The Closed Beta of The Awakening is live!

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danSn wrote:

well,

looks like the sad story of one of the best games in steam, from the developing and community <-> dev´s side seen, which was so good and many other games could get a cut a slice from it, and the one stupid mistake, that nobody really understands ^^

or short:
"How to definitely NOT release an Update/Content" xDD....


i mean, to be honest...
(since i had much time) i´m still trying to get the clue why GGG came out to release the Patch/Content in that "strange" way...?
well i have seen so many releases of long waited Games or new Content and the way to release them. And hell, there were sure some really weird ones, ones that made me laugh or cry or to make at least that face: o.O
but respekt GGG, u added a new league XD
okay but back to the reason, i mean there must be a reason for that cause i wont believe or better i cant believe u were all "totally-out-of-space-stoned" or didnt stopped drinking since u created act 4 ^^. Maybe it was a bet, to see how to get the most dislike-posts or the greatest shitstorm on a release xD. Well, fact is, it has to be something strange since a the logical reasonings doesn´t make much sense. Like the "new content & new game mechanics"-reason together with "the balance-fear"-reason. For both reasons you normally want more then less players to get a full and detailed impression of the added content. So then we have left the "Dont want to fuq the server up when everybody logs in at release"-reason as a logical reasoning and yeah, i have to admit the past has shown us more then once, this is a Fact which could be the Reason. But i think the past has shown us too, what will happen and how u can avoid such a thing, like a simple login queue. I mean a rational login queue, not an "one person after another with 5mins space between". Doesn't all make no sense for me....
Also, an absolutely strange thing is the random account picking part... ?!
Why random? I mean, when i only want a certain number of players playing the new stuff, to test and give feedback and so. Why do i give that amount random away, to maybe accounts which doesn't even had played since start open beta or later. When i were dev, i would like to give that amount to players who will 100% play the stuff and can give some feedback. Especially when i still have something like a pool with "Supporting"-Players. From the fact, to maybe honor their "support" in the game with letting them test the new stuff before the "randoms", i won't even start to talk. Well, i personally find, as an "non-supporter" u should send all your Supporter an key asap, but thats my own opinion.
The only thing what maybe was not bad with the new content, that it is free. Well, maybe only from the view of the gamer seen. I mean, for that im very thankful, all in all, im very thankful to GGG for an outstanding Free to Play Game and so. But i find thats nothing what is standart. And from the view of a developer, you could have made with that new content and all the stuff, sure some extra dollars. I bet, there where more then 50% from the guys who are now waiting to get a key, would have paid lets say 5 bucks to play at release. Me included....

Sooo, all in all .... i still don't have a logical reason. I think, u all smoked to much weed while making Act 4 in the "Ganja Grind Grounds" ;)).
At least, maybe some day he or GGG can enlight us, how and why they came up with "that" :P




damn, looks like i need a key....... ;)

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odiecat99 wrote:

This is just one ugly shitstorm.

oh and kripp came back and got a key

lolz ggg so bad

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Rhalph wrote:

Stop whining guys, this is a BETA -_-
That means lots of bugs, unfinished content, unpolished game, unbalanced (...more than ever) skills.