Our pirates- deleted when PotCO opens?

[Vandelay]

It's very common in MMO betas that they "wipe" the characters before it goes public. They may even have to wipe them sometime during beta testing, so don't get too attached to them. They could be gone tomorrow!

For all you people saying "what's my reward for testing?", sorry but the testing IS the reward. You are getting to check out a game before everyone else does -- that's all. Don't expect anything further.

[Peggo]

Aye, but as seasoned mates we will be the unoffical Community Leaders of the game. We can tell newbies how to play and give hints. We can, but we don't have to.
I still think testers deserve a treat. We have suffered through all the glitches and lagging and we help them refine the game. Why can't the few of us (how many beta testers are there anyway?) get a year of bug free play. I don't see why we can't have some high level pirates in the game when it goes public. As long as they don't take adfvantage of the newbies...why not?

[Vandelay]

Keep in mind, they're probably going to invite more and more beta testers as they get closer to finishing it. They'll probably also have a completely "open beta" period where anyone/everyone is allowed to download and test it for free. In which case, it probalby wouldn't be realistic to give ALL beta testers a reward.

[Peggo]

Originally Posted by Vandelay

Keep in mind, they're probably going to invite more and more beta testers as they get closer to finishing it. They'll probably also have a completely "open beta" period where anyone/everyone is allowed to download and test it for free. In which case, it probalby wouldn't be realistic to give ALL beta testers a reward.

Right.
No, just us. LOL

[Bellatrix]

Originally Posted by Peggo

Aye, but as seasoned mates we will be the unoffical Community Leaders of the game. We can tell newbies how to play and give hints. We can, but we don't have to.
I still think testers deserve a treat. We have suffered through all the glitches and lagging and we help them refine the game. Why can't the few of us (how many beta testers are there anyway?) get a year of bug free play. I don't see why we can't have some high level pirates in the game when it goes public. As long as they don't take adfvantage of the newbies...why not?

They gave out 10,000 beta keys. War pirate ships are already ramming light pirate
ships, so yeah, taking advantage of the newbies.

I mean, I almost was sunk today, because someone with a frigate was "bored", so
to cure his boredness he decided to try and sink my ship. Took in my little light sloop
just in time.

So yeah, if people are taking advantage now, wait until the game opens.

[Nuclear Orange]

That is if it EVER opens to the public. Coming out Spring 2007? It's already summer guys. =/

[Peggo]

Originally Posted by crimsonDOOM

They gave out 10,000 beta keys. War pirate ships are already ramming light pirate
ships, so yeah, taking advantage of the newbies.

I mean, I almost was sunk today, because someone with a frigate was "bored", so
to cure his boredness he decided to try and sink my ship. Took in my little light sloop
just in time.

So yeah, if people are taking advantage now, wait until the game opens.

Aye, I've heard of this un-piratey behavior. Is there no Pirates Code? Actually the fault is with the game. They should not be able to ram newbies when not in PVP mode. Has someone reported this glitch?:

[Red Bull]

Chances are very high that they will reset all characters come begining of phase 2 beta.

They're are doing a total rebuild, during next month, they wont want anomynous bits of wrong data from our bugged old characters.

I will be surprised if they dont wipe the slate clean then, and then again when it opens.

As for what poster said about what was our reward with helping them debug? Huh you got to be first person to play game, think of all those other still not played it yet.

You should remember , you were give that privelage to help debug only, not to rush through trying to get highest level you can, if u got seriously high stats character now, all fool you if they reset it come spetember for phase 2.

Anyways theres chance that beta testers will get full subs service for free for little while and maybe a reduce rate of subs there after. Others got that type of stuff after other beta testing.

Course none of that is written yet.

'Keep it Kool '

[saltwater]

I remember when they did one of those stress tests and wiped out all the characters. I think they will do it again with this newer version.

[Cannon]

It would be good if thet give you a choice whether you want to kepp the accounts or not.