We're saying the same thing here, just using different terminology. In terms of software cycles, beta is not a finished/retail stage. It's a work in progress where bugs are still being ironed out. Sure, new bugs come with new content drops in MMO's and MMO's are constantly changing, but there's a difference between an MMO…
"Finished" is far different than "beta". No one is arguing that MMO's should not evolve over time, but there are plenty of finished products. WoW, EQ, UO, EVE all come to mind as solid, finished products that continued to develop as all MMO's continue to develop. What about old MMO's? WoW is old. EQ is older than that, and…
Technically correct, but in the last week it was down 6 times in total for planned maintenance and emergency maintenance. That is an awful lot of downtime and a few of them occurred during what would be considered peak playing time. The game is quite good, but it has some real glaring flaws that are hindering players. I'd…