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Alpha 2 release

FweeWifryFweeWifry Member
edited October 2022 in General Discussion
what year can we expect the alpha 2? early next year? late next year? any predictions at least?
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  • tautautautau Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Prediction without direct evidence: 2023
  • HeliuxHeliux Member, Alpha Two
    May 26th, 2023

    At 11am PST....Exactly!!!
  • novercalisnovercalis Member, Founder, Kickstarter, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited October 2022
    Never
    We are just here for the meme, making history.. Star Citizen - move out the way
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  • LinikerLiniker Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Q1 or Q2 2023 if I had to guess
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  • Liniker wrote: »
    Q1 or Q2 2023 if I had to guess
    Liniker wrote: »
    alpha 2 2026

    We just returned from Andromeda. :smile:
    Steven looks much older indeed.
    Jumping like that into the fight... He almost died during the demo.
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  • LinikerLiniker Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Strevi wrote: »
    Liniker wrote: »
    Q1 or Q2 2023 if I had to guess
    Liniker wrote: »
    alpha 2 2026

    We just returned from Andromeda. :smile:
    Steven looks much older indeed.
    Jumping like that into the fight... He almost died during the demo.

    I meant Q3 2029
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  • Liniker wrote: »
    Strevi wrote: »
    Liniker wrote: »
    Q1 or Q2 2023 if I had to guess
    Liniker wrote: »
    alpha 2 2026

    We just returned from Andromeda. :smile:
    Steven looks much older indeed.
    Jumping like that into the fight... He almost died during the demo.

    I meant Q3 2029

    By then, we will have turn based combat so that Steven can keep up with those minotaurs.
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  • CawwCaww Member, Alpha Two
    tautau wrote: »
    Prediction without direct evidence: 2023

    copy..
  • Mag7spyMag7spy Member, Alpha Two
    One sec...
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    MY guess 2023 summer - 2023 winter it could release..
  • HeliuxHeliux Member, Alpha Two
    We just must know...

    We're colaborate and helping building a perfect game for the future genetations

    New date...Feb 2027
  • I think they should continue development for the rest of 2022 and throughout 2023. Announce the Alpha 2 for early 2024. Use 2024 for the Alpha 2, Beta 1 and Beta 2 tests and have a full official launch in early 2025.

    Unless Intrepid is keeping literal mountains of content and information close to their chest, I don't think we have seen anywhere near enough content and systems to warrant an Alpha 2 date at the beginning of next year. Do people seriously think this would be a good idea given how much (how little) we have actually seen regarding the game?

    Last Dev stream Steven talked about having another big hiring push at the beginning of 2023. This kind of thing takes time. Hiring, catching up and fully integrating people into teams takes weeks/months. I think those who are hoping for an early 2023 Alpha are fooling themselves.
  • WHIT3ROS3 wrote: »
    I think they should continue development for the rest of 2022 and throughout 2023. Announce the Alpha 2 for early 2024. Use 2024 for the Alpha 2, Beta 1 and Beta 2 tests and have a full official launch in early 2025.
    How long is the Alpha 2 supposed to be?
    Maybe can be 2 years long?
    I've seen somewhere that the game will not be complete when Alpha 2 starts so adding the rest of the content can take quite some time too.
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  • WHIT3ROS3 wrote: »
    Unless Intrepid is keeping literal mountains of content and information close to their chest, I don't think we have seen anywhere near enough content and systems to warrant an Alpha 2 date at the beginning of next year. Do people seriously think this would be a good idea given how much (how little) we have actually seen regarding the game?

    According to Kickstarter, it was supposed to be ready in December 2018.
    What have they done all these years?
    September 12. 2022: Being naked can also be used to bring a skilled artisan to different freeholds... Don't summon family!
  • SongRuneSongRune Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited October 2022
    Strevi wrote: »
    According to Kickstarter, it was supposed to be ready in December 2018.
    What have they done all these years?

    Learning that building an MMORPG is a massive time investment, and that it's very hard to hire for critical roles like Senior Economy Designer, Senior Quest Designer, and Senior Systems Designer, all of which are still open.

    (And COVID, but obviously that's after 2018.)
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  • SongRune wrote: »
    Strevi wrote: »
    According to Kickstarter, it was supposed to be ready in December 2018.
    What have they done all these years?

    Learning that building an MMORPG is a massive time investment, and that it's very hard to hire for critical roles like Senior Economy Designer, Senior Quest Designer, and Senior Systems Designer, all of which are still open.

    (And COVID, but obviously that's after 2018.)
    :disappointed:
    Probably the most skilled developers want to go to AAA companies. And those mmos fail too.
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  • CROW3CROW3 Member, Alpha Two
    Strevi wrote: »
    According to Kickstarter, it was supposed to be ready in December 2018.

    What have they done all these years?

    Crafting a good game.

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  • TheDarkSorcererTheDarkSorcerer Member, Alpha Two
    edited October 2022
    A2 will def will be around Q2 of 2023.
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  • Strevi wrote: »
    How long is the Alpha 2 supposed to be?
    Maybe can be 2 years long?
    I've seen somewhere that the game will not be complete when Alpha 2 starts so adding the rest of the content can take quite some time too.

    Alpha 2 is a persistent alpha that will be run for a period, before being transformed into the PTR when the game officially launches. Stephen has stated that Alpha 2 will start without all content present, and will receive frequent updates until it is, before moving into the Beta phase.

    Honestly, I think 2+ years is too long for a period of testing. Stephen has stated that the Alpha will be persistent and the game will be fully "complete" before the launch of Beta's, which are only there to Iron out kinks and fix bugs.

    I don't think it is particularly helpful to "hope" for an earlier date, but I also don't think it would be wise to carry on in development much longer than this.

  • DepravedDepraved Member, Alpha Two
    predictions:
    alpha 2 will launch between april - june 2023
    they said all classes will be available for alpha 2 and if i remember correctly, the bard and either the rogue or the warrior were going to be in alpha 1, so probably those classes are pretty close to be ready and they are just tweaking them.
    i think they will reveal one class every 2 months with other types of updates in between. plus, they said in the last stream that they will show more about the sub class and augment system in a few more streams, so probably before 2023 is over. we are missing the bard, the rogue and the summoner ( i think they showed the warrior in the last melee update?).

    they are probably going to do a magic combat update and show the summoner (or the bard, hopefully not more of the mage hahaha) at the end of november, then the augment system in december, then another class in january, and the last one in march then alpha
  • AlmostDeadAlmostDead Member, Alpha Two
    At this point I'd settle for a date on nodes 3.
  • LinikerLiniker Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited October 2022
    CROW3 wrote: »
    Crafting a good game.

    tbh, you can't say that....yet :D only after it's done we can say if it's good or bad

    as of now.. there is no game
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  • DeadlyDaveDeadlyDave Member, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    It be cool if they could open up a bit of Vera for the Alpha 2 investors.
    Character creation & a bit of running round until level 20.
    I tell you what i know about Dwarf's.
    Very little
  • IronhopeIronhope Member
    edited October 2022
    My guess, looking at the development they've made so far and the stuff they still have to do:

    Probably late 2023.

    Beta mid-late 2024.

    Release late 2024 or early 2025.

    Alpha 2 needs to look very good for an alpha.

    This game is very hyped and it is going to be advertising as much as it's going to be important for testing.

    Large numbers of people will base their opinion on what they will see in streams/videos in regards to Alpha 2.

    Even as an Alpha 2 it will need to have interesting stuff, look nice and everything.

    If they were going to release it purely for testing purposes, sure, early 2023 would be my guess too.

    But that would be just unwise and I haven't seen Intrepid be unwise much so far.
  • DeadlyDaveDeadlyDave Member, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    By 2025 the GeForce 4090 will have the same benchmarks as a potato. End up being a 300 Gigabyte DL.
    I tell you what i know about Dwarf's.
    Very little
  • novercalisnovercalis Member, Founder, Kickstarter, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    FweeWifry wrote: »
    what year can we expect the alpha 2? early next year? late next year? any predictions at least?

    not in your lifetime... just give up

    this is AOC - the game is in the forums.. already been release.
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  • SengardenSengarden Member, Alpha Two
    I've been trying to estimate how many monthly updates away we are based on the content goals for A2. I think we still need one update for each of the following:

    1-4: The last four zones that haven't been shown yet on the Western continent that A2 is taking place on. Someone please correct me if Steven has already said some of the circled regions won't be in A2:

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    5-6: Processing and Crafting Classes

    7: Naval Content

    8: Updated Caravans

    9: Final Node Update, stages four and five, potentially stage six.

    10: Mount Abilities / Combat (Might be included in the Processing Class Update)

    11-12: Updated Sword and Board Combat and Spellcasting Combat

    13-14: Updated Node Sieges + Ruins and Guild Castles + Sieges

    15: Updated Freeholds

    Some of these things might end up being skipped over or doubled up on as we get closer to A2. Little things would likely be tucked in as extras along the way - the rest of the player-races featured in-game as well as more NPC races, more mount types, the land conservation system, surveying, etc.

    Judging by all this A2-confirmed content yet to be shown off to us, I'd say we're unlikely to see A2 drop until the very end of 2023. The studio is still hiring more senior developers in many areas, so if they pick up more employees between now and A2, that could speed up development time as well.

    That being said, I'm still hopeful that Steven and the team are sitting on a growing supply of update videos that they've just been hiding from us and are secretly planning some big announcement for next summer. Fingers crossed!
  • Nova_terraNova_terra Member, Alpha Two
    edited November 2022
    I am not sure why it would be expected that Steven and the team has to show everything prior to A2? I mean sure there are definitely things they will touch on but they have 1.5 hours a month to drop info so I doubt we will see everything prior to A2.
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