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quinnyjnr8472
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Im not sure if this is the right area to post, but I have 2 level 50 characters on tribble and when I go to create a new character it says i need a fed lv 25 to play romulans 
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Romulans are only playable right now to those people who got the beta invite on Thursday.
it is totally random on who got the invite it seems, as there were players who have just started playing ho got an invite...and players who have been in since the beginning who DIDNT get an invite.
It is possible to not get an email and still be able to play in the closed beta. I put it down to the email getting lost along the way.
I think the first round of invited go to people who test on Tribble a lot. The next round will probably have looser restrictions.
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You'd think they'd... oh I don't know... give it to people who bought the LoR pack/LTS and have been playing since the original beta... but no, random seems like a way better idea.
Yeah lets do that...
Nice one Cryptic.
And even you must agree it makes more sense for established playtesters to test first rather then people who simply want to play but have no history in offering feedback? After all, it's a Beta, not a come and play test.
I agree 100% that established testers should get in first. Where I disagree is I know that some brand new players who are FTP and have been playing for weeks got in, and that's were I have a problem.
Shouldn't you reward your loyal players first before giving the invite to whose who may or may not even care or be playing tomorrow?
Life Time Sub status, Zen Purchase record (yes they keep track of this but I wont go too much into it), Total sub time (linked to vet rewards) are just a few things they could have looked at.
So yes, there's plenty of ways to tell who's more loyal.
Who's to say based on that who the most loyal player is?
Money spent is a nice criteria, but it's not the only criteria.
But it IS a criteria, as of right now there is no criteria other than the few 100 usual testers who got in.
Really this is just sound like nerd rage: "I didn't get in so it's not fair others did."
The open Beta is only a couple of weeks away. If you don't make it into group 2 you will certainly get into open Beta.
Basically, if you want a hope in hell to get into future closed betas, I'd make sure you go on Tribble when there isn't a massive update imminent. That way, you look like you actually want to help test stuff, and you don't seem like the kind of "tester" that's actually not bothered about bug reporting and the like, they just want to spend 5 minutes seeing what's new and then never go back.
*S6 was during open beta, S7 was possibly open beta too.
Yes and no.
No; "Simple" features like character creation are mostly skipped by your "loyal" players. They have done it a thousand times by now and most of them don't even spend attention to it.
Most new players are still eager to see what is behind each button and click on almost everything.
Same applies to almost any part of the game. Most experienced players are getting lazy and can only be moved to do/test stuff when it's new, leaving behind the old and boring TRIBBLE.
Yes; new players can't test STF's. They don't know whats what and how it worked before previously. Experienced and loyal testers notice the difference in a STF. I wouldn't go as far to say that they can point out a 2% difference in DPS by the NPC's but they do see if proc's trigger more often, etc.
Euh... no!
Here's the definition of loyal:
adj.
1. Steadfast in allegiance to one's homeland, government, or sovereign.
As in "Cryptic" can never do wrong, cryptic is always right, etc.
Loyal players is what you need to avoid if you want honest feedback.
I would even go as far as to say the feedback from players "who may or may not even care or be playing tomorrow" is worth more than the opinion of players who will keep playing no matter what.
I remember the invite mentioned that I received it because I've participated in previous testing on Tribble (I honestly only played long enough to get the rewards from the Tribble weekend).
So hardly go on Tribble or never go on Tribble and no Romulan access for now.
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