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#341 soarra

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:09 PM

View PostPANZERBUNNY, on 12 December 2012 - 01:13 PM, said:

Ya, well it's Beta. Apparently nothing matters in Beta because it's Beta, so nothing should be reportable. Devs aren't accountable to anything they do, so why should players?

umm wow your a smart one. What do you think your job is when you get a beta invite? a free couple months of a game or to actually test stuff?
its players like you that caused pgi to go to OB to get more testers.

#342 soarra

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:17 PM

Heres a good beta guide. basic
The Good:
1. DO report bugs with vast amounts of information, screenshots and timestamps.
2. DO test as many features as possible in as many ways as possible.
3. DO consult with other tester's for answer's to potential problems you maybe experiencing in-game before making an angry post in the forums.
4.DO suggest as many changes with as many justifications for your creative suggestion's.
5.DO support creative new approaches to in-game abilities,play styles and progression types.

The Bad:
1. DO NOT play the beta like a shareware demo - It's a beta,
2. DO NOT come to the forums to complain at dev's and players alike because "the servers are down AGAIN!"
3. DO NOT play the beta for 1 day, then proceed to come and make final judgement's on "how utterly terribad this game is" because your experience was not what you expected.

Edited by soarra, 12 December 2012 - 02:18 PM.


#343 DegeneratePervert

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:33 PM

This is beta... it is beta for as long as the developers are calling it beta. Did anyone else here play the APB: Reloaded beta? It was beta for a long, long time.

#344 Tennex

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:40 PM

We knowi its a Beta. But even as a beta it doesn't meet expectations. Other Beta games and direct competition to this one like Hawken and Planeside 2 have gotten nominated for game of the year 2012 while this game hasnt.

#345 Inviticus

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:42 PM

I think the game has real potential and I also think that gamers in general have become increasingly more impatient with products myself included. As a database and .Net developer myself, I can kind of understand the pressure and challenges the Devs face. It's not an easy job especially with a project as complex as a video game ;)

#346 Leroy Jenkens

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:44 PM

View PostApoc1138, on 11 December 2012 - 09:17 AM, said:

but they are giving food away for free... you are CHOOSING to pay for the coffee, but you could just have a glass of water
No, They are giving the water away for free but if you dink enough you can get some coffee. It's the food that costs

#347 Phalanx100bc

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:45 PM

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#348 Lin Shai

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:55 PM

View PostDegeneratePervert, on 12 December 2012 - 02:33 PM, said:

This is beta... it is beta for as long as the developers are calling it beta. Did anyone else here play the APB: Reloaded beta? It was beta for a long, long time.


Ignoring you're parroting the same nonsense where a developer gets to redefine a technical term on a whim to suit a bad business model, lets talk about APB since you brought it up, shall we?

http://en.wikipedia....Points_Bulletin

It's a terrible game that failed once, got bought, relaunched as F2P and now has a steller 56%/5.8 rating on metacritic.

And that is what you want to hold up as an example of why/how PGI is going something good here?

#349 soarra

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 03:05 PM

lol keep quoting wikipedia for truth.

#350 anonymous175

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 03:11 PM

Oh they know.

They just like to make new threads.

And then we wait until someone makes a reply containing "apples and oranges".

But nothing ever comes out of it.

No meaningful discussion.

No fruit giveaways.

Just.

MWO Forums.



#351 Lin Shai

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 03:42 PM

View Postsoarra, on 12 December 2012 - 03:05 PM, said:

lol keep quoting wikipedia for truth.


Please point out the errors in the article about APB. Be sure to include citations.

Oh wait, you can't? Because, in fact, it's actually correct?

See, that's the funny thing about facts. They have this strange property where they get in the in the way of people making straw man or just plain ignorant arguments/statements. What then happens is the person, having no actual retort, attempts to divert or simply resorts to ad hominem as you have so perfectly demonstrated several times.

Edited by Lin Shai, 12 December 2012 - 03:42 PM.


#352 soarra

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 03:51 PM

I hope you realize wikipedia is user generated info.. I can edit it right now saying you run around in bunny slippers and people like you would quote it for truth since its on there

#353 Greyfyl

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 03:53 PM

People will keep on insisting this is beta regardless of how many 'purchased' in game items are made available. If they are taking money on a regular basis it is released to anyone with a shred of common sense.

Edited by Greyfyl, 12 December 2012 - 03:53 PM.


#354 SpiralRazor

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 04:02 PM

View PostParticle Man, on 12 December 2012 - 09:28 AM, said:

it's simple, it's beta because they say it is. Any other arguments are trumped by that fact.

cars and restaurants arent good comparisons because they dont say it. It doesnt matter if you are able to buy things in the beta state, it's still beta. You can consider it anything you want, but you are wrong. Your opinion doesnt matter. It says beta, performs like a beta, has changes like a beta, and says it all over the place.



There definition of the phrase is incorrect. They can call it anything they like, but they are wrong. Your opinion doesnt matter. There opinion doesnt matter.

View PostParticle Man, on 12 December 2012 - 09:28 AM, said:

it's simple, it's beta because they say it is. Any other arguments are trumped by that fact.

cars and restaurants arent good comparisons because they dont say it. It doesnt matter if you are able to buy things in the beta state, it's still beta. You can consider it anything you want, but you are wrong. Your opinion doesnt matter. It says beta, performs like a beta, has changes like a beta, and says it all over the place.




You went full ****** man.. Never go full ****** ...

Edited by SpiralRazor, 12 December 2012 - 04:02 PM.


#355 SpiralRazor

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 04:14 PM

View Postsoarra, on 12 December 2012 - 11:27 AM, said:

I think it shoudl have stayed CB also, but the problem is most people who get into CB think its just there for them to play and not actually test and put bug reports in.
Lots of people log in every patch to see whats new and log out again for the next one.
So going OB brought a lot of new blood into the test.
Im sure we all saw the forum posts about KDR during CB,come on its beta and going to be reset so who cares. But those players were not really helping find bugs or test things anyway.
I remember Beta testing games alpha/cb where you had to put full reports in weekly about bugs showing time, how it occurred and you could cause the bug to happen everytime.



And how would you know bro? The CBT testers put TONS of bug reports in... And you know what? Some of the CBT stuff still isnt fixed.

Soarra, stop trolling. bad player is bad.

View Postsoarra, on 12 December 2012 - 02:09 PM, said:

umm wow your a smart one. What do you think your job is when you get a beta invite? a free couple months of a game or to actually test stuff?
its players like you that caused pgi to go to OB to get more testers.



Trolling.. love to have you banned.

#356 soarra

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 04:15 PM

View PostSpiralRazor, on 12 December 2012 - 04:14 PM, said:



And how would you know bro? The CBT testers put TONS of bug reports in... And you know what? Some of the CBT stuff still isnt fixed.

Soarra, stop trolling. bad player is bad.




Trolling.. love to have you banned.

lol how is that trolling.. you whos been calling people ******* the last few posts..

#357 SpiralRazor

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 04:17 PM

Then ill take my ban along with yours.

Youre basically insulting the entirety of the CBT testers by saying that somehow *we* were at fault in any way.


They gave us a game on! Environment to test on, so we did. Dont you think we asked for a test drop feature?


**** about things you know nothing about.

Edited by SpiralRazor, 12 December 2012 - 04:19 PM.


#358 Mordale

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 04:20 PM

Can we all just be Happy that we are play MechWarrior!!!!!!!! I mean like,...Really!!!!!!

#359 soarra

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 04:27 PM

View PostSpiralRazor, on 12 December 2012 - 04:17 PM, said:

Then ill take my ban along with yours.

Youre basically insulting the entirety of the CBT testers by saying that somehow *we* were at fault in any way.


They gave us a game on! Environment to test on, so we did. Dont you think we asked for a test drop feature?


**** about things you know nothing about.

i was there also in Cb. But i never said everyone, that guy said he didnt care because they dont. SO whats the point of having him in beta?
Beta is about bug testing and making the game better for when its Officially released. I have alpha/closed and open betad more games than a lot of people have played and this is the worse community ive seen in a long time.
I think all of us here want this game to succeed but threads like Nerf This , this game sucks, and the rest of this drivel on this forum isn't helping.
We have a chance to have a great mechwarrior game that people have been waiting 10 years for and all this community does is Bit** and moan instead of trying to make the game better.(constructively)

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 04:37 PM

If this was still truly beta they wouldn't have declared that no further wipes would be in place. To be honest.





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