The A2 Revealed

Honestly, it's not even a full month from when I was expecting it. I was predicting september 30th, since that's technically within the release window but at the very tip top edge of it. "Sometime in October" is, what, a maximum of 4 weeks more? Given how long we've been waiting that's hardly a problem.

'Ready when it's ready' indeed. It's how it should be, and I'm totally willing to accept short delays.

Xeph

Halae wrote: »

'Ready when it's ready' indeed. It's how it should be, and I'm totally willing to accept short delays.

I'm okay with it as well. Those are just memes for the joke. I don't really mind that much.

ReLamas

Mfcrackers69

Is anyone really surprised. They are notorious for missing dates. Let's hope it's only till October. Till then damn game still DOES NOT EXIST

patrick68794

Mfcrackers wrote: »

Is anyone really surprised. They are notorious for missing dates. Let's hope it's only till October. Till then damn game still DOES NOT EXIST

Welcome to software development. Missing dates and release windows happens damn near every day.

Aszkalon

I can't help but to wonder and ask myself now ... ... ...

... ... ... WHAT would be the exact Date of the Alpha Two - if it wouldn't have been delayed ?

Still August ?
Or sometime in September ?

Mfcrackers69

I am not mad... I am disappointed. That's all
....They have to do what they got to do .. But this is the 1 thing I am really looking forward to . On the plus side . Death is not anticipated anytime soon... See how I use the term Soon...I am mean. Some things are learned

RocketFarmer

Think they’ve already started it, just not for everyone. Just not in the persistent sense right now. Suppose we’ll learn more in two weeks. The Alpha 2 road map is more interesting to me.

Is Christmas in October this year? They are already advertising pumpkin spice at the start of August. So maybe we get Alpha 2 at Christmas.

Aszkalon

Mfcrackers wrote: »

I am not mad ... ... ... I'm just disappointed.

Can Someone Please give us at least the Reason ? " Why " is it delayed ?

Is it Bugs ?
Is it the Engine itself ?

Is there a Problem with creating the Biomes ?
Is there a Problem with the Node System ? The Classes ? The different Weathers or four different Seasons ?

Questions over Questions.

And Yes - i edited your Comment a little bit in this Quote to better fit the legendary Meme.

And the other Question is also still legit and remains.

If it wouldn't have been delayed ... ... ... ... ... WHAT* , Please - was the exactly planned Date for the Start of Alpha Two ? I can not imagine that i am the only One who is curious about that.

Some Answer like : " Never. Because in the End it got pushed back into Quarter Four. " doesn't count.

Laetitian

Aszkalon wrote:

Can Someone Please give us at least the Reason ? " Why " is it delayed ?

If it wouldn't have been delayed ... ... ... ... ... WHAT* , Please - was the exactly planned Date for the Start of Alpha Two ? I can not imagine that i am the only One who is curious about that.

Probably just missing class features, biomes, quests,
unfinished systems like sieges and the UIs for it.

The thing you have to remember is that the Alpha is work. Specifically work for the studio. They can't just start the servers and let the gamers have at it. That would create a ton of redundant feedback they'd have to sift through unnecessarily because systems get overriden because they weren't ready for the Alpha test. And it would unnecesarily burn out Alpha testers before the real testing conditions are in effect.

Not to mention they need to prepare their testing conditions, measurement tools, feedback analysis tools and infrastructure, and project scheduling.

They don't have any incentive to start Alpha 2 early; no one would benefit from it besides impatient players who are signed up to the Alpha for fun instead of productive reasons.

Starting Alpha when they're ready = more development time spent on real development progress.

Faimith

Aszkalon wrote: »

Mfcrackers wrote: »

I am not mad ... ... ... I'm just disappointed.

Can Someone Please give us at least the Reason ? " Why " is it delayed ?
Is it Bugs ?
Is it the Engine itself ?
Is there a Problem with creating the Biomes ?
Is there a Problem with the Node System ? The Classes ? The different Weathers or four different Seasons ?
Questions over Questions.
And Yes - i edited your Comment a little bit in this Quote to better fit the legendary Meme.
And the other Question is also still legit and remains.
If it wouldn't have been delayed ... ... ... ... ... WHAT* , Please - was the exactly planned Date for the Start of Alpha Two ? I can not imagine that i am the only One who is curious about that.
Some Answer like : " Never. Because in the End it got pushed back into Quarter Four. " doesn't count.

Exactly the reason why I'm disappointed by Intrepid. Why not just tell us the reasons for the delay? It won't hurt us.

Also, I think Intrepid could have just posted in the forums or on social channels that Alpha 2 will not hit Q3 because of said reasons. But going from one stream telling us that they are on track for Q3 to another saying they will miss Q3 without giving reasons is just not the right way. They always communicated well with the community, but I feel it has gotten worse over time.

Maybe I just inhaled too much copium, who knows. Just wishing for the truth; we can handle it.

RocketFarmer

Likely delayed because they didn’t hit one of their internal milestones on time and wanted it in Alpha 2. That might be a feature we weren’t even aware of. I think they know they need to hit a home run at the start of Alpha 2. I also think the Road Map is their way to be more open on the milestones going forward. We’ll learn more on 8/16.

I know some were hoping A2 would hit the start of Q3. I joked 9/30 was still Q3. So if it’s October, which could be anywhere from 10/1 to 10/31, we are not looking at a very long time. Plus a lot of folks would prefer A2 opens when it’s right and ready rather than having to grind through glitchy stuff for months, although this too is part of the deal for an alpha. Seems Steven wants an Alpha 2 that is somewhat playable and fun.

Spif

Faimith wrote: »

Exactly the reason why I'm disappointed by Intrepid. Why not just tell us the reasons for the delay? It won't hurt us.

No, but it might hurt them. There's only so much detail that they should give out, because some people will attack any reason.

The delay could be because of the new lighting. It could be because streamers want more time to chew on WoW/T&L before moving to Ashes. It could be because they want to finish a 2nd/3rd design pass on all classes that will be in A2

It might be none of those 3, but 5 other reasons.

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