News: Beta Producers Letter and free PlanetSide 1 Game Time!

[Tarconus]

Originally Posted by Furber

I have a question, what happens to the PS1 Vets who also got PC Gamer keys? Are they in the PS1 Vet priority or did getting a PC Gamer key actually push them behind ps1 vet status?

They are the same time not behind. It's the same pool some pc gamer keys will get in before vets and vice versa.

[Zidane]

so as we suspected The closed early beta will be set playtest times of usage to maximize as many people on at one time as possible. that's kool nothing wrong with that at all.

I kinda wish they would have given everyone a free 3 days for PS1 however so everyone could jump on for the PS1 event not just former PS1 players.

Good bit of info great find/post.

I agree it would have been awesome if they had allowed new players to jump on board it only would have made the battles that much more epic!!!!!!

[Sabrak]

Just so you guys know, the free 30 days seem to be already active for some people, as it is active on my Station account and for some other people on french PS1 forums.

So, you should give it a try!

Can't wait to get back home and play the game again, it's been quite some time!

[RageMasterUK]

Hey guys, any chance that someone can tell me how to update my system specs on Station?

Im a PS1 vet, I got the email, but the link takes me to "Important PS2 Message" screen which only tells me that I've already signed up for beta.

It gives a link to my account details, but I cant for the life of me see where the "update system specs" link is. I need to do it too, coz Im on a completely different PC to when I signed up for beta.

If anyone knows please help me out!

-RageMasterUK

[outsider]

This free month of game time is such a good move.

Seriously well done Sony

[Qwan]

Wow good news about this sunday, I sent my online instructors a email and told him the homework that was due on sunday might be late because of the PS1 event...... His reply "its ok Ill see you in game"

[Kran De Loy]

Originally Posted by RageMasterUK

Hey guys, any chance that someone can tell me how to update my system specs on Station?

Im a PS1 vet, I got the email, but the link takes me to "Important PS2 Message" screen which only tells me that I've already signed up for beta.

It gives a link to my account details, but I cant for the life of me see where the "update system specs" link is. I need to do it too, coz Im on a completely different PC to when I signed up for beta.

If anyone knows please help me out!

-RageMasterUK

All it should bring you to is a quick Survey that asks what CPU, Graphics Card, Memory and Operating System you use. All the answers are multiple choice so they're actually just asking for generics.

(A few quick examples of the answers available on the survey: CPU: Intel i5, Intel i7, AMD somethingnotshit.. GPU: nVidia 9000 series, nVidia 200 series, nVidia 400 Series.. etc..)

[Krawanan]

Originally Posted by Qwan

Wow good news about this sunday, I sent my online instructors a email and told him the homework that was due on sunday might be late because of the PS1 event...... His reply "its ok Ill see you in game"

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too good to be true xD

Originally Posted by Kran De Loy

All it should bring you to is a quick Survey that asks what CPU, Graphics Card, Memory and Operating System you use. All the answers are multiple choice so they're actually just asking for generics.

(A few quick examples of the answers available on the survey: CPU: Intel i5, Intel i7, AMD somethingnotshit.. GPU: nVidia 9000 series, nVidia 200 series, nVidia 400 Series.. etc..)

i think this is pretty weird as there is a HUGE difference between let's say the the 510 and the 590...

and also you have got really shitty i5 cpu's and badass gaming i5 cpu's liek the i5 sandy bridge processors(i5 2500k)
same goes for i7, and the amd fx series...

i don't really know what they are trying to accomplish with this, maybe it's just for driver/software testing for each card

[musefrog]

Originally Posted by Ieyasu

hey im not saying theyre being assholes, or that I could do a better job, Im just stating the facts.

I would be blown away if there was one member of the dev team that was "taking one for the team" and working without recieving a paycheck for it.

just play it out in your head "higby, we think youre great, but were going to need to you to work without being paid" his resposne would be something along the lines of "later then guys"

this isnt a mod being made for a game out of someones bedroom for love of the game. these are professional game designers who are in the buisness to make money.

Im just as excited for PS2 as ahyone else, but that doesnt mean my heads in the sand with regards to comments like this.

I don't think working for free in the games industry (or other creative industries) is something to be held up as an ideal...

Here are some stories of people who "took one for the team"

http://trenchescomic.com/tales/post/the-conclusion

http://trenchescomic.com/tales/post/extracurricular

http://trenchescomic.com/tales/post/11749

[SGTalon]

My PS1 Account is now active. Downloading now!

See you guys there.

[WCBenzo]

WOW.
All I can say is the 30 day free trial has made me that much more excited to play PS2. I remember playing PS1 and having problems with it, but I dealt with those problems because it was as close as I could get to the kind of game I wanted to play.
Now the problems I had (such as spending most of my game time getting to the action, and huge bottleneck battles in bases) have not aged well and are more glaring. I say bring on PS2!

[Sephirex]

Originally Posted by WCBenzo

had (such as spending most of my game time getting to the action, and huge bottleneck battles in bases) have not aged well and are more glaring.

Don't let the Vets/True Fans hear you.

After playing it for years, those bottlenecks are part of the authentic PS experience to them.

[WCBenzo]

Bottlenecks can be fun, but when I was playing last night, that's all there was. It must be due to the population decline. Need variation.

[megamold]

hmmm , maybe they are giving us some free gametime so we can see ps1 as it really is.
instead of trough our rose tinted nostalgia glasses.
thus giving us the opportunity to go into ps2 with a level head.

conspiracy !

[Gonefshn]

I am already subbed but my buddy BaneofMortality who lives with me got his account activated with the free game time so we jumped in last night and OMG was it INCREDIBLE. Seriously I could not believe the pops and the incredible battle on Ishunder last night.

If you are considering jumping in with your free time DO IT. The pops have already seen a crazy rise and if last night was any indication it feels like the glory days again. I have been playing lately and pops were pretty poor and it just felt like walking from base to base, quick fight, next base. But last night was seriously just like I remember it years ago when the game was at it's peak. SO FUN. so worth it.