All tiers in Beta?

Yeah absolutely, from what I just read of Omni's post it seems like they really want these tiers completely finished before releasing them.

EDIT: Thought I might add.

I think this is a fantastic way to go about it. If they release the first 3 tiers they give people quite a lot to work with which would be great. Then, if they do release a tier as its done, it will keep people occupied for a longer period of time, as opposed to having 3 tiers that people finish within a couple of months and then an excruciating wait as the developers complete the rest of the tiers to release all at once.

 

The bosses for those tiers perhaps, and maybe dungeon bosses if the dungeons end up having bosses.

 

My understanding of Omni's post was yes, they will want 3 completed tiers.

 

Yeah it all is interesting, especially since that penguin guy might not even be the first boss.

 

I could understand, the unknown is interesting, especially with a boss. Plus, the penguin boss was very spammy, and hard to deal with solo'ing, which would be difficult considering it's only tier 1.

 

3 tiers at beta. They want them functionally complete, as well as complete in content.

 

I think the reason for the Penguin UFO maybe not being the first boss is because they need to straight out there story line a little. They had the beacon so that you could send out a distress signal and then travel easier. If the UFO is the boss they have: The beacon we needed to get a larger ship to help us actually summoned and UFO and we killed it so now we can travel furhter yay!

Edit: Goodness, that Omni post is going to be linked in 5 posts per thread for the next week.

 

What a delightful turn of events that post was! So many questions answered!

 

I think the Penguin UFO's existence was to remind you that Level 1 isn't supposed to be serious.

Christ, people are going insane over it.

 

Thats fine, I'm just hoping not every boss follows the same pattern of lazy humor. Ideally I hope they aren't all jokes at all.

 

When a game is in Beta, all features are present. All that's left to do is bugfixing and tweaks.

So, yes, there will, or at least should, be all tiers present in the Beta. Until then, the game is still in Alpha. If they're still adding necessary features to the game, it is still in Alpha.

 

Just thought I would mention: The beta isn't the full game, it isn't supposed to be complete, so how can they con you?
You bought THE GAME. Sure, preordering the game comes with beta access, but they can't make it a con...

Seriously, I'm sick of the immaturity running around the forums where people WANT IT NOW... And then they also want a perfect feature-filled game. Make up your mind.

 

I'm not sure you understand what a beta is. A beta is a feature complete package in the final testing and polishing stages. If it doesn't have multiplayer then it isn't beta it is only alpha and the devs seem determined to give us a real beta and not an alpha.

 

Not all betas are "feature complete" including this one it seems after todays announcement that it would likely be capped at tier 3 to start out with.

 

I'm currently in the Elder Scrolls online Beta, and we only have access to 1-2 zones. It depends on the game.

 

Still there really isn't any reason to cut multiplayer which seems to already work wonderfully.

 

And there would be no reason to cut Multiplayer in the Starbound Beta. After all, the game is 'meant' to be played socially. Sure single player is possible, but I doubt that it will be as fun unless you just plan to build all day.

 

Yes, but commercial betas have never been true betas. They're nothing more than early access marketing gimmicks.

 

If you read my earlier posts I was by no means implying that they would cut multiplayer. only that they could if they decided they didn't want to test it. All indications at this point are that it will have multiplayer. The issue I was pointing out was that the developers are free to choose what goes into a beta for testing, and that it's core purpose was to aid the development of the game, not to provide a pre-release demo of the game as some people seem to be treating it.

 

I wouldn't be so sure. Being able to log into a game for one or two days for a stress test, then having my character deleted at the end of the test, really makes me wanna buy a game... (sarcasm at the whole situation of this ESO beta.)

Minecraft's Beta is one you are talking about. It never 'closed' before release.