Open beta? realisticly?

[chrislocalboy]

As the title suggests how long do you all think until WAR moves into open beta? I've seen people say as early as June and others saying September and August.

I know we can only really guess at this stage but the forums are a bit quiet at the momemt aswell so I'm trying to make a little conversation!

Cheers

Damn..... completely mis-spelt realistically.

 

[Dreamor]

Open Beta, probably August at the earliest... still no guild beta (if that will ever happen) and lots of other testing to be done.

 

[chrislocalboy]

Open Beta, probably August at the earliest... still no guild beta (if that will ever happen) and lots of other testing to be done.

Yeah I was wondering that aswell.....I'm actually wondering if they will have it or not, maybe they will skip it and go straight to open beta?

Hope not though for all the guys that were promised invites.

 

[Faeldawn]

My opinion has for several months been that we won't see open beta till September, however current events with the pre-orders etc seem to loosely indicate it might be earlier than this.

Late August seems a pretty good stab tbh.

 

[Faeldawn]

Yeah I was wondering that aswell.....I'm actually wondering if they will have it or not, maybe they will skip it and go straight to open beta?

Hope not though for all the guys that were promised invites.

Guild beta im guessing will be the last phase before open beta, they probably only need a few days to properly test the guild system. Doubtful it will be the "free-play-for-several-months" a lot of players had hoped it would be

 

[chrislocalboy]

Whats making you think it will be earlier than you originally thought?

 

[Dervish]

Probably the statements made in other threads about play.com allegedly sending out pre-order packs yesterday. Mine is still marked as on pre-order with no sign of it shipping. Having said that, play.com did say they would send out the packs in time for open beta or end of May anyway so it may just be the latter.

 

[Cyradix]

My pre-order kit has been sitting on my shelf for weeks now (from Amazon) so don't read anything into play.com sending them out now....

 

[Faeldawn]

Whats making you think it will be earlier than you originally thought?

I did say "loosely indicates" for a reason

Release dates of mid-late September have been appearing on websites just recently. Also once they actually start shipping pre-order early access packs, the release date has probably been decided even if not officially announced.

It's more of a feeling than anything else, things seem to have started gaining momentum and from previous experience of watching mmorpg development, this often happens when the end is in sight

 

[ileks]

I reckon September, with guild beta (hopefully!) starting at the beginning of June.

 

[arknor]

8-12 weeks before launch imo.

in an interview one of the guys were talking abouthow confident a developer is of there product determines when the nda is dropped.

he was saying sucky mmos score around 4 (1point = 1 week)
sucessful mmos around 8
and he mentioned wow went off the scale with a score of 12+

we all know the nda is dropped when the open beta starts so i imagine open beta will start around august

 

[Dervish]

That was the man himself Mark Jacobs:

Folks,

As to NDAs, the rule I've always gone by is my "time before release rule" in order to judge the confidence the publishers have in their new game (doesn't apply to ports or games that are already out in other places). I add a +1 for every week prior to release that the game's NDA has been lifted and come up with a score. If <4, there's a lack of confidence in the product, if you are >8, they really believe in the game. WoW had a great score (the highest I believe) and some of the MMOs that failed, had, as expected, low scores. A score of 4 is just about the minimum you should expect from a MMO publisher.

As to why we all have strict NDAs, it is nothing more complicated that these games take a long time to not only develop but tweak and get just right. Nobody has a right to expect that a game that has as long as a dev cycle as an MMO will look, feel and play like a finished game until it is just that. Yet, if we allowed people to talk about the bad (as well as the good) during development, all MMOs, including WoW, would have had a lot of bad things said about them. And with what these games cost these days, yeap, all devs want to have the best chance to build interest in the game right up to the time of NDA release and/or launch. That's why I have always have told players and will always tell players to judge for themselves. Ignore the hype, believe the reality.

Mark

Link to quote -> here <-

 

[arknor]

yea thats the one , that paul barnett guy seems to go online alot about there faith in the game so i reckon they will want to score an 8+ as my earlyer post indicates

 

[chrislocalboy]

yea thats the one , that paul barnett guy seems to go online alot about there faith in the game so i reckon they will want to score an 8+ as my earlyer post indicates

Well from Mark's statement it it sounds like they may equal or try and even beat WOW's score of 12..... we all know how confident all the staff are, it shows in all the videos, podcasts and interviews etc etc.

 

[Guyton]

As much as I want WAR out as soon as possible I am also quite happy to wait. I have been waiting for this for a while- ever since I stopped playing DAOC about 3 years ago , the more I see and read from the developers I want them to make it as good as they can and I am sort of happy with that. After 3 years of WoW the one thing I miss more than anything is a good RvR session

 

[d34k]

According to Destin Bales (interview on IGN on May 13th), there ain't going to be an open beta. So that might answer your question.

Mythic is "probably not going to do open, open beta where you just have the entire game open to everybody all at once," Bales said. "We like to do more targeted strikes in beta where we can actually get people in and say, 'Test out tier one, test out tier four, try and invade this keep,' and that way we actually get feedback that will help us actually improve the game on a more targeted level."

Link: IGN: Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Preview

 

[Dervish]

This is something they have repeatedly stated. Their version of "open" beta will just be the same as closed beta (as in invited testers olny) but with the NDA lifted so they can invite the press and other games industry types. It will also be the point where CE Pre-Order key holders can enter the beta.

 

[Mastade]

They can do the open beta when the weather is gonna be crap again

 

[Gurrabella]

Open beta with preorder

hey guys, i just got the EU preorder and i was wondering if anyone knowes how to actually type in the preorder code on your warhammer account (the one on Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning) ive "registered for beta but i cant find anywhere to type in the code i got with the preorder.

any help is apriciated

 

[Reno]

You can't, not yet anyway

War is still in closed beta atm.
Then I'll expect there to be the long awaited guild beta, and finally "open" beta.
You might see open beta in august, but that's complete speculation on my part and a bit optimistic.

Danita

 

[Dervish]

Depending on what platform and which browser you use to view the war-europe.com site you can actually see bits of the beta code entry page when the flash is loading at the start.

But at the moment there is nowhere to enter codes but you can bet they will make a big noise about it when you can.

 

[Gurrabella]

the beta question

allright. Thanks for the fast replys. very comforting to know that its not me doing anything wrong