Defiance: Advanced Mission Beta 3 Details

[Ctrain]

Guys wonderful news. In my research into beta test lengths for big name games I found one that was shorter then Defiance!

SIMCITY!!!

Gives a clear idea of why long beta testing is a good idea. I hope Defiance is not a trainwreck like that but considering I can't play the thing until its allready out the door and even then for like 4-8 hours only I can't say for sure.

[TR GunPlay]

Trion employees view today........

Hahahahahaha. Fact

[UndyingKatana]

I'm about to go watch this livestream and play some BOPS 2 or some BF3.

But I'll chime in, back on topic of course, when Sledge posts some new info.

Thank you good sir Thank you.

[Shadinaxx]

I think Trion got it confused when they offered a beta for preordering, and instead are giving us a demo/stress test.

"Beta testing comes after alpha testing and can be considered a form of external user acceptance testing. Versions of the software, known as beta versions, are released to a limited audience outside of the programming team. The software is released to groups of people so that further testing can ensure the product has few faults or bugs. Sometimes, beta versions are made available to the open public to increase the feedback field to a maximal number of future users" - Source

Also, bear in mind, that this is still a CLOSED Beta: see the bolded part of how the differance is explained:

"Developers release either a closed beta or an open beta; closed beta versions are released to a restricted group of individuals for a user test by invitation, while open beta testers are from a larger group, or anyone interested. The testers report any bugs that they find, and sometimes suggest additional features they think should be available in the final version. Examples of a major public beta test are:
In September 2000 a boxed version of Apple's Mac OS X Public Beta operating system was released.[3]
Microsoft's release of community technology previews (CTPs) for "Longhorn" in January 2005.[4]
Open betas serve the dual purpose of demonstrating a product to potential consumers, and testing among an extremely wide user base likely to bring to light obscure errors that a much smaller testing team might not find." - Source

If Trion releases an open Beta, then you can expect more playtime.

[SparklingNugs]

So are you saying I should've added some italics? Like this?

I guess I'm too easygoing and nonchalant about some things.

Remember that censor I told you about though?

Yes, that's what I'm saying!

Next time, own up to posting something stupid, btw.

[StickyChief]

This is outrageous. The Xbox getting only 2 days of beta? PS3 get's 6 day's and PC which has had 2 previous beta's gets 3? This is clearly a slap in the face to us Xbox users and even if you don't own an Xbox I don't see how you can view this as anything else. Even if the Xbox has been fully tested, more days of beta wouldn't hurt the game. I'm a little frustrated here seeing as I've been anticipating the console beta for weeks and I'll get to play it for a total of 3 - 6 hours at best. (Highschool AP/IB Student and working) Hell the download will probably last longer than the time i get to play for.

I sincerely hope this is a mistake.

[SparklingNugs]

This is clearly a slap in the face to us Xbox users and even if you don't own an Xbox I don't see how you can view this as anything else.

So true. It's pretty obvious PC or PS3 players would feel the same if they were dealt this horrible hand.

[JohnMcClane]

I cant escape from the feeling that Microsoft has something to do with it....

[SparklingNugs]

I cant escape from the feeling that Microsoft has something to do with it....

Care to explain?

[Shadinaxx]

Microsoft has a habit of blocking things if they dont get their way in everything.