News: Planetside 2 beta plans - Page 7

dnaRIP · 2012-07-12, 05:11 PM

Leeeerrrrooooyyyyy Jjjjeeeennnnnkkkkiiinnnsss!!!

Talented Maori · 2012-07-12, 05:12 PM

So soon? K.

JPalmer · 2012-07-12, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by Pimsley

Say what you want about the guy that posted this, but the argument is valid from a paying veteran's perspective. If every key is priority as well as veterans, then no one really has priority at all. The point he made about being a nine year veteran (paying vet) vs. a guy that spammed twitter with crap is spot on as far as I am concerned. You may or may not feel the same, but outside of beta starting, I see nothing here that says veterans will truly get first dibs. Yay for it starting, boo for the way they select people.

QQ Both of you.

Not everyone who signed up has a key we are going to get in before many people.

Carnage · 2012-07-12, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by dnaRIP

Leeeerrrrooooyyyyy Jjjjeeeennnnnkkkkiiinnnsss!!!

OH, MY, GAWD, I was just thinking this!

Raymac · 2012-07-12, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by Pimsley

Say what you want about the guy that posted this, but the argument is valid from a paying veteran's perspective. If every key is priority as well as veterans, then no one really has priority at all. The point he made about being a nine year veteran (paying vet) vs. a guy that spammed twitter with crap is spot on as far as I am concerned. You may or may not feel the same, but outside of beta starting, I see nothing here that says veterans will truly get first dibs. Yay for it starting, boo for the way they select people.

Maybe you don't understand. You know when you go to the Planetside 2 website, and there is that big button on the right side that says "Sign Up For Beta"? Well all those people that clicked that and signed up have not received beta keys. The people that do have the priorty beta keys are from PC Gamer, twitter, E3, etc. then of course vets don't need keys. So it is a "priority" over the tons of people that have signed up and don't have keys. Make sense?

Plus, beta wouldn't be as helpful if it was ONLY PS1 vets.

And yeah, the guy's argument was somewhat "valid", but it was still lame and pathetic in my humble opinion. "i know i'm special, but I want to be even more specialer"

Hamma · 2012-07-12, 05:19 PM

Matt is going to make me lose my hair.. and it won't be by scissors.

FPClark · 2012-07-12, 05:21 PM

Wooop Woooooop!

SnipeGrzywa · 2012-07-12, 05:21 PM

Thanks a lot for the precise info for once (yes, even without dates. I'll have my date when I have my email). All these cryptic tweets and haircuts was confusing everyone. lol

RawketLawnchair · 2012-07-12, 05:25 PM

I really, really hope you guys don't screw this beta up.

In order to properly test the game you have created, full time testing needs to be a priority. When you test only during specific days (ie weekends) you really don't give people enough time to test your game. Its more of a demo. Now I'm not forgetting hardware testing and all that but seriously, don't just do technical testing for hardware/servers like other companies do, let people actually test your game so that when it releases we don't have another Diablo 3 launch in the industry.. Because if this game fails, and the poplock is too much to bare alongside mechanics never truely being worked out, I'm either going to join the military, drill my brains out, or take a dive off a bridge. I'm sick and tired of major companies hyping the shit out of their games only to deliver just that. Shit.

On a side note: I have faith in this development team. I'm sure they wouldn't want to be cast aside in a dumpster alongside games like Brink.

SKYeXile · 2012-07-12, 05:26 PM

I take it nobody has received invites as of yet?

Hamma · 2012-07-12, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by Surgio

Unfortunately, the only new information I got out of this post is that my 9 years experience playing Planetside is of equal priority as those spamming cat memes on Twitter to get a key. If everyone is highest priority, none of us are. I must say I'm honestly disappointed.

Goodbye then!

DirtyBird · 2012-07-12, 05:27 PM

So the hair comes off for the Tech test and then later on its a back, sack & crack wax for the actual beta start?
Will make for an interesting stream....

Pimsley · 2012-07-12, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by JPalmer

QQ Both of you.

Not everyone who signed up has a key we are going to get in before many people.

Who is QQing? I simply said the guy had a valid argument. Nine years of veteran status should mean more than some random twitter spammer. If you don't agree with an argument, surely you can do better than QQ? Kids these days...

counterlogic · 2012-07-12, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

I take it nobody has received invites as of yet?

I can say this, I was not invited to technical beta testing, but I do know others that for sure got e-mails for it last week. Don't know why people think otherwise.

Merzun · 2012-07-12, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by Higby

Hey all!
...

There have been some problems with the granting of the 30 free days to veterans and some of us didn't receive the
survey mail. Can we be sure that our veteran status is flagged correctly. Maybe you could send out a round of test
mails and those who won't receive it can contact the support?