I know! I can't wait!!

 

Although I fear, it may be slightly more than two weeks, especially in practical terms for Europeans. Steam perhaps want to put that update out like 19:00 PDT, and if that's correct, it will be able in Europe CET 4:00 AM the 19th. Anyone knows at what time it will be released on Steam?

Josh has said that it's not going to be released on Steam.

 

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/66405-being-locked-into-steam-because-of-beta-participation/?p=1468909

I did read that in passing, but I took it to mean: "If you don't want to..." But thanks to you I now realize it's a stand-alone downloader for the beta. Interesting, and hopefully good news timewise, because then Obsidian will perhaps release it like 12:00 PDT, which would be 19:00 CET.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure he meant that the Steam Beta won't turn into the full game upon release. Whether there'll be a non-Steam Beta remains to be confirmed, I think.

Ark: Perhaps I got it after the first read-through, after all?

Josh also wrote this:

 

The two most salient are 1) separating the BB from the actual product means it's easier to separate the product platforms when the full game is released 2) the BB is a beta, so it will be full of bugs, possibly crashy, and generally not fully polished.  It may also have wild balance issues, exploits, and GUI issues that will (one hopes) not be present in the final game.  However, anecdotal data strongly suggests that people playing betas do not evaluate them as betas, but as final products.  Accordingly, they trash the product's ratings and give scathing reviews.  If the beta product is later "upgraded" to the final product, all of the hooting and hollering done about the beta remains part of the final game.  So separating the beta product from the final product appropriately segregates comments and ratings for each one.

 

Having read it again, as I understand it, it will be a separate (Steam?) beta product that you get to download, and later, when the game's released, it won't be associated with that one at all.

We'll get to see Gamescom and Gen Con streams before anything else

Two weeks and it's here.

That's just a little more than ONE week! o_o

 

Such closeness!

Been outta the loop on deployment the last 10 months..this is great news indeed.

Is it for all backers? Even those that backed through this site?

Is it for all backers? Even those that backed through this site?

*Sigh*

Repost: It's not for everyone no. It's for those who either backed at a tier that cost $110+ OR bought beta access as a separate add on for their pledge. (Regardless of whether you backed via kickstarter or the obsidian website.)

 

If you haven't purchased beta access as yet: At the moment the only possible way to add beta access to an already existing pledge is to see if support can reset your pledge. Otherwise, as diabeetus indicated above, you can wait for them to add the functionality to the website.

 

(Personally I'd wait to see if they can get the functionality up and running before the beta - if only to avoid adding to the workload of what sounds like a very busy support team.)

Hyped! Hyped! Hyped! 13 days and counting..... Thank god, i pledged the $140. So eager to play this.....

 

Is it for all backers? Even those that backed through this site?

*Sigh*

Repost: It's not for everyone no. It's for those who either backed at a tier that cost $110+ OR bought beta access as a separate add on for their pledge. (Regardless of whether you backed via kickstarter or the obsidian website.)

 

If you haven't purchased beta access as yet: At the moment the only possible way to add beta access to an already existing pledge is to see if support can reset your pledge. Otherwise, as diabeetus indicated above, you can wait for them to add the functionality to the website.

 

(Personally I'd wait to see if they can get the functionality up and running before the beta - if only to avoid adding to the workload of what sounds like a very busy support team.)

 

Technically there is another option ;p. Thanks for info though. Can't wait until they release it. Got WL2 beta but not playing it (besides doing Ag Center once) . Don't want to spoil it before release:D

ggRRrRr you lucky beta access backers..!

 

 

 

but on the other hand, this means i still have some time to devote to my fiancee and that's a good thing, because when the final game is released the girl is about to get a big surprise 

Hyped! Hyped! Hyped! 13 days and counting..... Thank god, i pledged the $140. So eager to play this.....

Do not remind me of when I turn 32.

I admit I am kind of surprised that we have not had the "beta update" yet, considering there's less than a week until Gamescom and Gen Con and 10.5 days until the beta launch.

I admit I am kind of surprised that we have not had the "beta update" yet, considering there's less than a week until Gamescom and Gen Con and 10.5 days until the beta launch.

That's exactly why there's been no update.

 

Hyped! Hyped! Hyped! 13 days and counting..... Thank god, i pledged the $140. So eager to play this.....

Do not remind me of when I turn 32.

 

I turn 38 a few days later. Don't knock your early-thirties.

That's exactly why there's been no update.

They said they were going to do an update before the beta launch with the details about it. There's also the issue of beta tier purchases for already completed pledges not being added to the backer site functionality yet. We also got the impression that the option to buy a beta key would be taken down from one of the UK interviews), indicating that there would not be an "early access".

 

 

Hyped! Hyped! Hyped! 13 days and counting..... Thank god, i pledged the $140. So eager to play this.....

Do not remind me of when I turn 32.

 

I turn 38 a few days later. Don't knock your early-thirties.

 

I'm going to die one day.

 

That's pretty friggin' important.

But your soul will not

I'll have two weeks to play the beta before my senior semester of university starts. Perfect timing.

Now here's hoping the release is near Thanksgiving or winter break

 

I turn 38 a few days later. Don't knock your early-thirties.

I'm going to die one day.

 

That's pretty friggin' important.

You should have taken his sage words at face value, he happy you will only be 32.  Not that I am a day over 25.... or ever will be

 

 

 

Hyped! Hyped! Hyped! 13 days and counting..... Thank god, i pledged the $140. So eager to play this.....

Do not remind me of when I turn 32.

 

I turn 38 a few days later. Don't knock your early-thirties.

 

I'm going to die one day.

 

That's pretty friggin' important.

 

 

/pats on the back

 

there there...

 

 

 

soft kitty, warm kitty,

little ball of furr...

What if no one really dies. What if your body just stops working. What if, without gravity, we just float away into nothing, no longer matter, no longer mattering.   

What if no one really dies. What if your body just stops working. What if, without gravity, we just float away into nothing, no longer matter, no longer mattering.

I can't speak for you guys, but I am immortal until proven otherwise. Also, I have 50% gravity resistance.

Apparently going straight to here and purchasing a stand alone beta key works: https://eternity.obsidian.net/backer/addons