Oh you! Once it sinks in... As many others have mentioned, 2015 is the golden year, dont expect much until then, listen to info and hang around the forums they might just say heck lets invite a small amount of people for alpha just to see if all works, who knows, and its not to shabby around here.
since this game will be big i could imagine that there will be alot of alphatesters needed to at least test something^^
Not really, Mechanics and concepts can be tested with small dedicated teams (maybe 50 people). Stress tests they'll need more for which is where CB comes in.
One of the biggest selling point is the huge amount of people that will be in the same space fighting, that scenario is a bit hard to test due tot he people needed, especially once everything is set up one needs to be assured the system is working as it should, i would not really toss the idea of not inviting people for alpha to test the pikko server technology to see if it performs as it should perform. One never knows really.
It's unorthadox, Alpha really is where most of the nitty gritty gets done. You can't have large teams because odds are a lot of people won't even bother showing up for dedicated testing sessions for particular mechanics.
I have alpha tested games, it is a cheaper way then using Q and A, as much as one can be hell bent saying "No" all the time its not going to happen, what "IF" it happens, can you be sure they wont invite people to alpha? If it happens it happens if it does not happen then it does not happen, but the chance of it happening varies in difference from person to person in opinion from experience and their own point of view, the chance is there slim or none. You are assuming many things, you dont know neither do i.
Gamers of today do not understand what a Beta/Alpha Test is... It's not a prize for you to play the game before everyone else, its not a demo... It's exactly what it says it is. A Test. You are there to play through content and look for bugs and breaks and report them to the EC team so they can fix them for launch. Most people get into Beta test as stress testing is usually the last thing done in the development road and they don't get to see what a true alpha/beta test is. So whenever I see people say "I hope I get into Beta" or "I've Beta tested other games before" I cringe a bit. 1 Because I know what it's actually about. 2 Most people who say these things have no idea what it's actually about. This is where bad reviews come from as well. Players or Youtubers will go into a game in earlier Beta and give a terrible review. In other words, I hope the EC team is selective in who they take into their tests, not the people who beg for access on forums and twitter and so forth, the people who will test the game properly.
They did specifically mention summer 2014 as the closed alpha. Honestly, I'm willing to bet it'll be later than that, but you do have a chance of getting into that if you signed up for the newsletter. Also I wholeheartedly support the perpetuation of the myth that us beta testers are already playing the game.
the signup is for beta not for alpha^^ i think they will get trusted people to the alpha tests so we all have time until summer next year to show them how trustworthy we are
