Post by Morreion on Jan 26, 2010 7:48:48 GMT -5
The Ultimate Deflection Shield: “It’s In Beta” (Bio Break)
Open beta is really a promotional phase; it's far too late for substantive changes. Unless you're Cryptic adding a skill cap to STO days before release
...But on the other side, the whole “It’s in beta” deflection has weakened to the point of nothingness these days. It’s a matter of perception becoming reality. Once a MMO moves into open beta and drops the NDA, then everyone is free to discuss the game and point out its successes and its flaws. Notice that none of the game’s defenders are particularly upset when someone has something positive to say about their MMO while it’s in beta — the anger is unleashed and the “It’s in beta!” defense is mustered only when issues, flaws, bugs and personal feelings of disappointment are shared.
You can say “It’s in beta!” until you’re blue in the face, but you’d be part of a rapidly declining majority who gives a crap whether open beta is holy sacred ground that should never be violated with honest observations and opinions. Just like those folks who look for every opportunity to gripe how we won’t really move into the new decade until 2011 even though the vast, overwhelming majority of people consider it a done deal already, whether you’re technically right doesn’t matter on this point. Especially when several MMO developers have come out and admitted that open beta is, for better or worse, less about testing and bug fixing than it is about hype and free advertisement.
You can say “It’s in beta!” until you’re blue in the face, but you’d be part of a rapidly declining majority who gives a crap whether open beta is holy sacred ground that should never be violated with honest observations and opinions. Just like those folks who look for every opportunity to gripe how we won’t really move into the new decade until 2011 even though the vast, overwhelming majority of people consider it a done deal already, whether you’re technically right doesn’t matter on this point. Especially when several MMO developers have come out and admitted that open beta is, for better or worse, less about testing and bug fixing than it is about hype and free advertisement.
Open beta is really a promotional phase; it's far too late for substantive changes. Unless you're Cryptic adding a skill cap to STO days before release
