Test Release Notes - April 2, 2010 - Discussion

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Big Bad Wolf

That is not true - look closely on the Test server, u might and will find a few basic pirates running around. Of course that is rare compared to Live, which almost everyone on Port Royal is a paying member.

I know i know on Disney website, in order to sign up for Test invite, gotta be an unlimited access member. That is so inaccurate afterall. Its just their way of telling us if we want the exclusive access to test, we gotta pay them.

Basics on test aren't basics forever. When I was in beta, and for a year after beta, I was a basic access pirate in test.

They sometimes switch pirates around from basic access to unlimited to test basic access features. I don't know if that's true now or not, but allowing people that don't pay for the game to be on the test server is silly. Allowing people that don't even pay for the game to see new content. Ridiculous. And on the site it says if you stop paying for the game you lose test access.

But back the the point, yeah, being on test has it's ups and downs. Unfortunately, we don't always get want we want, like new body types. Honestly, why? Why not add them in instead of taking the old body types away? Because animation is harder with the old body types? Big deal, they should care about the players. Even if it isn't animation, for whatever reason, replacing the body types instead of adding in four new body types is a waste. Should have had those body types from the beginning if they were going to change them.

[Big Bad Wolf]

Switching pirates from basic access to unlimited to test basic access features, might be true only in the Beta days. But to do that to paying customers now? I imagine those affected would cancel their subscription with disgust.

Maybe its ridiculous in your opinion to allow people that don't pay for the game to experience new content. What about people who had paid since day one but are not currently paying due to the lack of content before a certain update, should they be clustered together and subject to prejudice like other basic players?

As you said you were a basic pirate in test, but you were not cut off from test access, were you? And you were able to see new content when you were a basic pirate (past), did you think it was ridiculous? I'll say not at all.


- New Content -
It does make people happy, but when the new content does not work, and we turn to tech support, but all they could offer us is poor service, then there really isnt anything that we can enjoy.

Take the free game distributed in January "Call of Kraken" for example. Not really a new content in the game, just something new and free for members. Many were happy when they heard of this freebie, but probably more than half were unsatisfied with the fact that it does not run on Vista or newer OS. And Disney didn't address the issue, really bad part on big D. New content that does not work + No support = Fail.

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Big Bad Wolf

Maybe its ridiculous in your opinion to allow people that don't pay for the game to experience new content. What about people who had paid since day one but are not currently paying due to the lack of content before a certain update, should they be clustered together and subject to prejudice like other basic players?

As you said you were a basic pirate in test, but you were not cut off from test access, were you? And you were able to see new content when you were a basic pirate (past), did you think it was ridiculous? I'll say not at all.

You made me change my mind.(which isn't normal of me.) You're right that, people shouldn't be clustered together. But I also think having people that don't pay for the game to be on the test server, simply to see what basic priates might like. Or for the developers to figure out what content they can bring in to have people pay for the game.(although that's obvious, a new story quest.)

I wasn't cut off from test because I paid for the game since day one. I received an email saying that if I didn't pay for the game I may or may not be cut off from test server access. I stayed basic, even though I paid for open. I asked why and they told me so that I could test basic access limited features and what-not. They decided to give me full access a year later.

P.S. Speaking of call of the Kraken, I'm still angry that they refused to address the issue of some people not being able to play the game.