How the Closed Beta is going so far
" There is a very simple reason my posts pop up here and nowhere else in this forum. The given topic is "How the beta is going". Everybody here is interested in the new content and the changes at hand and it is rather annoying that this thread is meant to give an insight regarding overall experiences and when one hits this page, at least 90% of what's here to be seen are complaints as to how unjust the current selection methods are and who "deserves" access more than anyone else. And yeah my account is "cute" since I made a new steambound one after some period of inactivity and losing my older accounts password (not that is was much of a loss, though). Still I would not consider myslf as super experienced or more contributive as anybody else, thus I am not complaining or crying. This is the fine difference that I happen to value a lot. It would be nice if there was some page here to hit up and to get smart about the new content without having to watch streams all the time. Because the players insights are more interesting to me than anything else. [quote="ScrotieMcB"]It's just, like, people's opinions, man.
But I cannot respect motherf♪♫♫♪rs calling something a simulator, when it isn't one.[/quote] Mors edited this post first. | |
" Another totally legit new player got in 1189 chrislover1142 April 24, 2015 0 (0 posts per day) No April 24, 2015 |
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I'm really impressed that there are really people observing the invite list like all day long just to catch bad invites and stuff like that. God damn, get a life or just play the game.
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The longer this beta access is taking the less I want to play it, I mean are GGG actually going to look at every single feedback on the forum, they have tons of work to do with the beta already, there only going to focus on those "popular" players - pohx, etup, nugyien, ziggyd etc. I agree with an earlier post I saw about hyping up the beta so much like, "OMG your head will explode when you see what's in the beta", coming 20th April - "shhhh, don't let them know this is a just a lie hahaha", then to slowly allow access knowing people are guna be raging because of this access method.
Also pissing me off still no info if steam is viable for this. Look deeper in to my picture, "OH GOD, WHY DID I EAT HIS BALLS!"
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" >Implying. I usually just hop on the invite list to search for my name instead of logging in here to see if i got an invite in my inbox. Sadly there is usually 1 or 2 of theese "bad invites" on the first page of the list |
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" Perhaps it might help to calm some people if there was better understanding about beta testing. While some adjustments will be made based upon direct reports of balance issues, bugs, etc. a lot will also be determined statistically which requires a certain volume of players across all ability levels. Where are the spikes in player deaths, are they attributable to a boss fight or are they due to balance issues. What skill gems are commonly used, which appear to be overpowered, is there a spike in places where solo players suddenly party up (i.e. Dominus), are there very few successful melee characters, and so on. Even when it comes to individual submitted reports there will be automated methods of sorting those using key word grouping. I've seen a lot of complaints about how GGG managed this, but I do not see a better way for it to be done in order to deliver the outcome desired. Essentially GGG are building PoE 2 and are using community involvement in a controlled method in order to develop the best product possible. Now if they invited everyone at once what are the likely outcomes? Everyone abandons Standard and plays the new Beta. a) Players become frustrated because of the huge number of bugs b) The game suffers instability and crashes constantly, players become frustrated c) People exploit certain imbalance features, then when GGG correct them players become frustrated They invite Supporters only to the Beta. a) Others complain about 'pay to play' and this would tarnish the reputation of GGG b) The game ends up rebalanced toward the more ardent players, leaving a lot of casuals disappointed with the final product after Beta GGG decide to run a closed Beta inviting only select players. a) If it were publicly advertised many players would complain of favouritism b) If it were kept secret, it would eventually get out and players would complain about favouritism and conspiracy! Ultimately in six month's time we'll all be playing a very different version of PoE, Beta will be a distant memory and people will wonder what all the fuss was about. |
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wow i feel so much better now.
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It really feel like playing lottery to sign for this beta...
i'm really surprised by how many brand-new accounts have already access to the beta, some of them have been created only a few days ago... Buzz seems to work for GGG | |
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game is nice but is there comming a new class with this new expension it would be a nice option maby later in the game a druid like class or necromancer or something like that summen animals instead of zombies or spectres
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Where would a new class be put on the tree?
Besides, class has a really small impact on gameplay overall. Support a free Hong Kong.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. -Galileo Galilei |
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