I am pretty sure that crunch time takes presedence over vacation time
no i think the game is done for the most part i think most of the game stoping bugs where fixed before the first BEW and now they are just working on small bugs and tweeks to make the game run better. also i think closed beta test are still going on. ANet posted that the BEW had no NDA but the closed beta tester where still under an NDA witch tells me the closed beta testers have seen stuff that was not in the BEW and they can not tlk abut that stuff.
agreed. I also believe that they are continuing with closed beta testing. Though I want GW2 to come out ASAP, I do want them to take their time and ensure everything is polished and ready to go.
Originally posted by joocheese... Though I want GW2 to come out ASAP, I do want them to take their time and ensure everything is polished and ready to go.
I want to think they're out enjoying brats and beers over Memorial Day weekend. Maybe a Sounders game or something.
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Releasing a product of this importance will not take a backseat to a US holiday that falls on mon. Why are the beta days on weekends when most Arenanet workers are off on weekends? Because it's good for the players. Same logic applies for memorial day weekend. BWE will be on the 25th imho.
Releasing a product of this importance will not take a backseat to a US holiday that falls on mon. Why are the beta days on weekends when most Arenanet workers are off on weekends? Because it's good for the players. Same logic applies for memorial day weekend. BWE will be on the 25th imho.
Except that the 26th and 27th isn't a typical weekend in the US. It's one of the major travel weekends, and as a result many businesses tend to give their employees outside of those performing essential functions the weekend off. But it honestly depends on the company. I honestly would prefer Anet employees to be out spending time with their families on that weekend, maybe going to some memorial day parades, etc.
I also don't think Anet wants to have a beta event on a weekend where many people to be vacationing with their families. I see the June 1st - 3rd or 8th - 10th as the beta weekend.
Releasing a product of this importance will not take a backseat to a US holiday that falls on mon. Why are the beta days on weekends when most Arenanet workers are off on weekends? Because it's good for the players. Same logic applies for memorial day weekend. BWE will be on the 25th imho.
I would tend to agree, as it may be a better weekend for many, but there are also a lot of people for whom a holiday weekend is particularly non-viable due to family and travel commitments. There was a thread on the beta forum of people begging Arenanet not to have a BWE on Memorial Day weekend. Since Arenanet apparently could not get things together for a BWE this weekend, I think we are probably going to have to wait until the first week in June.
On twitter, they have really been stressing that the BWEs would be roughly once a month and that was subject to change, which I guess should have been a pretty good indication they were not going to be able to meet customer expectations for a BWE this month.
It would be nice if they could give us a 36 hour mini beta event next weekend, Friday Noon through 12:01 AM Sunday, along with a full BWE the first wekend in June, but that's probably just wishful thinking.
I am pretty sure that crunch time takes presedence over vacation time
no i think the game is done for the most part i think most of the game stoping bugs where fixed before the first BEW and now they are just working on small bugs and tweeks to make the game run better. also i think closed beta test are still going on. ANet posted that the BEW had no NDA but the closed beta tester where still under an NDA witch tells me the closed beta testers have seen stuff that was not in the BEW and they can not tlk abut that stuff.
I disagree. Considering there were a lot of voiceovers missing in some of the cutscenes that I experienced during the first BWE, we haven't even been able to play Asura and Sylvari, and they haven't announced a release date, I'd say it's no where near done.
Also, in regard to people posting about a June release, I just can't see that being anywhere near realistic considering if they were releasing it within the next 6 weeks, don't you think they would have announced the date by now? I can't imagine only having 1 BWE to test the Asura and Sylvari races, not to mention the fact that we haven't even experienced the majority of PvE content since nobody even made it half way to the level cap yet.
I am pretty sure that crunch time takes presedence over vacation time
no i think the game is done for the most part i think most of the game stoping bugs where fixed before the first BEW and now they are just working on small bugs and tweeks to make the game run better. also i think closed beta test are still going on. ANet posted that the BEW had no NDA but the closed beta tester where still under an NDA witch tells me the closed beta testers have seen stuff that was not in the BEW and they can not tlk abut that stuff.
I disagree. Considering there were a lot of voiceovers missing in some of the cutscenes that I experienced during the first BWE, we haven't even been able to play Asura and Sylvari, and they haven't announced a release date, I'd say it's no where near done.
Also, in regard to people posting about a June release, I just can't see that being anywhere near realistic considering if they were releasing it within the next 6 weeks, don't you think they would have announced the date by now? I can't imagine only having 1 BWE to test the Asura and Sylvari races, not to mention the fact that we haven't even experienced the majority of PvE content since nobody even made it half way to the level cap yet.
I think it's safe to assume that we won't see the Asura/Sylvari anytime soon in the beta, considering that Anet said that they don't want to spoil everything before release.
Would be perfect for me if it's next weekend as monday is a bank holiday here again (pentecost monday) just like the 1st BWE was followed by monday off (queen's day)
I am pretty sure that crunch time takes presedence over vacation time
no i think the game is done for the most part i think most of the game stoping bugs where fixed before the first BEW and now they are just working on small bugs and tweeks to make the game run better. also i think closed beta test are still going on. ANet posted that the BEW had no NDA but the closed beta tester where still under an NDA witch tells me the closed beta testers have seen stuff that was not in the BEW and they can not tlk abut that stuff.
I disagree. Considering there were a lot of voiceovers missing in some of the cutscenes that I experienced during the first BWE, we haven't even been able to play Asura and Sylvari, and they haven't announced a release date, I'd say it's no where near done.
Also, in regard to people posting about a June release, I just can't see that being anywhere near realistic considering if they were releasing it within the next 6 weeks, don't you think they would have announced the date by now? I can't imagine only having 1 BWE to test the Asura and Sylvari races, not to mention the fact that we haven't even experienced the majority of PvE content since nobody even made it half way to the level cap yet.
They might not add Asura or Sylvari to a beta weekend, since they have stated in the past that they wanted to keep some things a surprise. Same could go for missing cut scenes and v.o. in beta builds. Things like cut scenes or audio files don't truly have to be in a testing phase, especially if they are lore driven and the company doesn't want to spoil anything before the release. They have had closed testing going on for much longer than the BWE's, so we truly have no idea how much of the game has been tested, but certainly much more than what can be accomplished in a weekend.
The beta weekends are most likely done for stress testing and for optimization purposes. Not to mention it's a great way to test the PvP side of the game.
I am pretty sure that crunch time takes presedence over vacation time
no i think the game is done for the most part i think most of the game stoping bugs where fixed before the first BEW and now they are just working on small bugs and tweeks to make the game run better. also i think closed beta test are still going on. ANet posted that the BEW had no NDA but the closed beta tester where still under an NDA witch tells me the closed beta testers have seen stuff that was not in the BEW and they can not tlk abut that stuff.
I disagree. Considering there were a lot of voiceovers missing in some of the cutscenes that I experienced during the first BWE, we haven't even been able to play Asura and Sylvari, and they haven't announced a release date, I'd say it's no where near done.
Also, in regard to people posting about a June release, I just can't see that being anywhere near realistic considering if they were releasing it within the next 6 weeks, don't you think they would have announced the date by now? I can't imagine only having 1 BWE to test the Asura and Sylvari races, not to mention the fact that we haven't even experienced the majority of PvE content since nobody even made it half way to the level cap yet.
They've mentioned the reasoning for those issing voiceovers in the known issues. Those are areas that ArenaNet went back and changed, but have yet to implement the new voice over and proper animations.
We don't even know if we'll be able to play Asura or Sylvari in the beta weekends. I can definitely see them saving that for launch, and just letting the smaller closed beta groups handle testing those areas. Closed beta testing is still going on under NDA.
They definitely won't allow us to see every single map before release. In fact, I'm going to be surprised if we get much more than we currently have right now.
April 13th ANet did a stress test. April 28th was the first BWE.
May 14th ANet did a stress test. (Speculation) May 26th could be the next BWE... but May 28th is Memorial Day in the US, BWEs mean that ANet employees have to work, and I don't see ANet making their employees work over a holiday weekend.
My best guess is the next BWE will not be beofore June 2nd and could be later depending on how much work they've got done since the first BWE.
We'll know for sure if the 28th is out in a couple days.
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agreed. I also believe that they are continuing with closed beta testing. Though I want GW2 to come out ASAP, I do want them to take their time and ensure everything is polished and ready to go.
I want to think they're out enjoying brats and beers over Memorial Day weekend. Maybe a Sounders game or something.
Charr: Outta my way.
Human: What's your problem?
Charr: Your thin skin.
If it was that weekend though it would have to be through the 28th since its a 3 day weekend.
Wish they would announce it already...I get one work from home day a month, and I am gonna be damned sure that is the day I use.
Releasing a product of this importance will not take a backseat to a US holiday that falls on mon. Why are the beta days on weekends when most Arenanet workers are off on weekends? Because it's good for the players. Same logic applies for memorial day weekend. BWE will be on the 25th imho.
Except that the 26th and 27th isn't a typical weekend in the US. It's one of the major travel weekends, and as a result many businesses tend to give their employees outside of those performing essential functions the weekend off. But it honestly depends on the company. I honestly would prefer Anet employees to be out spending time with their families on that weekend, maybe going to some memorial day parades, etc.
I also don't think Anet wants to have a beta event on a weekend where many people to be vacationing with their families. I see the June 1st - 3rd or 8th - 10th as the beta weekend.
I would tend to agree, as it may be a better weekend for many, but there are also a lot of people for whom a holiday weekend is particularly non-viable due to family and travel commitments. There was a thread on the beta forum of people begging Arenanet not to have a BWE on Memorial Day weekend. Since Arenanet apparently could not get things together for a BWE this weekend, I think we are probably going to have to wait until the first week in June.
On twitter, they have really been stressing that the BWEs would be roughly once a month and that was subject to change, which I guess should have been a pretty good indication they were not going to be able to meet customer expectations for a BWE this month.
It would be nice if they could give us a 36 hour mini beta event next weekend, Friday Noon through 12:01 AM Sunday, along with a full BWE the first wekend in June, but that's probably just wishful thinking.
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I disagree. Considering there were a lot of voiceovers missing in some of the cutscenes that I experienced during the first BWE, we haven't even been able to play Asura and Sylvari, and they haven't announced a release date, I'd say it's no where near done.
Also, in regard to people posting about a June release, I just can't see that being anywhere near realistic considering if they were releasing it within the next 6 weeks, don't you think they would have announced the date by now? I can't imagine only having 1 BWE to test the Asura and Sylvari races, not to mention the fact that we haven't even experienced the majority of PvE content since nobody even made it half way to the level cap yet.
I think it's safe to assume that we won't see the Asura/Sylvari anytime soon in the beta, considering that Anet said that they don't want to spoil everything before release.
Would be perfect for me if it's next weekend as monday is a bank holiday here again (pentecost monday) just like the 1st BWE was followed by monday off (queen's day)
They might not add Asura or Sylvari to a beta weekend, since they have stated in the past that they wanted to keep some things a surprise. Same could go for missing cut scenes and v.o. in beta builds. Things like cut scenes or audio files don't truly have to be in a testing phase, especially if they are lore driven and the company doesn't want to spoil anything before the release. They have had closed testing going on for much longer than the BWE's, so we truly have no idea how much of the game has been tested, but certainly much more than what can be accomplished in a weekend.
The beta weekends are most likely done for stress testing and for optimization purposes. Not to mention it's a great way to test the PvP side of the game.
They've mentioned the reasoning for those issing voiceovers in the known issues. Those are areas that ArenaNet went back and changed, but have yet to implement the new voice over and proper animations.
We don't even know if we'll be able to play Asura or Sylvari in the beta weekends. I can definitely see them saving that for launch, and just letting the smaller closed beta groups handle testing those areas. Closed beta testing is still going on under NDA.
They definitely won't allow us to see every single map before release. In fact, I'm going to be surprised if we get much more than we currently have right now.
April 13th ANet did a stress test. April 28th was the first BWE.
May 14th ANet did a stress test. (Speculation) May 26th could be the next BWE... but May 28th is Memorial Day in the US, BWEs mean that ANet employees have to work, and I don't see ANet making their employees work over a holiday weekend.
My best guess is the next BWE will not be beofore June 2nd and could be later depending on how much work they've got done since the first BWE.
We'll know for sure if the 28th is out in a couple days.