EQN:Landmark Beta Starts March 26th!

Maybe he's implying 2/28 closed beta being rumored?

Seriously doubtful since they don't have most of the stuff in yet that they said they wanted in for beta and that's a Friday. So unless tomorrow's patch, assuming there is one since I don't see an announcement, is a whopper I'm thinking they're going to use the extra month to get everything in right rather than in a rush.

Vaclav_sl said:

Maybe he's implying 2/28 closed beta being rumored?

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The feb 28th day was the will have alpha out by this date dead line. They beat that by almost a month so that number is not really meaningful at this time. They are saying that march 31st is the deadline for going into beta it may do it sooner but that is the deadline for closed beta. from the sounds of it alpha will still last through feb and pretty well into march.

Ah ha. Found the source of that rumor.

A Dexella posthere

How will wipes between Alpha, Closed Beta, Open Beta and Launch work?
While we will do everything in our power to minimize wipes, it is important to note that Alpha and Closed Beta are testing periods. Unexpected behaviors of players and technology may occur, requiring us to roll back or delete data during these periods. However, you will never lose access to items that you have purchased in the Founder's Packs as a result of a wipe.
We are currently planning the following wipes:
End of Alpha Wipe

• Timing: Occurs at the end of Alpha testing, which begins on or before 2-28-14

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Hmm, we'd better see one hell of a patch this week if she didn't brain fart that.

Edit: The more I read that the more it seems like a copy/pasta mistake.

Yep, brain fart. Finished reading the thread and she replied later on with

Hey there,

I just replied to your direct message, but so that everyone knows:

Beta isnotlaunching on February 28th. February 28th was the last possible day that we could begin Alpha ("on or before February 28th), so it was referring to that date. Since we began Alpha a month early, "January 31" technically replaced the February 28th date.

Alpha will continue through February and into March. We have not announced when Closed Beta will begin, aside from the "on or before March 31".

Hope that helps!

~Dexella

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That would answer it - and yea, I knew that would be far ahead of schedule - just theorizing what the guy meant.

Fwiw I just got an email from SOE saying there will be a live steaming event today at 4pm pacific on Twitch. Georgeson will be the guest.

Supposedly, they'll be going over the upcoming content for Alpha; though, we kind of already know what's in the pipe.

Patch notes up. New Islands, and 2 biomes next week. That should be the first server wipe.

https://forums.station.sony.com/eqnl...26-2014.22214/


Edit: DG on today's live stream just announced, they won't need to wipe claims with the biome update next week.


Here's what's going in with today's update!
. Added Chests in to the game! You can now craft 2 different chests (Ornate Small Chest and Simple Large Chest) at the Copper Reinforced Saw Table and the Cobalt Reinforced Saw Table. They can be placed on your claim and you can use them to store props, items and resources.
. Fixed the issue with embedded Intel chipsets that caused the world to only render with completely black textures. Laptop users can rejoice!
. Moving props around your claim should be easier and be more reliable. We will continue to improve this with upcoming updates.
. We added a tooltip to the recipe icon in the crafting window to show you what you would craft with that recipe.
. Fixed a number of client crashes and optimized a number of trouble spots as well.
. Dragging icons between windows should now be more reliable.
. The Force Hoop recipe was erroneously requiring 200 Elemental Rubicite. It now only requires 9!
. The teleporter window at the hub wouldn't always pay attention to the first time you clicked on a world. Now it will.
. Templates and copy/paste will no longer grab procedurally-placed props from your claim.
. Fixed an error in the description on the Silversteel Pick.
. The mouse cursor will now update appropriately when over the light source props that can be turned on/off.
. Updated a few of the marble textures to look better/clearer.
. Fixed an issue where the location information wasn't updating when you switched zones consistently.
. Now when you change zones it should clean up any oddities with animations from grappling to the spires.
. Updated most windows in preparation for localization. Please let us know if you see any weird or missing strings.
. Added a feedback message to the player when they submit a bug. Now you know when it successfully sends the bug!
. Several windows will now save their positions properly when closed using the Escape key.

And now for some of the stuff the team is hard at work on for next week's update!
. A new smoothing tool that should allow for much more intuitive behavior and results!
. Claim permissions! When this is in, you'll be able to work with friends to make even more amazing things!
. 12 new islands and 2 new biomes! This will include new materials to build with, new props and new areas of the world to explore.
. Attached claims! The ability to place another claim directly attached to an existing claim you own. This will allow for bigger builds or space to do more builds next to one another.

Good god, this microvoxel shit just exploded my universe.

Attached claims! The ability to place another claim directly attached to an existing claim you own. This will allow for bigger builds or space to do more builds next to one another.

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So now one of you fuckers better re create everquest

Agenor_sl said:

Patch notes up. New Islands, and 2 biomes next week. That should be the first server wipe.

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No wipe next week according to Dexella. The new Biomes will probably just be restricted to the new Islands for now.

Column_sl said:

So now one of you fuckers better re create everquest

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Probably the best Column post in history

Skanda_sl said:

No wipe next week according to Dexella. The new Biomes will probably just be restricted to the new Islands for now.

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That was my impression as well. I think the cave biome stuff will require a wipe but it sounds like they are just adding in more islands likely with their self contained biomes if I have to guess I am guessing winter and maybe volcanic.

Not gonna lie, my interest for anything other than the updates with caves / mobs is pretty much zero. Not complaining, just not interested in any of this stuff until the meatier updates come in. Back to GW2.

I'm interested in seeing the new smoothing tool next week. Though after spending as much time as I have learning the quirks of the current tool I'm a little annoyed about it. Oh well, them's the kicks of playing an Alpha.

kaid_sl said:

That was my impression as well. I think the cave biome stuff will require a wipe but it sounds like they are just adding in more islands likely with their self contained biomes if I have to guess I am guessing winter and maybe volcanic.

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According to the livestream from yesterday, the new biomes will be tundra and old growth forest.

From reading the patch notes I see they also took away our ability to template tree props and such. I hope they have a plan for giving us a way to create them on our land when needed.

Skanda_sl said:

From reading the patch notes I see they also took away our ability to template tree props and such. I hope they have a plan for giving us a way to create them on our land when needed.

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People have datamined sickle tools that appeared to be flagged for harvesting/gathering plants/trees. I think eventually the intention is if you want some trees you use make a sickle and you go out into the wildnrness and find the plant/tree you want and use the sickle to grab it and then replant it wherever you wish.