News: Beta Producers Letter and free PlanetSide 1 Game Time!

[MacXXcaM]

Originally Posted by TheRagingGerbil

Free 30days of PS1 and news of escalating beta is not good? Wow...

If it means 30 further days without PS2 beta, then no... not good news.

I was really expecting at least a date for beta. Now it's basically nothing. What's the point of hyping everybody and then say things we already knew?

[Kurtz]

Originally Posted by RadarX

The goal is honestly to support PlanetSide Day and get you guys in for some nostalgic game play.

Roll the servers back to the May 2003 release build and then you'll see some nostalgia.

[I SandRock]

Originally Posted by RadarX

The goal is honestly to support PlanetSide Day and get you guys in for some nostalgic game play.

Though I feel the 'letter' is a bit too vague, as others have said. It might be a little bit too much negativity for something that was to be expected.
Thanks a lot for the 30 days free, that's a very community-conscience move you'd never see from another big company like SOE!

[TheApoc]

just took spec survey, i have a station pass & my ps1 account is from 2003, wish me luck

[lolroflroflcake]

The way that letter sounds they are only days, not months or weeks, but days away from finally letting us into the game for the first time. At least some lucky jerks will be in the game by the time we hit mid July.

And yes anything two and a half weeks or less is days not weeks, so don't try to get all technical on me.

[Astrok]

Originally Posted by RadarX

To clarify, PS1 is not going free. Players who had an active (paying) account are being granted 30 days free in support of this weekends PlanetSide Day.

reat,

LOL my email i used back then is blocked and i dont use it for like 2 years anymore.So their gos my 30 free trial Even had my BFR Certs so i liked to try it again but hey no email/forgot account so im finisht here..

they just had to open the game to everyone with the 1 year program they used till rank 6 so everyone thats waiting for this could play.

Eventually this game gos down soon or later so why not open it for free.

[GunslingerX]

Originally Posted by james

Would make sense, Nvidia drivers, the beta letter, and if they plan on doing weekend beta testing, starting now would make sense

I'm pretty sure Higby was referring to the 30 day free period.

[Redshift]

Much love to the devs

[RadarX]

Originally Posted by Bags

So people who just resubbed will be refunded, right?

You will be granted an additional 30 days to the time you had paid for just like any other current subscriber.

[Xyntech]

Originally Posted by Kurtz

Roll the servers back to the May 2003 release build and then you'll see some nostalgia.

Gotta roll it back a little less than that. Aside from the occasional weapon imbalance, most of the updates were pretty universally awesome up until Core Combat. The Skyguard and Liberator are iconic Planetside 1 staples.

Maybe they could just turn of BFR's and ancient tech weapons and vehicles for 30 days

[RadarX]

Originally Posted by MacXXcaM

If it means 30 further days without PS2 beta, then no... not good news.

I was really expecting at least a date for beta. Now it's basically nothing. What's the point of hyping everybody and then say things we already knew?

Free PlanetSide 1 and PlanetSide 2 Beta are mutually exclusive so no worries on that front.

As I've said I do apologize there were expectations of a date but that just doesn't happen with game Betas.

[waldizzo]

This is great news. Thank you for supporting Planetside day. Looking forward to some epic Planetside fights this weekend!

[BigBossMonkey]

Originally Posted by RadarX

Free PlanetSide 1 and PlanetSide 2 Beta are mutually exclusive so no worries on that front.

As I've said I do apologize there were expectations of a date but that just doesn't happen with game Betas.

Rabid fans are rabid, if it is too far out I expect them to start jumping off of bridges and tall buildings after losing the will to live.

[Kurtz]

Originally Posted by Xyntech

Gotta roll it back a little less than that. Aside from the occasional weapon imbalance, most of the updates were pretty universally awesome up until Core Combat. The Skyguard and Liberator are iconic Planetside 1 staples.

Maybe they could just turn of BFR's and ancient tech weapons and vehicles for 30 days

I'd gladly sacrifice the skillguard and the lib for my MCG and the dual pounder.
Most importantly, I want the removal of the continent pop lock.

[lordofthenothin]

So... Is it first the PS1 players that can play the beta, then the PC gamers ones and then the twitter/facebook ones?