Alpha Beta Access - How many?

ArchivedUser

How many alpha access users are you aiming for to have ready by Alpha release in Dec?

What target are you looking at for Beta users?

Will there be ongoing rewards for Alpha & beta users or will it only be the rewards stated as part of the package?

Any private communities for Alpha users? In game ranking?

ArchivedUser

According to the numbers we got in one of the live streams, there are a bit over 800 alpha 0 testers. I suppose the most would be 900 testers if they give away a few more keys until December.

ArchivedUser

Alpha 0 is a key awarded event. Remember those that participate in Alpha 0 will NOT be automatically be in the later phases unless they have a package that gives them that access. While many of the keyholders who have won are people that were handpicked by the team, there is also those that just signed up for the website and got a lucky random dip. Out of that number some may not even respond to the email or NDA paperwork requirement that Alpha 0 requires. Others may log on once during the Alpha, say meh, and not log on again. So no real way to know the numbers beyond what the devs have stated. Which as @Flip mentions above is 800 from the livestream.

Alpha 1 is looking to be around 4k users based off of KS/Summer backing numbers for those packages and possible upgrades when it releases unless they add another paid access package with Alpha 1 between now and then. Alpha 2 gets much larger due to the next lower tier of KS/Summer adding many, and not knowing how many people bought PAX access packages. (no verifiable numbers since they didn't let us see how many of each upgrade/package has been done and as of this writing is still available for KS users to upgrade.) Beta 1 and Beta 2 should be just crazy, which gives them the load data they need for eventual live release.

Don't forget that it has been stated multiple times that phases of Alpha/Beta will experience wipes and that the server (or servers if it gets that large) will become test server(s) on launch. Nothing you do during the lead up to live launch will benefit you in any way beyond a knowledge of gameplay and mechanics, which are subject to change and will most likely change radically before live launch. People from all regions will be on a single server most likely based in the US causing lag issues for those outside it. People who you come to love and hate over the course of testing will with Live be broken up into different regions.

ArchivedUser

• Alpha 0 will be an approximate 800 members
• Alpha 1 / 2 will be based off the KS / SS backers + any additional upgrades via PAX / Event / Store purchases
• Beta phases will see the largest volumes with no early estimates provided to date.