Is there a specific date for Alpha 2 testing to start?
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The anticipation is driving me insane lol
I impulse bought some more gold.But for real, any one got any ideas other than "sometime in November"?
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@Bhan said in Is there a specific date for Alpha 2 testing to start?:
The anticipation is driving me insane lol
I impulse bought some more gold.But for real, any one got any ideas other than "sometime in November"?
no one knows yet , even the gms dont know the exact date, when stuff is ready in November timeish
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they'll send an email, tweet, post kickstarter update, forum post. when theyre ready you'll know.
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fair enough.
thanks for the replies
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What I want to know is... will the alpha package still be available in november, after it starts.
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@Mercnet said in Is there a specific date for Alpha 2 testing to start?:
What I want to know is... will the alpha package still be available in november, after it starts.
i assume as long as testing is considered 'alpha' it'll be there. but we dont really know. i assume when beta starts any pack with alpha will be removed or changed.
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@Jetah That's a reasonable assumption.
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I would be very surprised if it was still available when we move to beta. The alpha 1 access in shop was taken down almost as soon as alpha 1 test 2 was over. Or it was before even then, i dont remember.
No point in being able to buy access to something no1 will ever get to access ever again.
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Jacopo just called me and he said, that the next testing phase is starting tomorrow.
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@Tuoni said in Is there a specific date for Alpha 2 testing to start?:
Jacopo just called me and he said, that the next testing phase is starting tomorrow.
Don't you do this to me
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soon tm.......
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Q4 has still 2 months left.
If I were them I would do it before the Christmas holidays, so they can spend those too with their families.
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@Bhan said in Is there a specific date for Alpha 2 testing to start?:
But for real, any one got any ideas other than "sometime in November"?
Right now the only thing that we can say is that it will be in mid-November. As soon as we know something we will publish an announcement in the forum!
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@Znirf posted:
Right now the only thing that we can say is that it will be in mid-November. As soon as we know something we will publish an announcement in the forum!
Thanks for the ballpark anyway - I wanna remind the Italian dev team ( @Prometheus et al) that in the US, the Thanksgiving holiday this year will be November 28th - so that whole weekend will see a big %age of US customers traveling & spending time w/family.
It's not a holiday for most of the world, but for the US it's a major weekend off; whether or not people go eat at gramma's, they often plan parties or trips that would make long gaming sessions problematic. There's also a growing Black Friday Shopping Frenzy on the day after Thanksgiving - people camp out overnight to get 'hot deals' at major retailers. It's ridiculous but it's a thing.
Scheduling any testing to conflict w those 'traditional' American activities will skew your results/demographics. Just a heads-up FYI cuz I don't expect European folks to know about our tribal habits
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@PeachMcD Hmmm... Maybe DS should take part for the Black Friday and strike with huge advertising and with real discounts...
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@Tuoni said in Is there a specific date for Alpha 2 testing to start?:
@PeachMcD Hmmm... Maybe DS should take part for the Black Friday and strike with huge advertising and with real discounts...
I was thinking .... a small discount on Black
FridaySabbath Cape.....=> me thankful!
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I'm glad that DS won't mention concrete dates till they are very confident to make them. Game development tends to come with surprise and delays that annoys people when a company misses a 'fixed' date.
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@Logain said in Is there a specific date for Alpha 2 testing to start?:
I'm glad that DS won't mention concrete dates till they are very confident to make them. Game development tends to come with surprise and delays that annoys people when a company misses a 'fixed' date.
yeah, praise for the date announcement then lots of pitchforks when it's a 'day late'.
