How long will the beta be?

[Salad Snake]

And will people who simply signed up on the website have a shot of making it into beta before it closes?

Also, sorry if this has been made before but my search-fu was not strong enough to find a similar thread...

[haticK]

Probably close to the release. Eventually it will go into open beta.

[Salad Snake]

Ah I see, thanks for the prompt reply.

[Oh Good Gwief]

Until the game is released.

[Midgard]

Months.

[adddemon]

my wild and unfounded speculation is, since its going open beta in October, and considering the beta delay of several months.... probably late January, since they will try and push the holiday season, miss, and reach a January release instead, which is actually pretty common for games.

[Fatgun]

Originally Posted by adddemon

my wild and unfounded speculation is, since its going open beta in October, and considering the beta delay of several months.... probably late January, since they will try and push the holiday season, miss, and reach a January release instead, which is actually pretty common for games.

Except this is a free to play game and normal marketing tactics don't apply. I'm estimating a late November or early December release.

[Maarvy]

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[Littleman]

Since beta is looking more to be about balance testing (it's why they want MASSIVE numbers of people in ASAP) and less so about bug hunting and PC compatibility - something they've arguably got pretty well handled with the tech test - I think we can count on a release this year.

Not that open beta on an F2P basically amounts to release anyway...

[Salad Snake]

Originally Posted by Littleman

Not that open beta on an F2P basically amounts to release anyway...

Hmm, in most way yes, but wouldn't they scrub people's accounts right before the "real" release? I would suppose they'd exclude anything bought with cash money or alternatively refund the amount so they can re-buy it.

[Baneblade]

Beta will be as short as possible. There is no money in Beta.

[RawketLawnchair]

Originally Posted by Maarvy

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That is a pretty accurate guess, but I'd say it would be more like

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as opposed to
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if the dashes were weeks.

[Sephirex]

Originally Posted by RawketLawnchair

That is a pretty accurate guess, but I'd say it would be more like

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as opposed to
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if the dashes were weeks.

Pretty close.

I'm thinking its about this long,

[opticalshadow]

smedley stated during the AmA that beta will last as long as it needs to.

[Hamma]

I hope it lasts till it's done and 100% ready for prime time. To many companies make the mistake of rushing it, hopefully they live up to their word and take their time on beta.