WarMacheen
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I signed up for this F'ing beta decades ago...DECADES!!!
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Star Wars: The Old Republic [Releasing Date: Dec 20 NA/EU - NDA Lifted]
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Mister_Bubbles
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Creamwolf said:All these brag posts about beta invite make me& >.<. This is probably what it feels like walking in your significant other cheating on you.
Pfft, what's better than playing a game for the first time in an imbalanced, wonky state? Playing it for the first time in a bugless, perfectly- wait... this is an MMO launch. Hurm.
DurielBlack
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Mister_Bubbles said:
This is TOR I will play it in any state.
I've been signed up for a year or something, but no invite. Upgraded my PC recently tho, so I just logged into the site and let them scan my new system.
It's probable they are filtering (at least to some degree) by computer power. Maybe I'm wrong. But updating your specs in their DB can't hurt eh?
It's probable they are filtering (at least to some degree) by computer power. Maybe I'm wrong. But updating your specs in their DB can't hurt eh?
DurielBlack
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Gvaz said:
Lucky you can get that, I'm on a miserable connection thats less than 1mb down and less than .25mp up.
I can play WoW and SC2, but downloading games/patches is a real chore since it often takes days for the big stuff. Downloads also make it so I can't even surf the net until they are finished.
Was hoping I could get an invite today, house-sitting for someone starting Saturday and I could have used their real internet to download the beta. But as usual I get nothing.
Mister_Bubbles
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DurielBlack said:
Can't argue with that... Yeah, if someone stuck a copy in front of me, I probably would too ¬_¬
CcrooK said:
That's good to hear; WoW was the last MMO launch I was a part of and for some reason had the impression things hadn't improved much since.
Careful what you wish for. Your getting an almost full experience in the current beta, but with the knowledge anything you do will get deleted in a few weeks time. Worst case is that you really enjoy a class and then realise it gets destroyed when the game goes live (RIP Beta Paladin/WoW)
Savour the fact that the game is likely out at the end of the summer.
Savour the fact that the game is likely out at the end of the summer.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who got their second wave of invites! But damn I need a video card badly, mine won't be able to run the game. I guess it's time to buy a video card! I had a 9800 GT before and it ran the game like crap, but then again my card was malfunctioning at the time as well.
What would be a decent card that will be able to run it? Looking to spend up to ~$160ish.
What would be a decent card that will be able to run it? Looking to spend up to ~$160ish.
DurielBlack
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Kintaco said:
I would gladly use your beta key for you and save you all that $$. Just PM it to me.
Kintaco said:
Beta builds are going to perform substantially worse then retail version. The reason is the game will have a debugging tool, data collection tool, and various other information collecting tools running at all times. This will decrease your performance by a significant amount.
That said, upgrading will be better in the long run anyway.
HarryDemeanor
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Blackface said:
Add this as a disclaimer:
"GAF guilds tend to fall apart soon after launch (for example: GAF Rift guild)."
Gray-Jaeger90
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just got my invite to the beta =D. wasn't able to play that much when i got in last december, but that will change this time lol.
HarryDemeanor
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Stop teasing me BioWare! Give me my beta invite!
Gray-Jaeger90
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Xamdou said:
yup, but i didn't get in on the spot. had to wait for that invite like everyone else
I'm probably not allowed to say that my dusty Q9550 + 9800GTX+ ran a certain beta just fine.Nirolak said:
We are pleased to welcome you into the Beta for Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed. Thank you for volunteering to help us build a stronger, more stable game.
but no really I mean the other one.
HarryDemeanor
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Nirolak said:*Looks at my computer*
*Looks at shiny beta invite*
No, I don't think that's the issue.
Argh!
The_Inquisitor
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Lol my computer is still installing shit.
Going to head over to NBA age and watch the game and see if it's finished after.
Going to head over to NBA age and watch the game and see if it's finished after.
The_Inquisitor
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For record my specs
i5-750 OC'ed to 3.38 Ghz
4GHz DDR3 1333
1.5 TB HDD
Gigabyte P55A-UD3
GIGABYTE GTX 460 1GB
Not exactly a beast of machine, but pretty good for a budget build that is 1 year old.
i5-750 OC'ed to 3.38 Ghz
4GHz DDR3 1333
1.5 TB HDD
Gigabyte P55A-UD3
GIGABYTE GTX 460 1GB
Not exactly a beast of machine, but pretty good for a budget build that is 1 year old.
Blackface said:
Substantially isn't the correct word, I've been in more MMO betas than I care to say and the difference in performance will not change drastically when the debug tools are pulled out. You might see a 1-2% increase in performance, but it won't allow you to go from not running it to running it, that simply will not happen. Judging by the on the floor footage the game runs like butter, granted I haven't seen what specs they're running, but one can assume as long as your PC is 3 years or younger you won't have any issues running the game. Possibly even older since I think they're going for the running on a toaster scalability.
DurielBlack
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I've got 4gb RAM, q6600, and now a GTS250 (replaced a burned out 8800GTX).
Probably won't be able to run the game at max settings but I still shouldn't have any performance issues.
Not that it matters, since Bioware hates its fans.
Probably won't be able to run the game at max settings but I still shouldn't have any performance issues.
Not that it matters, since Bioware hates its fans.
Power Glove
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Yasae said:
That's because half the people that live in Austin are already working on the game.
DurielBlack
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Deadly said:
Nope :-( I have terrible luck with these things.
Jira said:
The beta build on the show floor runs like butter because they it isn't connecting to the beta servers. It is connecting to a server they bring to E3, and hook up nativly. It also has all the debug stuff and various other things not installed.
The beta as it is currently, runs fairly choppy. I have a brand new Sandy Bridge machine and get some stuttering.
You are right, the difference in performance isn't huge from the standard beta, to launch. But this is basically alpha. Even though the game is very near complete.
There were less then 40 people on the beta servers last night, and even during peak, I have not seen it go over 200. Considering there are 1.5 million people opting in. This shouldn't even classify as a closed beta.
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