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Posted by: Kasteros.9847

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Oke so according to official info the time of beta is set up for NA players. Why? In CEST it is 20:30 – 22:30, 00:30-2:30, 4:30-6:30. Emmm…Since it is Tue a lot of ppl have jobs etc. so how are they supposed to sit whole night to play beta? For example me, I have to get up at 6. am so I go sleep at 21-22. Cos of it I won’t be able to play beta much and all hours spend to farm portal are wasted now.
Seriously Anet stop trolling EU players. Or make this beta for NA only and set up next for EU only. Cos why do we( EU players) have to be bullied by ur policy towards NA players and time frames?
I understand that it is due to time of work of ur office that is in NA, but for real, can’t u consider both regions when releasing something that is set up for both regions up?

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

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20:30-22:30 CEST is fully playable from EU, even if you do have a 9-5 job.

The betas are not for our enjoyment but rather for the benefit of ArenaNet. They will do the tests when they can gain the most form them, which is when they are actually in the office.

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Posted by: Kasteros.9847

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20:30-22:30 CEST is fully playable from EU, even if you do have a 9-5 job.

The betas are not for our enjoyment but rather for the benefit of ArenaNet. They will do the tests when they can gain the most form them, which is when they are actually in the office.

Still it is only 2h to test a lot of content, while NA players will have…whole 6? Yeah And here is why I feel so kittened off by Anet. That 1. They didn’t say the day earlier( thought it will be weekend) and hours. 2. That they basically skipped EU players by giving hours that support NA playerbase mostly. Yes as u wrote 20-22 is still nice, but rest is out of question. While for NA everything is during day time so no need to sleep and ppl aren’t tired by playing beta during sleep hours.

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

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Except for the fact that the NA players will be at work or school during quite a bit of the tests you mean? I suppose they can just skip work and/or school then? What is stopping EU people form doing the same? Just skip work one day and stay up all night, problem solved

Anyone that thought that it would be a weekend do only have themselves to blame. Did you really think that they would order people into the office during the weekend just so that you could beta test for them?

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Posted by: Kasteros.9847

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Except for the fact that the NA players will be at work or school during quite a bit of the tests you mean? I suppose they can just skip work and/or school then? What is stopping EU people form doing the same? Just skip work one day and stay up all night, problem solved

Anyone that thought that it would be a weekend do only have themselves to blame. Did you really think that they would order people into the office during the weekend just so that you could beta test for them?

Well what is a problem to set up beta for 1 day and auto report system to let them check out that after weekend? It is pretty easy with current in game report system. Just put major topics like : Bug with character skills, bug with mobs etc. Every reports in 1 day so the office will have time after that to test. Everyone will happy tho, cos of 1 day test like they did with stronghold. I also understand that it is stress test( 2h periods lead to this) , but if so they should put it every 2h for 2h, like it is now, but again, for whole day.

Basically anet made it easy just to shut up ppl asking for betas and don’t tryhard with doing anything to make them happy. Also since I work for gaming industry I know perfectly that betas are better if they last longer – more stuff to test. Cos during this beta I bet that ppl will mostly test out specializations and revenant without really exploring – cos of 2h period and finding bugs. I also took part in a lot of betas for hundreds of games and I can say 1 thing, ppl play betas to play the game, not test it, just play and enjoy it without really caring for bugs – for example I can give us DI: Epidemic, beta had 5k ppl during 1. wave, u know how many reported bugs and posted at forum? Maybe 20, rest was just playing the game. Same will be here. So 2h periods during such funny hours won’t lead to anything important addictionaly if they want to make stress test – not many players will play this. But hey, maybe it is the point? To not lag servers like they did in March or during previous beta?

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

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But reporting is only one thing. The main purpose of this beta (which is talked about as a stability beta for the outpost system) is to gather live data and tweak stuff to see if it can work out better. That is not something you can do two days later, that is something you need to do while the test is going on.

ArenaNet need to have people in the office for the full duration of the test, otherwise the test will be rather futile.

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Posted by: Katiekaboom.1980

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This is very upsetting to all those in North America because of the HUGE Hype of the portals dropping and everyone spending so much time in Silverwastes and dry top and then to be told “Sorry you have a job .. you won’t be able to enjoy the beta testing after all!”. This is just UNACCEPTABLE! #HOT #GW2

For my timezone you see the time conversion to took the time to do below:

11:30 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) is 7:30 a.m. EDT
3:30 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) is 11:30 a.m. EDT
7:30 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) is 3:30 p.m. EDT

Will Anet consider times set up for NA as well? What alternative is there for us GW2 players in NS servers where we did get our portals and email invitations to partake in this beta test?

Is HOT up to your expectations or geared toward one type of player?
HOT is NOT for the Casual (My Sentiments exactly)

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Posted by: Biohunter.3029

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This is very upsetting to all those in North America because of the HUGE Hype of the portals dropping and everyone spending so much time in Silverwastes and dry top and then to be told “Sorry you have a job .. you won’t be able to enjoy the beta testing after all!”. This is just UNACCEPTABLE! #HOT #GW2

For my timezone you see the time conversion to took the time to do below:

11:30 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) is 7:30 a.m. EDT
3:30 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) is 11:30 a.m. EDT
7:30 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) is 3:30 p.m. EDT

Will Anet consider times set up for NA as well? What alternative is there for us GW2 players in NS servers where we did get our portals and email invitations to partake in this beta test?

The time conversions are wrong, we are 3 hours ahead of Pacific, the Times for Eastern are
2:30
6:30
10:30

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Posted by: Sligh.2789

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This is very upsetting to all those in North America because of the HUGE Hype of the portals dropping and everyone spending so much time in Silverwastes and dry top and then to be told “Sorry you have a job .. you won’t be able to enjoy the beta testing after all!”. This is just UNACCEPTABLE! #HOT #GW2

For my timezone you see the time conversion to took the time to do below:

11:30 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) is 7:30 a.m. EDT
3:30 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) is 11:30 a.m. EDT
7:30 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) is 3:30 p.m. EDT

Will Anet consider times set up for NA as well? What alternative is there for us GW2 players in NS servers where we did get our portals and email invitations to partake in this beta test?

The time conversions are wrong, we are 3 hours ahead of Pacific, the Times for Eastern are
2:30
6:30
10:30

I, as someone with halfs-heimers, still cant believe that most people on these forums let their emotions cloud basic thought processes. It is funny to see, yet at the same time I draw the correlation to my own teenage spawn that exhibit the same lack of introspection into their own interactions with others in the real world. It seems the self centered Ipod lifestyle that causes people to walk into fountain pools as they are entranced in the digital world has now caused further erosion of their own interactions in the digital world.
sorry for the off topic.
I will be able to get the last two sessions after work, so I see no problem. Anet sets the rules, if the times were not to be for me, so it should have been.

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Posted by: GaryC.4897

GaryC.4897

i remember the open betas for everyone who prepaid for GW2 and they were a whole weekend event with some stress test during days or random times if you spammed the launch key

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Posted by: Donari.5237

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I am puzzled as to why people who live in the US somehow think the east coast is hours behind the west rather than the other way around. Maybe the fact that I grew up on both coasts and have family in Pacific time while I’m Eastern helps … but haven’t you paid attention to presidential elections where the west coast complains about newscasters calling the election based on east coast results after the east coast polls close but the west coast has hours left to vote? Haven’t you noticed that live broadcasts from the west coast are sunlit when the east coast has had the sun down for hours? Haven’t you seen that the livestreams that begin at noon Pacific start later in the day for you?

Sunrise is in the east because the planet rotates in that direction, so the more east you are, the sooner you see the sun.

If you live east of ANet’s studios, you add time to your clock to figure out your relative hour.

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Posted by: Katiekaboom.1980

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Donari, I am East Coast. I wasn’t saying anyone else is. I was only speaking for myself not everyone else that has ever played on NA server… Also what are you going on about “elections on different coasts”. I am not even in the USA and I used a time conversion so the times I am talking about are my time zone which means 11:30am testing is 7:30am for me and the latest will be at 3:30pm for me.

So anyway, ya Anet can do what they want but I feel they SHOULD HAVE told people that the times would be only a selected group of time zones and during the week as I know so many who have played their kitten off hoping for a portal drop. They try so hard to get a lot of people signed up but then a few whole time zones won’t be able to play if they have school (which this isn’t exactly March break or summer vacation) or at work. Of course this is upsetting. Poor foresight on Anet’s part.

I think Anet should have thought about the times everyone would be on .. the whole world plays GW2 .. not just a select few time zones want to do the Beta testing..

Is HOT up to your expectations or geared toward one type of player?
HOT is NOT for the Casual (My Sentiments exactly)

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

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I think Anet should have thought about the times everyone would be on .. the whole world plays GW2 .. this does not mean only the EU wants to do the Beta testing..

So basically: "ArenaNet should have demanded that their employees spend their weekends and/or nights at the office in order to get a beta test on a time where everyone could play?

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Posted by: Donari.5237

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Donari, I am East Coast. I wasn’t saying anyone else is. I was only speaking for myself not everyone else that has ever played on NA server… Also what are you going on about “elections on different coasts”. I am not even in the USA and I used a time conversion so the times I am talking about are my time zone which means 11:30am testing is 7:30am for me and the latest will be at 3:30pm for me.

As others have pointed out, if you are on Eastern time, 11:30 am Pacific is 2:30 pm your time. Or are you on the east coast of Hawaii or something? You are not four hours earlier than Pacific, you are three hours later.

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Posted by: Menadena.7482

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Did you really think that they would order people into the office during the weekend just so that you could beta test for them?

Umm, yes? (although the question was not to me)

Beta testers are essentially volunteer workers. You also want GOOD testers, not people there to get a content preview. To do that you need to make it as attractive to those good testers as possible.

You will get more people there for the content than to find bugs but that allows for a good load test at the same time. What you NEED though are those few good testers that will diligently look for bugs the entire time.

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Posted by: BrotherBelial.3094

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Oke so according to official info the time of beta is set up for NA players. Why? In CEST it is 20:30 – 22:30, 00:30-2:30, 4:30-6:30. Emmm…Since it is Tue a lot of ppl have jobs etc. so how are they supposed to sit whole night to play beta? For example me, I have to get up at 6. am so I go sleep at 21-22. Cos of it I won’t be able to play beta much and all hours spend to farm portal are wasted now.
Seriously Anet stop trolling EU players. Or make this beta for NA only and set up next for EU only. Cos why do we( EU players) have to be bullied by ur policy towards NA players and time frames?
I understand that it is due to time of work of ur office that is in NA, but for real, can’t u consider both regions when releasing something that is set up for both regions up?

ANet are mostly based in the USA, in Seattle, in Washington state. So they are on the west cost. The might need to work on things in-between the tests. And to do that, they need to be in the office. If I remember right they do have offices in the United Kingdom too, Bronmouth if I remember correctly. But seeing as the only jobs I ever see advertised for ANet are in the.Seattle area, I’m guessing the UK office probably just work on keeping the EU servers up.

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Posted by: BrotherBelial.3094

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I think Anet should have thought about the times everyone would be on .. the whole world plays GW2 .. this does not mean only the EU wants to do the Beta testing..

So basically: "ArenaNet should have demanded that their employees spend their weekends and/or nights at the office in order to get a beta test on a time where everyone could play?

Or better still, said what time the tests where first. The portal drop event did nothing that kitten people off. First the people.who spent days trying and never got one, then the people who got one and can’t use it. So people can’t be kittened that they basically wasted there time getting one? I know I would. I only went to SW and DT to try and get one. I’d much rather be playing other parts of the game. And after a few hours trying, I just went and did what I wanted to do. The only time I’ll be going back to DT and SW is if the story makes me(leveling alts or.part of HoT takes place there.)

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Posted by: Katiekaboom.1980

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Okay I rechecked my times with a different time converter this time thanks to Donari.5237 and Biohunter.3029 for pointing it out. This time I used http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html and got my times correct. It won’t be during work for me.

Thank you for correcting me.

NA Eastern Time Zone the times are:

2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. EDT
10:30 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT

Anet reads their twitters so I have apologized to them on there but wonder why such a short time period for testing. Is this another stress test or just to give us a taste to keep us wanting more? Either way I wish everyone could see what is coming out but the testing is only 2 hr intervals which from the last time (if it is like last time) you basically follow story with a lot of cut scenes and don’t really get much of a chance to play around with what your character does. I guess you could fool around and ignore what the story is pointing you to do, but I thought I would offer this as any consolation to any who will be at work during those time frames.

I am sorry I got upset (even though I converted the time wrong for my time zone). Just “u have to be on at such and such a time or else miss out” kind of gets people cranky even though that is how it is done here.

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HOT is NOT for the Casual (My Sentiments exactly)

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Posted by: Corpus Christi.2057

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Given the fact that the VAST majority of GW2 playerbase resides in the EU, I do not see why these times are so NA-centric. Still, I’ll play during one of the time slots for sure.

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Posted by: CobaltSixty.1542

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You know the reason why it is in 2 hours blocks right? So they can take down the servers and make tweaks for the next 2 hour block. Otherwise you would just run the test for a constant block of hours.

Pretty hard to change things when no-one is in the office.

That is why the test is during during office hours.

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Given the fact that the VAST majority of GW2 playerbase resides in the EU…

Just out of curiosity, what’s your source for this?

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

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Given the fact that the VAST majority of GW2 playerbase resides in the EU, I do not see why these times are so NA-centric. Still, I’ll play during one of the time slots for sure.

Given the fact that the WHOLE ArenaNet resides in the US I do not see why people are suprised that the times are NA-centric.

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Posted by: Valandil Dragonhart.2371

Valandil Dragonhart.2371

You won’t get a fair shake with time zones, no matter where you live. If by chance you get an allocated beta time that’s agreeable to your schedule, think yourself very lucky.

As for the East Coast of Australia, it’s something like this:

  • 4:30am – 6:30am
  • 8:30am – 10:30am
  • 12:30pm – 2:30pm

Now keeping on the topic of people that actually work (and yes, it falls on a work day), if you live where I do then you’re basically screwed. Perhaps you can afford 5 or 10 minutes before you have to hurry yourself out of the house, but that’s all you’re gonna get. Since the vast majority of people can’t play GW2 while at work, then that lucky purple drop you got counts for nothing. Sell it for 25s to the merch and never speak of it again, because it’ll just make you bitter and twisted about how badly done by you were.

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Posted by: Solori.6025

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Given the fact that the VAST majority of GW2 playerbase resides in the EU, I do not see why these times are so NA-centric. Still, I’ll play during one of the time slots for sure.

Do you actually have a source for this?
Cause if not im calling bullkitten.

Also
ArenaNet is a NA company, you would think this was a clue for some people


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Posted by: Solori.6025

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Did you really think that they would order people into the office during the weekend just so that you could beta test for them?

Umm, yes? (although the question was not to me)

So out of curiousity.
Do you go to a store as it’s closing and start shopping and make people wait until you leave to finish closing up?

Beta testers are essentially volunteer workers. You also want GOOD testers, not people there to get a content preview. To do that you need to make it as attractive to those good testers as possible.

Good testers they hire as QA.
We are stress testing the server stability.
Would help if people read the blog.

You will get more people there for the content than to find bugs but that allows for a good load test at the same time. What you NEED though are those few good testers that will diligently look for bugs the entire time.

I pretty sure that with the turnout of the first stress test, they will have more than enough people to stress test this portion again.

The world does not revolve around peoples idea of fair.
This is purely for the benefit of A-net and we get to preview a small portion of the content, while trying to break stuff that have missed (if they have missed anything, and from the first test a lot of game mechanics were solid)

If you want to play that badly, cancel your Tuesday.


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Posted by: Weirwynn.2390

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Still it is only 2h to test a lot of content

If you think there’s going to be “a lot of content” in the beta, you’re probably going to be very disappointed. It’s a 2-6 hour beta, expect an hour or so of content.

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Posted by: Corpus Christi.2057

Corpus Christi.2057

Given the fact that the VAST majority of GW2 playerbase resides in the EU…

Just out of curiosity, what’s your source for this?

Why don’t you look back at the numbers of GW2 copies sold originally (at the premiere) and in following, quarterly financial statements which show EU’s being higher by approx. 30% than that of the US?
Reddit it. That’s it.
No point of discussing it.

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Posted by: Corpus Christi.2057

Corpus Christi.2057

Given the fact that the VAST majority of GW2 playerbase resides in the EU, I do not see why these times are so NA-centric. Still, I’ll play during one of the time slots for sure.

Given the fact that the WHOLE ArenaNet resides in the US I do not see why people are suprised that the times are NA-centric.

Your logic is flawed. Since the idea of ‘beta-testing’ is for people to check the current progress of the upcoming title, again, the fact that ‘the whole of ANet resides in the US’ is unimportant.
Please, come back with a more logical and serious answer.

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Posted by: cocowoushi.7150

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Anet isn’t going to cater to you; they are going to work with what is best for their schedule. No amount of qq will change that and they have no reason to change it. It’s closed beta. More restrict than open beta. Why are you surprised?

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Posted by: Akikaze.1307

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As for the East Coast of Australia, it’s something like this:

  • 4:30am – 6:30am
  • 8:30am – 10:30am
  • 12:30pm – 2:30pm

^That.

It’s hilarious that people are complaining about time zones when EU and NA/SA actually got the fairer share of allocated time. If you’re in Australia (or Asia in general) and want to participate in the beta, it’s either no sleep or collide with work hours.

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Posted by: Thagyr.4136

Thagyr.4136

As for the East Coast of Australia, it’s something like this:

  • 4:30am – 6:30am
  • 8:30am – 10:30am
  • 12:30pm – 2:30pm

^That.

It’s hilarious that people are complaining about time zones when EU and NA/SA actually got the fairer share of allocated time. If you’re in Australia (or Asia in general) and want to participate in the beta, it’s either no sleep or collide with work hours.

Eh, more of the usual for us down here. We have massive companies claiming World Wide releases or participation and even then Australia is rarely on the list sometimes.

I kind of understand where they are coming from though. They want to be there to observe and potentially fix major issues, and as such must conform to their work hours. This is a test more than anything. 2 hour blocks sounds like they are testing the stability a bit with enough breaks in between to potentially resolve them.

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Posted by: Rin.1046

Rin.1046

It seems logical to me that the devs need to run the beta when there are people on hand to keep an eye on things and fix them if needed. Besides, the EU times actually work out better for me than the NA times would. I work in the day, so if we had the same EU times as NA, I would only be able to play the last 2 hours. As it currently stands I may be able to play the first 4.

That’s just the way it is with limited time betas. It’s not always fair but what else can they do? Until they can get to a stage where they can have longer, ongoing betas, this is something you will have to work with.

Is it really that much of a hardship? It’s only beta after all and only a small part of it at that. Chances are most players will only play 2 hours of it, even those living in NA. It’s not like you will never get to experience this content again is it? There might be some small tweats to things, but I imagine most of what we will experience will essentially be the same on launch, unless something drastic happens, and even then it’s not like some kind of one time event that will affect/reshape the live world as we know it.

It’s really not a big deal.

Simplicity is complex.

Good feedback is key to getting the developers to listen to you.

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Posted by: Pecar.1236

Pecar.1236

why cannot make beta time in Friday/Saturday so dont have problem with this but make it in Tuesday?

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Posted by: EdgarMTanaka.7291

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Wow so many greedy children :P

To those who got a portal but can’t participate in the Beta test…You now have a choise, rescedule what you have to do that you will miss the beta test or don’t and miss the beta test.

For me on the other hand, I would have managed to participate on this event to the fullest but… I didn’t get a darned Portal! I don’t have a choice, I will miss the beta test. But I didn’t farm like an idiot for it but I atleast spent an hour a day at silverwastes. But I am not compaining becouse what I did in SW, I did enjoy it and I do not regret going there trying to get a drop.

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Posted by: Inculpatus cedo.9234

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I’m not sure placing 4 of the 6 hours during usual work hours in NA is catering to the NA playerbase.

Unless the OP is implying no one in NA works or attends school? I suppose one could make a case that the Beta times favor EU, as the only obligations at those times are sleep; no school or work, usually.

Hmm.

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Posted by: Valandil Dragonhart.2371

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why cannot make beta time in Friday/Saturday so dont have problem with this but make it in Tuesday?

It’s a fair point. Anet people wanna get the beta going with the max number of players possibly as to stress test the servers, then having it during inaccessible hours during a working week — it isn’t really on the cards. Even Anet employees would work the odd weekend (or at least a Friday/Saturday) to maximise the effectiveness of the effort they’re putting forward by getting this beta rolling in the first place. Else why do it at all?

To me this seems like half a job. Yes there will be some nutters that live for MMO’s and don’t have lives, but look at all the legitimate working people that play the game and can’t play the beta thanks to ridiculous hours. Fair to say this isn’t a one-country gripe either, it’s a multi-national affair.

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Posted by: MarkoNS.3261

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Well its obvious Anet cares about muricans more.

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Posted by: Diovid.9506

Diovid.9506

Well its obvious Anet cares about muricans more.

It is? Since when? As far as I know the majority of GW’s western fanbase is European and not American. At least that was the case with GW1. Besides, Anet has always had a large presence at Gamescom in Germany. I think it was at gamescom that GW2 was first shown in fact.

Seriously, it is obvious that Anet has chosen the times based on their working hours, nothing more and nothing less.

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Posted by: Rin.1046

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Well its obvious Anet cares about unemployed/not in school muricans more.

Corrected that for you.

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Posted by: Serophous.9085

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Except for the fact that the NA players will be at work or school during quite a bit of the tests you mean? I suppose they can just skip work and/or school then? What is stopping EU people form doing the same? Just skip work one day and stay up all night, problem solved

Anyone that thought that it would be a weekend do only have themselves to blame. Did you really think that they would order people into the office during the weekend just so that you could beta test for them?

No no no. Anet and employees should be staying up to or waking up extra early to help these players beta test. GOSH!

Seriously people, they picked their time zone because its where THEY work. Someone in the world is going to miss out.

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Posted by: MattyP.6954

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[While reading this comment, pretend that sad violin music is playing]

I’m so sorry that ArenaNet didn’t decide to schedule their beta tests around your schedule, and I’m really, really sorry that their US-Based developers and QA Experts didn’t want to work early mornings to prepare for and execute their beta tests. They should know, in the future, that they need to plan all of their announcements, beta tests, and content releases around your personal schedule.

[You can stop pretending to listen to sad music now.]

The sense of entitlement on these forums is astounding. A beta test is not a reward for players and it is not content for the game. Access to a beta test is not a fairness issue. Beta tests are a way to test the servers and content associated with an upcoming release. Anet doesn’t owe you access, and they don’t have to schedule it around your life. All Anet owes you is a rigorously tested, relatively bug-free expansion at launch.

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Posted by: Quiznos.4296

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Okay I rechecked my times with a different time converter this time thanks to Donari.5237 and Biohunter.3029 for pointing it out. This time I used http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html and got my times correct. It won’t be during work for me.

Thank you for correcting me.

NA Eastern Time Zone the times are:

2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. EDT
10:30 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT

Anet reads their twitters so I have apologized to them on there but wonder why such a short time period for testing. Is this another stress test or just to give us a taste to keep us wanting more? Either way I wish everyone could see what is coming out but the testing is only 2 hr intervals which from the last time (if it is like last time) you basically follow story with a lot of cut scenes and don’t really get much of a chance to play around with what your character does. I guess you could fool around and ignore what the story is pointing you to do, but I thought I would offer this as any consolation to any who will be at work during those time frames.

I am sorry I got upset (even though I converted the time wrong for my time zone). Just “u have to be on at such and such a time or else miss out” kind of gets people cranky even though that is how it is done here.

Close, but no cigar, last one is 12:30 AM (or 00:30)

When should A net Schedule the betas?
For a true test, at peak server times, and if needed limit the # of would be beta-ers by # of invites sent. If that means screwing some people, oh well.
Then there’s the Portal idea… was “neat” but otherwise a terrible decision. If you’re forcing player to work for beta access, you should return the favor and force employees to work to provide beta access.

Although, as the times are currently spread across 8 hrs… they should in theory be able to satisfy all but 2 time zones. The one that sleeps for all of those 8 hrs. And on the other side of the world that works for all of those 8 hrs.

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Posted by: Crise.9401

Crise.9401

Beta times are set up for ArenaNet, they just happen to be in the US so obviously it favors the US players.

Events like this will always be scheduled when they have people in office, so unless there is separate times for different regions assume that the times will always be skewed in their favor.