Age of Conan

Open beta for 13 lvls....  What is the purpose of this beta ?  

I played WoW up to lvl 50 in open beta.  I bought the game right away cause I couldn't wait to make my charcter and go through it again. 

So AOC with 80 lvls doesn't yet have content to allow open beta testers to play up to more than lvl 13 ?  Does the game even have player made cities yet ?  Or siege warfare?  Or even working mounts ?  

Seriously - first lift of NDA and ppl can play 13 lvls... 

One word of advise.  Stay away.  Stay far away until we actually get any real reporst on whats going on.  It can't be good if devs consider open beta to be 13 lvls of gameplay.

the whole things reeks of the Shadowlands expansion for AO.

They hadn't FINISHED the last three zones of the world, yet. They intentionally broke the quests to give access to those areas, while scrambling to finish them up, claiming that the quests were "bugged", or that the items required were rare drops.

It took them over a year to actually finish it.

It's really just a stress test.

I'm not a fanboi or anything but hell! Because a company doesn't let you have free peak at all of their game doesn't mean that it's not ready.

GIve them a chance to succeed or fail. I don't think that we will see another Vanguard release. Or an AO release. But we all know that ALL releases have their bumps. There has never been a perfect one. The closest I can think of was with LOTRO. And they still hit roadbumps.

ya dont worry ill stay away from this game

till i get a trial or a key

Actually, there is a partial NDA lift. Starting at 3 PM EST tomorrow, beta testers in the pvp weekend are allowed to discuss their experiences (but with the caveat they can't discuss any experiences prior to that time).

This means you'll get public info about how smooth the game runs in the pvp environments, basic class info for level 20 characters, etc. The floodgates will open and people will talk about everything they can. It's basically 48 hours worth of gameplay the beta testers will be able to discuss, which is enough.

Unfortunately, the NDA is still up for closed beta and tech beta testers, but they may discuss pvp weekend if they are engaged in that as well.

Again, they aren't allowed to talk about anything until 3 PM EST tomorrow and they cannot talk about anything that happened prior to then. Here's a link http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26348553

I also hear that once you hit level 13 you have to completly stop playing the game as once you hit a level cap the game ends.

Also they have changed the enviornment so that all around Hybornia the sky will actually be falling.

/sarcasm

Why put yourself out there just to try and hurt the game?  If what you say is true people will realize it, and if it is wrong you are just making a fool out of yourself.  The NDA will be lifted, and data will come out.  Your type of mentality is what's wrong with the World today.

Were all of your other troll posts in other games not enough to satisfy your anger towards whatever you are pissed at?  Was your completely baseless thread accusing AoC of being the biggest flop ever not enough?

Please spare us in the future.  I hope you can find your happy place.

... Proof is the word you were looking for. 

Originally posted by -Pawn-

When will people get it. Beta is not a Demo or a FREE TRIAL.  Beta suppose to help them out before launch on Technical Stuff.  Not let the customer base try the game for free.  Also this way they are giving you guys a bite of the cookie and not the whole cookie. Then this will make you buy it.

So paying for a chance to do so is fucked up.

Originally posted by Wharg0ul

 

Originally posted by -Pawn-

When will people get it. Beta is not a Demo or a FREE TRIAL.  Beta suppose to help them out before launch on Technical Stuff.  Not let the customer base try the game for free.  Also this way they are giving you guys a bite of the cookie and not the whole cookie. Then this will make you buy it.

yep. Open Beta is supposed to be testers volunteering to help the company stress test the game, and find last minute bugs. The testers are helping the game company in question. They NEED the testers to get the job done.

 

So paying for a chance to do so is fucked up.

All it takes is 2-5,000 players to fill up a server.  Believe me they have been stress testing, and they will be this weekend.  They aren't asking you to pay to help them.  They are asking Fileplanet to host an Open Beta to allow you to play if you want, and they are not paying for it out of their own pockets.  Thus Fileplanet is collecting the money for it.