Originally posted by Mazin I finally got one for this weekend. 10/02/09 register date Florida Pre-ordered Got messed up emails last week from Bioware that they apologized about Rarely post on swtor forums, have like 10ish total So that should answer all the common questions that everyone always has.
<Conspiracy Theory> Hmmmm Did everyone that got a beta invite get the messed up emails last week? Is there anyone that got the messed up emails last week that hasnt got a beta invite? </Conspiracy Theory>
Cluck Cluck, Gibber Gibber, My Old Mans A Mushroom
The only people getting invites should be from the pool of 500k preorders Bioware has at the moment. Handing out random invites to people who just signed up and didn't give you any money towards the development of your game is just bad form.
Really , I would send out to the opposite to increase the playerbase ....... The Pre Order people are hooked. Giving non pre order people a chance increases the chance they some will decide to play for real.
Got an invite. Going to give it a fair shot with as much time as I can possbly give it (unfortunately for Star Wars, Dark Souls came out yesterday!!!!!). I will contribute as much as I possibly can as a tester, but I must admit that this still will give me a fair idea of what to expect from the game at launch. I'm not saying in terms of bugs or quirks, I mean in the overall gameplay. We shall see!
The only people getting invites should be from the pool of 500k preorders Bioware has at the moment. Handing out random invites to people who just signed up and didn't give you any money towards the development of your game is just bad form.
Really , I would send out to the opposite to increase the playerbase ....... The Pre Order people are hooked. Giving non pre order people a chance increases the chance they some will decide to play for real.
BETA IS NOT A FREE TRIAL.
Period.
Well to be fair, the devs have said that just by playing the game they are getting metrics. So even if you never post a bug report or even an opinion. You are helping the devs get ready for launch.
I will be reporting and exploring. See if I can find places to get stuck look for visual errors and so forth. But just playing as a free trial would be fine if people want to. All the million plus should get in before early access if we go by what the devs said. So plenty of metrics as well as bug reports will be recorded I am sure.
How many people long for that "past, simpler, and better world," I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them? R.A.Salvatore
Well to be fair, the devs have said that just by playing the game they are getting metrics. So even if you never post a bug report or even an opinion. You are helping the devs get ready for launch.
I am aware of that, but we both know what a closed beta test's intended purpose is, and a free trial isn't it.
The only reason Bioware is even taking this approach is because they know users are going to abuse the closed beta invites for the above purpose, so they are trying to prevent the problem by pretending it doesn't exist.
Where that logic fails, is when one considers length of time spent playing (or a lack thereof, rather). If someone gets a beta invite and spends ten minutes playing, then decides to quit, Bioware has received no useful info and has wasted an invite slot that could have gone to a legitimate tester.
Well to be fair, the devs have said that just by playing the game they are getting metrics. So even if you never post a bug report or even an opinion. You are helping the devs get ready for launch.
I am aware of that, but we both know what a closed beta test's intended purpose is, and a free trial isn't it.
The only reason Bioware is even taking this approach is because they know users are going to abuse the closed beta invites for the above purpose, so they are trying to prevent the problem by pretending it doesn't exist.
Where that logic fails, is when one considers length of time spent playing (or a lack thereof, rather). If someone gets a beta invite and spends ten minutes playing, then decides to quit, Bioware has received no useful info and has wasted an invite slot that could have gone to a legitimate tester.
I agree about the length of time. There is only so much you can test and only so high you can level in a weekend. The testers that will be doing the most closed beta work are the every day testers in general testing. The weekend warriors IMHO are just getting a open beta weekend more than a closed beta look. They did say that all 1.5 million will get a chance before the game goes live if they wish. So that equals controlled open beta.
So regardless, this is more of a stress test than bug squashing event because of the limited time and only seeing a part of the game. Some will do what good testers do, but most will be playing with builds, testing classes and just playing as a free trial. You know it is the way of things regardless of what it should be.
How many people long for that "past, simpler, and better world," I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them? R.A.Salvatore
Moments ago I was thinking of posting that I wouldn't join the beta even if I was offered, that I didn't want to spoil anything so that it would all be fresh and new from the start.
Ive gotten a total of 3 beta invites, first one last month, my second one 3 days ago that has no definate set end time, and I got a beta weekend test on another server for this weekend. I feel fortunate to say the least. Been playing and giving feedback like crazy the last few days.
Personally, I don't care if I get a Beta Invite, after the huge debacle with SWG, I wasn't interested in another Force game, so far, I've stayed away from the regular Single Player variants.
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<---invited.
11/14/08 account creation and beta sign up date < no luck yet
sucks ye...
I finally got one for this weekend.
10/02/09 register date
Florida
Pre-ordered
Got messed up emails last week from Bioware that they apologized about
Rarely post on swtor forums, have like 10ish total
So that should answer all the common questions that everyone always has.
When you received the invite, what kind of shoes were you wearing?
the same ones i was wearing out of the birth canal.
I think it's a mass invite so...let the downloads begin?
"LOL"
<Conspiracy Theory>
Hmmmm
Did everyone that got a beta invite get the messed up emails last week?
Is there anyone that got the messed up emails last week that hasnt got a beta invite?
</Conspiracy Theory>
Cluck Cluck, Gibber Gibber, My Old Mans A Mushroom
BETA IS NOT A FREE TRIAL.
Period.
Got an invite. Going to give it a fair shot with as much time as I can possbly give it (unfortunately for Star Wars, Dark Souls came out yesterday!!!!!). I will contribute as much as I possibly can as a tester, but I must admit that this still will give me a fair idea of what to expect from the game at launch. I'm not saying in terms of bugs or quirks, I mean in the overall gameplay. We shall see!
Well to be fair, the devs have said that just by playing the game they are getting metrics. So even if you never post a bug report or even an opinion. You are helping the devs get ready for launch.
I will be reporting and exploring. See if I can find places to get stuck look for visual errors and so forth. But just playing as a free trial would be fine if people want to. All the million plus should get in before early access if we go by what the devs said. So plenty of metrics as well as bug reports will be recorded I am sure.
How many people long for that "past, simpler, and better world," I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?
R.A.Salvatore
I am aware of that, but we both know what a closed beta test's intended purpose is, and a free trial isn't it.
The only reason Bioware is even taking this approach is because they know users are going to abuse the closed beta invites for the above purpose, so they are trying to prevent the problem by pretending it doesn't exist.
Where that logic fails, is when one considers length of time spent playing (or a lack thereof, rather). If someone gets a beta invite and spends ten minutes playing, then decides to quit, Bioware has received no useful info and has wasted an invite slot that could have gone to a legitimate tester.
I agree about the length of time. There is only so much you can test and only so high you can level in a weekend. The testers that will be doing the most closed beta work are the every day testers in general testing. The weekend warriors IMHO are just getting a open beta weekend more than a closed beta look. They did say that all 1.5 million will get a chance before the game goes live if they wish. So that equals controlled open beta.
So regardless, this is more of a stress test than bug squashing event because of the limited time and only seeing a part of the game. Some will do what good testers do, but most will be playing with builds, testing classes and just playing as a free trial. You know it is the way of things regardless of what it should be.
How many people long for that "past, simpler, and better world," I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?
R.A.Salvatore
Moments ago I was thinking of posting that I wouldn't join the beta even if I was offered, that I didn't want to spoil anything so that it would all be fresh and new from the start.
And then I checked my email. "dammit...."
/checks to make sure nobody is watching
/clicks ACCEPT sheepishly
I got an invite, cant wait to try it out
yes but this isn't the first beta i have played for this game...
Ive gotten a total of 3 beta invites, first one last month, my second one 3 days ago that has no definate set end time, and I got a beta weekend test on another server for this weekend. I feel fortunate to say the least. Been playing and giving feedback like crazy the last few days.
Needs more red zone.
-Azure Prower
http://www.youtube.com/AzurePrower
got my invite already
http://www.youtube.com/user/chopgr?feature=mhee
"The Heavens burned, the stars
cried out
And under the ashes of infinity,
Hope, scarred and bleeding,
breathed its last."
received invite for this weekend.
I prefer to test the game before i preorder it. For me its not important whether its survives 1 year 2 year.
As long as i am enjoying it then ist worth the $15 monthly charge .i enjoyed Rift for 5 months, Aion for 4 months,STO for 5 months or so no regrets.
2 months into premium access to World of Tanks and enjoying it.
Just want to try the tropper in SWTOR hope it whast i imagine it to be playwise
I hate all of you who are playing this game because I am not.
me too!
Jerks!
I got the messed up emails last week and didn't get an invite
Personally, I don't care if I get a Beta Invite, after the huge debacle with SWG, I wasn't interested in another Force game, so far, I've stayed away from the regular Single Player variants.
I got a beta invite and am testing the game now. Can we post opinions of the game on this forum?