With only two days to go before the next leg of the Aion beta (aka CBT2), CM Ayase has posted more information on this weekend's event but also gone into a little more detail (much of which we already knew) about the on-going beta. However he also mentions what amount to the briefest of build notes letting us know about changes such as sever queues, NPCs fixes and 'culturalized content' (I chose to read that as 'lore') specifically for Asmodians.
Ayase also reveals the subject matter of CBT3 which will focus on leveling an Asmodian from 1-20 while CBT4 will allow players to pick a side and level their avatar to 25. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the post is not what we're getting now but what is promised on the horizon including localized voice overs for cut scenes, localized tutorial video, in game pre-rendered movies (of which we saw a little in the first beta event) and more culturalized content for Asmodians and the Elyos. I'm excited already.
Reader Comments (7)
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 9:40AM (Unverified) said
Going to pre-order tomorrow! Looking forward to testing the game.
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 10:25AM (Unverified) said
Do they have a beta sign up? Or are they hand selecting participants? Couldn't find any beta sign up at their site.
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 10:37AM TheJackman said
Really people, Betas not are preview releases of games they got bugs and you do not can take your process to live. Its like a bad spoiler and you have a change that you gonna hate the game like you are playing a beta that is far from final still.
I never ever will pay or pre order anything for can play a crappy beta version! You will have a much better xp when you wait till it go live and the first patches are out of the door....
I never ever will pay or pre order anything for can play a crappy beta version! You will have a much better xp when you wait till it go live and the first patches are out of the door....
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 1:17PM Anatidae said
I still don't get this beta process. It seems to me like a hype machine, and I only say that as the game has been live in China for months, and before that Korea. It stands to reason that the typical beta use of finding show stopping bugs and testing balance does not really apply here.
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 3:53PM Russell Clarke said
Any software change, no matter how small, needs proper testing. And when you get a lot of little changes, the effect is compounded.
Also it's not just about the software. I'd assume that there's a bunch of new infrastructure in place that needs a good shake-down, and the beta's a good way of giving it a good thrashing, for load and stress testing purposes. There's only so much you can do using load simulators.
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Also it's not just about the software. I'd assume that there's a bunch of new infrastructure in place that needs a good shake-down, and the beta's a good way of giving it a good thrashing, for load and stress testing purposes. There's only so much you can do using load simulators.







