past their own experience? And why does it seem gamers more than any other group seem to suffer the inability to do so?

...and for the record before someone chimes in. I didn't have any issues because I haven't bothered getting the game yet :P So I'm not raging myself or have any personal vendetta in the affair.

my problem wasn't the bugs it was the downright awful overflow crap

my wife and i join the game group up we finish up part of our story and she gets a message that she has been kicked into the overflow server. she disappears right in front of me and there is no way for me to find her unless i disconnect and reconnect hoping to get the right instance she is in ..... how do you kick someone to another instance and not give other players a tool to follow them to that instance?

PVP matches were a joke, I can't believe they are going to randomize groups. yep you heard me, you cannot queue as a group and if you do join with others in your guild/friends you may or may not be on the same team. because thats what i want to do when i join a guildies game .... fight against them.

sorry but its not all just bullshit bugs that people are raging over, and yes its beta but these two decisions are just downright stupid of Anet, and they BETTER be corrected before release.

Originally posted by orbitxo

Originally posted by Wickedjelly

They want to market beta and use it to increase sales?

your dilusional- this game dosent need all the hype it has already gotten. they dont need to sell a beta to increase any sales- as a matter of fact they are probably doin it for internal performance issues, and as some posts have already stated -dont play beta if you dislike disruptions -wait for offical release.

 

 Lol..I'm delusional? You are if you think that wasn't the goal here bud. Wake up.

...and where did I say I personally have a problem with issues in a beta? Learn to read my posts if you're going to comment on them.

The main crutch of the problem was that people had to pay to play the beta.

You may expect to find bugs whilst playing but most fundamentaly, especially after having paid, you at least expect to be able to login.

I think that's were most of the rage came from.

That's an outsiders view because I haven't pre-bought the game myself. I was stung by SWTOR and swore never to go down that route again.

I agree that some players were going overboard with their demands and rage, because after all it is beta and shit happens in beta. And even with a launch it can go wrong on the first day.

On the other hand, Arenanet sold the prepurchase with specifically mentioned that you got access to beta. This is what is different from a normal beta. If you use beta access to sell more prepurchases, then you also have to make sure that people also get access. So for a large part, it is Arenanet's own fault to create such high expectations surrounding this beta event.

Originally posted by orbitxo

Originally posted by Wickedjelly

They want to market beta and use it to increase sales?

your dilusional- this game dosent need all the hype it has already gotten. they dont need to sell a beta to increase any sales- as a matter of fact they are probably doin it for internal performance issues, and as some posts have already stated -dont play beta if you dislike disruptions -wait for offical release.

 

 Isn't that what they did though? Sell beta. And at full price even.

Heh sounded like the truth and was fair and balanced. Maybe this article will get stellar #1 ratings as FoxNews enjoys. ; )

 

eew- and we all know what kinda people watch foxnews.

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Originally posted by Ecoces

my problem wasn't the bugs it was the downright awful overflow crap

 

my wife and i join the game group up we finish up part of our story and she gets a message that she has been kicked into the overflow server. she disappears right in front of me and there is no way for me to find her unless i disconnect and reconnect hoping to get the right instance she is in ..... how do you kick someone to another instance and not give other players a tool to follow them to that instance?

 

PVP matches were a joke, I can't believe they are going to randomize groups. yep you heard me, you cannot queue as a group and if you do join with others in your guild/friends you may or may not be on the same team. because thats what i want to do when i join a guildies game .... fight against them.

 

sorry but its not all just bullshit bugs that people are raging over, and yes its beta but these two decisions are just downright stupid of Anet, and they BETTER be corrected before release.

 

I agree totally, the overflow system was bjorked. But even Anet has admitted to this and is working on a fix, this is what BETA is for.

As for you other complaints, they are valid, you dislike the design concept. THis is an example of a contructive review post, not a rant. Well said, Ecoces.

Originally posted by adaneshade

My point is that the vast majority felt it was very smooth, only the obnoxiously loud few (who most likely didn't follow directions properly) are coming to MMORPG to complain.

 

That is so wrong. For the European servers  (I can't talk for the US players) the first day was hell. The few that got in were booted not long after. Due to timezone difference (for Europe the beta started in the evening), a lot of European players didn't get to play untill the day after. 

I also don't know what you mean with not following directions. There was not much that could go wrong with installing the client. The log in problems also didn't have anything to do with that. That was on Arenanet's side.

I think phone texting and twitter has ruined people on reading.

Take for instance that pre-purchasing is just that, you are buying the game prior to the release of it. No where does this equal you are getting the final product until release.

The fact that players cannot understand this simple and basic morsel of knowledge goes to show how little some take to actually comprehend things.

The words BETA TEST represent exactly what those two words mean, yet the comprehension of those two words seem to have been lost on those who felt the need to get angry at the fact that while testing the game they had "issues".

So yes, in the end i feel that reading comprehension in todays world is at a low, and since i work in education, and so does my wife, i can honestly state that unless its under 255 character limit, they just won't get it.

I will again provide this information since those who have a hard time comprehending things probably won't bother looking up the meaning of it.

Beta Test-

A trial of machinery, software, or other products, in the final stages of its development, carried out by a party unconnected with its development.

(under 255 characters)

Originally posted by orbitxo

Heh sounded like the truth and was fair and balanced. Maybe this article will get stellar #1 ratings as FoxNews enjoys. ; )

 

eew- and we all know what kinda people watch foxnews.

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" Yep " We sure do.