Glorious Alpha Two Testers!
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Phase I of Alpha Two testing will occur on weekends. Each weekend is scheduled to start on Fridays at 10 AM PT and end on Sundays at 10 PM PT. Find out more here.
Check out Alpha Two Announcements here to see the latest Alpha Two news and update notes.
Our quickest Alpha Two updates are in Discord. Testers with Alpha Two access can chat in Alpha Two channels by connecting your Discord and Intrepid accounts here.
For all those who have just bought Alpha or Beta access with the kickstarter
Before you go into any kind of Alpha or Beta test you need to understand one very simple thing:
THE GAME IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT, AND THEREFORE IS LIKELY TO BE BROKEN!!!!
You are there to TEST the game (hence why it's called an Alpha/Beta TEST) for the devs and help them discover bugs and exploits that they wouldn't be able to find on their own, as well as give feedback on various systems to make sure they are balanced and serve their intended purpose.
YOU ARE TESTING THE GAME, NOT PLAYING IT!
If you have no interest in helping the devs test the game, DO NOT ENTER THE ALPHA OR BETA TEST
/end rant. Sorry, but I had to get that off my chest, as there are a ton of people who don't seem to understand the concept of an alpha or beta test.
THE GAME IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT, AND THEREFORE IS LIKELY TO BE BROKEN!!!!
You are there to TEST the game (hence why it's called an Alpha/Beta TEST) for the devs and help them discover bugs and exploits that they wouldn't be able to find on their own, as well as give feedback on various systems to make sure they are balanced and serve their intended purpose.
YOU ARE TESTING THE GAME, NOT PLAYING IT!
If you have no interest in helping the devs test the game, DO NOT ENTER THE ALPHA OR BETA TEST
/end rant. Sorry, but I had to get that off my chest, as there are a ton of people who don't seem to understand the concept of an alpha or beta test.
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Frequently people who go in only to test and don't enjoy themselves put in less time which actually leads to less feedback. Then again, as you mentioned, this is a testing period and people need to be conscious of that.
Frequently people who go in only to test and don’t enjoy themselves put in less time which actually leads to less feedback. Then again, as you mentioned, this is a testing period and people need to be conscious of that.
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100% agreed. You can't intentionally go out looking for bugs and glitches, you gotta play it like its already official and let it all come out
THE GAME IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT, AND THEREFORE IS LIKELY TO BE BROKEN!!!!
You are there to TEST the game (hence why it’s called an Alpha/Beta TEST) for the devs and help them discover bugs and exploits that they wouldn’t be able to find on their own, as well as give feedback on various systems to make sure they are balanced and serve their intended purpose.
YOU ARE TESTING THE GAME, NOT PLAYING IT!
If you have no interest in helping the devs test the game, DO NOT ENTER THE ALPHA OR BETA TEST
/end rant. Sorry, but I had to get that off my chest, as there are a ton of people who don’t seem to understand the concept of an alpha or beta test.
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Well spoken! I'm very much looking forward to testing/playing. We are going to help make this game amazing!
<div class="d4p-bbt-quote-title"><a href="https://www.ashesofcreation.com/forums/topic/for-all-those-who-have-just-bought-alpha-or-beta-access-with-the-kickstarter/#post-13574" rel="nofollow">Glory wrote:</a></div>
Let’s be real here. It’s both. People will be “playing” the game and “testing” it.
Frequently people who go in only to test and don’t enjoy themselves put in less time which actually leads to less feedback. Then again, as you mentioned, this is a testing period and people need to be conscious of that.
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100% agreed. You can’t intentionally go out looking for bugs and glitches, you gotta play it like its already official and let it all come out
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True. It's more about what you do when you find the bugs. When I'm just playing a game and I encounter a bug, more often than not I will ignore it and move on. However, when I am testing a game, if I encounter a bug I will try and recreate the bug to find out what caused it and write my findings down to pass onto the developers. That is the difference between playing a game and testing it.
I hope folks don't jump to conclusions. Alpha testing is a great opportunity to help involve yourself in a games development. It can be time consuming to write all of those reports, but it can have a profound impact in the long run.
Looking forward to seeing what Intrepid has in store for us.
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<div class="d4p-bbt-quote-title"><a href="https://www.ashesofcreation.com/forums/topic/for-all-those-who-have-just-bought-alpha-or-beta-access-with-the-kickstarter/#post-13574" rel="nofollow">Glory wrote:</a></div>
Let’s be real here. It’s both. People will be “playing” the game and “testing” it.
Frequently people who go in only to test and don’t enjoy themselves put in less time which actually leads to less feedback. Then again, as you mentioned, this is a testing period and people need to be conscious of that.
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100% agreed. You can’t intentionally go out looking for bugs and glitches, you gotta play it like its already official and let it all come out
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I just say that to say, hopefully they make the process of reporting bugs and glitches as seamless and ez as is reasonable
100% agreed. You can’t intentionally go out looking for bugs and glitches, you gotta play it like its already official and let it all come out
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This is true, but I feel some people just don't get it that the bugs encoutered need to be reported with a description of how it occurred.
Too many thinks by pledging the alpha they get to play the game sooner and so they try to abuse in official launch what they've learned in test phases instead of trying to fix the bugs.
1. How will leveled nodes effect new players: If a starting node becomes a top tier node will new players still be able to find monsters their own level to kill? will brand new players have to worry about getting one shotted by a world boss dragon? This is something I plan on exploring (assuming it's not obvious one way or the other) durning the last few days of the alpha phase by rolling a new toon just to see what the world is like from a new players point of view
2. the pvp flagging/bounty hunter/ trade caravans: will these systems work as intended? will the pvp penalties be to much or not enough? will the reward for killing bullies be good enough to get people interested in doing so? will it be to difficult or to easy to defend a caravan?
3. will it be possible for one or two super guilds to ally and just dominate everything making the game unplayable for anyone not in the super guilds like in a survival game ( this is a really big concern of mine given the systems aoc is implementing).
anyways thats a few things I'll be focusing on durning the alpha just off the top of my head.
Well said!!
**cheers**
THE GAME IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT, AND THEREFORE IS LIKELY TO BE BROKEN!!!!
You are there to TEST the game (hence why it’s called an Alpha/Beta TEST) for the devs and help them discover bugs and exploits that they wouldn’t be able to find on their own, as well as give feedback on various systems to make sure they are balanced and serve their intended purpose.
YOU ARE TESTING THE GAME, NOT PLAYING IT!
If you have no interest in helping the devs test the game, DO NOT ENTER THE ALPHA OR BETA TEST
/end rant. Sorry, but I had to get that off my chest, as there are a ton of people who don’t seem to understand the concept of an alpha or beta test.
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Sorry to waste your time but I've seen the same said for probably 100+ games over my last 15 years of mmo gaming. Posting about it isn't going to stop the inevitable tide of whine and forum posts about it.
I commend you for trying though =)
..dont forget the game will be incomplete and subject to change.
So dont go running from forum to forum saying....'This game is so crap and so broken'
Its supposed to be. You are there to help iron out the flaw, break the game and test each game concepts viability.
And out of that break and viability testing generate a viable, hardened game.
It will be exciting, but not always fun and often frustrating.
Otherwise. Good luck and Enjoy
Much envy.