Alpha Release date speculation thread
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The whole release schedule was a load of bull anyway .. 1 month for Alpha, 1 month for Beta, then release ? Woefully ambitious and never going to happen. Alpha will start when it does then conclude when it has and that won't be 1 month later
The whole release schedule was a load of bull anyway .. 1 month for Alpha, 1 month for Beta, then release ? Woefully ambitious and never going to happen. Alpha will start when it does then conclude when it has and that won't be 1 month later
Spot on
The number of errors they will get reported when the builds hits ppl's machines will surely bog them down for more than 1 month during each cycle.
I would rather wait alot longer and get a stable game than for them to rush it(not that I think they will).
The whole release schedule was a load of bull anyway .. 1 month for Alpha, 1 month for Beta, then release ? Woefully ambitious and never going to happen. Alpha will start when it does then conclude when it has and that won't be 1 month later
People assume alphas are really at the alpha stage, whereas I suspect they're more like betas and just double-checking everything.
Absolutely. can't +1 this, and similarly patient statements, enough.
Nope, FD has been waaay to quiet lately...somethings afoot...
Maybe preparation for "peek of the week" Thursday
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Nope, FD has been waaay to quiet lately...somethings afoot...
I agree plus David Braben has been very upfront in the past about the game (remember the part in the kickstarter when he announced that landing on planets wouldn't be included). If there was going to be a delay I think it would have been announced in the last dev video or newsletter.
Nope, FD has been waaay to quiet lately...somethings afoot...
Indeed - they said the new store is planned for later this week.
That may or may not include an alpha download button (speculation).
And they made the announcement thread yesterday.
Could point to alpha imminently inbound - might not.
oh dear - my gran has already read the future and I posted the results a few days ago:
Trust the tealeaves....
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthr...?t=9173&page=2
(scroll to C.Hook)
Trust the tealeaves....
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthr...?t=9173&page=2
(scroll to C.Hook)
Personally, I think that Frontier will (should) hold on to Alpha for as long as possible whilst still maintaining their promise to their backers.
This is because they know that within minutes of Alpha's release there will be footage of it on Youtube be dissected and reviewed by future potential customers and may be even those few Star Citizen zealots eager to find any flaw to draw attention too.
Within hours there will be online reviews, both amateur and professional, who's articles will set the tone for the ongoing development of the game.
Frontier knows all this and as such need to release a Alpha which is as polished and stable as humanly possible.
Something else to bear in mind, look at the publicity that Eve Valkyrie earned for it's self, itself essentially an Alpha, has drawn huge amounts of interest and masses of publicity, by not only being highly polished but by standing out at the Tech shows as being the current ultimate Oculus Rift demo.
If Elite Dangerous's Alpha could be release to that standard and with Oculus support in place it could easily knock Valkyrie of its top spot and garner huge amounts of attention.
So I want Alpha now? Of course I do, but would I rather wait a few weeks and be playing it whilst reading how it blew everyone away at the next Trade Show as the latest and greatest Oculus Rift Demo.
This is because they know that within minutes of Alpha's release there will be footage of it on Youtube be dissected and reviewed by future potential customers and may be even those few Star Citizen zealots eager to find any flaw to draw attention too.
Within hours there will be online reviews, both amateur and professional, who's articles will set the tone for the ongoing development of the game.
Frontier knows all this and as such need to release a Alpha which is as polished and stable as humanly possible.
Something else to bear in mind, look at the publicity that Eve Valkyrie earned for it's self, itself essentially an Alpha, has drawn huge amounts of interest and masses of publicity, by not only being highly polished but by standing out at the Tech shows as being the current ultimate Oculus Rift demo.
If Elite Dangerous's Alpha could be release to that standard and with Oculus support in place it could easily knock Valkyrie of its top spot and garner huge amounts of attention.
So I want Alpha now? Of course I do, but would I rather wait a few weeks and be playing it whilst reading how it blew everyone away at the next Trade Show as the latest and greatest Oculus Rift Demo.
I think you overestimate EDs influence and media attention a little bit... as it stands right now, it is one of numerous space sims in development. Just today, Entropy has gone into early access alpha, and while ED has the bigger name, it will not, all in all get much more attention then that game got.
Alpha doesn't need to be polished (nor will it be, I recon), it just needs to feature what the devs need to test at this point.
Just as importantly, it'll drive a lot of traffic to the new store. Releasing a new web app and throwing traffic at it on the same day is a recipe for trouble, and doing so on a Friday means running your team ragged over the weekend, which in turn means they'll make mistakes when they can least afford it the next week.
I'd strongly expect Frontier to wait at least two working days between the store going live and the alpha coming out.
Maybe then not release Alpha at all? After all, it will be just one part of the game. Also you are too late with the program - people hype No Man's Sky now
We will need landing expansion to counter that Small delays are understandable, my speculation is that they have hold up with thirty party for shop (payment system for example). FD, however, could came out with emergency update about what's going on and what kind of delays they face so we know when new shop will open. That would make lot of people at ease. No communication even if you delay for few days can be taxing to health of the people who wait eagerly for news
Also remember we live with assumption that alpha will come right after opening the shop, which might be not the case.
What I have seen in dev diary video it seems it is already very polished, much more polished than line of AAA releases and XR on launch. Also you really assume that most of SC fans is out there to trash ED? There are some loud trolls, but most of them are space sim fans, and for them piece of action with next gen AAA space sim, be it ED or SC, is like Christmas every day. No, I don't think these are reasons for delay.
Michael said month ago that they're undecided about will they give chance to test with OR during alpha/beta cycle, however I assume they will sooner or later. Problem is lack of good resolution OR (consumer version is still clouded in mystery), so I can understand their dragging feet on this.
I know this is alpha release date open speculation thread, however most of us expected shop to open on Monday. With or without alpha, it is delayed. As someone involved in server side development and sysadmining I wonder what caused this delay, and why there's no clear update on this.
Alpha will come. I know they have binaries
The first thing the devs will test is explosions, so after 10 secs. of gameplay your ship explodes in a great big fireball and they get the last laugh for putting up with backers whining over why alpha isnt out yet
They've got Psykokow for that very purpose so that we can meander around in the Universe in safety
Good grief, yes! How could I forget Holy Rock and his only begotten Son, Disco Horse!You heathen.... remember the Rock!
This is why Alpha is not forthcoming. I am praying to the wrong deity!
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