What we know about Beta.

Hamma · 2012-02-16, 09:54 PM

I've created this thread that contains everything we know about beta. Please resist the urge to create new threads on this topic

PlanetSide 1 Players, Fan Faire 2011 attendees and PC Gamer Keys will have first access to beta once it begins.

Via Twitter

PS1 players, Fan Faire 2011 attendees and PC Gamer keys will have first access to beta once it begins.

Via Twitter

No restrictions there. if you are/were a PlanetSide player you get a beta invite, be sure your station acct email is accurate

Via PSU Forums

Originally Posted by RadarX

I wanted to drop in and clarify Beta access for former PlanetSide 1 players. As stated players will receive priority access. This means they will receive access early in the Beta process. This does not mean every former PlanetSide 1 player will get in before anyone else. All we can do is ensure those folks will get in before most others.

Please do not create additional threads on this topic. If folks have questions I will see if I can raise attention to this thread to get some answers.

DayOne · 2012-02-16, 09:58 PM

First or priority?

First = everyone who was a PS1 player, all fan faire 2011 attendees and PC gamer keys before anyone else.

Priority = Likely a randomised lot draw but PS1 players, all fan faire 2011 attendees and PC gamer keys have a much higher chance to be picked.

Most probably priority.

SKYeXile · 2012-02-16, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by DayOne

First or priority?

First = everyone who was a PS1 player, all fan faire 2011 attendees and PC gamer keys before anyone else.

Priority = Likely a randomised lot draw but PS1 players, all fan faire 2011 attendees and PC gamer keys have a much higher chance to be picked.

Most probably priority.

given that there are around 100k PS1 accounts, give or take, there are ATLEAST 25k subs(based off facebook likes) for beta and most of PS2's community is PS1 vets, i cant see everybody getting in.

lets say 20k of those signups are PS1 vets, thats a crazy amount for early beta focus testing. 20-30k accounts is the sort of numbers you expect on a high pop server that holds around 5k people at primetime.

I would expect planetsides servers to hold more than the average MMO server, but until beta is someway long i cant see the majority of PS1 vets in the beta, i would however like to be proven wrong.

Graywolves · 2012-02-16, 10:11 PM

I want to know more.

Sirisian · 2012-02-16, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

there are ATLEAST 25k subs

"were". 25K might even be an overestimate for the 2004 population when it was in its prime.

CidHighwind · 2012-02-16, 10:24 PM

Please clarify 'player' in RadarX's quote in regards to priority. ---"As stated players will receive priority access"

No really.. does that mean current player? as is currently subbed? or does that mean player encompassing all players, both those currently subbed, and those who were players in the past.

I know it's a nitpick, and I don't really care and am unconcerned overall, but I feel that a few people are really getting hung up on the idea that

current players > former players > everyone else

or if it's just

players > everyone else.

Oh and thank you Hamma - this needed to happen.

Stentura · 2012-04-09, 08:28 PM

Agreed, I think it should be players in general.

SKYeXile · 2012-02-16, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by Sirisian

"were". 25K might even be an overestimate for the 2004 population when it was in its prime.

i doubt there would be anywhere near 1000 current PS1 subs, but given that PS2 as over 25k likes on facebook, i would imagine that most of those people would have signed up for beta + countless others. I cant see everybody getting in.

Shanesan · 2012-02-16, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

given that there are around 100k PS1 accounts, give or take, there are ATLEAST 25k subs(based off facebook likes) for beta and most of PS2's community is PS1 vets, i cant see everybody getting in.

lets say 20k of those signups are PS1 vets, thats a crazy amount for early beta focus testing. 20-30k accounts is the sort of numbers you expect on a high pop server that holds around 5k people at primetime.

I would expect planetsides servers to hold more than the average MMO server, but until beta is someway long i cant see the majority of PS1 vets in the beta, i would however like to be proven wrong.

There are 100-200k PS1 vets give or take that have ever paid to play, I would reckon. Now, remember that these people still had to take initiative and say that they were interested in PS2 on the PS2 homepage. Now you're down to probably 20,000 people, maybe even less.

A lot of vets had email on their Juno accounts or AOL accounts, don't even remember their SoE username or password and can't recover it.

The majority of people who "like" PS2 on facebook most likely didn't actually pay for PS1, so they don't count. You're a lot more likely to get in beta than you think - apart from PC Gamer fucking this whole thought experiment up.

Mightymouser · 2012-02-16, 10:05 PM

Hamma, your twitter citations both go to the same status, which is the second quote...

feel free to delete this after you fix

edit: here's the first one's cite: https://twitter.com/#!/mhigby/status/169877856934047745