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beta access

Aggelakis

By Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2012-09-05 24:41 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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do we now have beta access to see what Issue 24 would have been --have seen it posted a few times
and how do we get on ???

 

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1. Run NCsoft Launcher shortcut to get the latest update.
2. The NCsoft Launcher will start.
3. Create a copy of the NCsoft Launcher desktop shortcut.
4. Right click on the new shortcut and open the Properties option.
5. In the Target window, add the following flag to the end of the line:
[space]/LaunchGame=CohBeta
6. Run the shortcut.
7. The NCsoft Launcher will open, starting a City of Heroes Beta installation.
8. Click Install.
9. If you are on Windows Vista or Windows 7, confirm the UAC prompts. (if UAC is turned on).
10. After the installation completes, double-click CITY OF HEROES BETA in the NCsoft Launcher’s games list to play.
(Copied and modified from the Test server installation instructions.)

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Originally Posted by Aggelakis View Post
You must be a VIP to access beta.
Beta has been turned on for all (just recently).

This means for those who've lost VIP status can copy their toons to Beta and play there as if I24 went live and everything in Paragon Market is free and access all VIP content.

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Beta has been turned on for all (just recently).
Oh? I'll be sure to load it back up tomorrow.

Be well, people of CoH.

 

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Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
Beta has been turned on for all (just recently).

This means for those who've lost VIP status can copy their toons to Beta and play there as if I24 went live and everything in Paragon Market is free and access all VIP content.
Not quite all. We have access, and everything in the store is free, but we're not seen as VIPs.

Meaning I had to 'buy' my inventions licence, access to the tips system and the SSAs, etc, but content that can't be bought separately is still off limits. No story arcs in Dark Astoria, for example. Still, it's a lot better than nothing and I'm grateful to them for granting us this access.

And as a sidenote, I was also able to transfer one of my 50s from live, despite her slot being locked on the live server where she resides, so that's something.

 

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Truly grateful for this. Just wish they couldve loaded psi melee to i24 beta b4 all this . Still grateful and will be using this lovely i24 time to actually check out martial combat .