Time for Open Beta?

  • It is almost time; roughly 20 days left. We have had several alpha play time, insider alpha, closed beta, and 2 scale tests. It has been amazing! To my understanding there will be an open beta, and of course this will hopefully push more preorders/product/traction. The only thing is, lets say we have this weekend and a few days next week for an open beta (lets say March 2-6), I feel that would be the perfect amount of time afterwards for people to gain more hype and look at SoT products and pre order.

    This is hopeful thinking of course. However, if we have next weekend (March 9-13) that leaves less than a week before it releases! It would already be close enough at a marketing standpoint where the hype wouldn't grow as much as it would coming out this weekend. What do you guys think? Honestly, we all will jump on whenever we can play so I am thankful for the tests provided. However, I WANT TO PLAY MORE NOW!!!

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  • @rogueaxel I completely agree with you! I am dying to play this game again!

  • SOme people spot some dice in a previous video from rare with the number 5 and 3 could be the date for the beta

  • @qowywyop Yes! I saw that, the only downside for me is that I work 8am-to mostly 8/9pm Monday-Friday and I have a 2 month old! Haha, if only I could have the weekend so I can really play.

  • @qowywyop
    yeah that would fit, like 2 weeks to go from then.

    But I hope we get another scale test this weekend :P Who knows :D

  • Then again... I will make time to play if it is during the week. I can't wait!

  • @skaary27 RARE DOES!!! :)

  • @rogueaxel An open beta will come in good time, I think Rare just needs a bit more time to tweak their servers and settings...

  • @haydensolo For sure.

  • Im on medical leave for at least the next 2 months so the more beta tests the better lol

  • I think that the open beta will take place on Friday 9th and RARE will start promoting it on Monday 5th so the people will have time to download the game etc... Hopefully we will have a stress test this weekend also.

  • @devilstassia hahaha

  • @rogueaxel had too ;-)

  • I saw from the FEB SCALE TEST that there will be another before release....

    "Will there be another Beta?

    We do plan on running another Beta closer to the launch of the game, where players will get a taste of the wider Sea of Thieves experience, but for now our focus is on our Scale Testing plans. We will have more to share on that as we get closer to launch. "

  • @d0mino28 juat keep a eye on threads as last scale was spontaneous :)

  • This picture shows 4/3 (Zoom into the dice)

  • @devilstassia Yeah I hear ya, staying posistive here mi hearty.

  • Hehehe, we have really got cabin fever... everyone seems to be focusing on these dice a lot...

  • @mad-jack-ketch I thought Rare didn't want anyone to play on Sundays ;) ha ha! Scale test ended at 4am for me on Sunday!

  • @d0mino28 I saw that, but that was posted for the initial scale test. So maybe it has been long enough for them to now release the beta!

  • @musicmee the cabin fever got me for sure as well. I don't think those dice mean anything though.

  • @zhin-murakami Nah... not all of them do anyway ;)

    I love the speculation though! I'm sure we will all be sailing again soon.

  • @rogueaxel ima cap’n,, I tell ye when ter set sail!!

  • I am guessing a week before the release. My hope is that it's very short but is not the beta build. I would hope for the open beta we would be playing the final game. Full of all trading companies, Krakens, and Skull forts. This would build some more hype, but make it a short run. Just to be safe I might invite alpha and closed beta participants 1 day early to make sure the netcode holds up.

  • if they want to play, they buy the game, some of them only have the beta game that they will not enter later because it is only for tests and they will be willing to play. I know the game is good but my opinion lacks more animal content on the islands and other things example more vegetation because remembering the history of pirates that is the game of the islands were not very empty and I know they already have a little fantasy in making those skeletons that come out of the earth and that takes away a little of history but there are other things, the sea just a few sharks and pecez and it is like missing more things besides thinking well they already have the idea that how the game will be if the pvp goes out of control with few user imagine with more alone they will go shooting at each ship to steal the treasure of others and they will not go on island and island to look for people killing others because if that is not going to get out of control since most people do not have this rope they just go to hassle To play the game to others who are looking for quiet treasures think first if in addition to the game is paid there are already passed since most games and very good are multiplayer or olinne and only have virtual micro payments osea stores on the page of the game where you can buy or in the game and it is free to download the ones that are already going to lose like 80% of people since not all of them will buy the game if it is free with this method they earn more money if that is what they want

  • example the sea only a few sharks and fish and it is like missing more things besides thinking well they already have the idea that how the game will be if the pvp goes out of control with few user imagine with more just going to shoot each boat to steal the treasure of others and they will not go on island and island to look for people killing others because if only that will get out of control since most people do not just this rope is dedicated to annoy the game to others who are looking quiet treasures think first if in addition to the game is paid there are already passed since most games and very good are multiplayer or olinne and only have virtual micro payments osea stores on the page of the game where you can buy or within the game and it is free to download the ones that are already going to lose like 80% of people since not all of them are going to buy the game if it is free with this method, they earn more money if that is what they want

  • @waitedduchess77 I understand what you are getting at, however the closed beta and scale tests had little compared to what the full game provides. PVP will probably be tweaked, however I found for myself the best attitude is not take it personally and embrace/adapt to the situation. My ship was constantly sunk and I would quit the game saying this is ridiculous. However, there were several times after where as they sunk my ship, I boarded theirs and stole their treasure and/or sunk their ship! I just changed my attitude about it. We haven't played the full game at all, not even a demo yet. I hope you will enjoy it with the open beta and/or on gamepass!

  • They are not taking the example of others because here all those who come to play are not without knowing anything about games we all have an experience in many games and it is well known that people want since one has not played only one game. opinions are worth and they are warning you I do not want to be heavy or burdensome but I say no I do not know what opinions leave here as comments even if I'm not interested much I'm just seeing everything since I've been reading people who only kill it because yes and people who are The other example abuses a big boat against a boy that only the small boat walks quietly looking for their treasures also I see that they have a great team and they are many but they are many but if that were the case, each one is in charge of something osseous audio sounds graphics movements and other actions but I do not know what to think I think this game will go as far as there are some games like companies that just want to make money and do not care about the people who play and tell them what and how to improve it to avoid those details of bad reputation

  • @waitedduchess77 said in Time for Open Beta?:

    They are not taking the example of others because here all those who come to play are not without knowing anything about games we all have an experience in many games and it is well known that people want since one has not played only one game. opinions are worth and they are warning you I do not want to be heavy or burdensome but I say no I do not know what opinions leave here as comments even if I'm not interested much I'm just seeing everything since I've been reading people who only kill it because yes and people who are The other example abuses a big boat against a boy that only the small boat walks quietly looking for their treasures also I see that they have a great team and they are many but they are many but if that were the case, each one is in charge of something osseous audio sounds graphics movements and other actions but I do not know what to think I think this game will go as far as there are some games like companies that just want to make money and do not care about the people who play and tell them what and how to improve it to avoid those details of bad reputation

    I understand. I found that posting this in the PVP megathread will gather more attention with this topic.

  • @waitedduchess77

    This may be the lack of coffee, but your sentence structure is so off, I’m not sure what point you are trying to make

  • @a-giant-w3asel Aye, a rum or 20 be needed before we understand what be happenin up above.

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    I am not friends but if it is easy to create new and unseen coss I know a lot of games and programs that say games and more things were in many games than in the beginning all good but then only forgotten as there are many that comment lack of good content if I saw some videos of some new skeletons and some new things but mmm I do not know I'm left with much amazement is supposed to have a very large team working on this project but it looks like they work only some or 2 or 4 people just because if it were great the team would be full of things and it only took me 3 minutes or 6 minutes to do just one new character and know new animations and movements as well as the effects of particles of the land and other effects example of the sea ​​that has big waves or that the sky comes the storm and being alone I can fill more but leaving the subject this game is going out of their hands that is already seen

  • @RogueAxel (OP) Both are strategically interesting. Usually people get their monthly salary in the end of the month or start of the next month, so this week-end it's the perfect time to target at peolpe who couldn't buy the game last week-ends.

    However, the next week-end is also a great time as it will build the hype again for the following week, and it's easiest to maintain it during 1 week than 2 (last beta ended 3 days ago and I'm so excited that I can't play anything else, but it won't last long if I don't have my fix... and many peoples works the same way).

    In the end... both weeks would be a good idea ! :P

  • @waitedduchess77 aye, not a single .

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