How Much Longer?
Byeka
Name changed from Freak83Toronto Join Date: 2003-03-13 Member: 14484Members, Constellation
Name changed from Freak83Toronto Join Date: 2003-03-13 Member: 14484Members, Constellation
Um I just want to know if there's an aproximate guess on how long it will take until the playtesting for 1.1 is done and it's actually released.
*I'm still pretty new to the forums so I don't know if this kind of question should not be asked. Please excuse me if it shouldn't.
*I'm still pretty new to the forums so I don't know if this kind of question should not be asked. Please excuse me if it shouldn't.
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In short we dont know, it could be perfect and released 2moz or it could be plauged with problems and take 4 months.
All depends on how it is balanced.
So it will be released when it is done.
Anyway, you, like us all want 1.1 to be released, but like most people said all that time ago before NS was released. I'm sure we would all prefer to wait a little longer for a well balanced game of NS than to have it now, and unbalanced.
My non-disclosure agreement prevents me from saying anything more than what the public has already been told. MonsE announced on www.readyroom.org that "1.1 will be entering formal playtesting in the next 48 hours," and that was back on April 7th, so yes, playtesting is underway.
As for an approximate guess to finishing time: MonsieurEvil is far better with public relations than I will probably ever be, so just keep tabs on stuff he posts--such as the recent teaser thread with a handful of oh-so-tasty screenshots.
Give the PT's a bit of credit, NS would not have even managed to get a following without having the game fairly balanced to begin with. Its fair to say that a game has to be playtested by the public to iron out all the problems, but it has to get to a certain state so that its even playable.
Also, no offence intended to anyone, but the general playtesting ability of the public is terrible. I really don't think the devs could make anything out of the countless "marines/aliens are overpowered" threads that popped up after release.
as to MY PERSONAL guess, should be about 1 1/2 - 2 months
flayra and the team are only human..
not every strat that is considered "unbalancing" will be caught
but i am sure that the team will make it as balanced as they see fit.
WEAK! We gotta wait TEN MONTHS for 1.1?!?! Well they'd better have gotten rid of the bugs by then!
it is a really hard job to balance gameplay.. and wut makes it worse is that... its almost impossible, becuase teams will never be balanced
sometimes there will be more crappy ppl or more good ppl on a team... and that alone already makes gameplay uneven : /
yah pretty soon they are gonna start feelin' quilty for being the only ones ABLE to play 1.1
v1.1 is going to be out much sooner than most of ya'll are expecting.
If I had make a bet, I'd say one month.
Once 1.1 is out, you can expect many server-side patches to tweak the game along, as it grows through the summer.
Thanks, and btw guys, don't get in a frenzy about 1.1 quite yet. But I would pay attention to MonsE putting out some info for a few weeks and then...
The big show will take place, probably giving you a changelog, some nice screens, and well, you know.. a release date.
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