This document is now the official guide for us for Beta 1. I’ve kept the older doc up in the previous location so we can always reference it, as well as the comments we all made there. Like our game, this document is what it is thanks to all of us working together. Finally, to those who spent a lot of time in the comment section of this document: Once it went to the whole team, you folks did a really great job as well, and I appreciate it. I also want to thank those folks who spent a lot of time on what I wrote before the document went to the whole team, suggesting, commenting, questioning, filling in gaps, etc. I just want to say thank you to all the people at CSE who read the document. We talk, exchange ideas, disagree, argue, and-almost all the time-it is done professionally and respectfully.After all, nobody is perfect, right? This is what I said to the team after we finished our work on the document. I wanted to show you folks as much of the “official” document as I could without editing.
Overview of Beta 1 Features, Systems, and more! They aren't trying to mislead people.Foundational Principles C.U.B.E. They are truly building an MMO that allows for large scale battles with destruction and building. The ability system, the physics engine, the ability to have 1000+ NPC's on a screen at one time.
I believe in the tech behind the scenes, which is the hardest part to design/create. I think this is what he will want to be remember for when its all said and done. This is pretty much his magus opus to MMO"s. I doubt he is going to quit on this or let it fail. MJ is one of the founders of modern MMO's. Any backer has complete access to MJ and the team. The key systems are in the game and are working.ĬU has been upfront about the delays the whole time. Depending how fast they can create the rest of the classes and populate the world with content. To me this game is probably 1 to 2 years from release. Heck DAOC was released with entire zones with just some placeholder stuff, not really fleshed out. I remember testing DAOC, where you could just run around the capital and the few zones outside and fought basic mobs. Very similar to what DAOC was in its early phases. People are used to companies releasing games in a pre-release open beta which really means a demo with bugs.ĬU is in an old school beta phase. This game is a beta if you use the term beta as it was used 20 years ago. I am not in the Beta, so i will have to take your word on that, if half the game really is in concept only, then that isn't a real 'beta' its alpha, beta should mean the game is relatively complete and that all that is left is ensuring features work as intended and adjusting/fixing whatever breaks. Half of this game is still in concept mode, that is not beta. So because they are calling it beta you believe it? This is exactly my point, they are calling it something it is not.
If they had released the game with a cash shop and were using Beta status as a shield to divert criticism, that would be something else. If they had stated it was an Alpha build rather than a Beta then i would likely agree with you, but that they are stating the game is in Beta means that while the game is unfinished, it is a functional game, the game becoming 'fully' functional is afaik something that is achieved during Beta as the games functionality undergoes testing/modification. It's pretty damn questionable if they ever get to resemblance of a fully functional game period. My bet is it is still 2 years away from any resemblance of a fully functional game. They are calling it "beta" but it is where most other games call alpha, even pre-alpha in some cases.
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