Elder Scrolls Online Beta

[Tbone]

Anyone else get invited to the stress test this Monday? Of course it is the one year anniversary for my girlfriend and I, so I will not be able to do it! Grr...

[Strod]

Nope, would be fun to see when it gets around more.

[Zooey]

Lucky, SOB.

[Tbone]

Lucky, SOB.

You must have missed the part where I said I can't do it. It's only three hours long and I'll be busy.

[Strod]

Well, if no one else wants it, and your willing to part ways with it (I'm sure you could use it hostage and get something rifty for it) I would be interested in trying it out.

Just throwing that out there.

[Tbone]

I'm keeping it as it says it increases my chances of getting in the regular beta. So even if I don't get to do the stress test, it's likely I'll get reinvited to the regular beta.

[Avzeke (Khr0n1k)]

I have been in the last 3 beta tests. I don't think they have one that is constantly happening. The servers are only up for a few hours a day, usually for two or three days until they release a new build of the game. Since that is the case I haven't been able to spend a whole lot of time with it to really tell you anything more than what you can see on any officially released videos.

[Tbone]

The last three? Hopefully I'll keep getting invited back as well then.

[Avzeke (Khr0n1k)]

My theory is, if you get invited, you will be invited back every test after. But that is just a theory, there may be other tests I haven't been included in since I was originally accepted.

[Tbone]

Mine is an invitation to a stress test. It says "Stress tests help us prepare for a smooth launch, and we'll have larger tests as we scale up to full capacity. In return for helping us, participating in a stress test will increase your chance to be invited to a normal, longer-term session."

Has yours been "stress tests"?

[Ghisteslwchlohm]

I'm going to be in it. I've been invited to the last 4 beta tests, but every time something has come up so I've only had about 3 hours of play time in it. I'm pretty sure Kron1k has it right though.

[Mharz]

Can anyone who's been in the beta comment on gameplay?

After I saw this thread I did some digging and the game struck me as Guild Wars 2 in the Skyrim setting.  Combat seemed a little clunky and PvP was a direct WvWvW rip off of Guild Wars 2.

The positive notes are that the art looked amazing and the character customization (abilities and cosmetics) seemed exceptional.

[Avzeke (Khr0n1k)]

Mine is an invitation to a stress test. It says "Stress tests help us prepare for a smooth launch, and we'll have larger tests as we scale up to full capacity. In return for helping us, participating in a stress test will increase your chance to be invited to a normal, longer-term session."

Has yours been "stress tests"?

I think this is the first stress test I have been invited to, the other times it was a focused test, like test the new starting area. The last one was for the new build that added the new compass system and I think they mentioned something then that they were using it as a stress test for the account creation system as well by inviting a larger than normal group.

[Tbone]

Ok, I managed to clear my schedule for this evening, so I should get a chance to check it out.

[Tbone]

The game looks better than I thought it would. Graphically it looks great. And it looks and plays a lot like an Elder Scrolls game, if not a little LESS clunky than an Elder Scrolls game. So far it does seem a little themeparky, but that may just be the starter areas. Combat flowed well and lent itself to first person, with aiming being taken into consideration.

It looks like they are doing another test on Thursday that I get to do, as well as inviting more people!