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Alpha 1 may become purchasable IF a Criteria is meant during testing
DrEpoch
Member, Phoenix Initiative
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To be fair there is no mention of kickstarter exclusive invites for access to alpha/beta.
Although there was a general concensus you was actually purchasing the package primarily for alpha/beta access rather than the rest of the accoutrements (which were bonus material).
That is after all the basis of the arguments about companises selling alpha/beta access for unfinished games.
Besides, Fushi made the point about needing extra players, because the users would get bored with alpha. I would just politely remind him the purchasing of alpha and beta testing is for alpha and beta testing. Not playing a fully completed game with early access. If you bought the game on a false pretense, and intrepid sold the game on the basis of a false pretense, no one has anyone to blame but themselves.
Hell it might even have prevented those people who bought alpha/beta access and then criticised the game for being no where near finished. I rest my case.
I think opening up for more people to purchase A1 is fine, given that it's needed to provide better feedback for the testing. The more people we get in there, the more bugs we are able to find. I am a BoW backer and I honestly don't care much about more people getting access if it helps improve the final product.
I do however, understand the frustration coming from those that purchased the Intrepid Pack under the pretense that it would never be made available again. I can imagine some people making an impulse purchase because they thought they would never get the chance to test A1 otherwise, that's gotta suck.
But to be honest, none of us A1 backers - Intrepid Pack or Kickstarter backers - are going to lose anything from more people joining in. Sure, it'll feel less exclusive but Imo testing phases are not made for players to feel a sense of exclusivity and are moreso there to actually test the game and give feedback.
Us beavers are going to be helping out anyways. Always room for more testers!
Being in alpha is NOT the same as playing the game.
As for alpha 1 access opening up personally I am all for it if it helps get AOC as a finished product just one day sooner bring it on.
To me, this isn't an issue at all.
I don't recall them saying that access will never be available again when they stopped selling packs with it either. In fact, if I remember, they gave the specific reason as to why they are stopping the sale of the packs, and so it only makes sense that if those reasons cease to hold true, the sale of additional packs - if people are willing to buy them - is perfectly fine.
I honestly can't see how anyone could complain about this.
Someone you otter know.
"UWU" is clearly on your signature in a preceding fashion stating you are associated with them.
1. They give the option to those who already bought A2 packs and later the option to upgrade.
2. They Charge at least the same amount, or an amount that equates to only A1 access, that A1 has cost with previous packs.
3. A1 access is given in tiers or the like. The people who have been waiting 3+ years for access would prob be upset (myself included) if random Joe who found the game the other day can buy the same access as I got with a Kickstarter reward. (This already shouldn't be a problem, cause they've said that IF things go well in A1 they might sell more packs, so this is assuming all the people who already have Kickstarter access would be in).
Of course its all up to Steven an the crew regardless, and more people in testing, as well as more money for the company doesn't hurt anything.
And we remember the furore the summer sale caused. The reasons for that furore have not changed. Whether its a good idea or not is neither here nor there. Its a question of how trustworthy intrepid are. Which is getting more and more difficult, when stuff like this happens.
Sure Intrepid can do what they like. But their business is 100% based on public trust.
• Without a pack = 1 entry.
• With a Wayfarer pack = 2 entries.
• With a Expeditionary pack = 3 entries.
• People who've Kickstarted = 4 entries.
• Founder and above or Voyager and above = A portrait of Steven for home decor.
I actually think this sounds like a really great idea. Either something like these raffles or a competition limited to those without an alpha key would be awesome
Like others said, I got Braver for the lifetime sub. The Alpha access doesn’t matter as much.
Given they never made statements of exclusivity, I don’t see how trust comes into the equation.
You personally may not like that an non-exclusive portion of a pre-order pack (which contained multiple exclusive items) may be made available again, but that doesn’t reflect anything on Intrepid.
They’ve been remarkably open about their process and decision making. They pulled A1 sales because they didn’t want to overload their servers with too many people which would make proper testing impossible, not because it was ever supposed to be exclusive, as seen by the presence of A1 access in the KS and the Summer funding and in Intrepid Packs.
There are items they have laid out from the get-go as exclusives. The monthly cosmetics, the KS backer titles, the lifetime sub, etc. So far they’ve yet to go back on exclusivity comments.