arazons said:Jeremiahcp said:You are categorically wrong.Ruinar said: Because all three pledge levels were created simultaneously they clearly didn't change "alpha" to "pre-alpha".They made the pledges at the same time, but what they had was an alpha stage, that they decided to swap in for pre-alpha.
I pledged in 2015 and here is the matrix available at the time. Look at it and then state again that pre-alpha access was a thing from the start. It wasn't and it is really you that is categorically wrong.
Marilee said:Interesting, I've been here since 2015 as well, but apparently I didn't actually sign up for a pledge until 2017, which then had pre-alpha. See that's the thing, the game has taken so long to come out that recalling things becomes more difficult over the years (decades at this rate). I stand corrected, there was not a pre-alpha at the start. Doesnt change the fact that 247 game mode testing does not equal alpha testing.arazons said:I pledged in 2015 and here is the matrix available at the time. Look at it and then state again that pre-alpha access was a thing from the start. It wasn't and it is really you that is categorically wrong.Jeremiahcp said:You are categorically wrong.Ruinar said: Because all three pledge levels were created simultaneously they clearly didn't change "alpha" to "pre-alpha".They made the pledges at the same time, but what they had was an alpha stage, that they decided to swap in for pre-alpha.
Ruinar said:
I wonder if they changed alpha to pre-alpha or if they knew they could cash in for a lot more by creating a "pre-alpha" category.
Here's an article where it's stated the pre-alpha 5 was going to last a while but would be the last alpha: https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/19/pantheon-talks-pre-alpha-5-publishers-and-properly-funding-the-vision/
It's been 3 years since that article. What stage of pre-alpha are we currently in? Did VR actually intend to let alpha backers into their little extraction game gamble or was it intended to be yet another new pre-alpha category, pushing alpha and beta testers further out?
Marilee said:
Here's an article where it's stated the pre-alpha 5 was going to last a while but would be the last alpha: https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/19/pantheon-talks-pre-alpha-5-publishers-and-properly-funding-the-vision/
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It's been 3 years since that article. What stage of pre-alpha are we currently in? Did VR actually intend to let alpha backers into their little extraction game gamble or was it intended to be yet another new pre-alpha category, pushing alpha and beta testers further out?
justdrop said:It's all a hot mess. Been a mess for years, but we are just now seeing it.Marilee said: Here's an article where it's stated the pre-alpha 5 was going to last a while but would be the last alpha: https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/19/pantheon-talks-pre-alpha-5-publishers-and-properly-funding-the-vision/ It's been 3 years since that article. What stage of pre-alpha are we currently in? Did VR actually intend to let alpha backers into their little extraction game gamble or was it intended to be yet another new pre-alpha category, pushing alpha and beta testers further out?You skipped a step. PA was initially 3 phases, then they moved to 5 phases, then they extended the final phase *indefinitely* until alpha. Gosh why can't people keep up and have faith? This forum is also broken beyond redemption.
Marilee said:
I apologize to you arazons. I guess because I don't read minds or speak VR-ese I failed to understand that tester access was changed to pre-alpha.
Therefore I stand corrected.