Hey guys im a little confused.. im pretty sure that open beta (atleast for all other games) meant that the game was in an open phase of beta, allowing the public to download and play the game for free, however for WAR... the only way to get into open beta is to pre-order the game... how does that make sense?? does anybody know whether or not a true open beta will take place or a pre-ordered close one

Yeah this does sound pretty shady to me also. I think they are hiding something and trying to just con people out of their hard earned money. I would be careful

Originally posted by dmh3500

Hey guys im a little confused.. im pretty sure that open beta (atleast for all other games) meant that the game was in an open phase of beta, allowing the public to download and play the game for free, however for WAR... the only way to get into open beta is to pre-order the game... how does that make sense?? does anybody know whether or not a true open beta will take place or a pre-ordered close one

Wrong. . .there hasn't been a true open beta for a long time now.  There are far too many people playing MMOs now especially those looking for a free ride to open servers to everyone.  Game companies can't spend extra money just to set up servers for a massive influx of cheap bastards to play for free.  If you want in open beta, pay $5 to reserve a copy of the game and cancel if you dont like it.

Originally posted by Protus-AOC

Yeah this does sound pretty shady to me also. I think they are hiding something and trying to just con people out of their hard earned money. I would be careful

you can go to target and spend a dollar to get into open beta.  I wouldn't necessarily call that conning people out of t heir hard earned money :)

First let me say that Open Beta means it is the phase of the Beta in which all information is open and free. There is limited openings, every open beta will have a limited number of keys.

Also you do not have to pre-order to get into the OB, you can sign up on the website for a chance to get in.

Your best option is to get over it go to Target and buy the preorder for 99 cents. If you still want to play the OMG they are hiding something perhaps you should look at the whole NDA lift...

Originally posted by dmh3500

Hey guys im a little confused.. im pretty sure that open beta (atleast for all other games) meant that the game was in an open phase of beta, allowing the public to download and play the game for free, however for WAR... the only way to get into open beta is to pre-order the game... how does that make sense?? does anybody know whether or not a true open beta will take place or a pre-ordered close one

I've never, in all my years as a gamer or a gamesjournalist have I seen a free Open Beta for a game

Most either use the preorder or a website like Fileplanet (which you have to pay a subscription for) to get in, or they offer a "free" trial through a magazine (which you also have to pay for first, unless you steal the magazine)

Originally posted by Lonesamurai1

Originally posted by dmh3500

Hey guys im a little confused.. im pretty sure that open beta (atleast for all other games) meant that the game was in an open phase of beta, allowing the public to download and play the game for free, however for WAR... the only way to get into open beta is to pre-order the game... how does that make sense?? does anybody know whether or not a true open beta will take place or a pre-ordered close one

 

I've never, in all my years as a gamer or a gamesjournalist have I seen a free Open Beta for a game

 

Lineage 2...only one i can think of. And that open beta merged with the release...as in..they didnt whipe the open beta characters.

If you seriously think a mcdonald's 99 cent cheeseburger is better than a 99 cent Open Beta of War, you are saddly mistaken!

No one's conning you out of anything.

This information has been floating around so long now, I'm surprised some people still haven't gotten it.

Open Beta does /NOT/ mean open to the general public. It simply means that information is freely available and there is no NDA. Closed Beta doesn't mean that it is restricted from everyone, it simply means that all information is controlled by the NDA. For marketing purposes, some jackass decided that it would be cool to call an All Access Beta the 'Open' Beta, and since consumers and marketing reps like things simple, it stuck. However, it never changed the meaning that the developers assigned to the words, hence the confusion between consumer and developer.

With that out of the way, Mythic has, for some time, been saying that they would not have a beta that was open to the general public to give them a free taste of the game. It would have restricted access to pre-orders and some select few that won contests and such through various websites.

It really surprises me how tolerant you all are with mythic even though all this seems very shady to me. Seems like they are hiding way to much from people unless you pay upfront first.

Originally posted by dmh3500

Hey guys im a little confused.. im pretty sure that open beta (atleast for all other games) meant that the game was in an open phase of beta, allowing the public to download and play the game for free, however for WAR... the only way to get into open beta is to pre-order the game... how does that make sense?? does anybody know whether or not a true open beta will take place or a pre-ordered close one

*  Get the Pre-Order box ;  1$ - 5$
 

*  Fileplanet sub :  Free or Paid (Paid is way faster)

*  Download 9g game (yes, that is 9 gig)

*  Make your Mythic Master and Game accounts

*  Install, Run, and Patch (very small patch)

Unfortunately, you have missed the Open Weekend that just took place.  Maybe they will have another before the 7th when it all opens up for OB Key Holders.

Good Hunting

Originally posted by Enigma

Originally posted by Lonesamurai1

Originally posted by dmh3500

Hey guys im a little confused.. im pretty sure that open beta (atleast for all other games) meant that the game was in an open phase of beta, allowing the public to download and play the game for free, however for WAR... the only way to get into open beta is to pre-order the game... how does that make sense?? does anybody know whether or not a true open beta will take place or a pre-ordered close one

 

I've never, in all my years as a gamer or a gamesjournalist have I seen a free Open Beta for a game

 

 

Lineage 2...only one i can think of. And that open beta merged with the release...as in..they didnt whipe the open beta characters.

Fair point, forgot about that one

I put this quick chart together so it might help some people under stand in general what a testing process is:

Chart of how testing is done in most cases:

Alpha Testing = Internal company employee's and my include friends and family members of employee's under NDA.

Beta Testing (Closed) = All of the above and selected public players that meet the internal defined testing requirements and under NDA.

Beta Testing (Open) = All of the above and a larger player base invited to test specifc aspects of the game and stress test. Traditionally the NDA is lifted by then hence the term OPEN.

Preview Play = Most often Promotional invites that the genernal public can have access to the game for a period of time through site registration or contests.

Free Demo = Normally buddy passes given out 3 to 6 months after release or with a retail purchase of the game or contest prize.

It is seldom if ever that you will see any  preleases of a game open to the world for download unless it is free play.