I for one hope it's soon. All the waiting and anticipation can wear a person out in time, and I'm almost to that point. Open Beta will more than likely be my only chance to play it before it comes out. I've done my best on the beta application, but it seems it's harder to get into that World Of Warcraft beta was Anyway, looking foward to a good game and even better community!
Lanthium
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It's not going to be open for awhile trust me. Their screening all our system info we gave them on dxdiag. I think their choosing the best systems to play first. It's out for beta, but it's just really hard to get accepted.
Well I'm a big fan of pirate games. I played World of Pirates in the beta it was loads of fun. The worse part is beta testers didn't get free accounts. Looking at how long Pirates of the Burning Sea has been a development I have very high expectations for this game. Looking at all the features the game boasted about I assume this will be worth playing. Also, the beta is out. The company just isn't allowing free downloading. They are taking in applications and then giving them the download link.That's a stupid way for any beta to run. If this was a publicity stunt by the developers it's not working. Several of my friends turned attention away from this game in anger over having to be screened. If I don't get to play soon I'm going to turn my attention to other potential games.
Originally posted by aznhkpd It's not going to be open for awhile trust me. Their screening all our system info we gave them on dxdiag. I think their choosing the best systems to play first. It's out for beta, but it's just really hard to get accepted.
Lol, they choose the worst systems first as they want the asian market which uses really bad systems...
Also it's CLOSED BETA means they need testers NOT players. They will give the word when that (open beta) starts which is only for you players in the last fase (2 weeks) and as promotion stunt.
I'd be weary to play a game that hasn't gone through open beta. Open beta gives you a good example of the maximum number of people currently interested in your game. If your servers can handle that then it's all good since most likely nowhere near everyone who participated in beta will subscribe.
What I don't want to see is subscribing and then waiting for over a month because the server was never stress tested. It's great if your servers can handle 4000 testers. But what about 40,000? (and that's low for an MMO). It's dangerous to assume they can handle it.
I think Rusty and the development team are well aware of many players requirement for an Open Beta. The reason I say requirement is that too many MMORPG players got burned with SWG not lifting the NDA or offering an Open Beta. The consumers are getting very tired of MMORPG developers keeping everyone in the dark and feeding them crap.
I think at the end of August at PAX, they will announce a release month. I think they will have an open Beta before that time.
Even I, a huge fan of PotBS, want to see and play an Open Beta before release. If that doesn't happen, I will keep my post-SWG promise and not play.
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As for open beta, it's... possible, but it's not something we're promising.
I for one hope it's soon. All the waiting and anticipation can wear a person out
in time, and I'm almost to that point. Open Beta will more than likely be my only chance
to play it before it comes out. I've done my best on the beta application, but it seems it's
harder to get into that World Of Warcraft beta was
game and even better community!
Lanthium
Join us on IRC for Pirates Of The Burning Sea info!
Go HERE ---> #burningsea on irc.coldfront.net
Lol, they choose the worst systems first as they want the asian market which uses really bad systems...
Also it's CLOSED BETA means they need testers NOT players. They will give the word when that (open beta) starts which is only for you players in the last fase (2 weeks) and as promotion stunt.
I'd be weary to play a game that hasn't gone through open beta. Open beta gives you a good example of the maximum number of people currently interested in your game. If your servers can handle that then it's all good since most likely nowhere near everyone who participated in beta will subscribe.
What I don't want to see is subscribing and then waiting for over a month because the server was never stress tested. It's great if your servers can handle 4000 testers. But what about 40,000? (and that's low for an MMO). It's dangerous to assume they can handle it.
I think Rusty and the development team are well aware of many players requirement for an Open Beta. The reason I say requirement is that too many MMORPG players got burned with SWG not lifting the NDA or offering an Open Beta. The consumers are getting very tired of MMORPG developers keeping everyone in the dark and feeding them crap.
I think at the end of August at PAX, they will announce a release month. I think they will have an open Beta before that time.
Even I, a huge fan of PotBS, want to see and play an Open Beta before release. If that doesn't happen, I will keep my post-SWG promise and not play.
Captain John Matin
Royal Red