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Dean Harper · Nov 13, 2007, 12:45 AM // 00:45

sooo, because i bought teh game the october it came out, which is a little after the actually release, i dont get to participate? not fair to me, just have normal beta sign up instead.

/notsigned

Inniss · Nov 13, 2007, 12:55 AM // 00:55

/notsigned

Closed beta should be for people with beta/test server experience who are actually going to spend their time testing features looking for bugs, etc, and not people who are going to just be wanting to play the game as soon as possible. Open Beta is more the server strain test period, and the game is a lot more like what it's finally going to be at this stage.

There's already a newsletter to sign up to which should notify us of when beta apps start, but I would prefer GW2 to be tested by experienced, devoted beta testers so as to have a decent quality game by the time it goes Open Beta.

Kool Kirby · Nov 13, 2007, 01:03 AM // 01:03

Agree and Disagree with some of the posts made here. I think a plan in this format would be best;

Closed Alpha Test: Paid Arena Net employees only. First test.

Closed Beta Test: Given to current Guild Wars players. I think it should be by number of hours played, this is the most fair. I do not know what would be a good figure, but I'm willing to ballpark it starting at around 150 hours. Yes, that may seem like a lot, but hey; the game has been out for years.

Open Beta Short Test: Stress test type open beta. Not very long, similar to the weekends. All closed betaers can have their CB accounts active in this.

william1975 · Nov 13, 2007, 01:07 AM // 01:07

I'd love to do the beta for GW2, I have around 6,000 hours of play in the 19 months i have been playing and woudl lvoe to see the new game early

Faer · Nov 13, 2007, 04:53 AM // 04:53

Let's try waiting to talk about this stuff here until the beta for GW2 is actually close enough to worry about, shall we?