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No, it was never going to launch today. Subscribers start accumulating the monthly points stipend today. But we have nothing to spend those points on until launch, which will likely be late summer or early autumn.
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Originally Posted by Cinkidd
I thought that it was supposed to launch today. In some of the materials that I read I thought they actually announced the date as July 1st, 2011. I have not noticed any changes as of today.
Anybody else read that? Or am I just going crazy? Rich the Possibly Crazy Guy |
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Heard that it will launch around October or November, but I could be wrong. Starting July 1, you get 400 points for every month you are subscribed for. It is one of the perks VIPs get.
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They just released 20.5, if they were going to have 21 this soon I doubt 20.5 would exist it would just get rolled up into 21.
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Why? I mean, pulling that stunt worked so well for SWG...
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Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade
They just released 20.5, if they were going to have 21 this soon I doubt 20.5 would exist it would just get rolled up into 21.
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From comments they appear to be aiming for October, but given that it isn't out of beta it could be longer before it gets released.
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Originally Posted by starphoenix
Heard that it will launch around October or November, but I could be wrong. Starting July 1, you get 400 points for every month you are subscribed for. It is one of the perks VIPs get.
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Originally Posted by Quasadu
No, it was never going to launch today. Subscribers start accumulating the monthly points stipend today. But we have nothing to spend those points on until launch, which will likely be late summer or early autumn.
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Originally Posted by starphoenix
Heard that it will launch around October or November, but I could be wrong. Starting July 1, you get 400 points for every month you are subscribed for. It is one of the perks VIPs get.
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Just a bit of clarification. Starting July 1st players with active accounts will be credited with 400 Paragon Points on the date their account is billed for the month.
That means if your account was activated on the 5th of the month you won't get any points until the 5th of each month. Same goes for people that pay 6 months to a year in advance. If their accounts were activated on the 15th of the month they won't get points until the 15th of each following month.
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Not really the same thing at all. Issue 20.5 is a free content update that you get simply for being subscribed to the game. The Devs could've not released it at all and you would've paid just as much. In any event the additions in 20.5 will still be just as relevant and playable when issue 21 is released. SWG on the other hand released a paid expansion just before they made changes to the game systems that invalidated and removed the majority of the paid expansion's content. (IIRC. It's been several years since NGE and i never played SWG, just had friends who did at the time.)
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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
Why? I mean, pulling that stunt worked so well for SWG...
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Originally Posted by starphoenix
Heard that it will launch around October or November, but I could be wrong. Starting July 1, you get 400 points for every month you are subscribed for. It is one of the perks VIPs get.
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Originally Posted by TerraDraconis
From comments they appear to be aiming for October, but given that it isn't out of beta it could be longer before it gets released.
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If it's in Closed Beta starting a week ago, and Closed Betas are about 6 weeks and Open are 2 weeks.... then that's September.
I have absolutely no idea why "October" keeps getting thrown around by the playerbase. AFAIK, *NOTHING* has been said to indicate October. And then adding "or November"? Where did *that* come from?!
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Release dates are always subject to change. October appears to be the accepted release date for Freedom, but delays could make it come in November or it could come in September. For all we know it could come next year. |
Originally Posted by Zombie Man
I have absolutely no idea why "October" keeps getting thrown around by the playerbase. AFAIK, *NOTHING* has been said to indicate October. And then adding "or November"? Where did *that* come from?!
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Besides I indicated my information as a rumor and to be treated as such. Anyone that says that they know when it will launch either knows the future or is mistaken. This even applies to devs since they have their planned release dates that are always subject to change. The more experienced devs never release a release date until a couple of days before it is released.
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October appears to be the accepted release date for Freedom, but delays could make it come in November or it could come in September.
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That's my point. From my Paragon Studios tea-reading abilities, which are rather uncanny, the ones who originally threw out 'October' and got everyone 'accepting' it were and are very wrong.
If there are people in Closed Beta who have for the past week been playing the new tutorial and ewwing and ahhing over the revised Atlas Park, then October means one heck of a long Beta. Especially since the Devs have been saying that they've been working on Freedom for the past year.
Zombie Man says September. /naruto
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Given the shear amount of things changing in I21 figuring that the Closed Beta might run long isn't really going out on a limb. Really it's the first chance the devs will have to show off how they made the change to Freedom and based on some past closed beta's they may chose to go back to the drawing board. Usually there are 2 or 3 systems in a closed beta that the devs are not certain of and indications are that they often have an alternate idea on how something could work that can be implemented. |
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Accepted? By whom?
That's my point. From my Paragon Studios tea-reading abilities, which are rather uncanny, the ones who originally threw out 'October' and got everyone 'accepting' it were and are very wrong. If there are people in Closed Beta who have for the past week been playing the new tutorial and ewwing and ahhing over the revised Atlas Park, then October means one heck of a long Beta. Especially since the Devs have been saying that they've been working on Freedom for the past year. Zombie Man says September. /naruto |
So yes while closed beta started last week and based on betas that ran smoothly the minimum time we could see it out would be late august. If they run into a need to make changes it could easily streatch into September and wind up released in late September/early October.
If we are playing the guessing game then I'll guess early September. But that is a wild guess based on experience. A solid safe bet is to say it should be out by October. ::Shrug::
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I know those arent that similar (20.5 + 21 vs SWG) - the comparison just came to mind.
As for the October or later date - that's being inferred from a comment to someone in a chat about will the player get a certain veteran reward that the current system has out in October for him.
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I linked to that comment above. Clockwork O1 said "well before October."
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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
I know those arent that similar (20.5 + 21 vs SWG) - the comparison just came to mind.
As for the October or later date - that's being inferred from a comment to someone in a chat about will the player get a certain veteran reward that the current system has out in October for him. |
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That may be the case. But likewise, it is highly unlikely he was saying "it will be October."
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
Yes, we read it. I don't think he was saying what you think he was saying.
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Zombie Man says September. /naruto
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Also, by the last few issues...
Issue 16: September 15th, 2009
~7.5 months to next issue,
Issue 17: April 28, 2010
~3.5 months to next issue,
Issue 18: August 16, 2010
~3.5 months to next issue
Issue 19: November 30, 2010
~2 months to next major update, ~4 months to next issue
Issue 19.5: February 1, 2011
~2 months to next issue
Issue 20: April 5, 2011
~2.5 months to next major update
Issue 20.5: June 28, 2011
If they hold to the schedule they've been keeping since Issue 17 launched, Issue 21 should hit on some Tuesday from August 2nd to September 20th. Of course, it's also possible that Issue 21 could be a long cycle, as the almost 8 month gap between Issue 16 and 17 gives a vaguely recent precedent for it, but my money is on mid-August, personally.
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I thought that it was supposed to launch today. In some of the materials that I read I thought they actually announced the date as July 1st, 2011. I have not noticed any changes as of today.
Anybody else read that? Or am I just going crazy?
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