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Mortal Online looking for a few good testers

by Jef Reahard on Sep 13th 2011 11:00AM

Fantasy, Game mechanics, MMO industry, News items, Mortal Online, Sandbox

File this one under better late than never. Mortal Online is looking for a few good testers, and even though the game officially released more than a year ago, Star Vault is opening its doors to 20 individuals willing to roll up their sleeves and get down and dirty with the fantasy sandbox MMO's collection of bugs.

"Because Star Vault is a small, independent developer, we do not have a very large QA department which often means that bugs will slip through the net resulting in many issues on the live server," writes GM Discord on the official forums.

Qualified testers will be 18 years old, be well-versed in Mortal Online, and have a game account that is in good standing. There will also be an NDA involved, and breaching it will not only result in the removal of your testing privileges but also a ban on your in-game characters. Full details are available on the official boards.

Source: MO forums

Tags: better-late-than-never, bugs, fantasy, game-mechanics, mortal, mortal-online, sandbox, star-vault, starvault, testers, testing

Reader Comments (11)

I would but I haven't played since Beta Phase A. So I'm not well versed in the game.

I was ready to sign up till I saw I had to have a paying account, then I was like eff that mess.

When did paid beta testing become so common?

@nimzy how can you test a game that you don't play?

@(Unverified) "how can you test a game that you don't play?"

With independence and a total lack of bias?

I assume the article meant to say you have to be at least 18 years old!

This is such a massive joke. They're so far past hope that a few (paying) testers could make a difference. And seriously do they somehow -need- to find (more) bugs at this point? Don't they already have a pretty large list to keep them busy? This just looks like a desperate pr stunt to try and look like they're being in any way active. Everything I'm hearing about their current situation is that it's very dire. Given the history this shouldn't be a surprise. There were very high hopes for this title, probably far too high, bu it's been a massive train-wreck since day one. Anyone seriously expecting a miracle (or -another- "miracle-patch")?

the time to test Mortal Online was 3 years ago. at this point this sounds like bad joke...its amazing this one is still running

@Fabius Bile 3 years ago Mo was only an idea :-P

I guess being a small studio, they were/are more interested to launch and get the money rolling in before polishing? :/

I don't play, but if you are a fan of the game, seems like a good opportunity to help the game out.

Kind of silly to pay, just to test.. A refund after testing sounds like a good deal, I mean if you don't like it that is...

Time is money.

What exactly do the 20 "lucky" volunteers get for paying to QA their game?

Mortal Online looking for a few good testers

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