you beat me to it.
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Eeeeeeeeeenteresting.
Ok either open beta is going to be REALLY quick or umm no open beta! 
What? We had no closed beta last time so its only fair to balance it out!
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Hmmm.. If I had to give an uneducated guess, I would say it looks like no OB. Which sucks, because I have no patience. Oh well, maybe 2-3 weeks.
That kinda sux though. Awesome issue like this one should have an OB 
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It might be that they are just starting the pre-download early. I mean the Ultra Mode is probably going to be a large download and plenty of the art assets and such for it aren't going to change between now and when I17 goes live anyway since they aren't the sort of place you find bugs anyway. So starting the pre-download early means people spread out more and there is less load on the server.
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Originally Posted by EU_Damz
Ok either open beta is going to be REALLY quick or umm no open beta!
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On the other hand don't forget this Issue is actually a couple separate parts.
They may still have Open Beta for the Issue but give the Going Rogue pre-order people access to Demon Summoning early.
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I started COH and went to lunch,didn't see if any patch went on.How do I know if my launcher got it?
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It happens when you logout. This is a pre-download and there will be a majorpatch file somewhere in your CoH folder.
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Originally Posted by Pedro Schwartz
I started COH and went to lunch,didn't see if any patch went on.How do I know if my launcher got it?
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I'm guessing open beta starts on the 13th, two weeks of that and it can still go live on April 27th.
This, btw, is Kheldarn's and my summaries on the previous betas (mostly Kheld's):
Issue 9
Closed Beta Started: March 6, 2007
Open Beta Started: April 3, 2007
Launch date: May 1, 2007
Length of Closed Beta: 28 Days
Length of Open Beta: 28 Days
Issue 10
Closed Beta Started: June 13, 2007
Open Beta Started: June 27, 2007
Launch date: July 24, 2007
Length of Closed Beta: 14 Days
Length of Open Beta: 27 Days
Issue 11
Closed Beta Started: October 9, 2007
Open Beta Started: October 29, 2007
Launch date: November 28, 2007
Length of Closed Beta: 20 Days
Length of Open Beta: 30 Days
Issue 12
Closed Beta Started: April 8, 2008
Open Beta Started: May 6th, 2008
Launch date: May 20, 2008
Length of Closed Beta: 28 Days
Length of Open Beta: 14 Days
Issue 13
Closed Beta Started: October 8, 2008
Open Beta Started: November 5, 2008
Launch date: December 2, 2008
Length of Closed Beta: 28 Days
Length of Open Beta: 27 Days
Issue 14
Closed Beta Started: February 17, 2009
Open Beta Started: March 17, 2009
Launch date: April 8, 2009
Length of Closed Beta: 28 Days
Length of Open Beta: 22 Days
Issue 15
Closed Beta Started: No Closed Beta
Open Beta Started: May 27, 2009
Launch date: June 29, 2009
Length of Closed Beta: 0 Days
Length of Open Beta: 33 Days
Issue 16
Closed Beta Started: August 5, 2009
Open Beta Started: August 26, 2009
Launch date: September 15, 2009
Length of Closed Beta: 21 Days
Length of Open Beta: 20 Days
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Originally Posted by Steelclaw
They may still have Open Beta for the Issue but give the Going Rogue pre-order people access to Demon Summoning early.
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They always start the predownload early. That's why it's called a predownload. Its intent is to let people get the bulk of the art assets for the new Issue ahead of time at their own leisure, both so they don't get stuck with 900MB worth of download one day when all they wanted to do was check out the new shiny and so we don't all bottleneck on the patchserver, ensuring no-one gets anything for the rest of the day. Predownload usually means there's a long way to go yet, so while it IS a milestone, it's less one that says "It's soon!" and rather one that says "It's actually farther away than you'd hoped." That's how I interpret it, at least.
However, now MIGHT be a good time to start looking for a new machine if you were planning to get one. That sort of thing takes time, at least in my neck of the woods, and I'd rather have my new hardware a little early and maybe possibly run Cryostasis on a machine two years newer than the game, rather than see I17 out and still have a week to wait before my new hardware arrives, sitting on my hands so I don't fiddle with Ultra Mode settings. Speaking of which, my new rig was supposed to arrive today, but it didn't. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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sam is right, usually pre-dl is a few weeks before the real deal, so while it may hit in april, i wouldn't get too crazy for it to be next week or something, pre-s often are well before live.
So hurry up and get it downloaded already and stop hogging the bandwidth!
what? I just hate waiting
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Getting the pre-download done. Wewt wewt.
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Good thing I cleared out a couple gigs of old stuff recently. Looks like I might need it.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
The game's now broken the 3GB mark - GR might take it to 4+
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Mine was interrupted halfway through. :\
Eeeshh I'm on a 7 hr download . Oh well I leave it runnin over night so it be done in the morning
I did my daily day job rotation this morning. When I quit, up popped the CoH patcher with 884M to give me. I'm guessing it's the i17 pre-download. They tend to do this 2 to 3 weeks before a new issue goes live.
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