News: Beta Keys every half an hour

[SGTalon]

Originally Posted by blackfang

I cant remember my ps1 account

Call SOE. I had the same problem when i tried to go back to EQ1. They reset my password and got me all set up.

All my old stuff was still ready to rock

Have no fear my brutha.

[DerFurst]

Hope I never have to do this for any game ever again.

[Zeboim]

A bit worried about it since my old account died and I could never recover it even with SOE's help (can't blame them for it, it was just a bunch of bad coincidences). Made a new account and bought the game again back in January out of curiosity for how it was these days but never ended up paying a monthly sub after that.

I asked on twitter if I was still good about 8 times but was ignored, guess I'll just trust that things will work out after reading through this thread. I was so damn tense earlier though... Whole thing has been a huge headache.

[Inverness]

I'm curious, what will the scale of the closed beta test be?

I'm sure there are a lot of PlanetSide vets like myself that are falling over themselves in order to get into beta. Would the closed beta still be effective if thousands of people were involved?

[GreatMazinkaise]

Originally Posted by Inverness

I'm curious, what will the scale of the closed beta test be?

I'm sure there are a lot of PlanetSide vets like myself that are falling over themselves in order to get into beta. Would the closed beta still be effective if thousands of people were involved?

Presumably they still want thousands of people involved at some point in the closed beta (since that's what the load is going to be come launch). Thousands will be involved... tens of thousands, maybe not so much.

[Toppopia]

Originally Posted by GreatMazinkaise

Presumably they still want thousands of people involved at some point in the closed beta (since that's what the load is going to be come launch). Thousands will be involved... tens of thousands, maybe not so much.

They might have to see if they can handle multiple servers at once with maximum capacity, which means that might need tens of thousands

Or not. Now that Beta is now not 'soon' but 'next few weeks' i am somewhat sad that i missed my chances on getting beta keys But i could get lucky, like i did for Black Prophecy, too bad that game went down like a lead balloon on a planet with stronger gravity then Earth.

[TerminatorUK]

Am I being dim or is the beta keys not on the PS2 Facebook page anymore?

I've hopped on the page every half hour 3-4 times and there doesn't appear to be anything obvious for the beta key giveaway?

[UKSwiFT]

As long as you've got a PS1 account attached to the same account you'll use for PS2, you'll get taken care of. I managed to snag one of the priority keys on twitter last night, but I assume the original PS1 players will get in either first or top of the list.

[bjorntju1]

As I posted in the 'What we know about Beta' thread

I think we don't even get keys. It will just automatically get activated on our account:

@planetside2 Still no luck with a key! Vet and current player may i please have a key, been at this for over 4 hours! pic.twitter.com/u6SU5yV6

As. PS1 vet, you won't need a key! You will get priority access auto-enabled on your acct once we launch the beta! [Danicia]

http://twitter.com/planetside2/statu...21555496656896

and

@mhigby @planetside2 So, some of us have had questions about the beta: Do veterans need to do something special to be invited? Or just wait?

@SG_01 - Just wait! Accts will be auto-flagged! [Danicia]
http://twitter.com/planetside2/statu...00146888605696

and

@planetside2 Can you confirm that keys you're giving away are a higher priority than the priority keys from PC Gamer/being a PS1 veteran?

@flatlinedreams - They do not have priority access! Vets/PC Gamer do! [Danicia]

http://twitter.com/planetside2/statu...23595086020608

Thank god I didn't got and activated a key lol :P (at least if what Danicia says is true)

[lawnmower]

Originally Posted by Gogita

PS. Do not use these keys if you are a veteran of the first game, as you will be in the beta anyway.

what does veteran mean
does that include all subscribers

[bjorntju1]

Originally Posted by lawnmower

what does veteran mean
does that include all subscribers

Everyone who has ever subscribed to Planetside 1. You don't necessarily need to have an active Planetside 1 subscription afaik.

[Kran De Loy]

Originally Posted by lawnmower

what does veteran mean
does that include all subscribers

Yarp, I only played for about a year back in 2003 then another couple weeks when that cave expac whatever it was called came out. I figure current subscribers or those that were subbing since before this month will likely get in first, but everyone else that owns a copy of PS1 will likely not be far behind them.

Or they could do it a simpler way and just begin the invites based when your ps1 copy got registered with their database.

Or a combination of the both.

Either way if you own the game you're good to go.

[Coreldan]

Well, just yesterday it was said that everyone who has ever played PS all get in at the same time. Sounds like quite a promise..

That said, wouldn't be the first time they promise contradicting things

[james]

I'm curious why they are giving out so many beta keys. This aren't just normal beta keys right and come after the pc gamer ones?

If from everything i hearing they are going to be starting a massive closed beta.

[Mepper]