Empire-hopping restrictions in CBT.

[NewSith]

This crossed my mind when I was looking at that loyalty thread around here. Point is - there're (will be) lots of people wishing to try out all empires, but it is highly possible that CBT at first will be restricted to 1-2 servers. That means that the rule of "1 Empire per Server" will not work as intended, for people who'll want to try out all empires (and actually give corresponding feedback accordingly) will not be able to do that.

My thought is all in the name of the thread, now what's your take on this?

[Immigrant]

Originally Posted by NewSith

This crossed my mind when I was looking at that loyalty thread around here. Point is - there're (will be) lots of people wishing to try out all empires, but it is highly possible that CBT at first will be restricted to 1-2 servers. That means that the rule of "1 Empire per Server" will not work as intended, for people who'll want to try out all empires (and actually give corresponding feedback accordingly) will not be able to do that.

My thought is all in the name of the thread, now what's your take on this?

Sorry I don't game enough to know what CBT means? I tried to google it but some weird stuff came up.

Empire defection (change) should be allowed on the same server but only for costly real money fee (station cash), as for completely new players I dunno maybe it should be free up until battle rank 5 or in first week or two.

[NewSith]

Originally Posted by Immigrant

Sorry I don't game enough to know what CBT means? I tried to google it but some weird stuff came up.

If that was serious - it's Closed Beta Test.

[Daffan]

A beta is for testing. (CBT = Closed Beta )

it's good to go around.

[Baneblade]

Closed Beta Test

[Immigrant]

Originally Posted by NewSith

If that was serious - it's Closed Beta Test.

Yes, it was serious thanks. Since there's going to be a full reset before opening I don't see why not, they should allow it.

[Pyreal]

Who says 'CBT'? 'Beta' and 'Alpha' are the abbreviated terms. 'CB', 'OB', and 'IB' are the acronyms for Beta as far as I've ever seen.

If you look up CBT you get something rather... horrifying.


On Topic: It's likely that the '1 player' restriction will be lifted for Beta. At any rate I'm sure the Devs will set a system for the testing of all Factions and mechanics, as is the sole purpose of Beta.

[Duddy]

During the CBT I can see the use in keeping it open to facilitate testing, but I do think they need to be able to test with it in place. Possibly something to be done in OBT.

[mirwalk]

I say no for two reasons. First is that it will better allow every faction to be tested. Second it will highlight if one faction has better stuff as usually people will jump to that faction.

[bigcracker]

Everything needs to be tested,So if i have to wear the icky red or blue i just gotta suck it up.

[Hmr85]

In beta NO. Come live yes.

[infinite loop]

Originally Posted by Immigrant

Yes, it was serious thanks. Since there's going to be a full reset before opening I don't see why not, they should allow it.

Actually there may not be a full reset. Per Higby on reddit:

Originally Posted by las0m

Good question. We've talked about that a bit internally. Really the answer comes down to how right we get it when we start the beta, if there are massive resource / xp exploits that we have going on in the beta, we'll probably end up flushing characters. If it's stable and life is good then we may not have to. My expectation is there will be at least some character resets throughout the beta.

[TheInferno]

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[bpostal]

I can't imagine they wouldn't do a full character reset once the servers go live.
With that said, Empire restrictions during beta would only hamper testing so, no.

[Knightwyvern]

Originally Posted by Hmr85

In beta NO. Come live yes.

Hm. This makes almost no sense to me whatsoever. Could you elaborate on your thought process a little bit?

IMO, it makes sense that beta testers should run the full gamut and cover as much as possible. At least, if we want to really test the game well and make it better.