Guess how much per Beta!
Not sure about maps. Don’t think anet will want to spoil the entire expansion. I would even go as far as saying they’ll keep this quite under wraps and let us see only zone 1 and 2 maybe.
As far as revenant goes, no reason not to put in the full class. Ideally after the trait system revamp to properly allow people to test it out a bit.
It will be there post HoT launch and there will be dozen of instant level 80 revenants running around. Better not have to many game breaking bugs.
As far as balance goes, I’m not to concerned. Honestly I just really expecting quite a few things to get rebalanced. Players always find ways to break, exploit, use stuff to their advantage that no developer can ever expect. Ideally anet views this with a bit of humor along the lines of:“Dear god, what did the players do now again?!” or “Man, THAT was not planed.” O_O
I highly doubt we get access to any more of the map than we got this beta, during the beta before the launch of gw2 you could only play untill lvl 20 (or maybe it was 15 not sure, one of the 2).
And well likely we wont get anymore class/spec content before the actual new trait system is out, as it just works so different it would be a waste of time to put it into the old trait system. Also wouldn’t be surprised it they keep elite specs from us till maybe the very last 1 or 2 betas, again beta of core gw2 you weren’t allowed to play as sylvari or asura, before the last 2 betas (might even only be the last one, again quite long ago :P)
Preorder please?
/15charrs
Not until someone discover the secret of the Mist it self. :p
-access to other races in character creation
how will this help ANET gathers data?
Beta is used for Anet test the game, not for players to preview them.
-access to other races in character creation
how will this help ANET gathers data?
Beta is used for Anet test the game, not for players to preview them.
Because they have to test out the other races to make certain the other races work as well and nothing buggy happens due to players playing a certain race like…
-voice issues
- Revenant Animation issues with different races.
- Dialogue in NPC text box being bugged saying you “this race” when you’re not that race at all.
-Animations issues and bugs on certain Races for 1st Specialization Beta testing.
Basically just character testing for bug in the characters and things related to the player character.
Last thing Anet and players want is a Charr or a Asura that has the Human Voice dialogues and a good amount of animations not working for their 1st Specialization or Revenant when HoT is out.
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a lot of that stuff relates to alpha testers tho..
We’re not really here to test that sort of thing. We’re here to test the servers/events/gameplay.
Can mods please stop locking threads that are constructive.
Just delete posts that are derailments.
Just delete posts that are derailments.
Like Crystallize said, that’s what alpha testers or QA will do.
Beta test will only be testing aspect of the game that requires large number of players.
WvW, DE, Server, Etc.
And I guess any crazy small bug at the edge of the maps.
Like Crystallize said, that’s what alpha testers or QA will do.
Beta test will only be testing aspect of the game that requires large number of players.
WvW, DE, Server, Etc.
And I guess any crazy small bug at the edge of the maps.
Then those things I mentioned are still being tested since we don’t know if these issues will be working properly at a larger scale.
Alpha is often much smaller in population compared to Beta so the stuff covering characters are still being tested in Beta by how they function in a larger quantity and player base and how well the Map can handle the different races being played at once within a map that are using the new 1st Specializations or Revenant profession.
Majority of the issues covered that I mentioned would be fixed after Alpha but some parts in each section can often be overlooked or missed in Alpha due to a smaller amount of testers which is where Beta allows the smaller issues missed to be found due to having a Larger Players base.
Voice issues, Revenant Animation issues with different races, Dialogue in NPC text box being bugged saying you “this race” when you’re not that race at all, Animations issues and bugs on certain Races for 1st Specialization Beta testing are not always one hundred percent fixed after Alpha ends since these parts can be affected by a larger population of players as well.
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