So my character got wiped.. *FREE GUMMY BEARS*

[P3Nn 53]

You actually got more than you payed for.. I think.

If you dont know what to do with this game its your problem. Rocket told YOU, and people like YOU, not to buy the game now. Buy it after a year or two. And how its going to be outdated? People are still happily playing Arma2 and thats an old game. There is no other game like this, so just play it or go play some free to play game, if you are so cheap. ;)

 

Well considering you can buy in on a complete game for the same price or play a MMO for a good 4 months on the same price it has not yet broke even in my mind.

As i said i enjoy the game and play it most days. I bought to game to bug find and aid development... 

Well the engine and game mechanics will be outdated. Yes people still play Arma 2 and even games like Counter Strike 1.6 but that was a revolutionary game and most people have moved to Source or Global Offensive because the game has been updated.

The older games become burnt out, less people play them and development stops.

I think your missing the point, Alphas are not normally charged for. 

""That is my point why not have a closed alpha that doesn't cost anyone participating and is for testing purposes. Then have a server stress test via a beta when the game is more ready.

 

That's the normal structure for a game release rather than have a structure which is primarily to generate revenue. All the money in the world can't make a game good and EA proves that theory over and over again."

I want this game to be a success as much as we all do but the future looks bleak.

 

Edited January 22, 2014 by P3Nn

[P3Nn 53]

Another reason why i worry is that the game will never be polished.

There are issues in the clunky engine that is uses so until that changes the masses will never play it.

[BrainlessZombie 190]

Only advise i can give you at the moment is:

Don't get attached to your gear.

 

DayZ have a lot of potential,this is an early alpha, you knew what you were getting into, think before posting(ranting) and avoid getting tangled on sterile discussions, there's A LOT of 'em around, luckly not all.

Edited January 22, 2014 by BrainlessZombie

[Nienko 41]

If the game would be closed alpha for another year, it would make a lot of fans really mad. And then later the open beta after 2 more years, people just wouldnt buy it annymore, coz by that time there probably would be other same zanra games.

By releasing early payed alpha Rocket and BI are not going to lose money and at the same time make happy a lot of people who were waiting over a year.

Sry for my spelling I'm on the phone and google doesn't wanna fix it for me.

[blacklabel79 949]

Another reason why i worry is that the game will never be polished.

There are issues in the clunky engine that is uses so until that changes the masses will never play it.

 

"the masses" allready aquired one or two alpha keys... :rolleyes:

Edited January 22, 2014 by {Core}BlackLabel

[Nienko 41]

There are lots of games that you pay for alpha when you actually will be playing free, or the same price when the games are released. You are suporting games developmet this way and hope it will turn out to be worth what you payed for.

This type of buy before the actual game is out, is getting popular now. So its up to you to buy it now, or save your $ and buy it when its done.

[agentneo 337]

my point is i am glad it was £20 and not free. If it was free we would literally never get on a server for all the under aged screaming kids and hackers. Think of it as quality control. Keep the morons out (mostly).

[Window Licker 504]

They aren't character wipes, exactly. Whenever that happens, it's because the server you joined is not communicating with the hive, to collect your character info. Just leave the server quickly and look for a new one that can get that info. If you stay on a server with your new spawn, then when that server does reconnect with the hive, it will overwrite your previous character. Most of the time it's an issue with the server, and not the hive itself.

As for the price tag, remember they expected initial sales to be a fraction of what they have turned out to be. By the original estimates, they would have made just enough to cover their initial investment, continued development costs, future marketing costs, a buffer for unforeseen costs, and anything else BI considers necessary. It's true there are a decent number of free to play alphas and betas out there, but they are usually either published by studios with deep enough pocketbooks to hold off on adding a price (and therefore making more profits overall, with a higher price on full release), or by a very small group of inexperienced but incredibly dedicated people collecting no paycheck and taking a huge financial risk. Personally, I'm pretty happy with the pricing model. It's a good inbetween, where we can get it cheap and not pay again, and Dean and the crew have a stable enough budget to comfortably be able to do what they want to do.

 

Like it was said on page one, more or less shit happens for you claim that you understand that wipe's bug and all that other fun is in the game and then you complain about it.

 

there is other creatures who do this... they live under bridges, now if you don't mind there are other threads that can benefit from my infinite stupidity.