Weitere Details zur Betaphase 3
Brad McQuaid hat im offiziellen Forum eine Stellungnahme zur angekündigten nächsten und somit dritten Phase der Beta gemacht. Sobald die aktuellen Optimierungsarbeiten für die Infrastruktur für SOE und die Client Computer der Spieler, sowie eine kleine Testphase der SOE Struktur abgeschlossen sind werden tausende Spieler die Welt von Vanguard Saga of Heroes bewundern können.
<ul><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="85%"><tr><td width="100%"><div align="justify" style="font-size: 10px; font-family: ARIAL, VERDANA; color: #4F4F4F;">To be up front, nobody has been invited into beta 2.5 for quite some time. We need to make the transition over to SOE servers, front-end, patcher, etc. which should be happening in the next week or so. Then we will move beta 2.5 players over to the new set up for a week or so and make sure all is good. Then we will launch Beta 3 which will include a lot of people from both pools (the message board pool and the CGM pool). And when I say a lot, I mean thousands.</div></td></tr></table></ul>
<table border="0" class="normaltab"><tbody style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="Expand( 849 );"><tr><td valign="middle"><img alt="More" name="849" src="images/expand.gif"></td><td valign="middle"><span class="news_subline">Klick hier um mehr zu erfahren</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="849" style="display: none;"><span class="content_text"><ul><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="85%"><tr><td width="100%"><div align="justify" style="font-size: 10px; font-family: ARIAL, VERDANA; color: #4F4F4F;">And it´s not just about getting the SOE stuff ready that we need to accomplish before starting beta 3 -- we are also making ready ships, turning on part of Qalia, finishing a revamp of Diplomacy, and finishing up some major optimizations aimed at medium settings (what most testers will use) so FPS won´t be nearly the problem it has been in earlier betas.
Also of significant note is the ability for beta testers to invite groups of friends and guilds into beta 3 -- we really need to get critical mass on one server ramping up as well as community (and then when that is in place, the player driven economy should start to form).
All of this is happening fast, and like I put in the FAQ, I think beta 3 will start by the end of July. If it slips into early August I will let you know, but I don´t see any signs of that happening at this point. The team is really getting a lot done preparing for Beta 3. Tweaked systems, higher framerate for average gamer machines, easier access via SOE´s front-end and patcher, most quests focused on levels 1-35, many UI changes and much work on the newbie experienece (which includes UI mods as well as quests that intro you to the various spheres of gameplay), and much more.</div></td></tr></table></ul></span></div>
Das dies nun so viele Spieler werden hat unter anderem den Hintergrund, dass Sigil nun ein Maß an kritischen Auslastungen erreichen will, um die Server und das Spiel für die Masse zu testen. Mit der nächsten Betaphase ist mit Ende Juli zu rechnen, dass es Anfang August wird, damit ist nicht auszugehen.
Link: <a href="http://www.vanguardsoh.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1259420#post1259420" target=_blank>Zur Ankündigung von Brad McQuaid</a>
Link: <a href="http://forum.vsoh.info/showthread.php?p=10243#post10243" target=_blank>Kommentare im Forum</a>
