Empire: Total War Beta Group

**CookieRawr** · 04-03-2009, 05:01

Whats this, We're paying for a game in Beta still?

**Kraxis** · 04-03-2009, 05:30

Originally Posted by CookieRawr

Whats this, We're paying for a game in Beta still?

Please... It's been answered within this very thread, at the least do everyone the favour of reading the previous posts.

**pevergreen** · 04-03-2009, 06:13

Originally Posted by Callahan9119

After he tells some dude he finds him obnoxious.

I for one think your possibly the most annoying dude on these boards. Have a nice day.

I live to serve all believers.

I stay nice at least.

**Zatoichi** · 04-03-2009, 08:56

I've thrown my hat in the ring. It's a bit of a busman's holiday for me really, seeing as I'm a software tester in the real world. Dull software unfortunately.

That reminds me, better go to work.

**Swoosh So** · 04-03-2009, 10:30

I wouldent get too excited about this its nothing new, many people here at the org have beta tested patches in the past. Its boring :D

**pevergreen** · 04-03-2009, 10:59

Originally Posted by Swoosh So

I wouldent get too excited about this its nothing new, many people here at the org have beta tested patches in the past. Its boring :D

really?

**Jambo** · 04-03-2009, 12:21

Originally Posted by Kraxis

I remember being a patch betatester back in the old MTW days... yes the old one.

Was quite nice since we had a specific MP room (using the CA system, not Steam obviously) and we had daily contant with the devs about issues we found. And it included some of the best MPers I have had the pleasure to know.

Ahh the days... of sending one unit to it's death one at a time to test out stuff.

Ah yeah Kraxis, those were the days. I even beta tested Shogun TW patches. :)

No time for beta testing anymore. Plus, I just don't care enough. Time for others to take up the 'often futile' mantle.

**BeenPlayingSinceRTW** · 04-03-2009, 14:58

Originally Posted by markaoliver

Ask yourselves this ... if ETW had flopped, do you think you would be getting any patches at all? I dont ...

Isn't it a flop so far? They got a pop at launch due to heavy promotion to Valve's base of Steam users and pre-orders...

But since then, sales rate is below M2TW due to poor word of mouth. The sales profile of game that opens well and continues selling for the next 6 - 8 months is substantially higher than a game that opens big, but then has sales fall of a cliff. (Another clue: In the week after ETW launched, Amazon discounted it by 25% to avoid being stuck with a lot of unsold inventory - if the game had been selling to expectations, they would have kept the price up.)

**Wandarah** · 04-03-2009, 15:31

A flop?

It broke U.K sales records, it continues to sell extremely well - and as far as I know, the sales figures have only been released for the first two weeks of March as of the 24th. E:TW is still top.

Honestly, you're making stuff up, and you seem to have an inflated sense of your own importance when you say things like 'word of mouth'.

**CBR** · 04-03-2009, 16:45

Originally Posted by Swoosh So

I wouldent get too excited about this its nothing new, many people here at the org have beta tested patches in the past. Its boring :D

Yeah the new is that CA is finally starting something up after a 4 year break.

Boring? All the time time spent on dealing with a leak in the RTW beta group certainly made it "interesting" But yes apart from that there is not much fun involved in testing build after build.

VI was the best experience for me: only a few bugfixes to focus on, no stinking clan politics involved and even saving the day by discovering a new horrible bug

CBR

**Kraxis** · 04-03-2009, 23:35

I believe that it was exactly VI I was involved with... I remeber doing a lot of Chivalric MMA setups for killing vs knights. *yawn* But it was good.

**Callahan9119** · 04-04-2009, 01:42

Didnt they allow community members to test the MTW1 "Lancer" patch?

I remember you were in on that CBR, but maybe I'm wrong.

I dont come to these boards much anymore, but seeing your name makes me think back to good times from the "long long ago". Being laid off and playing MTW multiplayer for 18 hours a day in 2002, fighting AMP a dozen times a day and maybe winning once

**CBR** · 04-04-2009, 02:07

The community beta team dated back to the balancing of the MI patch. The same group (more or less) tested the MTW 1.1 patch. My first involvement was with testing the VI patch and it was that patch that fixed the cavalry swipe bug if that is what you mean by the "lancer" patch.

That was back in IIRC Sept/Oct 2003 so yeah a long time ago and when I still played MP. Time sure flies...

CBR