New "Beta Invites Have Been Sent" Thread by Biowar

[Anamodiel]

6 days and I probably would be dead from the lack of sleep.

[Revalis]

My problem is work. But I'm starting to feel like I'm coming down with a cold or something, too... flu is going around, still, right? The pig one? Yeah, I think I have that...

[Tecknik]

Apparently this isn't a weekend invite.. it's a 'Data Center Test' that is mostly being sent to Australia and New Zealand? o_O  

From the forums:
Sent Oct. 11: California Data Center Test

This test is a small, limited-time test including testers from New Zealand and Australia. Data from this test will be used to inform decisions about the launch of the game in Oceanic regions. We currently have no updates regarding the launch of the game in these or other territories, but will provide information as it becomes available.
Who was invited: Testers from the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia
What was sent: California Data Center testing invites
Server locations: West Coast USA
Invite status: All invites in this batch are now sent

Squadron 419 NA FTW!


I had been planning on a trip to Orlando this weekend for Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios... I think I may cancel those plans.

[Tbone]

The "friends and associates" are back in. Well, except for me of course..sigh....

This testing phase features some great new additions, including two brand new Flashpoints, a new PvP area on Tatooine, improvements to the chat and social systems, and continued polish on the controls and combat in Space Combat Missions. Tester feedback from previous testing phases has helped us continue to fine-tune the classes and Advanced Classes, and you’ll notice many positive changes to loot drops, Crew Skills, and the overall economy.

[Tbone]

Also, racial abilities are in but don't affect gameplay. You might hear that there are passive buffs (2% to this or that), but a Bioware dev explains:

Those passives do not exist. (So don't build a character around them)

They actually never existed. It's a placeholder string that was put into the UI when we were debating having them (to reserve space on the UI if needed) and it somehow survived longer than intended.

We'll remove the reference it in a future patch.

Also, this about the Sentinel:

Hey guys,

Just wanted to let you know that, while there are changes to the Warrior/Sentinel in the build we just put up, the hinted at larger gameplay revamp for the Sentinel/Marauder is not yet active, it will be available with a future patch to this build.

This means that if you chose to play a Sentinel/Marauder, you'll see balance tweaks and various changes now, but at a later date your rotations and game mechanics will be updated with new abilities and options and some of your skills will reset.

THANK GOD! Can someone with access please let me know what these changes are??

Also, new quick travel system...better cover system...not getting specifics ATM.

[Ash]

...Also, new quick travel system...

Hardlines, maybe?

[Manic Velocity]

...Also, new quick travel system...

Hardlines, maybe?

HYPERJUMP!!!11!

[Tbone]

...Also, new quick travel system...

Hardlines, maybe?

Close, actually. When you use quick travel, instead of it taking you to your most recent bind spot, you can choose from any of the bind spots. It still has the 30 minute cooldown.

[Paitryn]

The "friends and associates" are back in. Well, except for me of course..sigh....

well they haven't told us on the beta forums to download the new client yet but the site just went down for maintenance 2 mins ago, we'll see from there.

now all testing forums will be merged into one and weekend testers will get weekend access only. closer to final build i suppose!

Update 10/28: We know you’re all very eager to start testing again, but at this time we’d like to let you know that the new build will not be available this weekend (the 28th, 29th, or 30th). We appreciate your continued patience as we work to bring you the new build. Thank you!

[Tbone]

Yeah, right now it is just the Bioware +1s. They haven't even let the EA +1s in yet.

[Paitryn]

yeah i was holding out hope as the server went down for about 5 mins thinking we may have gotten ours too. but the dev post looks like it wont be till at least next week.

[Mharz]

"Next, our biggest event of the year, the December 20th launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic. This is inarguably the most anticipated game of the year, an epic MMO that makes each player the hero of their own Star Wars saga. The Old Republic is in Beta right now and players are blown away by the immersive story, dynamic combat and authentic Star Wars feel. In the coming weeks we‟ll invite hundreds of thousands of players into our biggest Beta test to date."


Quote from Peter Moore you can find the the full transcript here http://investor.ea.com/events.cfm?list=Featured,Future,Past

Bold and italics added by yours truely.

Also, it seems that there was a full server wipe along with the new client.

[Barachiel]

I'm jumping up and down at the Sentinel/Marauder news.  The former was woefully underpowered during my Test Weekend.

[Caydnn]

I hope I get in.

[Paitryn]

Theres a very good chance that you will at least get a weekend invite to at least try the game out. our forums stated that in the next build all testers (maybe not friends and family) including weekend testers will be using the same forums (with weekend testers only getting weekend access) so here's hoping we get a lot more members in this time around.