EU CE Questions.

[Dervish]

Originally Posted by bobfish

What can the NA people download on the 15th August? Is that the Open Beta client or the Closed Beta for the CE people?

Of note...

Those two clients COULD be the same thing. 1 client base with patching as ever but I'm only guessing.

[Xandax]

Originally Posted by IainC

Mostly it's a platform migration. We're moving our web-platform to the new servers as well as all of our tools and other services. There are some behind the scenes tweaks and updates too but you won't see anything new on the customer side when everything restarts as far as I'm aware.

Well, I hope you update your FAQ now that there in fact is a release date other then "early 2008"......

[Simmo]

Thanx for the info IanC, heres to a smooth open beta so we can play on time!

[Pandemic]

Hopefully we will find out the exact start date of the headstart for the pre-order CE soon as I need to book 9 days of holiday off work for it but many company's can be a bit difficult if this isnt done within 4 weeks of the holiday starting

[lerusius]

Thanks for answering us Iain. At least this shows you are getting ready for launch. Hope nothing big happens and sets you back on your schedule.

[Meatwagon]

So I'd like to ask a couple questions. I've read quite a bit on this subject but a lot of things still aren't clear. Iain, you say that you and Mythic both have a set date for OB to start, when is that? (This may well have been stated, I have been unable to find it, and WAR-EU is down)

Also, you say that it will go live at the same time as the US servers. They're intending on increasing their head-start for the CE Pre-Orders, so does this mean EU CE Pre-orders will recieve the same?

If these have already been answered then hopefully someone else can let me know, and I can get my eyes tested

[IainC]

There will be announcements all over the place pretty soon about the open beta dates and the headstart program. Keep an eye on the website when it reopens as well as the community forums for news.

[peo]

Originally Posted by IainC

There will be announcements all over the place pretty soon about the open beta dates and the headstart program. Keep an eye on the website when it reopens as well as the community forums for news.

Thanks for the information.

[lerusius]

Originally Posted by IainC

There will be announcements all over the place pretty soon about the open beta dates and the headstart program. Keep an eye on the website when it reopens as well as the community forums for news.

Thanks for always informing us Iain. I hope it will be soon soon and not soon. I'm getting too excited to play this game that I can't play any other game for more then 10 minutes before getting bored. It is kinda annoying tbh.

[knightyc]

hope we can get in next week as im off work and its my birthday on tuesday 19th

[Muylaetrix]

Originally Posted by peo

No, the only difference is that NOW! the us is ready for 60k people while europe isn't. This means that goa hasn't prepared for launch at all. The datacentre should have been up for a long time and be ready for the completely known open beta which will start very soon.
The thing is that "on time" is nothing more that "soon", "when it's ready", "when ther eis a use for it" it is just a proof of inaction.

speculations at best tbh.
you assume too much and you know nothing.

[Muylaetrix]

Originally Posted by peo

Yes, a launch, preceded by a few weeks of open beta.
Not a launch preceded by a few days of headstart and a day of open beta.
That is of course enough to fulfill the letter of promises but hardly the intent of the words "equal or better service"

speculations and expectations at best. it says NOWHERE how long the open beta will be, it could be as short as 1 week tbh.

[Sugah]

Originally Posted by IainC

There will be announcements all over the place pretty soon about the open beta dates and the headstart program. Keep an eye on the website when it reopens as well as the community forums for news.

Crosses fingers and hopes this means there'll be an announcement on the site when its back later today.

[Stderr]

The US CE beta phase has just been started, let's see what GOA has to offer

[Muylaetrix]

Originally Posted by Stderr

The US CE beta phase has just been started, let's see what GOA has to offer

where do you get that info from and what do you mean with it ?