People are all upset the free beta of division 2 is down for 3 hours of maintenance
Posted Feb 10, 2019, 8:59 AM UTC
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I thought you had to pre order to play the beta?
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Pre ordering just guaranteed access. I got in just by signing up
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Ohh right shoot wish I knew that before XD
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What you think the game? My friend works for Ubisoft gave me a code. I thought I would hate it after the let down of the first one. But so far I find myself enjoying the changes. Def improvements to common foes not taking 8 mags to take down.
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Oh I loved the first one, and the bits I've had time to try I think I'll enjoy this one more. I love the community building aspect instead of random fetch quests. I'm looking forward to the new one, just not pre ordering anymore
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My friend works for Ubisoft
Does he ban people who beat you in the game?
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"wrong"
..and yet..!
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The last one is the best. "extend the beta" since they're taking away time... It means "delay the release of the game that I will never pay for so I can play it for free."
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According to people, if your game is down for maintenance, you are a horrible person.
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Is it good? Haven't watched it. Anything like Destiny?
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They are both looter MMOs. As much as I like sci Fi, I found destiny got kinda boring and repetitive. I like the modern futuristic setting of division a lot. Division is very much a cover shooter though.
Apparently a lot of people hated the division 1 dlc, I had taken a break and didn't play through it. But the more recent dlc and patches have been pretty well recieved.
The new one looks like an improvement in theme and gameplay from the original so while I won't pre order I do have pretty good feeling about it so far.
The trailers are exciting too.
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K, will give it a look see!
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The whole point of a beta is for players to play it so the devs can fix the game. It's not out for our entertainment just yet. Unless of course you want an unfinished game
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Beta =/= early access
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It's not being choosy or begging, they have a perfect right to complain if the servers are going down frequently even if it's an open beta.
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Your right, this screenshot doesn't really highlight it. The "wrong" comment bugged me, but the begging for extra time still fits.
From what I saw was 3 hours of downtime each night
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They're not "begging" for more time, it's a perfectly reasonable request to want more time when much of it is being taken from you.
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I shouldn’t have to pay my car rego! I only drove it a couple times last year.
Edit: /s
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They’re demanding more when they’ve already been given extra. All for free.
This is quintessential CB.
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It's a free beta, the devs owe them nothing. Especially considering they probably aren't filing bug reports
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They’re outraged that they have to deal with occasional maintenance on something that they’re not even paying for, how is that NOT a choosing beggar?
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I get what your saying. Alot of betas are only open for a limited time, some only 2 days even if you're not playing the time counts down. Makes sense to gamers to be upset
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I'm glad somebody agrees. After all, they are likely going to purchase the game based on what they see in the beta.
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Isn't the whole idea of beta testing to find bugs for them to fix? When are they supposed to fix it, when it goes gold? They're not EA...
Betas are being used as marketing tools now. And even when they're actually being used to check bugs, open betas are a reciprocal thing; people aren't playing it because they want to check bugs for free. This beta is included in preorders - I don't think it's being a choosing beggar when an advertised feature - that is the only practical incentive to preorder - is under maintenance for a large part of the duration. Might be a bit whiny though.
I wouldn't call 9 hours of the 72 hours a large part, but agree it's more entitled than begging.
I would suspect to the company the beta is a stress test more than bug reports. See how the server's handle things. And games have so much analytics these days I would expect any actual filed bug would be less useful than the machine generated ones.
But the beta is to test the game, and in an online game it is how they rest stability, and if the servers drop they can fix it. Anyone can cancel their preorder after the beta so they are not actually paying or it