Closed Beta is shuttered - Open Beta launches 3 p.m. (PDT) today!

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  • bron
    bron Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    Checked all four pages, so I'm pretty sure this hasn't been asked.

    Will the current CB client patch to the OB client, or will a new one be required to download? MY-EN patched, so I don't see why this one wouldn't, but I'd like staff to confirm or deny this. Thanks.
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  • viserys
    viserys Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    Woah, great news!! I hope there won't be any problems with the downtime between CB and OB like there was on PW MY... that 2 month wait ruined the game for me when i spent the 2 weeks in CB getting to lvl 60 for the 2mill prize =[
  • riskbreaker
    riskbreaker Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    Sad we don't get to keep characters but I guess I can mess these up all I want then :D
  • trippin
    trippin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    You have got to be kidding me......1 week of CB that just makes little sense! Why even have a closed beta if you were only going to have a 1 week test? Im sure there are a lot of problems that need to be worked out and having a closed beta for 1 week sure as hell wont get them fixed!

    i guess its just companies that make MMO's these days and or host them dont understand what it really takes to make a game good. Oh i guess it has to do with nothing but MONEY for you Greedy MMO companies these days!
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  • aquablade1980
    aquablade1980 Posts: 8 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    This is great news guys keep up the good work :)
  • friday
    friday Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    trippin wrote: »
    You have got to be kidding me......1 week of CB that just makes little sense! Why even have a closed beta if you were only going to have a 1 week test? Im sure there are a lot of problems that need to be worked out and having a closed beta for 1 week sure as hell wont get them fixed!

    i guess its just companies that make MMO's these days and or host them dont understand what it really takes to make a game good. Oh i guess it has to do with nothing but MONEY for you Greedy MMO companies these days!

    err - this is NOT a new game strait off the developers desk - it has been running for years in other country's servers - It is only translated over to the US servers. There should NOT BE any major bugs or glitches for people to find. The testing here was for server loads etc etc ie the nuts and bolts of the hardware involved, NOT the game design - hence one week is enough to tell if things are going fubar or if it's running smooth enough to go to OB.
  • ganja
    ganja Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    trippin wrote: »
    You have got to be kidding me......1 week of CB that just makes little sense! Why even have a closed beta if you were only going to have a 1 week test? Im sure there are a lot of problems that need to be worked out and having a closed beta for 1 week sure as hell wont get them fixed!

    i guess its just companies that make MMO's these days and or host them dont understand what it really takes to make a game good. Oh i guess it has to do with nothing but MONEY for you Greedy MMO companies these days!

    Games like 2moons or Rohan they need more than 2 weeks for testing, because they were translated from scratch, plus the games, dekarn (chinese version of 2moons) and RohanJP were never translated to be used on another version.

    You should be thanful that this CB was only 1 week, could you imagine playing for a month just to get deleted characters?
    I would of quit, for sure 100%.
  • mastaphenox
    mastaphenox Posts: 10 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    I cant wait for the Open Beta so i can PWN some noobs lololololololololololololololol !!!!!!!!!!
  • apella
    apella Posts: 17 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    xanados wrote: »
    Usually that's the case, but when you port a foreign MMO over to the USA, the game is packaged in that country's native language, which is Chinese. American developers have a hard time translating Chinese code to implement into English, therefore you get translation errors that you see in-game right now. Too many of those and it'll cause server-side problems like lag, security issues, etc. I do hope this dev. team has some damn good translators when the main company sends the patch notes over.

    dude, I doubt they have access to the code, only the binaries and the data files. Those data files will contain the text for quests, skills, npc names and what not, and it's that that needs to be translated. There's no reason to start messing with the code, renaming stuff to English, as they have no need to program on the game.
    Again, this has nothing to do with code, only with content (big difference)
  • orz
    orz Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    From 1 month to 8 days of beta testing.
    Very disappointing move.
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  • animel
    animel Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    wait does this mean that we get our characters back after the official launch? because it said "But fear not, with the launch of the Open beta all characters, stats and data are permanent components of your account for as long as you choose to play our game" maybe the characters and stats themselves are saved just not kept on the servers until the actual launch? part of the data base that is.
  • atiori
    atiori Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    @animel
    Closed Beta Characters will be removed completely. You'll not see them again after August 27th.
  • blackigel
    blackigel Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    We start now a gallery Event for Perfect World. More Information here:

    http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/sh...ad.php?t=21161
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  • infrequentia
    infrequentia Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    Trying to learn as much as I can before open beta comes. xD
  • starmanj
    starmanj Posts: 188 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    HI All :D So this is the International version Humm Interesting;)
  • greystok
    greystok Posts: 62
    edited August 2008
    And on the 7th Day he said let there be a calm for a week......lol ^^

    The Storm is brewing.>.>
  • shizo
    shizo Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    11pm will it be for me, so cool -____- Why not weekend? Thats hella annoying me.
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  • kyox
    kyox Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    Well, anybody who uses a bit of common sense should have seen this coming, I mean honestly think about it.. Who wants to have thier game have terirble launch numbers due to a bad release date (yes, a 1 month cb would have made it a TERRIBLE launch). if you think about the upcoming game which is gonig to launch. a launch for PW between sept 19(end of cb) and any later for open beta would have hurt thier numbers bad. Concidering the biggest hyped game this year launches on sept 18th. (warhammer online).
  • zyankali
    zyankali Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    I dont see why you guys complain so much about the cb switching to ob after a week.

    I mean honestly. CB is not here for you to play with only a few ppl because the rest didnt get a beta key. Its here to test stuff. everything been going smooth no need to keep the game away any longer from all the ppl who have not been able to get a beta key.

    You could just play for a month, get to lvl 60+ then have ur char wiped.. i wonder whos gonna cry first :D:D prolly all the kids that rushed to 60+ lmao..

    Im currently lvl 25, not in a mood to lvl any further and i felt i was getting frustrated ill be struggling to lvl for the rest of the month cause in my head i know itll be wiped.. so im quite happy CB goes OB that fast, cause then i can get into some serious leveling :cool:

    *races to 60* See you all at lvl 60 for some HH runs ;)
  • xanados
    xanados Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    With the release of major games coming out next month, Warhammer Online and Runes of Magic, the F2P player base is going to take a massive hit regardless when they release it. Two big anticipated games releasing next month, means PWI has to coordinate a correct release date for OB so they won't lose their player base.
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  • zyankali
    zyankali Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    LAWL...

    you know, im sure ill get flamed like mad for this but... i personally think warhammer is a lame game, ive seen better games than that =x

    and considering that half of their player base is ppl waiting for those new games to come out, theyll most likely lose 50% of their player base already... but give it some time more ppl will join in on the ride ;)
  • xanados
    xanados Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    That's your opinion I won't flame you for that because I can horribly bash WoW and **** people off but I'll save that for another day. Warhammer Online began their Open Beta last week for those that already pre-ordered the game and RoM will began their OB soon within 2 weeks or so. Actually if more people migrate to those games I be happy because then the servers won't be so laggy. :D
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  • nassim
    nassim Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    Aw, September 2nd is my first day of school
  • dino
    dino Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    What is the reason for deleting all of that stuff and what is going to be new when you open beta
  • wabbitt
    wabbitt Posts: 10 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    Question to the admins...
    Do you expect to have the cash shop operational at launch of OB.
    Life without inventory/bank extension stones isnt fun.
  • momoke
    momoke Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    if were just gonna be wiped, i see no reason to play anymore, im out
  • roxy
    roxy Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    I'm glad I'll be home from college by then! ( before 2 o clock )
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  • magoo
    magoo Posts: 42 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    momoke wrote: »
    if were just gonna be wiped, i see no reason to play anymore, im out

    We are testing it for them >_>
    helping find bugs so they can work on them before ob.
    And guess what ... thats what ob is for too.

    Im was stick around till Stargate Worlds comes out
    but the game is pretty good so i might play here longer ^_^.

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  • arann
    arann Posts: 10 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    magoo wrote: »
    We are testing it for them >_>
    helping find bugs so they can work on them before ob.
    And guess what ... thats what ob is for too.

    Im was stick around till Stargate Worlds comes out
    but the game is pretty good so i might play here longer ^_^.

    ~Magoo.

    If OB is for the same reason as CB.. why delete the characters in one but not another?
    We should honestly get some kind of item to make up for all the work that is lost.

    Leveling up, is Leveling up.. and still takes work. Regardless of you doing it to "test the game".
    We should at least get to keep our names.
  • tatakairyu
    tatakairyu Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    They already said they would wipe. They are not forcing you to play CB, if you didn't want your character to get wiped you should have waited till OB.

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