Soooo, about this GR closed Beta....

when do we get to play with it anyway? Or can we right now?

I've been playing it for weeks. Didn't you get the invite?







lol. Just kidding. We have no clue. I'm sure there will be an annoucement when the time comes.

We've heard "early 2010." Even if that means January 1st, it's not January yet.

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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

They generally do invites in waves too, so if they beta starts and you don't have an invite, don't dispair.

If I had to guess I would imagine that the GR closed beta will start around February 1st because that's right around the time Star Trek Online is going to go live. Think about it...

Fine by me. I get my 60 Month sometime this month so I am good with that.

SWEET! January is only 10 days away, here's hoping!

GR closed beta will start off on its own server, so Test won't be closed.

So just to clarify, those who have the badge will get an email?

I've never gone to the test server before, it's not on the server list. How would I go about getting on this thing?

Go here for much wisdom

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/annou...php?f=576&a=16

So where from do they send the emails? I should add the address to my whitelist.

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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

It's so cute that Beyaj thinks he's getting a first wave invite with an account regged in May 2009.

First wave of invites are going to be "friends and family." So if you aren't close to someone working for Paragon Studios and aren't someone like Arcanaville (hint: unless your name is Arcanaville, you're not), you're not getting invited here.

Second wave will probably be 60+ month veterans. It could be previous beta testers with a good track record, bumping vets down to the third wave. I expect wave two to go out one or two weeks (or 5-10 play sessions, if the test server isn't up 24/7) after the first wave.

Wave three will most likely be HeroCon attendees. Again, it's entirely possible that they'll get invited before the vets, but then I'll have to scream "devs hate east coasters!" since I live (you guessed it!) on the east coast. Regardless, tier 3 will probably hit another 1-2 weeks (5-10 play sessions) after the second wave.

Wave four will then probably be those who earned the badges for customer loyalty. It will probably hit 3-4 weeks (15-20 test sessions) after wave three.

Wave five will likely be anyone who gets a preorder code for Going Rogue. They'll likely only get 1-2 weeks in the closed beta before it becomes open beta and they let anyone with an active CoH account play. Open beta will likely last three weeks to a month.

This is of course based off of my previous experience with tiered beta invites. It could be completely wrong... wait, no it couldn't, the first wave is definitely correct. A lot has to do with how much the testers are actually accomplishing, how much control they want to exercise over the testers (some people won't like that "test x" means that y, z and q aren't available and will simply give up on testing at all), and of course how bad marketting wants to pump up the hype for those who aren't in the test yet.

Also, you absolutely need to know: beta tests are just that--tests of incomplete products. Yes, it's cool to say you got to see all the shiny new features before anyone else, but it also means putting up with ridiculous amounts of lag, crashing, bugs, bugs, bugs, bugs, and sometimes even bugs.

I have no doubt in my mind whatsoever that it'll go much smoother than those for the other super hero MMO this past summer, but it's still going to be a work in progress right up until it's officially released (and then in all likelihood, another few weeks beyond).

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