Upcomming beta testing (1.1 and 1.2): Decal as cratification would be nice.
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Hmmm. I don't understand, why I get so many offensive and derisive response to my post.
I was not demanding, I was not greedy, I think I was giving meaningful reasons for my proposal.
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@Sub:
Look, it took me quite a bit time to post this (trying to minimize the nonsens I write as a non-native-speaker). I could have played the game instead, making approximately 1.5 mio cr. at the same time.
I did so, however, as I thought this proposal would be worth considering, as it migth help to encourage more testers to do the same: Giving up valuable play-time in order to make the game itself better.
How much time did it take to formualte your answer? How much did it add to the discuission?
@Genar-Hofoen: Sorry. I made a mistake, you are correct. Next time, I try to spell-check better.
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Thank you all the others for giving reasonable and useful response.
I was not demanding, I was not greedy, I think I was giving meaningful reasons for my proposal.
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@Sub:
Look, it took me quite a bit time to post this (trying to minimize the nonsens I write as a non-native-speaker). I could have played the game instead, making approximately 1.5 mio cr. at the same time.
I did so, however, as I thought this proposal would be worth considering, as it migth help to encourage more testers to do the same: Giving up valuable play-time in order to make the game itself better.
How much time did it take to formualte your answer? How much did it add to the discuission?
@Genar-Hofoen: Sorry. I made a mistake, you are correct. Next time, I try to spell-check better.
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Thank you all the others for giving reasonable and useful response.
It is totally common to beta test major upgrades in video games nowadays using community help. It works out great usually.
It's a forum, and not a bad one compared to many others, you just need a thick skin. Can you explain where the devs stated that 'no' action counts towards are game progress? That makes no sense at all
This is pretty skewed if that's the case. I have been in countless betas over the years and cannot grasp why beta TESTERS would feel entitled to character advancement. Betas are usually buggy and breeding ground for exploits, to let people carry on with beta gains is a very bad design decision, which is why I suspect it isnt one, but a way to appease and cater to backers. It's just begging for drama.
"Here is our unstable build, go ahead and keep everything you find unbalanced."
Harbinger
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No it's not an early release, it's a beta test of the v1.1 patch using a completely separate beta client/server (from which no progress will carry over to live). The purpose of the Beta is for us to find and report issues so that they can be fixed prior to the general release of the patch on the live server approximately 1 week later. People who had access to the beta previously will have access to test this and any further major patches prior to them coming to live.
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Whoa whoa whoa people!
See this quote from Michael Brookes on the beta testing of 1.1 :
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This.
The word "beta" and "test" should always be bound and it would alleviate confusion. Rewards for beta testing ? Sense of Entitlement is strong in some places.
You guys realise there's every chance that the beta server will be a bubble of maybe three stations, no trading, no bounties, ships supplied, and the expectation of missions to be completed? We're not gonna be testing a GAME like we were in alpha/prem beta/standard beta/gamma... we're testing a few new features in an already working game and we only have a week to do it so it's probably going to be a lot more "directed" than before.
I don't think the OP's after any special reward... just recognition, a sort of "thanks for helping, and more so thanks for paying to be able to help". It's not like a decal's gonna make you an uber player.
I don't think the OP's after any special reward... just recognition, a sort of "thanks for helping, and more so thanks for paying to be able to help". It's not like a decal's gonna make you an uber player.
I see. Thankyou for the clarification good sir. Unfortunately, I'm on a monthly quota connection so I don't know if i can risk downloading an entirely new client (only to delete it later) without getting shaped.
You do realize we kept everything from Gamma? The only features in 1.1 are the ship/station building and exploration data, I can understand no status rank gains from that. But to lock people out from making any money at all sounds like nonsense... Still not heard anything from the devs that would suggest that is the case.
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Taking part in a beta test should be a willful process for the greater good (and some personal satisfaction), which makes such requests a bit uncalled for. By the same logic you could give decals to people with alot of rep on the forums, or people who hand out alot of tips to newbies. Or people who are just really really nice.
Anyone who is interested in beta testing for some sort of reward is probably not the sort of person who should be beta testing.
The game has now been released, and you are mixed with players who started on the 16th december (like me). Do you honnestly think it would be fair if all patch beta tests were if facts "early accesses" ? I didnt see anything like that in the backers reward tiers. Handing rewards like this out of the blue would contribute creating a two ways userbase.