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[Blackfire1]

I'm kinda thinking of path of exile for this one.

1440 minutes in a day. Give out 1 key every 20 minutes. That's 72 keys a day. 360 keys every week.
1440 keys a month. It would give a slow, constant progression towards maxing out a beta cap. And since open beta starts next month with operation inception. You would still have enough control to invite more players before then.

1486582 member registered. Minus the ~2500 invited already 1484082 total members.
Daily each member with have a .00485148395% chance of getting in daily.


Edit: woops. This probably needs to be moved.

Edited by Blackfire1, 11 June 2012 - 06:41 PM.

[Xantars]

NOOOOO WAY DUDE

[Hawkeye 72]

Do you realize the insanity that would ensue if a key was released every 20 minutes?

Site traffic would quadruple and people would go crazy checking their computers every 20 minutes.

They already had to amend the site for F5 zombies...such a feature would spawn a whole new outbreak!

And we simply can't have that

[Blackfire1]

Works for path of exile. And they don't even have 1/4th the resources PGI does.

[GrimFist]

They are not bored like you ...

Some of them have day jobs. Devs get back to work and get my game done.

[Hawkeye 72]

Blackfire1, on 11 June 2012 - 06:49 PM, said:

Works for path of exile. And they don't even have 1/4th the resources PGI does.

Alexa Traffic Rank for Path of Exile: 12,281,910
Alexa Traffic Rank for Mechwarrior Online: 43,586

Big difference in popularity here

[Sierra19]

Also, the RELEASE is apparently next month, not open beta. People who buy a founder's package get "Early access to the game along with Founder's assets availability starts July 17th."

Edited by Sierra19, 11 June 2012 - 06:58 PM.

[Alekzandr Sukhanov]

Are you trying to make us all insomniacs?

NEG!!!

[Aegis Kleais]

Sierra19, on 11 June 2012 - 06:57 PM, said:

Also, the RELEASE is apparently next month, not open beta. People who buy a founder's package get "Early access to the game along with Founder's assets availability starts July 17th."

I'm not sure about that. The way I read it, Founders will gain access to the Closed Beta (not publicly accessible yet). We just don't know for how long.

[Sierra19]

I read in another thread that there will be no more wipes after July 17, hence why the founder's pack stuff kicks in. There may be some final patching/tweaks, but no normal beta wipes. So although it may still be "beta", it may as well be release, as the game should be in a reasonably playable/stable state by then. I just wish they'd come out with some system specs already.

[IIIuminaughty]

If He had a key he wouldn't have made this post ^^
Some one didn't get accepted yeeeet ^^

[FactorlanP]

Seems to me that they are releasing Beta keys faster then the rate that the OP is asking for now....

[Russ Bullock]

Yes we have already released 6000 as of tonight I believe so we have a much faster pace than that.

[Freyar]

Russ Bullock, on 11 June 2012 - 07:14 PM, said:

Yes we have already released 6000 as of tonight I believe so we have a much faster pace than that.

72 Keys Per Day
504 Keys Per Week

[IIIuminaughty]

Russ Bullock, on 11 June 2012 - 07:14 PM, said:

Yes we have already released 6000 as of tonight I believe so we have a much faster pace than that.

That's not good enough Coach!
This is a Team game Coach!
We need more Keys for the Team Coach!!

[Deux]

RUSS i seen Paul kicking the servers again...i tell on him good....is there a reward...maybe a beta key LOL

[KBone]

all this math hurts my deep brain thinking...

[Russ Bullock]

Freyar, on 11 June 2012 - 07:17 PM, said:

72 Keys Per Day
504 Keys Per Week

no it is 6000 since we started releasing them on May 25th

[Lt muffins]

Russ Bullock, on 11 June 2012 - 07:14 PM, said:

Yes we have already released 6000 as of tonight I believe so we have a much faster pace than that.

Just out of curiosity, how well are the game servers holding up to the increased traffic.

[Freyar]

Russ Bullock, on 11 June 2012 - 07:27 PM, said:

no it is 6000 since we started releasing them on May 25th

The numbers I quoted was the rate the OP suggested.