Feel a little betrayed by tech test

Radant-J · 2012-07-21, 08:50 PM

dont give a fuck anymore
let the thread die

TheDAWinz · 2012-07-21, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Radant-J

Of all the anecdotes and stories posted here about who got into the tech test, now that it is basically over, it seems the vast majority [if not 100%] of the tech-testers weren't PS1 vets, but rather the lowest priority beta invitees.

I know that the real Beta invites are just around the corner and in the grand scope of things it shouldn't irk me so much, and yet it does. The whole point of the tech test isn't to reward certain players, or even to build hype for the game [hence the NDA], but rather to test out different hardware to see if the game will be compatible. Couldn't SOE have limited the test invites to Station Accounts with PS1 experience first and foremost? After which, if there weren't enough people testing the game, to THEN send invites to those with no PS history?

I know for a fact that many PS1 players have identical hardware to those who were invited, so it really isn't a matter of not having the right specs. I've seen the following argument posed on this forum:

"SOE should invite 'scrubs' and 'newbies' with highest priority because, unlike a PS1 Vet, they will make mistakes that will smooth out the experience for most new players." [Looking for Quests, Teamkilling, PVE mindset]

But I submit the following:

These things should be obvious. Restraints for TKers are a no-brainer, an easy-to-use interface and tutorial is already provided. This game is a first person shooter, not a traditional RPG. Any effort to make Planetside 2 easier for new players is a task well within the abilities of the talented developers.

PS1 players are not only veterans to the original game, but to First Person Shooters as a genre. All of you reading this thread know the basics of how to shoot and pilot vehicles, to say the very least. The TRUE value of testing with PS1 players is that they will be testing the minutiae of the game.

Who is more likely to discover a small and random bug, a new player who can't figure out which targets are enemies or friendlies, or a veteran player who will try to exploit the games flaws?

Stop QQ'ing, they don't know who people are when they look at specs.

Greenthy · 2012-07-21, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by TheDAWinz

Planetside 2 Community event "Uncut" (No game-play) - YouTube

Stop QQ'ing, they don't know who people are when they look at specs.

Read the post before u act all high and mighty please

I agree with the vid as well as the post.
Neither are excluding the other though:
Vets that play for 9years can get mad in that manner about ppl that play(ed) for 2 years.

It is however strange that SOE couldn't find the correct specs in the pool of priority users. Obviously no attempt was made.
Now I'm not QQing, just merely stating it is weird (as is the OP)

TheDAWinz · 2012-07-21, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by Greenthy

Read the post before u act all high and mighty please

I agree with the vid as well as the post.
Neither are excluding the other though:
Vets that play for 9years can get mad in that manner about ppl that play(ed) for 2 years.

It is however strange that SOE couldn't find the correct specs in the pool of priority users. Obviously no attempt was made.
Now I'm not QQing, just merely stating it is weird (as is the OP)

What? This makes zero sense in relation the post i made.

Greenthy · 2012-07-21, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by TheDAWinz

What? This makes zero sense in relation the post i made.

So now you'll have to read both his and your post to see the connection

(Trolling ?

)

TheDAWinz · 2012-07-21, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by Greenthy

So now you'll have to read both his and your post to see the connection

(Trolling ?

)

Yes, im trolling because the Devs were adressing all of the "Vets" who didn't get in and would start QQing.

Originally Posted by Radant-J

Also:
I don't care if a player has played Planetside for one year, or for nine. If you post on these forums, you've already displayed an interest in the series more than the average person with a Beta code. You deserve to be in that test more than they do, not out of entitlement, but out of your experience to playtest.

Uhh hate to break it to you, but not even 5% of the population that will play Planetside 2 posts on these forums, hell, out of the 20 friends i know who i showed planetside 2 to and have beta keys want to get their hands on the game so badly. They show great interest, but they don't post on these forums. This is a fansite, not official.

OnexBigxHebrew · 2012-07-22, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by Greenthy

Read the post before u act all high and mighty please

I agree with the vid as well as the post.
Neither are excluding the other though:
Vets that play for 9years can get mad in that manner about ppl that play(ed) for 2 years.

It is however strange that SOE couldn't find the correct specs in the pool of priority users. Obviously no attempt was made.
Now I'm not QQing, just merely stating it is weird (as is the OP)

You're right. No attempt was made.

BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WERENT GOING TO MAKE ONE THE WHOLE TIME. TECH TEST WAS NOT ABOUT VETS, IT WAS ABOUT HARDWARE. They were as up-front and honest about this as anyone can be.

Besides, I would be very embarassed to be a grown man crying about being 'betrayed' by a corperation. They made you a video game about a decade ago. That doesn't make you a shareholder. Things change, people gotta work, grow up.

Jesus, 'vet this', 'vet that', what a bunch of entitled little brats. Its amazing how some vets can be so patient and self-aware while others seem to have made their PS1 status their lifes great purpose. You didn't build the pyramids, it wasn't work. You played a GAME. The difference is that when other moved on, you didn't.

Sorry to tell you, but when the gates open, it doesn't mean shit. The only thing that will make anyone elite are the zebra stipes they paid for.

Thank you to all the vets who are grown up and understand how stupid it is to make yet another retarded thread dramatizing the tech test as if the OP grew up with Higby and Smedley.

Rivenshield · 2012-07-22, 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by OnexBigxHebrew

Jesus, 'vet this', 'vet that', what a bunch of entitled little brats.

Noob.

/flees

OnexBigxHebrew · 2012-07-22, 01:15 AM

Originally Posted by Rivenshield

Noob.

/flees

If it means not being naive and not posting stupid threads that make me sound like an 11 year old girl, I'm cool with being new.

Greenthy · 2012-07-22, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by OnexBigxHebrew

You're right. No attempt was made.

BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WERENT GOING TO MAKE ONE THE WHOLE TIME. TECH TEST WAS NOT ABOUT VETS, IT WAS ABOUT HARDWARE. They were as up-front and honest about this as anyone can be.

Besides, I would be very embarassed to be a grown man crying about being 'betrayed' by a corperation. They made you a video game about a decade ago. That doesn't make you a shareholder. Things change, people gotta work, grow up.

Jesus, 'vet this', 'vet that', what a bunch of entitled little brats. Its amazing how some vets can be so patient and self-aware while others seem to have made their PS1 status their lifes great purpose. You didn't build the pyramids, it wasn't work. You played a GAME. The difference is that when other moved on, you didn't.

Sorry to tell you, but when the gates open, it doesn't mean shit. The only thing that will make anyone elite are the zebra stipes they paid for.

Thank you to all the vets who are grown up and understand how stupid it is to make yet another retarded thread dramatizing the tech test as if the OP grew up with Higby and Smedley.

Easy on the capslock, we don't all want to end up with eyecancer

Now calm down and re-read what I posted.

I'm not buthurt that I'm not in as a vet yet. Although I like any other person wishes he was in

I'm just merely agreeing with the OP's point that they could've gotten the required specs from the priority pool.
Non-priority people that got in will probably also carry over to beta (weird if they didn't) meaning their promise of priority is somewhat naught.

The thing about the internet is that you can give as much weight to a text as you want. You can read it in an angry tone as well as a more kind one. You obviously chose the first one when reading some of the vets arguing here

Broadside · 2012-07-22, 02:48 AM

Originally Posted by TheDAWinz

Planetside 2 Community event "Uncut" (No game-play) - YouTube

Stop QQ'ing, they don't know who people are when they look at specs.

I was actually the guy that he was talking to in that conversation. I was sitting on the couch enjoying my pizza and he came up and started asking me how I liked the game. Nice guy.