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1/15/09 4:27:40 PM#21
Things are slowly becoming apparent, in my opinion. Slightly off topic, but a review from a professional journo or members of the press would be ideal and help kill the speculation. The only beta reviews officially made public are minimal and the "regular" updates from The Noob Comic I'm taking with a pince of salt due to the fact the owner is "friends" with Tasos Flamingo. So close infact, that Tasos has kindly allowed The Comic to host it's domain name on Aventurines server, how sweet! http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=thenoobcomic&tld=com |
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1/15/09 4:32:33 PM#22
Originally posted by ghoul31
This is nothing like D&L there is a Trial starting next week which you do not have to pay to get in to like you had to with D&L. The pre-order's are only giveing the ones who do not get in to the open beta a shot at getting in early, If you do not get in the just cancel the pre-order. Most places you pre-order from do not take the money til the game ships.
Now with that said just chill out and wait and see what happens if you dont like how things are turning out then dont pre-order and move on to the next game you feel like ranting about failing. Fixed not a open beta but a trial sorry Assassin's like to do it in the dark and from behind. |
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1/15/09 4:33:06 PM#23
Originally posted by OddW0rlds
no there wont be open beta. open beta means ANYONE CAN LOGIN AND PLAY. That's not the case.
Quote from wikipedia: Developers release either a closed beta or an open beta; closed beta versions are released to a select group of individuals for a user test, while open betas are to a larger community group, usually the general public. The testers report any bugs that they found and sometimes minor features they would like to see in the final version. A Public open beta would be open för everyone. Open beta doesnt neccesarily have to mean its open for everyone. My personal category for a Open beta is that the testers arent choosen in any way. Putting a limit on how many testers they want isnt choosing who they want, just how many they can handle. Ofcourse if the limit is like 10 ppl i wouldnt argue you hehe, but i hope you get my point.
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Originally posted by WeaponX
There won't be an open beta. An open beta means anyone can play. Tasos said that there will be a limited amount of spots. |
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1/15/09 4:35:59 PM#25
Originally posted by downtoearth actully thats public beta open beta is with out nda Technically by what Tasos said in his update today...
We don't know if there will be an Open Beta OR a Public Beta by what he's said.
He said: "Starting on January 22nd there will be a Darkfall trial with the distribution of the release candidate client allowing thousands of players to sample the game for free, help us stress test our servers and test the final features of the game."
So for a couple thousand people they may get an "Open" Beta... we still don't know if they will have to sign an NDA or not at this point.
No mention of the words OPEN or PUBLIC Beta... or even the word Beta for that matter.
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1/15/09 4:37:37 PM#26
Originally posted by Entreri28
Except we haven't heard any leaks saying the game is shit. I seem to remember those from DnL, especially my own leaks. Actually you are almost right. DnL ran a small client under a different name for several months before release to my knowledge. People just expected the DnL client to be much much better based on Dev posts. I am so glad I didn't fall for that one. Played (more than a month): SWG, Second Life, Tabula Rasa, Lineage 2, Everquest 2, EvE, MxO, Ryzom. Tried: WoW, Shadowbane, Anarchy Online, Everquest, WWII Online, Planetside Beta: Lotro, Tabula Rasa, WAR. |
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1/15/09 4:41:58 PM#27
Originally posted by xzyax actully thats public beta open beta is with out nda Technically by what Tasos said in his update today...
We don't know if there will be an Open Beta OR a Public Beta by what he's said.
He said: "Starting on January 22nd there will be a Darkfall trial with the distribution of the release candidate client allowing thousands of players to sample the game for free, help us stress test our servers and test the final features of the game."
So for a couple thousand people they may get an "Open" Beta... we still don't know if they will have to sign an NDA or not at this point.
No mention of the words OPEN or PUBLIC Beta... or even the word Beta for that matter.
Didn't he say something about a open beta prior to the 22nd launch? Now there is a pre-order planned...It's just not looking good for them. At least AoC and WAR offered open betas. Actually, I can't comment on AoC's open beta, but I certainly played WAR's, and I am greatful to them for allowing me to do so, the only thing I lost was bandwidth. I didn't like the game, but I certainly didn't flame it. They gave me a chance to decide whether I wanted to play it long term or not, and I decided not. Played (more than a month): SWG, Second Life, Tabula Rasa, Lineage 2, Everquest 2, EvE, MxO, Ryzom. Tried: WoW, Shadowbane, Anarchy Online, Everquest, WWII Online, Planetside Beta: Lotro, Tabula Rasa, WAR. |
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1/15/09 4:48:09 PM#28
Originally posted by Xris375 It's a sad day...This is the same s*** Funcom and Mythic pulled.
*The pre-orders will get priority for early access to the game. The pre-orders will also get priority for the game launch if we have to go to a staged release* 3 day headstart or something like that zelch about beta Indeed you are right...pay for early access, not beta I guess is OK. I'm not preordering this game without trial or before drop of NDA though... which is fine |
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1/15/09 4:48:53 PM#29
Originally posted by dalevi1
No, he said there would be an Open Beta before Launch. Which he just announced has been delayed so they could fit Open Beta. The pre-order is only available 3 weeks after Open Beta starts, long after we will have heard all about DF and argued in a billion directions about it. All of the people pretending we won't get to actually try DF before pre-orders begin is putting on a farce for the sake of flaming/drama. |
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1/15/09 4:49:17 PM#30
Originally posted by dalevi1 Technically by what Tasos said in his update today...
We don't know if there will be an Open Beta OR a Public Beta by what he's said.
He said: "Starting on January 22nd there will be a Darkfall trial with the distribution of the release candidate client allowing thousands of players to sample the game for free, help us stress test our servers and test the final features of the game."
So for a couple thousand people they may get an "Open" Beta... we still don't know if they will have to sign an NDA or not at this point.
No mention of the words OPEN or PUBLIC Beta... or even the word Beta for that matter.
Didn't he say something about a open beta prior to the 22nd launch? Now there is a pre-order planned...It's just not looking good for them. At least AoC and WAR offered open betas. Actually, I can't comment on AoC's open beta, but I certainly played WAR's, and I am greatful to them for allowing me to do so, the only thing I lost was bandwidth. I didn't like the game, but I certainly didn't flame it. They gave me a chance to decide whether I wanted to play it long term or not, and I decided not. aoc had a paid open bet a: / throw file planet |
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1/15/09 4:50:02 PM#31
Originally posted by ghoul31
There won't be an open beta. An open beta means anyone can play. Tasos said that there will be a limited amount of spots. not really limited just as many as the servers can hold so probly around 20-30k |
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1/15/09 4:51:21 PM#32
Originally posted by downtoearth not really limited just as many as the servers can hold so probly around 20-30k Maybe we have different definitions, but that sounds pretty damn limited to me. |
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Originally posted by Phyleron
Tasos said directly that not all of the 200k people who have signed up for beta will get to play. What part of that did u not understand?
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1/15/09 4:55:49 PM#34
Originally posted by Zorvan not really limited just as many as the servers can hold so probly around 20-30k Maybe we have different definitions, but that sounds pretty damn limited to me. I think most say that Closed (choosen testers, NDAs, limited numbers etc) Open (no NDAs, no choosen testers, etc) Public (Anyone, no limits)
Many probably call public beta a open beta also... Most descriptions of Open beta in places like Wikipedia and such states that its large scale, often open to a community and so on. I checked around abit, so i wouldnt be making a totaly fool out of myself for making this post FagerCraft - Feeding the trolls on mmorpg.com since 2005. |
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1/15/09 4:59:27 PM#35
Originally posted by ghoul31
Tasos said directly that not all of the 200k people who have signed up for beta will get to play. What part of that did u not understand?
how big was AOc open beta? |
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Originally posted by downtoearth how big was AOc open beta?
AOC open beta was to open everyone, by definition.
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1/15/09 5:22:49 PM#37
ENOUGH is ENOUGH:WTF thread 1/14/09
Release date is true please!!! 1/14/09
Again 1/14-09
1/12-09
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1/15/09 5:26:02 PM#38
Originally posted by Speiberbob
Ok I am no fanboi of DF but to say this game hasn't lived up to its promise makes you look a little silly considering its NOT OUT YET!!! Unless you are working for the company or in a close circle of friends and played this game for many hours, you really need to wait for it to launch before having an opinion. |
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1/15/09 5:28:45 PM#39
Originally posted by ghoul31
Yeah as much as same is Dark compared to the Light... Cut the drugs mate seriously now... |
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1/15/09 5:30:45 PM#40
Originally posted by ghoul31
AOC open beta was to open everyone, by definition.
Come on ghoul, funcom never dropped the NDA for beta, only for the limited pvp and the 1-20 pay for beta test
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