Premium Beta Content

[bradbcam]

Long time lurker, first time poster (almost)

I've been searching through the forums this week for any follow upo information about the content of premium beta but there doesnt seem to be anything solid. I know previous threads and the twitch feeds alluded to a lot of work going in between Alpha 4 and P Beta but has anything been formally announced?

Oh and i know loads of you are going to say "just wait 24 hours" :smilie:

 

[Aleksej]

Nothing was announced yet. We can only speculate about this.

 

[Amos]

as far as I know it will be the same ish as alpha 4 200 light years of space, 5 solar systems, I have seen on the A4 videos of big npc ships to destroy, trading outfitting etc etc.

Happy to be proven wrong

 

[Dejay]

Welcome Bradbcam
My guess you could call the premium beta content "hand-me-downs" of the alpha 4 with a few bug fixes. But who cares, it's Elite 4!!!

 

[ScottGust]

A less buggy Alpha 4 and maybe a little polish...and if were reallyyyyy lucky..a bit of additional content. No official announcements.
Welcome BTW...

 

[Razorwire]

I'm expecting Alpha 4.3 with some bug fixes.
I'm hoping for Alpha 4.3 with some bug fixes and a few more flyable ships and locations.

 

[Aleksej]

as far as I know it will be the same ish as alpha 4 200 light years of space, 5 solar systems, I have seen on the A4 videos of big npc ships to destroy, trading outfitting etc etc.

Happy to be proven wrong

A less buggy Alpha 4 and maybe a little polish...and if were reallyyyyy lucky..a bit of additional content. No official announcements.
Welcome BTW...

I have not seen any official announcements about additional content but I really would like to see several more systems accessible. Otherwise existing systems might become really overcrowded.

 

[usernametaken]

Otherwise existing systems might become really overcrowded.

Unless that's something they wanted to test, the instancing when many players are in the same area. Now might well be a good time to do that, whilst the play space is small and the player numbers are high.

 

[GeordieMarv]

I have not seen any official announcements about additional content but I really would like to see several more systems accessible. Otherwise existing systems might become really overcrowded.

Yes, I was hoping for this too. There will be a massive influx of players tomorrow (myself included). But I'm wondering like yourself, how crowded 200 LY of space will be.

Maybe they deliberately want it crowded for stress testing/server reports etc?

Some more systems would be great, but I won't be too upset if there isn't anymore than what is currently in alpha 4.03 or whatever version it is now.

 

[Aleksej]

Unless that's something they wanted to test, the instancing when many players are in the same area. Now might well be a good time to do that, whilst the play space is small and the player numbers are high.

Yes, I was hoping for this too. There will be a massive influx of players tomorrow (myself included). But I'm wondering like yourself, how crowded 200 LY of space will be.

Maybe they deliberately want it crowded for stress testing/server reports etc?

Some more systems would be great, but I won't be too upset if there isn't.

I also see this as a good possibility to stress test how lots of players are handled in the same area, what really bothers me is what happens if this would cause major showstopper, which won't allow to play at all, similar to what has happened when A 3.0 was released.

 

[KING5TON]

Unless that's something they wanted to test, the instancing when many players are in the same area. Now might well be a good time to do that, whilst the play space is small and the player numbers are high.

Yup, instancing means no system will be overcrowded. There's never more that a max of around 31 players in the same instance as you. Thus it's not a reason for more playable space.
I hope there will be more playable space though but I'm expecting a less buggy Alpha 4 which is cool.

 

[duffbeeeer]

Notice - Premium Beta will Reset Progress

Commanders: please beware that, as with other major releases, your progress (ships, credits etc.) will be reset to zero when Premium Beta is released at the end of next week (May 30th). This is because of some changes that will be implemented for Premium Beta, and of course it levels the playing field as we welcome lots of new people.

Actually it wouldnt make sense to reset all progress of the alpha 4.03 if not for new content or mechanics. My guess we will see some new content but no idea how much.

 

[GeordieMarv]

I also see this as a good possibility to stress test how lots of players are handled in the same area, what really bothers me is what happens if this would cause major showstopper, which won't allow to play at all, similar to what has happened when A 3.0 was released.

Yeah. As much as I would hate this to happen...it's entirely possible. I suppose it's alpha...so rather these problems are identified and fixed when they occur. I'm sure the PB launch will go well though, alpha 4 seems to have went pretty well.