Crap news, and it would have been nice if it had been delivered in a more professional manner, but this will ultimately benefit the game when it finally fucking releases.

I said I was going to throw a mild hissy fit if we got a second delay, but instead I'm going to settle for wearing a dirty smirk while I peruse the net, and I'll probably be clicking my mouse with a noticeable amount of aggression.

There goes my dream of spending Christmas in Agon

Originally posted by modus

Originally posted by grimgryphon

Originally posted by modus

ETA is estimated time of arrival.  Just saying.

 

Guess I should have quoted ... LOL.

Which makes the phrase "firm ETA" so freaking hilarious.

Would you have preferred "ripe ETA"?

Nothing is "ripe" when is comes to AV.

Meh, this is a good thing. If they actually are able to make the game better and more bug free with another month or so, then good. It would suck to release and have all sorts of issues that ruin the experience. While I wanted to play tomorrow as much as the next guy, this is for the best. I will be pre-ordering Friday, though I probably won't play beta.

I'd much rather they not give release date information until they actually know it, but pretty much all companies delay several times, or they don't and they release a game that is buggy as hell :P. Even GW2 that had a huggggee budget and team working on it released and the first - what 2 weeks? there was no working auction house lol.

Originally posted by joeri123
Well no money for them. Bought a firefall support pack instead. Only reason I waited was to play darkfall but since they f*kd us hard again I'm gonna f*k them too... 

I see lots of people saying this... but honestly, I'm gonna bet almost all the folks like yourself will be playing when it releases.  lol. The MMO market is such crapola right now. Most MMO fans are dying for something different and new.

See you guys at release ;)

The delay itself is ok, the reasons for delay is where true fun is.

Originally posted by JayFiveAlive

Meh, this is a good thing. If they actually are able to make the game better and more bug free with another month or so, then good. It would suck to release and have all sorts of issues that ruin the experience. While I wanted to play tomorrow as much as the next guy, this is for the best. I will be pre-ordering Friday, though I probably won't play beta.

I'd much rather they not give release date information until they actually know it, but pretty much all companies delay several times, or they don't and they release a game that is buggy as hell :P. Even GW2 that had a huggggee budget and team working on it released and the first - what 2 weeks? there was no working auction house lol.

They don't even have a working beta yet, what are you smoking? GW2 launched when they said it would launch atleast.

Originally posted by Fearum
They don't even have a working beta yet, what are you smoking? GW2 launched when they said it would launch atleast.

I'd rather have GW2 delay a tiny bit and get their crap figured out instead of delaying the auction house :P Prices went aps***t cause of that. By the time prices started finally settling, I got bored and quit like many others lol.

they knew they they fucked up to often, probably saw it comming weeks prior but since they were too afraid of failing again they refrained from admitting it and continued to hope it would turn alright

same shit you see with homework / papers happening regularly, just on bigger scale

Originally posted by JayFiveAlive

Originally posted by Fearum
They don't even have a working beta yet, what are you smoking? GW2 launched when they said it would launch atleast.

I'd rather have GW2 delay a tiny bit and get their crap figured out instead of delaying the auction house :P Prices went aps***t cause of that. By the time prices started finally settling, I got bored and quit like many others lol.

Yeah, I made some gold lol.

Some details regarding the pre-order: returning Darkfall players will get the game at the price of the subscription during pre-order. New players will get the game at a discount. Pre-orders get 30 days of game-time when the game launches, beta access for as long as that is live, plus you can reserve your character’s name. We will also explore offering a head start.  Pre-order slots may be limited and will be throttled if needed...

HUH? What about people who bought the game? We are considered returning player? Didn't they said  we would get DFUW FREE? Seriously..  wtf is going on lmao.

Originally posted by Dantae87
GOOD i for one am HAPPY they are delaying it...i do not want a rushed game with bugs put out. Rather they take all the itme they need! I want a game that is polished not bugged out! Hope they delay it again till May 2013 :)

 most likely you will get your wish. they admit they don't even have a playable build. No company in their right mind evens gives a release date without even having a playable build. Basically what they are saying is that they might be able to string all the parts together by the 17th or they may well find the parts are incompatable and have to do major reworking of the code requiring months (or in AV's case years) to get to a working beta build state.

Originally posted by bingo69

Some details regarding the pre-order: returning Darkfall players will get the game at the price of the subscription during pre-order. New players will get the game at a discount. Pre-orders get 30 days of game-time when the game launches, beta access for as long as that is live, plus you can reserve your character’s name. We will also explore offering a head start.  Pre-order slots may be limited and will be throttled if needed...

 

HUH? What about people who bought the game? We are considered returning player? Didn't they said  we would get DFUW FREE? Seriously..  wtf is going on lmao.

You're more or less still getting the game for free, but you won't be able to play it for free. AV worded it poorly, but ultimately, when the game goes live you'll have to spend $15/month from the get-go to play (most likely meaning that there will be no trial for returning players). So in this case, it's like these returning players would make an upfront payment for a month of game time (thus why they get 1 "free" month when the game launches) as well as Beta access, without having to buy the client.

It's still complete bullshit though. They should've just done a Beta like Square Enix is doing for FFXIV's Alphas (only accessible for ex-subscribers for free). Just get people to register and randomly pick players up to join the Alpha, and add more players as the need for further stress testing goes.

pay to play beta

totally shocked!

no, really i am - no , seriously - totally

pre-orders = psychological commitment and positive hype

smart

Originally posted by bloodbone

Announcement on Launch and Playtest
December 11, 2012 Tasos Flambouras No comments
Dear Friends,

We have come to a decision, not without much internal debate, that instead of commercial release this Wednesday as planned we are going to launch the game for playtesting first. We also believe that we owe the community a thorough explanation for this last minute decisions, so the reasons behind it are the following:

We are Aventurine.


Thank you for reading

Fixed.