Should CAT and CBT Players start at a higher level in OBT/Early Access?

[SeaMonsterUK]

Hello everyone, well the title pretty much says it all.

 

I think that for the players of CAT and CBT should start at a higher level than those that join in OBT/Early Access (depending on what you want to call it) as we've already played the game and it's only fair in my opinion) that we start at level 2 or 3 instead of level 1. So I want to make a post with a poll to see what peoples opinions are and please, I would love the Devs and Mods to also get involved with the discussion.

 

Pikachu_Trainer CaptainPampers

 

PS: Only I've posted without poll so I'll get that edited in.

[skipme]

You will get compensated with gold and free xp if I recall correctly for your contribution in the beta proportional to your activity. So you can go directly to a higher tier if you want. Still if the account tier works the same way, you'll have to play at least some lower tier games to unlock free xp.

If you play the beta and get experience playing the game you'll quickly burn through those tiers anyway and better keep the free xp for modules.

GL 

[SeaMonsterUK]

You will get compensated with gold and free xp if I recall correctly for your contribution in the beta proportional to your activity. So you can go directly to a higher tier if you want. Still if the account tier works the same way, you'll have to play at least some lower tier games to unlock free xp.

If you play the beta and get experience playing the game you'll quickly burn through those tiers anyway and better keep the free xp for modules.

GL 

 

No, when we transition to OBT any Gold we have spent that was bought in the Pre Order packages will be refunded to your account, there won't be any Free XP.

 

Want I'm talking about here is Players Level, at Level 1 a player can only access PvE while at Level 2 you can go into PvP Matches and at Level 3 you get Daily Missions.

[Sharana]

Well to be honest that's just few battles and I don't really care. We will have to start with the lower tiers and fresh captains anyway.

[KptStrzyga]

You will be starting at higher level. You will know how to play and you will have some experience (just like reroll) when fresh cannon fodder will arrive. 

Let them come, I`ll get second, third and forth level in no time feasting on them. 

[Takeda92]

If they just give us credits and free xp I'll be happy. I'll be even more happy to play a nice balanced game.

[krautjaeger]

You will get compensated with gold and free xp if I recall correctly for your contribution in the beta proportional to your activity. So you can go directly to a higher tier if you want. Still if the account tier works the same way, you'll have to play at least some lower tier games to unlock free xp.

If you play the beta and get experience playing the game you'll quickly burn through those tiers anyway and better keep the free xp for modules.

GL 

 

If they just give us credits and free xp I'll be happy. I'll be even more happy to play a nice balanced game.

 

lol, I can just see people having $$$ in their eyes playing 24/7 to get the highest reward for this after reading that.

[Takeda92]

 

 

lol, I can just see people having $$$ in their eyes playing 24/7 to get the highest reward for this after reading that.

 

Would be cool for them. I can barely play for 1-2 hours a day and some days I can't even play. 

[krautjaeger]

 

Would be cool for them. I can barely play for 1-2 hours a day and some days I can't even play. 

 

My guess is it will have a "reasonable" ceiling, and everyone at or above that will get the same no matter. Or else they'd just promote match-spamming.

[Xerkics]

Id like some reward but im just happy to participate at this point and let them make the game better based on the  statistics we generate from battles we played.

[Mahakmar]

looks on topic, and well no, the reward you do get from alpha-closed beta is the experience on what to do and not to do , so that in itself is the reward

[Pekoe_Darjeeling]

It would be great if they would not wipe out accounts and let us play in OBT with what we have. After all everything will be wipe out at the release of the game and we could save time instead doing same stuff again in OBT.

[SeaMonsterUK]

It would be great if they would not wipe out accounts and let us play in OBT with what we have. After all everything will be wipe out at the release of the game and we could save time instead doing same stuff again in OBT.

 

That;s incorrect, it's already been stated that there will be no wipe when the game transitions from OBT to the released version.

[Pekoe_Darjeeling]

 

That;s incorrect, it's already been stated that there will be no wipe when the game transitions from OBT to the released version.

 

Good troll 6/10 would believe.

[SeaMonsterUK]

 

Good troll 6/10 would believe.

 

Not a troll mate.

 

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Why buy if it gets wiped?

Probably the most controversial topic right now is that of a wipe between OBT and Release. The reason why this is not mentioned in the portal article and premium shop is that we are not planning to do a wipe after OBT. Therefore, anything you buy with real money will stay with you from OBT onwards. If we do feel the need to wipe player's progress, for any reason (like if you guys start massively exploiting the ship out of some bug you find in the game), we will simply softwipe and return the contents of your pre-order packages. Slots, ships bought in-game, credits etc. would be converted back to Gold Doubloons.

If you buy premium time in CBT, you will get it again in OBT, as stated in the article on the portal, but you will not get it again after release. If there is a softwipe, all the additional resources that you gained through having a premium account will be returned to you anyway.

 

The only notable exception to this might be crew experience. If you're a veteran in World of games, you'll know that in the past we've had issues with crew experience being wiped with changes to the game. Obviously, we're working as fast as humanly possible on implementing the required mechanics for exporting and tracking commander XP in our databases, but we might not make it in time for OBT. Hence, crew xp might be wiped.

 

 

[DreadArchangel]

No we should all start from the beginning ...

[Hedgehog1963]

My answer is "no."  We know the deal.

[dan_can]

Although there is no specific release date set yet, just remember that the Unified Account will come eventually. I reserved a bunch of free exp I grinded in WoWp in order to spend it on WoWs. Just have a little patience folks.

 

And although Alpha-C/OBT-Veterans might receive some reward for their contribution, having all players start from the beginning is just fair. Just the experience advantage you will have over after-release beginners will be huge.

 

Keep in mind that we should try to not repeat the same mistake(s) WoWp made after its release. WG ran an Ace contest, the player with the most amount of Ace medals (5 kills) received a motherboard if I recall correctly. So certain players flew a T2 OP plane and roflstopmped the lower tiers. Imagine how much fun this was for new starters.

[McLeod]

Absolutely not, everyone should start at the same level.  Those of us that have played since Alpha, Weekend Tests or CBT were lucky enough to be able to play when we did.  That in itself should be reward enough, we have experience and we will have a head start in ability already when we go to OBT.

 

And besides you Alphas already got a really nice ship for nothing, be thankful for what you have and stop acting like a spoiled kid.

[Grim_Destiny]

I received Money and free XP when we went from Alpha to Beta.. I didn`t have any tier 10 ships though.

 

Next week i should get two tier 10 ships, so i`m hoping my bonus will be even bigger when we transition to OBT..

[McLeod]

I received Money and free XP when we went from Alpha to Beta.. I didn`t have any tier 10 ships though.

 

Next week i should get two tier 10 ships, so i`m hoping my bonus will be even bigger when we transition to OBT..

 

What bonus - they haven't even hinted at any bonus.  They are using the pre orders and sales of gold, premium time and premium ships to test the economy. There will be no CBT style bonus at the start of OBT.

[TheDubiousDonut]

Yus, there won't be any "bonus" exp/credits taken into OBT. We allready have a huge advantage by knowing how to play the game and it will be ridiculously easy at the beginning (as long as we don't get tk'ed by people who try out torps for the first time). We just keep our preorder/reward ships and this is it.

[indycar]

yay some1 wants his t10 before any1 else ... to wait 10 min in queue ....

 

why would you need another headstart you will bring your exp of how to aim, drive, etc. into obt that is your advantage

[Rilohn]

As there is no wipe planned between OBT and release then that would have to be a big "no".

 

[SeaMonsterUK]

I do believe some people have mis understood with the mentions of Free XP and Credits - This isn't about either of those, this isn't about ship Tier either but the players level at the start of the game, level 2 allows you to go into PvP while level 1 restricts you to PvE and Level 3 unlocks Daily Missions.