Steve Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 What are the plans for betatesting? Do long-time Hero forum members get any better chances at getting into the beta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: Betatesting? Yeah. What Steve said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: Betatesting? Or Hero forum members who also have City of Heroes accounts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haerandir Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: Betatesting? Or Hero forum members who were CoH beta testers? I've got a resume! Of sorts! Heck... That avatar up there is my original CoH Beta character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVeira Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: Betatesting? Beta? I want in, just tell what to do, where to go and who I have to be friends with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelstrom Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: Betatesting? Yes! Bring on the Beta! How do we sign up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: Betatesting? As an old person that doesn't play MMO's. Beta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmakaze Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: Betatesting? As an old person that doesn't play MMO's. Beta? Beta testing. As in the last shakedown before a full release. It usually involves a stress test of letting a bunch of folks play an advance copy and report on any issues they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: Betatesting? Beta testing. As in the last shakedown before a full release. It usually involves a stress test of letting a bunch of folks play an advance copy and report on any issues they have. Well I think that qualifies as a Duh moment.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comic Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: Betatesting? I'd love to hear about the experience the builders had with previous Beta testers: what made the great ones good? Where there bad ones, and why? What should a Beta tester do/avoid doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: Betatesting? It's way too early to talk about stuff like that, guys. I have no idea at this point. If and when I do have an idea, and Cryptic wants me to post it, I will be glad to. Otherwise all you can do is direct the question at them, and I think it's too early for them to have an answer that's not the purest definition of "noncommital." I know that at the very least I'd like to be able to get some beta keys and somehow "raffle" them off here on the Hero boards, but I'm not sure if that'll be possible, or if it's advisable. I will leave it to wiser and more experienced heads than mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperPheemy Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: Betatesting? I was talking to one of the Cryptic folks over at GDC. They're *amazed* at the sheer volume and enthusiasm of the Champions/HERO fanbase. I think they're list of registered users hit 5,000+ in two days of opening on Midnight Wednesday. I have a real feeling that Champions Online is going to be HUGE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Re: Betatesting? I was talking to one of the Cryptic folks over at GDC. They're *amazed* at the sheer volume and enthusiasm of the Champions/HERO fanbase. I think they're list of registered users hit 5' date='000+ in two days of opening on Midnight Wednesday. I have a real feeling that Champions Online is going to be HUGE.[/quote'] Not surprising to me, Steve Long once said at a GenCon that Hero has a core of about 5K customers/players/gm's. As for beta testing it is often done closer to release and it is not only for finding bugs but for last minute changes/input. This varies company to company. As said earlier way too early for a beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Re: Betatesting? I just read the Game Informer article today. It may not be too far off of beta, judging from what they said. Seems the basic game is done, and they're working on classes and content. I'd guess maybe fall/winter for beta? After all, they did have two years of development time when it was MUO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Re: Betatesting? I'd love to hear about the experience the builders had with previous Beta testers: what made the great ones good? Where there bad ones' date=' and why? What should a Beta tester do/avoid doing?[/quote'] Well, back when I ran Beta's (of boring stuff, non-gaming). We basically got the product to a point where we thought it was near ready for release. On any SW product greater than a few lines of code, the number of variables that can be input gets huge. So, opening up the program to more people will expose more problems than what in house QA would do. A good Beta tester checks things out. Can repeat the error, and report it clearly. Bad ones will just say "X is broken! FIX IT!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayapuppies Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Re: Betatesting? Well, back when I ran Beta's (of boring stuff, non-gaming). We basically got the product to a point where we thought it was near ready for release. On any SW product greater than a few lines of code, the number of variables that can be input gets huge. So, opening up the program to more people will expose more problems than what in house QA would do. A good Beta tester checks things out. Can repeat the error, and report it clearly. Bad ones will just say "X is broken! FIX IT!" Oh man. With a software QA background of 12 years I am always amazed at what end users and beta testers call a 'Bug Report'. Downright scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Re: Betatesting? Oh man. With a software QA background of 12 years I am always amazed at what end users and beta testers call a 'Bug Report'. Downright scary. Why, you are downright generous Scary doesn't begin to describe it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilkmanDan Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Re: Betatesting? Oh man. With a software QA background of 12 years I am always amazed at what end users and beta testers call a 'Bug Report'. Downright scary. Or what a software developer will argue isn't a bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayapuppies Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Re: Betatesting? Why' date=' you are downright generous Scary doesn't begin to describe it.....[/quote'] I was being PC...heh Or what a software developer will argue isn't a bug. Weasles, the lot of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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