.As the title suggests, 2.1 has got me *so* excited that, for the first time ever, I am mad keen to do the beta test. So does anyone know where I need to go, in the store page, to purchase Beta access?
Thanks in advance
Marcus.
If they were selling beta access, the money-making might be outweighed by the drag of the outrage (accusations of money-grubbing, people who already paid for Horizons incensed at the mere idea of paying for it twice, claims of clear financial desperation and end-times, beta-testing being a service not a reward, on and on it would go...)
No-matter what Frontier does, they can't win
If you beta test, all the thrill of discovery is offset by all your gains with it being lost when beta is switched off. Whereas if you skip beta, then your first taste of it is when it's really real and your work won't evaporate.
(Also, unbalanced and buggy gameplay sucks when you're playing a game, and betas are naturally buggy. There is a reason that people usually get paid to beta-test; it's generally an unpleasant job, much overrated IMHO.)
If they were selling beta access, the money-making might be outweighed by the drag of the outrage (accusations of money-grubbing, people who already paid for Horizons incensed at the mere idea of paying for it twice, claims of clear financial desperation and end-times, beta-testing being a service not a reward, on and on it would go...)
No-matter what Frontier does, they can't win
If it makes you feel any better, speaking as someone who DOES have beta access and is not going to use it, I think it's MUCH better to skip the beta-testing and wait to have a nicer more polished thing land in your lap.
If you beta test, all the thrill of discovery is offset by all your gains with it being lost when beta is switched off. Whereas if you skip beta, then your first taste of it is when it's really real and your work won't evaporate.
(Also, unbalanced and buggy gameplay sucks when you're playing a game, and betas are naturally buggy. There is a reason that people usually get paid to beta-test; it's generally an unpleasant job, much overrated IMHO.)
)With all the authority of Some Random Idiot On The Internet, my un-informed guess is that the lifetime pass will be offered again during season-3 pre-purchase, like it was during season-2 pre-purchase.
My guess is also that future seasons will similarly have special bonus items for pre-purchasers, like Season 2's Black-Friday paint.
So you may have missed out on that particular paint, but there will be more cool exclusives that you'll get yer mitts on
(If they're lazy, it might even be the Black-Friday paint again
Would second the above, I have no source but it makes sense to sell it around the time they sell Season 3 (so presumably November/December this year). Get saving
Huh, it's not the lifetime pass but it looks like they are indeed now selling beta access.
FDev: The place where all wishes are apparently eventually granted
