Originally posted by Dunewarrior

Not sure if someone pointed this out already, but i do belive that closed beta is still ongoing... ie. the rest of the game is probably open to that crowd dont you think ?

It is still going next CB phase starts 2pm

Originally posted by kishe

AoC "Tortage weekend" flashbacks, anyone?

Not in the slightest, if you couldn't leave London then yes I would agree. The faction "starting areas" are just faction cities, the real starting area for all factions is Kingsmouth. So all you are really missing out on is the city for the other factions (i.e. eye candy.)

Originally posted by Unshra

Originally posted by kishe

AoC "Tortage weekend" flashbacks, anyone?

Not in the slightest, if you couldn't leave London then yes I would agree. The faction "starting areas" are just faction cities, the real starting area for all factions is Kingsmouth. So all you are really missing out on is the city for the other factions (i.e. eye candy.)

So what you are saying is Kingsmith is the only real starting area for all factions?  So if they polished kingsmith up to a degree that it will gain high reviews from reviewers who don't make it very far before the deadline and be favorable enough for the demo weekend in a few days and the rest of the game plays like any demo video from a leak or PaX or even developer videos where stuff "will get fixed before launch".

Wait how isn't that the slighest like Tortage?  Tortage was just 20 levels of highly developed content and class mechanics, the remaining 60 levels and endgame was still in alpha or prebeta it seems not including the dire lack of content.

Originally posted by DarkDemon69

Originally posted by Lord.Bachus

Originally posted by DarkDemon69

Luckily I was given the open beta weekends and closed beta access yesterday. No I did not sign an NDA so Im good to talk about it. Supposedly at 2pm today (PDT) they start a closed beta test on PvE Tech (whatever that is). All I know is I downloaded the entire game clientt not the small kingsmouth client. So this pm after work Ill be running on my Illuminati. Ill have pics and videos up soon possibly.

You're the kind of person that does not read quest texts either, are you?

Depends on wheteher its worth reading

 His point is that if you are in the CB you DID agree to an NDA and did not bother to read about that.  You can talk about your open beta weekend experience only. There is a great little vid on Gamebreaker TV that tells you that when they discussed open and closed beta testing too.

Originally posted by kishe

AoC "Tortage weekend" flashbacks, anyone?

Its Funcom, dont expect anything less.

They seem like they are not capable of learning from mistakes...havent seen them change a thing in how they handle their games after release or their betas...you would think they would at least have learned how to patch bugs in a decent amount of time after over a decade yet they cant even do that.

Release an update, take 4-8 weeks to patch the bugs it creates and even then may not fix them all.

Originally posted by dougmysticey

Originally posted by DarkDemon69

Originally posted by Lord.Bachus

Originally posted by DarkDemon69

Luckily I was given the open beta weekends and closed beta access yesterday. No I did not sign an NDA so Im good to talk about it. Supposedly at 2pm today (PDT) they start a closed beta test on PvE Tech (whatever that is). All I know is I downloaded the entire game clientt not the small kingsmouth client. So this pm after work Ill be running on my Illuminati. Ill have pics and videos up soon possibly.

You're the kind of person that does not read quest texts either, are you?

Depends on wheteher its worth reading

 His point is that if you are in the CB you DID agree to an NDA and did not bother to read about that.  You can talk about your open beta weekend experience only. There is a great little vid on Gamebreaker TV that tells you that when they discussed open and closed beta testing too.

To be fair...the email I got Monday said my beta started Tuesday 5pm EST (which would mean I was in the CB even though I never applied for it), but the download link on my account page said weekend public beta.  I did not click "agree" on a NDA.  I figured the link was correct and I was a weekend warrior only, which turned out to be the case as I could not log in last night.  I'm sure quite a few people are a bit miffed today thinking they got into the CB when they really didn't.

Originally posted by corvenik

Originally posted by GoldenArrow

The great thing about these betas is that they have gated content.

So we are actually testing the templar area on the first weekend and then dragons/illuminati on the following.

Feels like actual testing than just opening the doors for players for few days.

yea i retract my statement on all three that was for cbnotes :P.

actually, by entering in to the closed beta, you are still under NDA... please learn to read

Hey I guess open beta weekends are a sham we only are getting two weekends for open beta per Funcom CS rep ( I posted a thread with the mail)

Originally posted by kishe

AoC "Tortage weekend" flashbacks, anyone?

 

 

Definitely is, this is the kind of stuff that worries me, what's the point in stress testing one little area of the game? If I wanted a brief trial I'd wait for it after launch with a buddy key or the inevitable 7day that FC always offers eventually.

Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by kishe

AoC "Tortage weekend" flashbacks, anyone?

 

 

Definitely is, this is the kind of stuff that worries me, what's the point in stress testing one little area of the game? If I wanted a brief trial I'd wait for it after launch with a buddy key or the inevitable 7day that FC always offers eventually.

 So you want complete access to everything the game ahs to offer?

Originally posted by Snikz

Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by kishe

AoC "Tortage weekend" flashbacks, anyone?

 

 

Definitely is, this is the kind of stuff that worries me, what's the point in stress testing one little area of the game? If I wanted a brief trial I'd wait for it after launch with a buddy key or the inevitable 7day that FC always offers eventually.

 So you want complete access to everything the game ahs to offer?

Yes