I did not forget that and cover it in my original post.
How do you feel about the 2 weeks exclusivity period?
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I did not forget that and cover it in my original post.
I feel if the young blonde lady on the far left were to tell me that ED beta wasn't released til 2017...I might just smile and nod
We (Beta Backers) have a definite date for Premium Beta, 30 May, something that has been absent until now.
If allowing a limited group of players early access makes it more likely that this date will be met and that the first round of beta is more stable, then I'm all for giving the alpha backers 2 weeks early access. In fact, I'd be willing to give them longer if it increased the likelihood of the deadline being met.
If allowing a limited group of players early access makes it more likely that this date will be met and that the first round of beta is more stable, then I'm all for giving the alpha backers 2 weeks early access. In fact, I'd be willing to give them longer if it increased the likelihood of the deadline being met.
I don't think anyone said you needed emotional support. I was merely sending up the "how do you feel" question. But on reflection, you do seem quite sensitive...
Please don't do the whole personal attacking thing.
Yaffle
Volunteer Moderator
I think it's just the first build, that's all. Consider it an alpha five (heck, it may turn out to be alpha four, we don't know) and after that gets a bedding in it will become "premium beta".
Thereafter it seems most likely to me (actually confirmed below by Michael) releases will be made to alpha types, and if there are no show-stoppers the releases will be passed to the beta folks. That may be in the order of hours assuming there are no show-stopping bugs.
There won't be enough time in the universe if every build has to have a two week test cycle before the main test cycle. For example alpha is on 3.4 at the moment, so that's 4 3.X releases. Or eight weeks just in "alpha" phase of "beta" if extrapolated to the beta phase.
In other words, it's pretty much as Michael said the other week, just the first build is released to alpha for a hard two week period. Of course, I may be wrong.
Now, go and shoot some toxic waste canisters everyone.
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Yaffle
Volunteer Moderator
Ahh, I thought it was a mass debate joke!
Michael Brookes
Game Director
The two weeks refers to the period for the last alpha build, with the first premium beta build being on May 30th. From that point on builds will go to the alpha testers first to make sure there are no showstoppers, if there are then we fix them and produce a new build. How long that process takes is obviously unknown, if no problems are found then the build would get pushed to the premium beta testers fairly quickly.
Michael
Michael
Can you blame me? 3 pages in so far that the Elite defense force is in full effect with their "stop whining" and "close the thread" crap. They'd rather censor than debate. I do not believe I made one statement that was incorrect, I prefaced all my opinions with IMO to indicate it was just my opinion, I did not use hyperbole in case Noodle took offence. I didn't swear, I didn't call out any other backers etc... just pointed out in a reasonable way something I wasn't happy about that contradicted previous statements from FD.
So, A4 on the 15th of May!
You heard it here, folks.
Oil and fire - they match!
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I think you're getting the response you're getting Kingston is because this issue caused a HUGE fight with the forum users. With both sides getting quite heated. We're just getting over it and this thread seems intended to stir it up again.
A lot of people on both sides of this argument are probably just tired, happy there's a firm date and as a priviliged alpha don't want any more hate thrown at me that has nothing to do with anything I did other than support the game.
It feels like I can't comment on this because 'you're an alpha, what do you know?' which has already been thrown at me.
Compare this to 'you can't understand race because you're white' arguments and you realise how petty this stupid little divide between us is. We're only people who had differing amounts of money available a year ago.
A lot of people on both sides of this argument are probably just tired, happy there's a firm date and as a priviliged alpha don't want any more hate thrown at me that has nothing to do with anything I did other than support the game.
It feels like I can't comment on this because 'you're an alpha, what do you know?' which has already been thrown at me.
Compare this to 'you can't understand race because you're white' arguments and you realise how petty this stupid little divide between us is. We're only people who had differing amounts of money available a year ago.
I think its a brilliant Idea, Alpha backers have freely given FD a large sum of money to be part of alpha, having the beta build in an alpha state and given to the Alpha backers is a very professional approach to testing, i also think it is very generous of frontier to offer the Single player Alpha build to the Premium beta backers, unless it will be released as a free demo, Beta testers should not feel that they are entilted to it, but FD have given access to keep you going until the full Premium Beta begins at the end of May. you pledged to take part in premium beta and that is exactly what you are getting, those who pledged to be part of alpha are also getting exactly what they pledged for, commenting on why the Alpha backers are getting a alpha build two weeks before it becomes a beta just comes accross pointless.
Michael could you please lay out a definitive statement telling us what will be released on the 30th May, what will be released on the 16th of May and if anything is expected to be released before as FD seem to have made so many contradictory statements today, it is driving a lot of the confusion/anger in these threads.
Thats gotta be a joke a while ...lol
And stop bashing the dude because he is as pastionate about the game as you m8! omfg!!
I guess we'll forever be second class citizens. We cheapskate £100 betas get what little we paid for. 120 €. $168. Just don't ask us to like it.
I'm not one of the "Elite defence force". I've been happy to criticise FD when warranted, and I supported you earlier when you asked a reasonable question.
But this horse has been flogged to death, and it's time to let it go and move on. If you're not happy at this stage, then it's just tough. Nothing is going to change, so you'll just have to live with it. Raising the topic again and again is a waste of time, which is why people want to see the thread closed. Nothing to do with censorship.
Appreciated. I didn't see any hyperbole, and if this was the first time this issue was being raised, there'd be nothing to complain about