when will closed beta start ?
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when will closed beta start ?
Soon ...
Everyone hopes is today, but unfortunately won't be before the end of this month atleast... :(
Here here. Its about time someone said something. People who don't pay for the game should not have a say easy as that. I have been paying for the pass 8 years and think that I should be able to post things without comments from people who don't play or pay.
It would be nice also to have a post when the closed beta starts just so we know :)
I'm signed up and ready to play CLOSED BETA :)
I figured with limited resources focused on creating a new engine not much work would be done on the game that the player base would notice. I find it commendable they were able to get new things implemented into the game at all, such as the new market system. The new graphics engine was a promise that FC made a long time ago and had evolved into a scratching, poo-throwing monkey on their back. I'm sure they are very relieved to have it in beta now.
That is an interesting post. In essence, players who are not paying should not have a voice, despite the fact that they may even be taking nothing more than a break and are more than willing to pay again to play when FC actually keeps their promises and meets their deadlines.
Do these players not have the right to ask "When is the content you promised while I was active going to actually be implemented? What are you offering me now that should actually warrant me playing again?" You also have members of the community who try to remain beneficial, offering advice to players, suggestions for developers, or simply keeping the community more active.
It is a company decision in the end to decide how they manage their game, and I can see them wanting to keep the forums limited to active players, but given the state of AO and the failures of the company itself, I do not believe any "attacks" on the community, be they active or not, would ever be a wise move.
That said, the intent of your post is clear to myself, and the warning is appreciated whether everyone understands that or not :)
Personally, having seen some of the suggestions and backfires of paid members, and knowing many froobs are more intelligent than that, I think some froobs should be GRANTED access through personal application of sorts - they gotta earn it rather than pay for it.
No-one should be worried about whether Fr00bs can post here or even participate in beta or not.
The fact that they are spending their most valuable resource - time - to play this game is testimony of them seeing great value in this old game.
So stop with the entitlement mongering - subscriptions are a drop in the sea and the last thing we need to do is alienate any potential fresh players....
....mmmm fresh players...
Also, in before LOAD TIMES! Discuss.
It is hard to tell from your comments, who you think should not be providing commentary. Froobs (do not pay), paid who are currently frozen (do not pay), paid who are active and not in game (do not play)...all of the above?
For example, since this person is posting, they must still be paying but are just on break until his/her expectations are met.
While I am currently both paid and playing, I hardly play as much as I used to (lack of time, compared to what I used to have). Is my commentary more or less useful than someone who is froob and plays all the time or even someone who is currently frozen but who played all the time?
Also, excited about Beta, but will not be shattered if I do not get an invite. I hardly see it as a status symbol to be able to say "in since Beta" with the exception of some sort of cool Pioneer Backpack type item (as an example, since I get the feeling that a lot of peeps who got that were in the original Beta as well). I realize that perhaps the testing should be left to someone who has more time to devote to it...and I trust a lot of the AOers who I am guessing will get in to the test phase.
Mind = blown..looks like you might get that 2k after all ;o
After my unfair experience with Funcom I know where I think they should put the engine :) I highly recommend that none of my former Inner Circle members ever return to game.
funcom want to kill this game and they are close to make it.
i think that the engi wont save this game .
the only thing that can save it is if all people that work at funcom get replaysed to peolpe that have a neutral stand in the game and dont allow 3 party programs.
its sad when they let 1 side do what ever they want and the other side get kicked out of the game for just saying hi its stupid stupid and stupid and alot of bad words here .................................................. ......................
will sign out soon from a corupt game
lol
hooo boy, when can i start on this 6-year-in-the-making-beta? lol...
we have orbital apartments and some ships fly around so...why not more Space content ?
I like to read into a Monthly Report...
We have created a Space Addon.
Three Alien outpost planets has been addet to the galaxy
Player have to occupy this planets to gearup toons to get ready for a travel
with huge and small spaceships to the Alien Mother Planet.
Smartphone player avaiable to control gun tower from spaceships in a Arcade mode.
...
Too bad i wont be able to test since i only have linux on both of my computers.
Have fun in there guys
Be patient people,
And i dont really know how, but we need to get new people into game somehow... I dont understand why they dont start a advertising campaign... This game could have potential if you even bothered ....