Update on Alpha 3.0
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Wishful thinking. So far, no official announcement (or even unofficial word from the devs) has been given regarding releases on any platforms other than Windows first, then OSX afterward.
Any platforms other than those two are currently not in planning, much less is any development taking place for them.
If FDEV wishes to correct me on any of this, then I'll amend my statements. After all, they will know their own development plans better than any of us.
Alpha 3.0 won't be as long as first and second alpha phase, that's for sure.
I'm gutted by this announcement. I was hoping and expecting the premium beta by mid March which is why I invested my money in it. The waiting is killing me so its looking increasingly likely that I will have to do some more serious damage to my savings and join the alpha.
I took the jump, certainly having some funI'm gutted by this announcement. I was hoping and expecting the premium beta by mid March which is why I invested my money in it. The waiting is killing me so its looking increasingly likely that I will have to do some more serious damage to my savings and join the alpha.
Its looking increasingly likely that I will have to do some more serious damage to my savings and join the alpha.
That's all part of the plan
fly up really high, and parachute my friendMe either! As we used to say back in my Cessna piloting days, piloting is hours of boredom punctuated by a few minutes of sheer terror.
I remember one day, I was flying alone (not long after my first solo!) and it was just windy as all get out. The strip had a nasty crosswind over it and I must've done like 2 or 3 go-arounds. (Where you get close to landing but you have to call it off before touching down). I was a sweating, nervous wreck. I kept thinking "I'm never going to land this thing in one piece. I'm going to die up here! Run out of gas circling the airfield or make a crater on landing..."
But it worked out in the end.
i also paid for the premium beta; but i have NO intention of paying for alpha access - ESPECIALLY after saying there's alpha1,2,3,4;I'm gutted by this announcement. I was hoping and expecting the premium beta by mid March which is why I invested my money in it. The waiting is killing me so its looking increasingly likely that I will have to do some more serious damage to my savings and join the alpha.
just like SC, i have the smallest possible pledge; and thats it - NO more. this stupid trend of paying to "help create" the game is ; lame way of eeking more money from sheep. this trend has KILLED the game industry- just take a look at the mass of unfinished; unstarted projects people are continuing throwing money at!
brings back the days where games were tested INHOUSE; and released when done.. slowly over the years LAZY-GREED krept in! /end rant
Unfortunately, old-school testing is almost impossible for multi-player.brings back the days where games were tested INHOUSE; and released when done.. slowly over the years LAZY-GREED krept in! /end rant
But I do think the ED Alpha pricing-model is unreasonable. But if people are willing to pay it...
I thought the same at first, but it's not like alpha 1 dropped of the face of the earth when phase 2 was released. The new client will probably still have both of those plus the phase 3 option as well. FD probably feel confident enough that they have addressed most problems and it's time to proceed with 3.0 and keep working with small issues in 1 & 2 as they are ticketed.
Yeah, in November Dev Diary, with message that each stage of alpha and beta will take "as long as neccessary" (thus - delay).
All this suits me, as my machine doesn't have enough quad cores yet to cope with a modern day game (and apparently I must now dump Windows XP apparently, even though it works just fine .. and maybe go Ubuntu).
To be contraversial then ..
Frontier Developments; please take as LONG as you want ...
(hahahaha)
To be contraversial then ..
Frontier Developments; please take as LONG as you want ...
(hahahaha)
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Whilst I am not so blinkered as to say there are not a few things which could have been done better (alpha - retail launch was never ever going to be done in 3.5 months like the KS original pledge dates) I must admit it surprises me how many people ( in my opinion) have gotten the wrong end of the stick over the alpha.
Alpha access is 1st and foremost a carrot to try to lure in backers to generate the money to get this game made. It isnt by itsself meant to be a value for money item, it is a "thanks for donating £200 to get this game made"
If you go to a charity auction where you buy stuff, you would not moan that the items at the auction are not really worth what you are paying.
OK FD are not a charity, but the original backers WERE putting money into something they believed in.
That being said, sure they chose to leave it open for everyone after the KS ended. TBH this could have been as much necessity than anything. whilst they may not want 200,000 people crashing the alpha, they maybe do need a certain number to stress test, but their hands are tied on the price.
IF alpha access had come down in price and it was cheaper than the KS guy got it for..... ok sure, whilst legally the KS guys couldnt do anything, but it would have devalued the "thank you" that they got for their initial pledge.
Hardly any games even have alpha access for jo average. OK star citizen does, but that does not mean ED should have to.
There's no Alpha pricing. Alpha access was tied to backing level tier during Kickstarter (which was 200 bgp and included huge list of other backer rewards). This level is still a sum for which you can get alpha access, due of respecting Kickstarter backers. Also, it is your free will, no one forces you to do so, and alpha is clearly not a early access here (that's what gamma for 35 bgp). It is more or less broken software, improved as we go along.
In nutshell, developers are not obliged in anyway whatsoever to provide alpha access to anyone. Fact that we can even take active part in testing (which otherway would be done by outsorcing) is privilege. People pay hundreds of dollars for tickets to charity concerts.
Alpha testing can also be seen as not a privilege but a job, and the public could be paid to do it on behalf of Frontier, starting at around £6 an hour or the minimum wage.
It has a value to the developer and the industry must be laughing they offer the testing phases as a gift or sell-able aspect to players.
Maybe one day all games will be free as every aspect has been worked on by eager crowd sourced paying volunteers. Like Mozilla AAA games or something.
It has a value to the developer and the industry must be laughing they offer the testing phases as a gift or sell-able aspect to players.
Maybe one day all games will be free as every aspect has been worked on by eager crowd sourced paying volunteers. Like Mozilla AAA games or something.
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Michael Brookes
Game Director
Nothing, we are continuing to fix issues, but some problems like the networking need more than a quick fix.
Michael
