Lemonz Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Just wondering when were going into beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perk8504 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 alpha/beta terms don't really apply this early access is a kind of hybrid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonz Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 If i'm not mistaken were in pre-alpha witch is for adding content then beta is going to be for fixing all the bugs and polishing the game up for release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panteni87 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 45 minutes ago, Lemonz said: If i'm not mistaken were in pre-alpha witch is for adding content then beta is going to be for fixing all the bugs and polishing the game up for release? Yes, i've been hearing this for months every time somebody complaints about anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrin Aybara Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 51 minutes ago, perk8504 said: alpha/beta terms don't really apply this early access is a kind of hybrid This. A typical "Alpha" test phase is completely closed. Selected people participate in testing out a specific function for a select period of time, report the issues with this specific function and then go on their way. Once all these functions are hacked out, Beta starts which is mass testing of a group of functions. Many more people are selected to try out multiple functions to see how they work together. Bugs are reported, bugs are fixed, and the test is run again. With an early access title like this, both of these are happening at the same time. New functions are being added after minimal local tests, and the broad population is testing it along with all other current functions at the same time. So there really is no direct "Alpha" and "Beta" phase for a game like this. That being said, the Dev's stated that they planned on finishing up adding features and start polishing current content in a couple months or so. I doubt they will hit their June release date so I would say the polishing will start around June, with a release late summer/early fall. (maybe closer to Christmas for the Holiday revenue boom) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymas Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 There's a lot of content to add still, so I wouldn't hold your breath. We've only got something like half of the planned animal species, we're missing an entire building/equipment tier, only 1 of the bosses is in, etc. So it's going to be quite some time before we can expect to see any major fixes, rebalancing, etc. They're still doing that stuff as they go of course, but the primary goal right now is getting content in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perk8504 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 theoretically, they could have a lot more ready to be deployed if I was them (which obviously I'm not) the rate of released content would increase exponentially as I approached a release date, with the intent of the release to have a whole lot of content that not everyone had already "mastered" to help build motivation for others to buy it rather than having all the content in the game (publicly) for a long period prior to release and blowing all motivation before release even happened I could very easily see release day coming with its own substantial patch of new content there's no telling what they're holding back right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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