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As for the bears, people aren't too fond of them but they might be removed/changed. who knows. Maybe instead of just qq'ing about them people can give valid replacement suggestions. *shrug*
Absolutely. Well, for now its the plan. Thats why I rose hell when they announced the buy-in, and it was without question a buy in for the beta. They promised many ways to get beta keys, and I believe they will back up their words with action, at some point. The mere fact that they offered the buy-in without any other opportunities to get a key, really put a bad taste in my mouth. All this time passes and still no other way to get guaranteed access to the beta besides a promise that they'll be many ways to get a key OR Buy in!
It was and is a joke.
I think they need to get serious about this website and this closed beta, because having a bunch of Torchlight gamers messin around in a supposed closed beta for Neverwinter is redonkulous.
Theres been PR disaster after disaster with this game... some of which you gloss upon. All of this could be different if there was more transparency with PWE and its playerbase. I don't think they have a clue how to market to Americans, and this site is my exhibit A.
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People are nite picking and blowing things out of proportion. While I don't agree with the Beta buy in this is nothing new with Cryptic nor is it not like others haven't done this too. Having closed Beta access doesn't equate to have constructive feed to the Devs as part of their team... you find bugs and discrepancies not give input on what your vision of NWO is.
http://www.gamesradar.com/raiderz-alpha-key-giveaway/
http://www.mmorpg.com/giveaways.cfm/offer/321/RaiderZ-Alpha-Key-Giveaway-Event.html
http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/raiderz-alpha-key-giveaway/
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/03/13/take-on-colossal-monsters-with-our-raiderz-alpha-key-giveaway/
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/03/12/join-the-raiderz-alpha-test-with-a-key-from-massively/
http://login.ign.com/prime/promos/raiderz/
http://www.curse.com/betas/raiderz
Each of those site had about 5,000 ALPHA keys along with some more sites. In addition to that, they also had a bunch of events on their Facebook page, forums, and twitch.tv. Most people got their keys 2-3 weeks before the alpha test, but everyone that knew got more than enough keys.
As for the bears and them being too cute (or childish) to attract American players, League of Legends have more cuter contents in game (Annie, Teemo, Amumu) and it has millions of American players. If you mean D&D fans, then I guess that's a different story, but you can't expect this game to only be played by D&D fans. And those saying they don't want kids inhabiting this game, how old were you when you first became a fan of D&D? I bet you weren't so old either.
What exactly do you expect them to do?
They will start giving out keys when they announce the beta dates. There's no reason to start giving out keys at this moment, when we are still far from the start. They only gave keys at PAX and the Torchlight preorder because there was simply no other timeframe to give these things, and the Torchlight players have not even recieved their keys yet...
Also, they are serious. They have been serious years now, this is their marketing practice and it has served them well so far. After all these years they know how to run a bussiness in the west much better than you or any other player does.
There will be enough time for PR while the CB is running. There is no reason to promote somethning that isn't yet there, when they will have many months of beta and all that comes with it... Whining just because they do things as they usually do and not as you're used to is childish... Whining because they DARE let those some "filthy" Torchlight players in your "sacred" D&D game is even more childish...
And it is the Western market, not the American market. Your country is not the centre of the universe...
So you just contributed till PWE took over Atari and yet expect VIP treatment like if you had never left? Okaaay.
Problems with account? Sure, like everybody else and their mother. If you had taken just a bit to check the forums...
Dedication comes in the good and the bad times. If you left, I see no dedication to this game. (some people here get very angry that "noobs" come here and receive same treatment as them, old ones) You don't need closed beta to make contributions to the game and even if you are in, it doesn't mean that you will actually make any significant impact. Also, you have chosen to ignore that the main target of the Torchilight II bonus beta is targeting mainly Runic followers, not you. Of course that PWE knows that some "people" with no interest in Torchilight II will pay for a Neverwinter betakey (of a game that they may not even play on release). But hey, companies count with that kind of stuff. Consider also that those preorders are not guaranteed early access to beta and that no other means to get beta keys has been announced yet so you are overreacting. They will pick people from the forum, create contests, offer random keys through websites... Will you bash all of them if you are not one of the chosen ones?
Bear smileys? Bear in mind that you are a lazy dood that hasn't checked the forums. That topic it's like beating a dead bear with its own thread and all. b:shutup
Spiritual successor when? Neverwinter has been bashed from the beginning because it's not NwN 3 and that co-op RPG with no custom assests was not "Neverwinter".
Since when was Neverwinter a NwN reboot? Answer: never!
b:bye
Cryptic is going to need lots of pacifiers and napkins in the closed beta forums. imho b:chuckle
I lost it at this- lol!
Too true. Bolded the parts that are especially relevant- Like Stormshade said, if the main issue with the site is just visual, I'd count that a win. There are a lot of things that could have gone much much worse- having once been a (paid) forum moderator, I could tell you horror stories about the madness that COULD occur. Every major change has a few hiccups. You just gotta roll with it.
Let's not keep beating a dead horse here and ctfd until there's something legitimate to complain about (like, say, if our information was sold *cough*Atari*cough* or stolen). The visuals of a website do not make the community, the players do. Let's all remember that we're adults and leave the qq to the babies.
The acquisition wasn't negotiable -- Cryptic couldn't merge their user data with PWE's because (lo and behold) there were duplicate names. Since the acquisition was of Cryptic by PWE, and not the other way around, our user data went poof. You're not getting any of it back.
Our forum needs some work; No one need state the obvious. The forums will get their own background and less abrasive smilies in time. As for site loyalty, you're one of the first ones back -- your post count will come back up. People that can't wrap their head around this acquisition simply won't come back.
^ Also, this.
Torchlight II was developed and is owned by Runic Games, not PWE. Why they are listed on the PWE dropbar, I'm not sure -- but if you actually go to that page and try to access the forums you will be redirected to the Runic forums.
Unless something has changed and I missed it, Torchlight and TL2 are owned and developed by Runic and published by PWE.
Runic is a small company and PWE is big and has a larger exposure. It's a good deal for both in my opinion. Thankfully Runic didn't go with someone like EA or Frogster.