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Exar_Kun  4/17/08 5:22:41 PM
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Shannia  4/17/08 5:32:05 PM
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You are preaching to the choir friend.  We are all waiting on the day Aventurine announces open beta for DFO.

 

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singsofdeath  4/17/08 5:34:49 PM
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While I agree that DF could silence the Critics by doing something like an Open Beta, I don't know if going about it the way Eidos/FC/AoC are doing is the right choice.

 

While it was widely known how the Beta would work, you STILL get an outcry of rage about the way it is handled.

 

So, Open Beta, yes, but maybe set it up differently.


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Kyleran  4/17/08 5:35:26 PM
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Originally posted by Shannia

You are preaching to the choir friend.  We are all waiting on the day Aventurine announces open beta for DFO.

 

I'd take a closed beta announcement and a few decent video clips right now

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Xris375  4/17/08 5:43:27 PM
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Originally posted by Exar_Kun

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By keeping NDA to release and pay to beta ? No thanks, FC are milking their customers like cash cows.

At least in Df you will be able to try before buy.

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LordRelic  4/17/08 5:46:44 PM
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Originally posted by Shannia

You are preaching to the choir friend.  We are all waiting on the day Aventurine announces open beta for DFO.

 

id suggest only speaking for yourself..... just a little tip
 
singsofdeath  4/17/08 5:48:25 PM
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Originally posted by Xris375

 

Originally posted by Exar_Kun

By doing this...

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/ageofconan/reg_form.aspx


By keeping NDA to release and pay to beta ? No thanks, FC are milking their customers like cash cows.

 

At least in Df you will be able to try before buy.

" We might keep it up a bit to let the main stresstest rush go by, but it will be lifted way before we launch "

 

What part of this (taken from the Official Letter) do you not understand?


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Shannia  4/17/08 5:50:55 PM
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Originally posted by singsofdeath

While I agree that DF could silence the Critics by doing something like an Open Beta, I don't know if going about it the way Eidos/FC/AoC are doing is the right choice.

 

While it was widely known how the Beta would work, you STILL get an outcry of rage about the way it is handled.

 

So, Open Beta, yes, but maybe set it up differently.

 

yep, you are right.  After we saw the lil' EIDOS/Fileplanet/Funcom stunt today with their lil' 13 level open beta test with the NDA still in tact, I don't think Aventurine would stoop that low.  They promised their fans try before you pay a penny, so I doubt they'd do something like that.

 

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singsofdeath  4/17/08 5:53:06 PM
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Originally posted by Shannia

 

Originally posted by singsofdeath

While I agree that DF could silence the Critics by doing something like an Open Beta, I don't know if going about it the way Eidos/FC/AoC are doing is the right choice.

 

While it was widely known how the Beta would work, you STILL get an outcry of rage about the way it is handled.

 

So, Open Beta, yes, but maybe set it up differently.

 

yep, you are right.  After we saw the lil' EIDOS/Fileplanet/Funcom stunt today with their lil' 13 level open beta test with the NDA still in tact, I don't think Aventurine would stoop that low.  They promised their fans try before you pay a penny, so I doubt they'd do something like that.

 

Agree, as I said, on most things you said. Just please, refrain from the assumptions that the NDA will be left in place for the whole test. Because that is not true (according to what we know).

 

I am not defending FC/Eidos's decision on how to run the Beta, I just like to have the facts straight.


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Roin  4/17/08 5:55:56 PM
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Originally posted by LordRelic
Originally posted by Shannia

You are preaching to the choir friend.  We are all waiting on the day Aventurine announces open beta for DFO.

 

id suggest only speaking for yourself..... just a little tip

So you aren't waiting for DFO OB, LordRelic?

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Xris375  4/17/08 5:59:46 PM
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Originally posted by singsofdeath

 

Agree, as I said, on most things you said. Just please, refrain from the assumptions that the NDA will be left in place for the whole test. Because that is not true (according to what we know).

 

 

I am not defending FC/Eidos's decision on how to run the Beta, I just like to have the facts straight.

If Funcom had any motivation of lifting NDA, they would have done so by now. I mean hype n' preorder bring in cash. It happened to AO and could happen to AoC as well. I mean, we KNEW it wouldn't be postponed the last time, right ? It happened nevertheless.

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singsofdeath  4/17/08 6:05:38 PM
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