#๐ **Official Statement on CBT Access &
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at this point if the cbt is made for stress the servers, do an open beta
I agree with this ,so we can have as fluid as possible launch
Only feedback is that the rebate change is good, ty
Open beta after CBT, or do you mean the CBT will become an open beta once stable? ๐
i mean, cancel the upcoming cbt and made it an obt instead
cbt is useless if they have to stress test the servers
Thank you so much for listening!
Really glad that we where listened too. Much more comfortable with that. As I understand this though, you want to have a CBT starting so you can test server structure and then open it into an Open Beta, once you verify that everything runs smoothly? I mean it's not the baddest plan honestly.
They want a CBT to test eveyrthing first. That is fine.
its a small error, frankie meant launch not open beta
Understood. Once that gets changed and edited will be fine then. Thanks Seven
Ah okay, maybe correct that before rumour mill goes running again ๐
If the launch is soon you should stress test the servers I think
there is no reason to test everything when in china the game already released, everything is just ready, open beta is the better way to stress test servers
wording it properly, should be the official launch 
Global servers, localisation, feedback on systems, all fine with a CBT. If they open it up more as it goes on, we might end up with a OBT situation anyway. Let's celebrate the actual big change which is the rebate.
Okay, instead of just telling to do an Open Beta, is there maybe a reason for it to be a CBT it you are testing servers and structures? Can you maybe explain it? @dusky steppe @crisp knoll
Also keep in mind that the Beta will be PC only (for now) so even if everyone gets in, it would still not be an Open Beta because Mobile Players cant join.
I think the main positive is they want launch "soon" after CBT.
yeah, this is the other problem, if the game will be released after the cbt, how the fuck they will test the mobile build?
Rog Phone 9 Pro would be able to run it when it comes on phones?
Placing $5 bets that it will be 4 to 5 weeks after cbt
i wish that "soon" will be 1 week after and not 1 month
Late September / October is pretty likely, which is fine.
I have a question: will the regions on the global server, NA, EUW, etc., be divided?
We can dream
Then I got to say it here:
Cutting the rebates sucks. All it does is giving the players less for their money, especially the non-whales. The loud minority complaining about it just did so based on imagining a horror scenario in which many don't get beta access and those who get in receive some kind of infinite money glitch.
You could have just offered a solution that gives anyone interested in the beta the chances to eventually gain the rebate opening the beta more and more.
All this "solution" did was take away from players, especially the very invested fans who don't have the money to compensate for the lost bonus through whaling.
If everyone has a smooth experience on the Megaserver that will be tested for the CBT then no
Nothing is taken away because we never had the bonus in the first place in a live environment. I get where your coming from, but this solution IS the best for the games reputation, for any future players that miss the bonus, etc.
I think so too
Dude, I think sadly you are one of very few here who will see it that way. And the others are either not on this discord, didn't vote or don't care, so we won and are happy about it ๐
I was expecting every possible solution, whether it was changing from CBT to OBT, moving the Rebate event to the official launch, etc. And this decision was the last thing I thought of, and honestly, it was the best one I ever thought of!
This, besides being a victory for us, shows that you also care about community feedback; you listen to us โค๏ธ
Many games and publishers simply take the game and turn it into disguised casinos and then close the game...
I just hope for a bright future for BPSR and that I can pass my account on to my children (when I have them one day).
Just taking the opportunity to ask... what will the store's pricing be like? Like, will it be regionalized for each country and its currency? Or will everything be in US dollars?
Pluss, we don't know what launch inventives they have. Maybe we'll get a shit ton of goodies anyway
Now that we have a 1:1 rebate,
Incentive rewards could be titles like "Star Pioneer" or specific (but not very pretty) skins.
The reason for that is fear though. They have not evaluated it. They have not considered it as an opportunity after receiving some positive changes.
This IS a positive change. The game was getting ripped online
I think this is the best possible solution and Iโm very glad you listened to our Feedback.
Iโm excited for the CBT + release. <33
I smell Gamescom big announcement release
Maybe in some bubbles I have not seen.
In the end, the players receive less. This is a fact.
The only possible positive changes was keeping the rebate and making CBT an OBT instead or just having the rebate for everyone on launch instead of in closed beta. Plus the post still says we'll get more information about a rebate later on, so it's entirely possible the latter option is happening.
Okay, how exactly would it be fear? I'm really sorry but I don't get it. You see right now the relieve and the joy of everyone else posting here :/ I don't see fear anywhere
Itโs a win-win for both cause If you really want to milk players, why milk the limited ones who has access to the beta, and not the potential whales in the live version? If they went with this route, they would lose a ton of players and potential money makers.
Sure it "sucks" for everyone to not have a chance at the bonus, BUT that bonus wouldn't have lasted forever, people would still miss out. Mobile players would miss out. It also means a level playing field which is the best outcome for the game. Now bad faith people can't paint a rebate as pay to win.
Even though i was one of the few who were excited for the rebate, i will admit that this is the better choice for the game
That's the hope we all have, but they used some pretty definite wording. 
A Plus wont be at Gamescom unfortunately
The game will not have a bonus rebate.
Someone going to gamescom that wants to hold up a picture of star resonance, just so we are there? xD
There not going to say no bonus, then decide to have one later in the same format lol
Not to mention that they value listening to the majority of the community, rather than the "whale" part of the game.
And that says a lot about them โค๏ธ
Then what could be meant by more detailed information about the rebate system coming soon?
Exactly my thinking. They listened, they didn't just go forward with the plan. And this is huge for me.
If anything, that proves my point. 
People were afraid of an unfair rebate system before we have even seen its reality.
Need to think of this big picture. For the games reputation this really is the best option.
Not being sparky btw, genuine question
i havenโt resd the whole convo but are there people actually upset they wonโt get bonuses for spending money
We know how it works. It was the same system they had in China. That is why the feedback was there.
The reality was written out? I'm not sure where you're going with this
I've some traumas about that ... BPJP was at gamescon and nothing came of it
Funnily, OGBP was at Gamescom.
The reality was the rating that was already posted, what reality was there to be seen?
That a big miss opportunity
I expect they mean to explain how purchases will work in beta now there is no bonus. They will need to change the infographic, etc.
Icic, makes sense
They could make it to the live version having bonuses on the first month as part of the launch events prolly
Seriously, this decision really surprised me, and it made my Friday ๐คฃ
I was hesitant about the publisher's approach to the game... If it was going to be another money grab ๐คฃ
You can clearly see APlus' commitment to the game and the community. Their interests are the same as Bokura's CEO...
We don't need a speedrun release, but a proper release.
If only they could remove the actual p2w from the game
Pricing, actual effective bonus, alternative rebates that are a normal part of the game, like monthly purchase bonuses... We all did not know about that. Perhaps early whales would have received a miniscule amount of extra currency, while now it might turn out not worth it / risky / regrettable to invest during the beta.
If people want to spend in a cbt for a 1:1 rebate at launch, let them. People will.
If they would speedrun it it would already be out
Then don't invest during beta. Easy
No need to rush... They're doing it at their own pace and it's coming out perfect... At this pace, they're even able to hear our feedback and even have time to make changes regarding events ๐
It would have released with CN if they were speed running
I still hope the mods and everyone will see the thread where we talk about gacha and rose orbs, If they saw this, maybe they see other things too
You will not lose nor win anything in beta. So the risk is just whatever
Not really because CN is still not release its also the biggest place to make your revenue.
Also, this bonus decision has a small knock on effect on whales at launch regarding pay to win. Not a massive amount, but it's a small win in that regard too
So if they flopped in CN its already done
That is the main win of them listening to this removal of the extra bonus on the rebate I suppose, that they are willing to listen but the bad p2w stuff is still there. This is a miniscule win for now.
I for one am all for the "rebate" becoming 1:1 since it's definitely fair for the people who don't get into the beta
You don't like something about the game? Don't play 
I mean... yes? You understand the concept then
Pretty huge PR win though
Well, my bank account is not in a beta phase.
Some may see it that way
That's not what I said, but if that's how you feel, I'm not going to stop you
BDO flashback with the P2W XD
Then why didn't you drop it when learning about the rebates?
Because I knew it needed to change, which it has.
Once official release is out, if there is bad p2w then the PR wont be so good.
I haven't been watching any of the cn gameplay but is the p2w you guys are talking about the gacha solely or are there other things?
Irony is a concept hard to grasp.
If you were being ironic, which you weren't
rose orb conversion to ingame money and imaginn gacha is there, see feedback for some threads there are discussions about it :/
That wasn't the main issue and saying its "risky" is wrong. Nothing is "risky" about this. Either you were planning on spending already or not and this rebate bonus was extra incentive to do so, not something to make it more "safe" to invest.
The western audience PREFERS even playing fields. This leads into the problem with the rebate that everyone here gave feedback for: CBT is NOT open for everyone and by giving bonuses to people who spend DURING CBT provides issues in three ways.
- if some people were even handpicked by the devs then it leads into issues (e.g. Streamers get more? double dipping with possible sponsorships? etc.)
- if people were not picked (and they were planning on spending), they didnt even get the chance to benefit from the bonus (i.e. uneven playing field)
- People who were picked but weren't planning on spending now feel like they HAVE to spend (which is predatory behaviour that the western audience HATES)
To a degree, it will be bad. That is just gacha.
I think what is hard to grasp is understanding your reasoning. If people want to spend in the beta, with a 1:1 rebate, great. People still will do this to see how far there money can go in a testing environment.
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Also stress test in a CBT is a meme, you really need a open test to fully test your server.
We still don't know how many keys are going out
The funny thing is, they want to push the rebates and they arenโt even sure if they get accepted into the beta. So they are fighting an imaginary battle atp
No they wont lol
Could be a larger test then JP did might be smaller
For sure need to invite as many people as possible for a good test
I think not alot but at least maybe more then NTE ๐
Well they say more people will be added to CBT as time goes on. I expect it'll end up a pseudo OBT by the end tbh.
Weeeelll that is not "completly" true. I agree on a general level. But you need to test other things before you "Stresstest" it. Entry and Access are a big thing and we are having different servers than china because of Localisation, so maybe they need to test that first?
this is a positive change. thats my opinion.
people that want to pay, can. however, they are not getting more than regular people will pay on release, so there is no difference between people who will want to pay whether its for cosmetics or anything else. thats all i have
That should be a early test
I guess i agree with you in that xD but they will give more keys during the CBT ... This helps control server overcrowding, and they can measure server behavior.
I'd personally like to know how many keys are going out and how many more slots will be going out too as the test goes on and in what part of the test they'll start
Soon โข
The west is more sensitive anything money talks. It will leave a bad taste. And first impression is just as important as pretty much anything. Theyโd be branded as incompetent and unable to listen to their audience, which would lose potential players. So yes.
That paying thing in a beta is just strange because after the Beta they can also delay and cancel the game if they want.
It was a gamble for sure
Maybe the Asia market its normal but in western market its going to trigger black flags for sure
Okay, you are right. Let me elaborate the thing I considered in my calculation here:
Games like these offer returning rebates and bonuses normally. Like daily currency for 30 days, +100% currency for a purchase every big update, etc... They make you end up getting more value for you money. Great for careful spenders. Now, what if the beta is lacking anything of that kind? If someone ends up spending, then sees some bonus on release that would have meant greater value to them? And then, you play the CBT to be able to provide feedback, or risk not being able to play the game on release due to potential changes. You help the devs and take a certain risk playing a game that is not final. I have seen the rebate as a compensation for exactly this.
The west is sensitive about everything lol yet ppl still drop over 5 figures
Can I participate in this beta test from Japan?
I love this update. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen 
Lets ask Elon to throw some money at it xD
It's now just a normal closed beta with optional fair spending. Thats all you really need to think about. If your worried about the state of the game, don't spend in the beta.
Yes, but launch is region locked, you'll need a VPN to play after beta. (Maybe, if they have a standalone client you may be able to play still)
its not that strange. its fine to test payment methods etc, which will be vastly different to the cn version, its not unheard of or anything. its fine.
๐ตโ๐ซ please ditch CBT and make it an open beta, if the purpose of the test it to "stress" servers, more people the better.
If your worried about it, you can now NOT spend in the beta without losing anything
I won't spend because its a beta xd
#social-feed updated ver
Great. Now with no bonus rebate that is totally valid
Yup xD
I was planning on spending in the full game for drip so I don't mind doing it in the beta if the drip available is good
Extend a rebate like this until the first weeks of the actual release and voilร , everyone would have been happy.
But can you do a rebate if the game is released? The Items are in your posession, they are not "burned" through reset so you get more orbs back. o.O?
People would still miss out if they join after the bonus runs out. This is fairer AND the best look for the game.
Your're missing the big picture on how it looks to people looking in on the game
It's a gacha. That is the picture you are talking about and which said people see.
It's an MMO
The game was already getting cooked all over the place by people dooming about a bonus rebate in CBT
I would still expect them to do some kind of sales on launch to incentivize people to spend, and if you want that you should make a feedback thread about it
It isn't a gacha game btw
It's not a "gacha" game in what most people see as one.
MMO gacha game 
Single player "gacha game" is massively different to if a bonus happens in a single player gacha game
Its ToF ๐
Game content isn't locked behind the gacha paywall
And they dont advertise it themselves as one, they advertise as an mmorpg according to steamtags
itโs an mmorpg
Yeah idk the gacha is just cosmetics, you ain't pulling for characters you can barely call it a gacha MMO
I agree I think its lame that we have to catter to free 2 play. I played many Gacha, and was excited for the potential to get the best bang for your buck. Its crazy to be crying over something that doesnt even effect you or your account.
Like any term, you can interpret it how you want. But no way is this ToF. No weapon gacha, your not rolling for set pieces (yes I know imagins are power and *gear, still not the same", the gacha here is small time compared to ToF.
I'm glad to see the change, i really didn't like the super early FOMO-baiting and then seeing the $450 ceiling made it look worse
You can do everything without touching the gacha and use all the mechanics in the game without it aswell
This game would be ToF if you were rolling for classes and weapons. Your not. It's not really very comparable.
How is it catering exclusively to F2P tho? Even if you have the big bucks to spend on the rebates, what if you just never made it into the beta at all?
See now?
The community is divided between
"BPSR is a gacha game"
and
"BPSR is an MMORPG"
Which I'm not criticizing xD, I'm just pointing out the facts.
With controversial monetization. Worrying about having a bit less or more of that is pointless.
Pointless enough it got changed and is being wildly celebrated.
me when see Frankieeeee post
No, it did not. Since it is the game's gacha system and micro transactions.
then people will complain if servers are down or any other issues. ๐ฅฑ
me trying to look for a f2p mmo without controversial monetization:
Your moving the goalposts. This feedback post is about discussing the bonus rebate being removed. People are happy with this. Now your complaining about the monetisation, which is fair, but not what is being discussed here.
If you want to continue the feedback on monetisation, continue to post here https://discord.com/channels/594431022188331008/1393437307104657498
They launched a new server in CN without gacha if you didn't known XD
What is important is this means global launch will be fair. Long term does it make a massive difference to the pay to win? No, not really. Does it make a massive difference on how the game is perceived in the west. Absolutely.
I did know, it's a test server atm. Great, I hope it does well. That may then influence future SR decisions. But you were refering to base game ToF, so my points still stand.
This is just making up arguments at this point.
No one is making up any arguments here that I can see. You made your statements, people replied explaining there view. I've pointed out the place for monetisation discussion to continue. We've seen feedback work here, maybe it can work there. Worth keeping that thread going imo.
You were right when saying this isn't about the games model to make money. Then you shifted the topic there framing me as the one doing it, to give one example.
Then that would be that. I'm not going to cry about it. I still plan to play the game and spend.
I've been playing CN release for 3 weeks now, and I just want skins my guy.
Just woke up to this good news. I did not mind the rebate, but I was behind the thought process of making it fair for everyone. So this solutions works great. Whoever wants to spend will do so and get their money back and whoever doesnt wont be affected at all.
I don't think I've framed you into anything, but I apologise if you feel that way, it wasn't my intention to make you feel bad.
Coming back to the actual discussion at the end: No, I don't see or just missed how players in the west perceived the game badly because of some beta player rebates.
You missed quite a lot then tbf.
It was giving the game a negative look as the news spread. Mainly because people were getting confused on what a "paid" beta was. But any negativity is bad, even if some people didn't understand it fully.
Obviously I saw a lot going on here. But I considered this the epicenter of the earthquake, not that it's shaking worldwide.
You just have to look for it if you want to see it, any video or thread about the topic will be full of complaints like this
That the effect
Yeh it was picking up steam. But also, think about how it would have evolved once the beta was out. Best to nip it in the bud now
Theories...
1 month of CBT (longer than the April CBT, but also, after the April CBT, there was a CBT with an NDA โ their test server) or a little more.
CBT from the end of August to the end of September.
Found a bug, fixed it at runtime, and submitted it to the CBT to see if it was working. The CBT ended. So, 15 days later โ 1 month later, 2 at worst โ official launch.
Biggest takeaway here is that the devs listend 
The devs have nothing to do with this decision lol
For now yes
They listened and did better than many asked (me included)
Important point.
Of course the devs do. Bokura will have made this decision
The devs don't make corporate decision, they just code the game..
I said devs in the general sense, whoever makes the decision listened.
is that here we generalize by saying dev when we actually mean Publisher and Devs ๐คฃ
"Devs" in the general sense
"sure"
Theres no pvp
Publisher and investor always going enter the chat XD
Of course there are game designers who have a word in how the software is going to change.
is it just me or did you get less back if you spent more than $450 with the old rebate plan
The rebate stuff was not hardcoded in game, it's a business thing
But anyway, these game designers have to give the players more and not less, otherwise I won't see this as a positive sign.
the rebate now will be 1:1 ... no less no gain
yeah i see that
In the old rebate, you got more the higher your level ingame was
so that means maybe blue protocol release september - october ๐
october - november is my bet
the whole month of september will be the CBT
They better skip October for a release
well we dont know. it says its not less than 10 days so maybe its just 10 days beta ๐
I wish the game would release before September so we could have a Halloween event (my favorite event in MMOs)
end of september would be good
Please let release be before November
Yeah Halloween events are always fun in mmo's
my guess remains mid oct
And it even makes sense to launch in October because October is the beginning of the 2nd Season of BPSR in China, so they can launch and rush just 1 season
so we have full housing with the release
thats boldly assuming we wont be behind
messaging to keep the tab open
I haven't been keeping up with the rebate talk of the past few days. I'm assuming this announcement is a good thing?
yer
Yes, the rebate is now 1:1 no bonus
Ah okay
I just hope people actually spend money on this game. It is free to play so they have to make money somehow, or it will die. I have waited too long for this release to let it die.
You got what you wanted. Now, make sure you show support.
This type of game tends to be rather profitable... Don't worry. 
I expect to see a $10,000 reciept from each player one week after launch, you included, or else you get a game wide ban. Only fair.
Sadly the problem with that is no matter what you as an individual does, if the general player base as a whole doesn't, then your contributions basically amount to nothing. Which further discourages contributions, since people will just assume it will die. It's the issue with MMOs in general.
that said, I think BP will do good since there's really no equivalent, so it fill a niche
Good changes, hopefully i get to try the CBT. You gotta appreciate when a company acknowledges what people are unhappy about and changes it. See you in the game ๐
The official launch is not far away let's goooooo
Let's gooo
october here we go
I'm confused they said this but the twitter shows that you are still getting bonus for the rebate. Which I was kind of excited for lol... which way is it
It's because the old, outdated post is quoted, it seems.
They qouted the old post, which is confusing but, it is what it is lol
I see. Ya I was like I just read on thing and then the post after contradicts it LOL
I do agree with what others are saying. If you're planning on launching it soon after the test. You should just make the beta test be open to see how your servers handle so many players.
I find it hilarious that their next best solution was to give everyone nothing. But ultimately it was a "whatever" thing for me.
Their choice is actually alot more than that.
They also removed the Rebate announce from the site too
weโre not far from the official launch
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Lets gooooooo โค๏ธ
Cant wait to touch the game instead of watching some streams from CN... Yet still its long wait ๐
Hi i just found out about this game and wanted to sign up for the closed beta but cant find the survey. Am I missing it somewhere? Sorry if I am!
Thanks!
And Welcome! o/
wouldnt it be better for this to be more of a stress test then if its close to releasing?
region LOCK. remove this. please.
I hope the company pays attention to LATAM, at least with subtitles in PT-BR/Spanish.
You're signing up for a nightmare with this change. How do you make sure everyone who saw the original info and signed up knows 100% about this change? Announcements in discord or anywhere else won't do it. Pop up in the store in cbt? I somehow doubt it. Also everyone "outraged" or "dismissing the game as p2w" already walked away and won't pay any attention to this change. So the reputation would only change for the minority few on this discord who were going to play anyway despite griping. Good luck with the feedback from the majority who won't even see this announcement and will be mad at the bait and switch they will find out at go live.
This thing so much does not matter that I bet not even 1% of the potential final playerbase of this game made any decisions regarding the game just off this thing.
The only way to get into CBT is by joining the discord in the first place. I doubt there are people who are getting into the CBT who won't see this
You have some screaming loud minority here, but the majority of the people who will ever play this game probably don't even know about the whole rebate thing to begin with,
Some of y'all sure are confident you'll get into the CBT ๐
Most of the players this game will ever get will come from the final 2 weeks before launch when all the streamers and social media announcements will start piling up about upcoming launch.
This change is for the best. Giving rebates in CBT so people will spend as much as possible is a bad sign that they're super money hungry from the start
If thereโs no bonus or extra value given for spending during the CBT, whatโs the point or benefit for players to participate in CBT with in-game purchases?
none
there was a risk in investing before with a potential return, now there is no return
If thereโs no extra benefit for spending in CBT, whatโs the point๏ผwhy not just run an open beta instead?
should've just been am open beta unless they aren't confident in their servers or something who knows
HIghly disagree - the people that would be interested in CBT would know about this change since joining the discord is literally a step in the sign up process
that was the best solution, open beta with everyone who spends gets a return
Now you don't have to feel like you have to spend immediately. It's a win imo
it is most definitely a win - the consumer gets to decide on their own whether or not to spend money lol
Donโt be like Chinese servers
the best way to not seem so "predatory" is to remove p2w and costume gacha but that won't happen
I dont think costume gacha is predatory if it doesn't give beneficial gain other than looking nice
I just wanna play the game and see if it's fun, now no FOMO
Sever Crashed for 3 days at the beginning of opening
You know if their CBT showed signs before launch?
This game is already a P2W game
They limited access to the CBT. Nothing happened until they open public
Thatโs why I highly suggest they do an open beta to test the server
Global is a different beast too. People connecting from all over the world
I agree its odd to stress test with a CBT but they definitely want to hear our feedback and have time to apply it before official launch
Instead doing a CBT, also this game is already a P2W game. If they really want to run a CBT, they should at least offer some rebates or perks for regular players who donโt spend money.
I think it still has value, because you get to "feel" the value of what you buy.
For example some cosmetics may be disappointing, or pulling for imagines might not be worth the money spent or some packs may give you trash mats that are easy to get anyway.
The value here is that you still can save on launch because you got the basic idea what is worth the $$ and what not
As long as the extra boost is gone I'm more comfortable
I'll definitely spend 500 or so $$ on CBT if I get in.
People will spend money on companies that offer good faith.
Just for the discovery process. It might save a few bucks on launch because I'll get to know what to avoid.
I have 0 faith in Tencent. But I don't mind paying for entertainment.
Lol. You think they applied and then kept notifications on??? Hahaha the % who ever came back to discord is probably tiny.
If this game goes belly up three months down the road, I won't cry over 1k or so I'll spend on it.
Because I had fun these 2-3 months.
That true. Tencent is the company that wants every dime from you
Yes and I hope they will keep their greed in check at least for the first season.
Better Tencent then SG :dogkek:
We can argue speculation all we want - there are so many factors on which we can change to fit our narrative.
What they have done to correct that issue you mentioned is to remove the announcements on their socials and their official website on which most people would view.
I'm amused this is believed to quell any claims against the game. A cbt with true currency is unnecessary other than greed. Rebate or not. What are these arguments? At least rebate meant people would get something back for investing in a game that might not come out.
This whole "no one checks discord" and "once someone views website once, they wont view it again" is speculation and is different for every person here. Anecdotal evidence is not enough
Yeah, the people who invested don't lose their currency on official launch. That is an even playing field - why do people need to get more for investing early in a free to play game during a testing phase that limited people get access to?
I said good luck to the publisher. You guys decided to reply to me. I deal with IT communications for a job, I know how many people don't bother reading and then are upset. And this involves people's money so upset is underplaying it. I am NOT the one who will have to clean up this mess, neither are you.
So the reputation would only change for the minority few on this discord who were going to play anyway despite griping. Good luck with the feedback from the majority who won't even see this announcement and will be mad at the bait and switch they will find out at go live.
From your initial message it seems you're just projecting your thoughts onto the masses. I believe they made this change because majority feedback asked for it and I would believe most people are in agreement with this change.
Why do people get to pay way less for BG3 full deluxe perks because they bought during early access? Because they took a risk that the game may never come out and early access is all they'd get. Duh. It's still a risk.
So to play "doomer" is unproductive imo - not exactly good feedback.
The difference here is that ANYONE could buy it at ANY time before release.
CBT is CLOSED access - only SELECT FEW people get it
The main issue that people had with the rebate is that it benefitted only the people who actually got access to CBT. I even mentioned this in a message i sent earlier today - Western gamers like even-playing fields.
That's your opinion. I think based on % of players in general that engage with a publisher, the people posting here are a minority. It's a logical conclusion. You don't have to agree, publisher can feel free to ignore my feedback if their numbers show otherwise. You don't need to white knight every feedback that doesn't agree with your views.
You all assumed that not everyone that applies would get in. That's your assumption with no data.
I'd be surprised if everyone got into a CBT who applies. They did mention they would invite more people as the CBT went on
Good luck to the publisher. My feedback is in and I see no reason for me to spend during cbt with this structure. Good day!
I'm not exactly white-knighting anything - ive agreed and disagreed to different sentiments mentioned here.
@robust tulip it involves people's money that people haven't spent yet. your argument doesn't make sense lol but have a good day
didn't read the whole conversation but you shouldn't feel compelled to spend on a beta test so this sounds like a good thing :)
and you all laughed at me!
I would like to see Russian localization in the game !
Okay, good luck spending on skins during the official launch, regretting it, and not being able to do anything about it ๐ or spending unconditionally on meaningless things and not being able to do anything about it...
Spending on the CBT with a 100% refund chance is the best opportunity to test skins and skin models and see which one you like best...
Of course, this is for those who think about spending right on the 1st of the official release
I'm still for the opportunity to make the CBT an OBT only to avoid the situation that happened in CN. I think a CBT would be fine, but if it's for stress testing the servers (and I assumed the CN CBT was supposed to do the same thing), how do we know that history won't repeat itself? I mean I'd probably play anyway and get through the first couple days, but do we really need another potential review bomb from the servers getting obliterated at launch.
i haven't read much past the inital announcement today but so far it seems like the main reason we have a closed beta is because it would be unfair for phone users not being able to get in without opening the servers completely? or did CN also have beta open for phones? regardless im happy to see that they are listening to some extent
joins 7 days ago, complains about something he never knew existed, leaves
what they're supposed to do during CBTs is give out free cash shop money so people can test those as well. But its not a make or break deal or anything
Exactly!
I also agree... some CBTs (like Tarisland) give us some Premium Coins every week so we can test the store for free...
But also, the way it is now, it's great for me. They test how they want, and I test how I want (I see which skins I like best, I test the mounts, and everything...)
Back in my days we were getting paid to join CBT ๐
is that a joke
I got paid to test games in CBT a few times, but we're talking like 20 years ago or something. Can't say I've seen it recently.
did warframe give me anything for CBT testing i wonder
ironic cuz now im in the soulframe cbt
Lato Vandal
i guess but its available to all now
i never bought the founder's set because i didnt like excal
Yeah other than paying for that weโre kinda cooked for CBT rewards lol
Does anyone know if cbt will have a mega server or will it be split among regions?
it feels like if they're doing a mega server for release, then the cbt will also be megaserver
(was asking about seperate servers for regions)
I think I read somewhere up there that the A Plus staff mention mega server for cbt
its honestly just easier
Oh the wording is not clear. Does that mean cbt will be mega server?
quick update: for the CBT it is on a single node which is located in NA-East.
and megaservers are futureproof
Do you know if all goes well the release megaserver will still have regional nodes? Or can't say atm.
Yeahhh so weird. I only asked cuz people are saying one thing and another interpreting it for another
I'm not sure about that yet, I'll try to get more information post release
But I imagine it would be another regional node for EU
That way NA/EU can switch seamlessly
That would be fantastic. Fingers crossed. Will be a big selling point for the game if all goes well.
So cbt will have separate regional nodes? Or the launch will?
Scroll up, was explained.
(This is just a separate thought here) but on the AGS test that we had a while back it was located only on na-east as well and EU players had no issues
I just want clarification because heโs talking about nodes now. Not sure whatโs that about
Nice, either or works for me tbh. I'm happy to sacrifice a bit of ping if it's not even noticeable to play with everyone.
I think China has shown us that, high ping is fine.
CBT is only na-east right now
wormhole technology shortens the lengths of cables
but eu is allowed to play in it?
yes
considering its Steam and the other storefronts that have the region block, I wonder if they'll even bother applying a IP block for the CBT
Iโm not the only one thatโs confused by the wording.
It's not that confusing. Megaserver = no separate server selection for regions. Megaserver will be based in NA-East for the beta. Potential for the megaserver to have regional nodes for release connected seemlessly together.
structure wise Megaservers aren't any different from how things are normally set it. Its an organizational difference so we dont have to deal with things like "full servers" and login queues
You'd basically connect to an EU server that is connected to the megaserver for better latency, with seemless switching between an NA server. All theoretical of cause.
the issue is transitioning an existing game to megaservers... FF14 still hasn't figured that out
Luckily base BP had the functionality, along with SR now in China.
Are you talking the mobile or regular game?
regular, most mobile games i assume use megaserver tech
Ah gotcha. Finally understand it now
This is the first game where I heard of mega server being a thing
sorry if it sounds a bit complicated, but yeah usually games have separate servers
The explanation was so confusing in the beginning
if there are two nodes like NA east and EU west
its combined into ONE server
that would be like a megaserver
you dont select a server at start or anything like that
like if I played FF i'd be able to choose a datacenter
this technology combines two different datacenters (NA and EU)
Ah so the game chooses for you.
yes, all our data is being hosted on one giant server, regardless of where you live. When you connect to a game, the closest node server to you will pull your information from the megaserver and connect with you the player
with regular servers, your information is stored on whatever server you registered on. It never leaves that server, and you can't interact with other servers.
it'll choose for you, but it won't outright block you. For example BP will likely try to put you in channels with people in your local region, but I'm sure you can go to any other channel you'd like
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Good question. We'll have to see.
megaserver gives a message to all servers telling them its reset time
Oh that makes more sense. Thanks for explanation
the reset time is gonna be the same moment world wide im sure
so like it might be midnight EST, but 9 pm PST
I'm more curious about how the set timed stuff works, like the raid bosses happening in the evening in China time.
might be node based
how does warframe do it
True for launch, wonder about the beta. Maybe just more instances of it accross a longer time frame?
oh right they just have total chaos. Wake up babe, its 4 am but Vor is giving out a free gold potato for the next 30 minutes
Well, all things smarter people than me can hopefully sort out XD
they'll probably just have a fair schedule balanced all around
i know PSO2 had more events in the evening... which actually screwed over non americans
talking about the global release
clearly didnt matter for japan
Yeh, they eventually sorted it in NGS by just having the urgent quests / raids happen a set twoish hours constantly.
yeah thats probably ideal
cuz again megaservers cater to everyone equally so its important to have zero bias
NA....EAST you say?
You're spoiling me

Based
wouldnt it make sense to see if an EU node in that Mega server actualy feels like an EU server for EU ppl? Cause a NA node should still feel like a 100+ ms server to EU ppl regardless no?
Of course it would, I have my big doubts about the whole "megaserver" thing.
No matter how many mitigations are in place, in the end having 150ms will be felt one way or another.
I hope they have enough of a sense to have EU nodes in this "megaserver" at least, to fix that.
its not about connectivity, its about organization. Everyone's data is stored in the same server, but your actual online experience will occur in a server of your choosing (likely one thats closest to you). Many MMOs have added megaservers later on, but they're a bit backwards
it might possible take EU players a bit longer to log in, but that's only because the megaserver is sending its data to your local server and the ping is higher than elsewhere
The obvious problem with that comes in MMO part where you're dealing with shared experience like a raid. In the end the actual raid encounter is ran on a specific node.
but if you were raiding with international people, then you'd still face the issue of latency regardless
Not entirely true, because with regional servers you have SLA you can assume - for example you can assume that EU players playing on EU server will be within 100ms range give or take a bit.
But if the game choses one global server, that goes off the window.
no there will still be local, country/regional servers
you will be connecting to your local EU server
Yes, but if the raid is mixed - where the actual encounter plays out?
Because it won't be on each every relevant node. It will be one node for boss mechanics.
That's my problem.
at least you have the option to have a mixed raid here. I don't know that answer, you'll likely only connect to local people unless you have a premade
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wakarimasen lol
NANIIII?????!!
And the main question. How to play?
If you will have access you will get informed mid-August.
Thanks โค๏ธ
Do be sure to apply for CBT, ofc.
I feel like, this game is going to live and die by:
P2W (Pay for convenience is P2W)
Number of cosmetics and their prices (look at Mecha Break negative reviews)
End-game content (if there is no PvP, there needs to be an expansive end-game PvE scene, or people will leave like New World)
Depth of class mastery (can we stop with these multi-weapon swaps forcing people to multi class and making the classes feel shallow by only adding a handful of abilities per weapon)
Finally SERVER NET CODE AND STABILITY
It's a PVE game. P2W is for games with PvP where gear gives an advantage in combat vs other players. I could care less about it in a PvE game as most often those whales will be carrying people who need the extra help through content.
This will live or die by the content they offer.
Everything else in the list needs to be exceptionally bad to tank the game, like exceptionally bad P2W, exceptionally bad stability and so on.
P2W in PvE MMO matters a ton. MMOs are all about character progression, and swiping that progression up breaks the fun for many. People will handle mild-to-average P2W, if the content is good and comes fast, but anything more than that and it will die too.
Not the problem for the f2p players. If you wanna rush content cause of your money. Its your problem if you dont have to do anything after a week
New here. As far as I understand it, P2W can very well be for PVE games too. If you have to pay for convenience or to "win" (aka buying stuff from the item shop that makes you better than other players), it's considered P2W and it can absolutely happen in games where PvP isn't a thing.
P2W in PvE games is literally just Pay2HaveLessContent
Honestly I don't truly care if you can swipe to progress in the game faster in PVE. I do think, like Yaen just said, it will remove a lot of content to go through as you progress much faster and you will be without things to do quicker like Senichiro said but it truly doesn't affect free to players in any way. This will all depend on how grindy it gets for F2P as well
..you won't "progress faster" when the timegates are in place so any f2p player can keep up.
guess no one here played Lost Ark, or Tarisland 
People are delulu
Or grossly inexperienced and on copium
will the game be available in all regions?
I'm a little confused. What is the topic for this thread? Because I think We lost that.
they couldn't help themselves, that dastardly P2W was giving them nightmares
I mean I get that. If the currency was just a "both ways changable" thing, I think everyone would be happy and this would really be the perfect game. The thing is, is there a chance that we can change that? Will the Team and A+ Staff look at this too? Not if this thread is in pieces at least ๐ I'm not happy with the P2W either. I think the currency thing would be the best way to get around this. Gacha could stay, Imaginn Gacha could stay, if people just have the feeling and opportunity to "Farm it" it they choose, of cash it.
And I also think that doing a "poll" on that Thematic would show how many are unhappy with that and would wish that the currency exchange was at least a two way street. much more acceptable..
It already is a two way street, not sure what you mean
I feel like there is a chance it can change, but i think its mainly gonna depend on what cn playebase thinks of it. Imo I think even if we made changes to it there's always gonna be a certain majority who will still complain or disagree with said change. we already saw how other reacted towards the rebate
In a perfect world we could achieve a perfect game but as of now, there are many who just want a game to cater to whatever they want
you can only change your rose orbs to money, you can not change your money back to rose orbs.
It's unbound rose orbs -> unbound luno
And unbound luno -> bound rose orbs
People aren't just generating money out of the void, someone has to put up their luno for you to buy it.
yeah, be that as it may if that is how it is, but people want it to be interchangable. You if you can change it like this:
unbound rose orbs -> unbound luno
unbound luno -> bound rose orbs
People want more this:
unbound rose orbs <-> unbound luno
unbound luno <-> bound rose orbs
Or to be honest more like:
every currency <-> every currency
But the second one would at least be more fair.
But how are we relating this to p2w/imagine gacha etc? all the p2w stuff is purchased with bound rose orbs. It makes 0 difference in p2w if you change it.
if every currency can be exchanged for every currency, like in the "best case" Example, then you could farm your rose orbs. I hate these "bound" and "Unbound" things anyway to be honest. Just have Luno and Rose orbs and make them both interchangable...
imo, it would just enable people to treat it as a stock market and buy it for the sake of waiting for the price to go up so they can resell it.
as it stands, the only thing you can't "farm" is the cosmetics/cosmetic gacha, which is fair to me (you can also buy the gacha costumes from the market)
I read a lot people saying there is no P2W cause it's a PVE game. Of course there is no Pvp but p2w can apply to PVE games as well. Most of you may not be competitive but I assure you there can be as much competition in a PVE game.
Im one of those people who say that.
I consider a game p2w if it lets me complete content other players can never do due to them getting left behind in strength and gear/The time between how fast you can progress without paying and with paying is too big or if it gives me an advantage you can't get unless you pay for.
Since this game has no leaderboard, pvp, and is time gated causes me to believe that this game isn't p2w in a sense that it would ruin the game for anyone playing f2p nvm I changed my mind
I also think this thread should be closed since there is no longer any information being provided about the cbt or rebate and the thread is being used to talk about other issues that belong in #1372619888304197743
Just for the record, if the game would have leaderboards, and would have content that requires whaling - then you would consider it P2W?
It's a yes/no question.
No need to type out an article.
leaderboards I dont care about
But if I cant beat content without paying out of pocket for premium loot and I I'm practically forced to do dailies, and be stuck on the easier stuff that don't even yield the materials I need
Im a slow typer bro
Good, hold that thought.
im cooked arent I
It will be a fun time in retrospective.
First of all, you guys don't have to be rude lol, they asked for feedback in the post, some of us wanted to provide it. Your opinions on our concerns are not relevant @peak cargo and @proper mantle because you are not the devs, you are not anyone, the comments are not for you, but you decided to insert yourselves into others concerns because of your ego.
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The point is, some of us DO care about that stuff, and it will affect if those people play the game. Whether you do or don't is irrelevant.
Who u is, braddah?
I dont know how i was being rude, all i was doing was adding my opinion
AnD also 
Anyway, I am not someone to argue, I will let you both continue to play up your "superiority" or whatever. Have fun.
Search your feelings, my young padawan. It's okay to have a natural discussion, no need to cosplay as a mod here. Someone said something, others responded - conversation happens... now you necro that literally 2 hours after we were done.
Because everyone totally needed to hear your take about me and that other guy bad.
I have a job lol, only just saw your comment. And you are the one who literally did he exact thing you are criticising me for rn
You literally just went up and spammed this place with nonsense, take your own advice buddy.
Condemns us for having a ego while blatantly showing theirs and being toxic
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Alright lol, just saying, when players are giving honest feedback, maybe dont "cosplay as mods" and insert your completely irrelevant takes on their feedback. cause no one cares. Blocked
We gave plenty of honest feedback too. It just sometimes happens that you discuss adjacent topic, naturally. Is that a problem for you?
Braddah comes out and starts shooting all over the place over a 15 mins convo two hours ago.
Oh no @peak cargo we've been blocked ๐ข
I don't know what I'm going to do now, man.
I think i might just leave the server ๐ฅบ

Try to be a little more respectful please. You should be directing the feedback towards the developers and pubisher, and not slinging back and forth comments to each other.
How do get to the close beta?
fill out the survey and wait :3 if u get selected then youโll get a mail on 15.08-20.08
and wrong channel btw xD
Hi could you add also the Open World Event Games for Players, like Hide&Seek and Volley ball and more, JPBP was looking forward to implement but sadly it shut down. It would be really nice to the players who is in the city just been afk. It improve the community gameplay so more player can interact with each other. ๐ฏ๐ต
Oh my bad sorry about that
hear me out, Assassin class that uses chains and a kusarigama
thats new compared to its always daggers
ikr
I would like Russian localization for Russian players, there are quite a lot of Russian players not only in Russia but also in Europe
NANIII???!
Kunai with chain?