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deangelo9
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So much downtime what possibly could they be doing?
Fixing bugs? nope.
Fixing class balance? nope.
Fixing the broken Zen market? nope.
Fixing stability issues? nope.
Umm...why exactly is there sdown time every 12 hours if nothings being fixed?
Fixing bugs? nope.
Fixing class balance? nope.
Fixing the broken Zen market? nope.
Fixing stability issues? nope.
Umm...why exactly is there sdown time every 12 hours if nothings being fixed?
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A lot of development activity is completely invisible to the end user.
The real question is what sorry excuse of alpha testers did they have.. I've found so many bugs and exploits that I've reported that the supposed alpha tester couldn't have missed.. I mean what where they doing, not testing the game that's for sure.
If the case is that take the game down indefinitely until the gamebreaking stuff has been fixed.
The whole point in a public beta is to garner feedback about what needs doing on a larger scale than alpha testing. Alpha testing (depending on the scope of the game) could be limited to between a few dozen people to a few thousand. MMORPGS have a potential to reach MILLIONS of people, and that is why a beta test is going to reveal more issues than alpha testing on this sort of game.
It is blatantly obvious that a lot of people have absolutely no comprehension of just how complex the development cycle is, especially in software as complex as a game of this sort of scope.
Just claim to yourself that it isn't open beta so you can generate a high blood pressure over it. Or just realize that it really is open beta and it will be like this for a few months. Your choice.
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I'm perfectly happy playing it like it is crashes and all. But if it is to much for you follow Gord's advice. "Doors on the left."
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So, World of Warcraft is still in beta by your definition. New content always added. Things always changed. Tweaked.
Wait. You just described EVERY MMO OUT THERE. What do you know. That excuse doesn't work when the game is live with a cash shop taking your money and no more wipes.
My answer to that is yes... But in this case 99% of the people whinging about problems also claim that the game isn't in beta. Yet if you accept it is in beta for real then 95% of the problems make perfect sense. But hey that would be logical and we can't do logic now.
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If it's in beta they shouldn't be going commercial, which they have and by then you can't call it beta. Accepting money when the game is filled with gamebreaking exploits and bugs is not good. The only thing they have succeded with here is destroying the game economy and more or less screw the game over..
What would probably help would be if the forums were a little more in-depth (say with more sub-forums on various topics) with stickied topics regarding known issues. I wouldn't suggest development notes necessarily though, except for major updates because I'm sure the devs would rather do the work than write about the work
It might at least enable people to see that certain issues are being looked at, or at least that the devs are aware of what's going on.
I'm afraid quite a few games have gone the open and running cash store in beta route in the last year or two. So frankly that doesn't hold up as a claim for why a game might not be in beta. If it bothers you to have an open cash store in beta then just don't play the game.
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Beta refers to the core functions of the software. Those games may have added content in betas (Hence their Beta and Test Servers) which then goes live and may still require bugfixes. But the game itself is no longer in a Beta State.
This game is a Beta. One could argue, reasonably, that it is still an alpha, even.
-Rachel-
All MMOs are in a perpetual beta phase until it's on it's last leg dying and bleeding when no more content is added. That's the nature of MMOs. They are always in a beta phase. Using the term "It's just beta" is just an excuse. PWI is still Open Beta. Did you know that?
Well most won't be playing the game in a couple of months. The reason is all the exploits and the screwd economy and the fact that Cryptic arn't doing a thing about it.. Really sad though, the game was promising, unless they fix the exploits and remove all the AD and items that was acquired from them then I don't see a future of the game.
I actually agree with this, but they aren't the first company to do it this way either. However, I am sure that if drastic action were taken to rebalance the economy that accounts that have been financially supportive are not going to lose what has been paid for. In fact, I'd suggest rebalancing the economy might be a good idea (if it isn't already on the cards) prior to release.
Ultimately though, there is *always* going to be a turn-around of players (new and old) so it's also quite likely the economy will balance itself out over time anyway.
Sorry to say it dude, but ones a game starts taking money from people, its no longer a Beta.
When you start selling things to people, your commited to deliver the stuff.
Someone who was actually capable of logic would realize that Neverwinter is claimed to be in open beta by Cryptic, but doesn't meet the accepted industry criteria for open beta.
But by all means. Continue with your snark.
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