An open beta turns off as many people as it brings onboard, people dont like paying for what they used to have for free.
Thats crap. Beta can turn players off, but certainly not for the reason you use. Also the vast majority of players normally enjoy the beta, it's only usually the vocal minority who spread the manure.
It's good to see you backing up the argument you're so vocal about with something tangable.
Problem is i'm not allowed to say how good or bad the game is with the NDA so i cant say how good an open beta would be, i can only comment on community feeling after the launch of the MMO's i've tested.
The annoying thing for most MMORPGs is that the open beta is usually the last chance to get a free trial to see if you like the game. Most won't offer a seperate free trial until about a year after release.
If u do want a beta spot u should atleast be trying to say things to make people warm to you! From my experience in previous MMOs a big % of the ppl that just rush to end game are the ppl that moan the most and loudest about lack of things to do, and thats not good for anyone OFC u maybe one of the few that rush to end game and wait happiliy and patiently for rest to catch up
If u do want a beta spot u should atleast be trying to say things to make people warm to you! From my experience in previous MMOs a big % of the ppl that just rush to end game are the ppl that moan the most and loudest about lack of things to do, and thats not good for anyone OFC u maybe one of the few that rush to end game and wait happiliy and patiently for rest to catch up
Not really, the reason I started playing RPG's was that you can just spend alot of time on the game, don't have any actual skill, just be higher level, and then kick the -tevr- out of the newbs. I kinda evolved from there...but basically I wanna whack lowbies
The people who rush to end game will be bored and lonely for a month or two while the rest of the community enjoy learning the finer aspects, and leveling with friends. that said, i guess if you rush to end game, you could just roll another char and have 2x max levels in the space of time it takes most people to get 1
Nah, if you really are the only one at the top (which I assure you won't be the case there's always like, 2 others), anyway, you can roll an alt, rush that to where people are currently at, and boom, when everyone starts playing end-game, you have 2 chars to play end-game with, so for raids etc. you probably have a class they want
Not really, the reason I started playing RPG's was that you can just spend alot of time on the game, don't have any actual skill, just be higher level, and then kick the -tevr- out of the newbs. I kinda evolved from there...but basically I wanna whack lowbies
Open beta is actually a crucial part of marketing. When the game releases, alot of potential customers did not play the game yet... and they won't be buying the game just to try it out.
They have to do an open beta cus they have sold the Collectors Edition with an open beta key.
Open beta= Anyone who wants can get in for free. So not really,they might call it open beta but on the end it's not that.