Originally posted by howardb

It would kind of ruin the immersion if you've done a long questline and were granted an audience to the king himself, only to find out there was a queue to meet him for the exact same reason as you where there for. This happened in WoW a lot!

I always thought it was creating a great immersion and a chance to RP. I guess, it just shows that no matter what you do, people will look at it in hundred different ways.

The game is not released yet and beta testers cannot tell you anything due to NDA still in effect. Thus, you have to decide for yourself. Hype-Meter on MMORPG says that many people think that it will be fun.

As for $90, if you do not want extra "bonus" items that you get by ordering from EBGames, you can find it much cheaper (around $60 I believe). Do a search on Google's Product search.

I'm happy and joyful now.

Nobody here cares if they get to test in  Closed Beta. However, people here are upset that they will not get chance to see the game in Open Beta. To put all of this in more simple terms: people are worried that Funcom does not believe in the quality of their own product.

You can change font in the Settings (ESC key) -> "General Settings". The max size is 12pts. It is kind of too small for me, but I noticed that I got used tot it.

Font for chat windows can be changed using "a-" and "A+" buttons.

1. new email address

2. own name misspelled in a new way

3. modified DxDiag file (can be the same computer)

Originally posted by Thomas2006

The simple reasion why companys are now moving away from Open Betas. Its simply because too many players are taking open betas and investing more time into just playing the beta instead of reporting bugs....

This is lie and I hope you know it. Open Beta has a different purpose than a Closed Beta.

Originally posted by Wicoa

Funcom is one of the few companies I trust in...

mmk. You know that they have history of bad releases and documented lies, don't you?

Originally posted by gestalt11

Haha your question just shows how much BS the term "Open Beta" has become.

 

The fact that people are considering not buying a game because they don't get a chance to TEST it shows that these things are not tests.

 

What you want is a FREE TRIAL.  Not an open beta.  They may have become the same thing but they are not the same thing.

 

No MMORPG should ever have an Open Beta prior to release, because no one comes to actually test.  The most they should do is preview events like Guild Wars has done in the past.

Open Beta is usually used for promotion of a product. Nothing more. What worries people now is that developers do not believe that their product can advertise itself if people would try it.

Originally posted by JagerMichael

Someone needs to work the otherside of the fence, because you're working the "hate" card pretty hard all by yourself.

Ad Hominem. Do read what it means.

Originally posted by Spiritraiser

Maybe they believe it would be hard to police the M rating and adults only issue with an open beta and free access to everyone?!

You need to work for their marketing department, 'cause even they (and they are good) could not come up with such a good excuse.

Originally posted by Zorvan

I have one hard rule when it comes to new games: no open beta or at least a trial of some sort,  no money from me.

 

Having said that, Funcom is the only developer I'll break that rule for if need be.

AO release, people say, was rather bad. They told us nothing substantial about AoC. They constantly lied to us, so that they could "improve" and "polish" the game, only in the end to deliver an unfinished product, according to Beta testers. We will not get a chance to try it in Open Beta - they are that sure about the game quality themselves.

Originally posted by ethion

...even wow had loads of problems on release...

Name one, besides all people in one small zone causing lag and a laggy loot server, which was fixed within few days. WoW didn't crash on release. Logins were relatively fast (about 10 min wait in a queue at most).

What happened at AO launch? Was it really that bad to be included in "one of the worst"? (sorry for being lazy and not looking it up myself)

I admit that my "nagging feeling" is also stronger than ever today :( I just hope that if we nag enough, perhaps Funcom will realize that Open Beta is better for promoting the game, than a black box.

Unlike what you've been told, Open Beta is not to test anything - game is already stamped to CD and distributed to stores at that time. Open Beta is for marketing, a free trial with a character reset if you will.

Originally posted by andyjd

Apart from the fact that Vanguard had an open beta....

  indeedthey did, but that was their mistake - I canceled my pre-order after I tried pre-launch (release client) gameplay. Funcom learned from Sigil's mistakes and they will try to get that first $50 w/o giving me a chance.

Originally posted by dA_fReAK

With March around 2 months away, when should we expect to see an open beta?

 

It seem Open Beta will start on March 25^th (aka Vanguard style)

Originally posted by TiiKii

Interesting why they wouldn't have an open beta.. hmmm ...

SOE and Vanguard/Sigil perfected this technique - better to get at least $50, than nothing, because customer saw the product already. Kind of like going to a store to buy something, but only you cannot see the product until you get home and you cannot return it either. I wouldn't buy even bread like this.

No Open Beta? Hey, at least they are being consistent with lies. I just wonder what is the next one.