Pre-Open Beta for late June, Closed Beta Report, Open Beta Registration

The closed beta report is up but before I go in to it, here's the news on the next test:

• A "pre-open beta" test will be held during the later half of June.
• Open beta pre-registration for new accounts started on the 23rd. Registering for this will also get you in to the pre-open beta.
• Previously existing accounts should be able to participate no matter what.
• There will be some kind of reward for participating in the pre-open beta.
• If the pre-open beta goes off without any major problems, the open beta should start soon after it finishes.
• Character data will be reset between the pre-open beta and open beta.

The registration site is up! You can get to it here:
http://pso2.jp/preentry/

You can use the guide in this post to help you out. Just click the first button on the above page to get taken to the form asking for your email address (step 4 in the guide) and you're off.


Closed Beta Report

Participant Info

• The client was downloaded about 147,000 times.
• About 131,000 people (70% of the accepted testers) logged in sometime during the closed beta testing period.
• The most connected users at one time 23,500 on April 21st.
• There was an average of 63,000 logins per day.

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/pict...ictureid=27951
Blue represents maximum number of simultaneous connections. Red represents total logins
Having the servers up 24 hours a day meant that testers could log in at any time they wanted to or could which, along with the server problems, kept simulatneously conneted users down as compared to previous tests.


Character Info
http://www.pso-world.com/forums/pict...ictureid=27952http://www.pso-world.com/forums/pict...ictureid=27953
Left: Blue is human, green is Newman, grey is cast. Right: Blue is male, Pink is female
These are the not so surprising race and sex spreads. Yup.

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/pict...ictureid=27954http://www.pso-world.com/forums/pict...ictureid=27955
Left: Blue is mar, orange is marl, green is newm, yellow is newearl, grey is cast, purple is caseal. Right: Red is HU, blue is RA, yellow is FO.
Newms are, once again, PSO2's rare race. Compared to the previous alpha test, the number of hunters has also dropped but only by a percentage or two.

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/pict...ictureid=27956
Here are the most popular hairstyles and costumes for fleshies. The Short Wolf hairstyle and Close Quarter costume were the most popular among mars. The Casual Layer hairstyle and the Thousand Dream costume were Marls choice. The Casual Layer was popular with Newms too, as was the Sensious Coat. Newearls also took to the Casual Layer while perfering the Viola Magika costume.

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/pict...ictureid=27959
For Casts, the most popular parts were the Ronia Head, Ronia Body, Fauma Legs, and Fauma Arms. Caseals it was the Farnen head, Deel Body, Deel Legs, and Farnen arms.

• Abou 228,000 characters were created during the closed beta. That works out to about 1.7 characters per tester.
• 76,000 users (57.7% of total users) made it to level 10 or higher.
• 38,000 users (28.8% of total users) made it to level 20.

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/pict...ictureid=27960
Red is HU, blue is RA, yellow is FO
This is a graph of the level spread among classes. I think it's interesting to note that there are more forces in the level 1 - 5 category than rangers. I would have expected the HU-RA-FO staircase to be the same no matter what level.


Bug reports & Requests

• There was a total of about 22,000 opinions and requests
• There was a total of about 11,000 bug reports
• There were nearly 43,000 messages on the closed beta message board

When compared to the second alpha, the number of requests and opinions decreased while bug reports and message board replies increased.


Questionaire Info

Around 37,000 people answered the questionaire. Here are the results.

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/pict...ictureid=27961
Left: "Did you participate in the alpha or alpha 2 test?" Blue is "No." Red is "Just A2." Green is "Both tests." Grey is "Just the alpha test."

Right: "Will you play when PSO2 officially launches?" Blue is "Yes, but I don't know if I'll use the cash shop." Red is "Yes and I'll use the cash shop." Green is "Yes but I won't use the cash shop." Pink is "I don't know." Grey is "No."

This next graph is the 5-level ranking system that you may have seen from the reports on the previous alpha tests. 5 is Best and 1 is worst. The categories are listed in the order found below the graph.

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/pict...ictureid=27962

• Character creation
• Character, map, enemy, etc graphics
• Background music
• Install to launcher sequence
• All motions
• Controls
• Rankings, emergency quests, and similar random events
• Visual Effects
• "Friend Partners"
• Title sequence (Title screen to login)
• Client Orders
• FUN system
• Quests
• Balance
• User Interface
• Communication
• My Room
• Tutorial
• Story Advancement
• My Shop
• Tekking system
• Overall

As you can see, despite the mediocre to poor opinions in several categories, over half of all who answered the questionaire were pleased with the closed beta overall.

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/pict...ictureid=27963
Left: "What machines do you plan to play with once PSO2 officially launches?" Blue is "Only PC." Red is "PC and PSVita." Green is "PC and smartphone." Pink is "All three." Grey represents other answers.

Right: "What is your main control method?" Blue is "Keyboard and mouse." Green is "Gamepad and keyboard for chat." Grey is "Gamepad and keyboard."

The closed beta was only done for PC so the question on what other machines you might want to play PSO2 on may be skewed towards the PC but about a third of those who answered the questionaire plan to play it on one or both other platforms. Looking at a the way people controlled the game really gives you an idea of where people who played in the closed beta are coming from though.


Things you want to see in PSO2

Like the previous alphas, here's the list of things people are interesting in seeing in upcoming versions of PSO2. The list of what everything is can be found under the graph in the order it appears.

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/pict...ictureid=27964

• More weapon categories
• More PAs, skills, and ways to fight
• More options in the character creator
• More ways to play with more people
• More map variations
• Improved character actions
• More weapons (in existing categories)
• Things to do besides fight
• Improve the story / game world
• Improve the chat system
• Improve enemies
• Something that can be raised outside of player stats like a pet
• PVP
• Better graphics
• Improve My Room functions

PVP is still very low on the list of things people want to see in PSO2 despite all the noise you may hear here. In fact, a category already added to the game for the closed beta, mags, still ranks higher than it. Perhaps mags don't count for it but I don't know.


And finally, from the official blog, Sakai tells us that the lag and disconnections that plauged the closed beta were caused by settings on the server. Changing these settings made those problems disappear but one of the goals for the "pre-open beta test" is to make sure they actually fixed it.

later half of June? *le gasp!!(°A°)*

ty for the info :3

Tnx for the awesome news Mike :D

Awesome!

Later half of June! Only a month left!

Least we have a date, and us CBT players will be good to go with our existing accounts. Thanks for the info as always, Mike!

This gives me time to 100%-clear Ys Origin at least :lol:

Whoa that's amazing news, thank you, I totally can't wait to play more PSO2 with everyone!^^

One question though, even if we already have a account and participated in the CBT, do we need to log-in and press a button somewhere to be actually eligible to participate in the pre-OB?

Looks like a new post from Sakai as well.
http://ameblo.jp/sega-psblog/

And registration for the pre-open beta starts tomorrow (JST)
また、明日5月23日（水）より、オープンβテスト参加のための先行登録を開始させていただき ます。

Paraphrased Translation:

The pre-open beta is a double check to make sure the servers are stable before going into a full-on open beta. The largest number of people logging on simultaneously before was 23,000 people. One of the goals of the pre-open beta is to test the servers under a larger load.

Game status:
Girls still made up 70% of the population and even after trying to make male newmans more appealing the adoption rate was only 5% (compared to 4% in the alpha).
Also compared to the alpha, people focused more on making one character as opposed to several characters. Either it takes too long to level up or more players were taking advantage of being able to multi-class their main better.

Input:
There was a lot of input from the community. Sakai appreciated talks on the official closed beta forums about how players wanted cash shops and stuff to be implements.

In the closed beta report 94% of people replied that they would play the game when it came out. That made the team extremely happy.

A large majority of player replied they'd play it only on pc, but 30% of people replied they wanted to play on vita and smart phone as well.

End of June? That's not really "early summer" for me, but I'll take it.

Beggars and not choosers, and all that.

Neat-oh.

The male to female ratio is pretty retarded, but not surprising I guess.

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Also compared to the alpha, people focused more on making one character as opposed to several characters. Either it takes too long to level up or more players were taking advantage of being able to multi-class their main better.

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That statement doesn't make me hopeful at all regarding paying for characters slots...

94% would play the full game? That's very awesome to hear :D See what happens when you put care into a product, Sega? Hoping their new server hardware is up to the task.

Though I think they failed to realize that the reason most stuck with a single character is so they don't have to pay for more...

I'd pay for more happily, because I like to be a vain player.

I think what might kill SEGA is their accepted payment methods, even then. It's sort of why they went to subscription NEAR the beginning of PSO anyways. There was no way to monetize it, wasn't thought of.

Hopefully that's solved this time around. Then that "Might not use the cash shop" will become "I WILL GIVE YOU MY CREDIT CARD INFO JUST TAKE EVERYTHING EVEN MY HOUSE"

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Also compared to the alpha, people focused more on making one character as opposed to several characters. Either it takes too long to level up or more players were taking advantage of being able to multi-class their main better.

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Well DUH!!......... how does Sega expect people to make multiple characters when they can have one character be a Jack-of-all trades? You may have just seen the death of sub-classes. I plan on making a minimum of 3 characters because I don't like that sub-class crap.

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Good job guys! We brought down the female ratio from what I believe to be 72% last time! Hopefully this will be the end of the waiting.

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I know I made 2 male characters and one female.

Good job guys! We brought down the female ratio from what I believe to be 72% last time! Hopefully this will be the end of the waiting.

Pff i really hoped it would been first week of June...guess we have to wait a few weeks more guys :(

Other then that nice to see all these statics and other info, it's nice to see what fellow PSO2 Beta testers think.

THANK YOU!!! INFOOOOO!!!!!! YAY!!!!+^_^+
I'm so glad we finally have a clue when OBT starts now+^_^+
this is so good i recommend at least for now this thread be stickied+^_^+

Soooooo excite.

Will be seeing you all on there ;D

Looks like Moah will be back for moar action.

I had the worst couple of days of my life this last weekend. Seeing this today made my day! Late June is perfect for me. Thanks, Mike!

O.o I soooo wanna get in on this open beta stuff :o And yes I'd use the cash shop :3 If theres any good buys in there.

I was waiting for some good news! I got a month to prep my computer, get hype!

Well i guess this isnt bad news it just means more time with brawl busters. Wootness. Im suprised so little of the population got to lvl 20. I figuered at least 70% would make that cut.

Looks like I got a little more time to finish the video at least.

Hmm, I'm hella proud to represent male newman. Glad I made the change over. (there's a joke somewhere) ALSO IM FULLY AWARE CAST SUPREMACY ETC ETC.

Great post Mike!

Awesome! Nice to see some solid info to surface around here, I'm curious about this pre-order thing do, keep us posted, and thanks for the awesome job!

:3 this pleases me.

70% female characters... So many guys playing as girls, I'm guilty of this too, but seriously i think I'm gonna be a male in obt, to balance it out. Too much high pitched KYAAA sounds starts to annoy me. Imagine how I feel playing arcana hearts (fighter with all female characters FYI)

I got this feeling that there's gonna so much stuff you need to buy when full game releases, like I don't mean like that exp +100% or rooms, but I mean like missions or areas that can't be accessed for free, kinda like WoW with all those expansions. Or better example, dc universe which is f2p now but half The game is locked until you buy dlc packs.
Either that or make cash shop stuff way expensive, like maplestory (shudder)
I love the PSO games and I'm happy the game itself is free, but I don't want sega to try something that may hurt them longterm, ill gladly pay 20$ a month for EVERYTHING.
I'll guarantee that more than 50% of players in PSO2 will not pay any money, or use "ghetto loopholes" so to speak.
On a side note, two of my friends said they won't play PSO2 unless you're able to trade items for free. Not that they're lazy just that unlike me they aren't hardcore gamers who play PSO for 5-6 hours a day.

Ohmahgadohmagadomagad finally! I'll wake up tomorrow at 00:01 am if I have to make it for the registration asap.

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70% female characters... So many guys playing as girls, I'm guilty of this too, but seriously i think I'm gonna be a male in obt, to balance it out. Too much high pitched KYAAA sounds starts to annoy me. Imagine how I feel playing arcana hearts (fighter with all female characters FYI)

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Guilty, as well.
I wanted to play a Male Cast but I didn't like their customization options too well so I just went with female... If the Cash Shop features a Race/Sex change, I will probably have some ...parts exchanged... on my cast in the future when there are many, many more clothing customization options.
I kind of wanted a metal human, not a gundam.

Ah well, really happy about the good news... Mid-June is much later then we all suspected but hey it's summer I got other things I can do in the meantime. Hoping they get to celebrating Sonic's anniversary.

Late June is early Summer? Not really, but at least we have a rough date now.

I'm sure this won't be any worse than the pain I endured waiting for Skyrim, so I'll be fine.

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Late June is early Summer? Not really, but at least we have a rough date now.

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Not to be a prick, but technically summer begins June 21st or so, so it's actually very early summer :wacko:

I hear ya though, I want this bad.

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Late June is early Summer? Not really, but at least we have a rough date now.

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Early Summer - June
Summer - July
Late Summer - August

So, I think their goal is to have the servers up again any time before July.

How does one go about registering and when is it officially open? It's nearly 3AM Tokyo time I believe.

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Not to be a prick, but technically summer begins June 21st or so, so it's actually very early summer :wacko:

I hear ya though, I want this bad.

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Early Summer - June
Summer - July
Late Summer - August

So, I think their goal is to have the servers up again any time before July.

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Fine, whatever. You know what I meant.

"Goddamn it hurry up", etc.

Thanks for the info, OP.

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Originally Posted by Genovesi

How does one go about registering and when is it officially open? It's nearly 3AM Tokyo time I believe.

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CBT signup opened at 16:00 JST so it might be around the same time.

Awesome thanks so much! Ah but where do I sign up?

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Awesome thanks so much! Ah but where do I sign up?

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They'll probably put up a link on http://pso2.jp/

My guess is they'll replace the CBT link with the pre/obt link. Also, I'm sure there will be a post here on PSOW once it's up.

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Originally Posted by stheno

They'll probably put up a link on http://pso2.jp/

My guess is they'll replace the CBT link with the pre/obt link. Also, I'm sure there will be a post here on PSOW once it's up.

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Okok thank you, I appreciate it :)

Any idea if anything from the pre will transfer to the open?

*le happy*

They've got a pretty good turnover rate for getting these tests out with new content. I mean, Alpha 1 was back in September last year, Alpha 2 was Feb this year, Closed Beta was April (and the content difference between A2 and CB made it feel like A2 was just some 5 minute demo) and now the Pre-Open is end of June.

Though I am not surprised at all at the clothing choices, I rarely saw a female char outside of the RAnewearl outfit, despite all the bitching about it.

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Early Summer - June
Summer - July
Late Summer - August

So, I think their goal is to have the servers up again any time before July.

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Well, the first 21 days of September are still a part of Summer, so late Summer would be those 21 days, with early Summer being between late June and early July.

Open beta pre-registration for new accounts starts tomorrow. Registering for this will also get you in to the pre-open beta.
Previously existing accounts should be able to participate no matter what.

Just to verify, if we had an account for CBT--we don't need to do anything, right? Or do we need to somehow 'register' our existing accounts to play in pre-open? I suppose we'll have more info tomorrow regardless. :) Thanks for the info, Mike!

Also remember guys, 4 quarters in a year-- 12/4 = 3 month sections, December to Feb is "Winter", March to May is "Spring", June to August is "Summer" with September to November being "Fall". Perhaps it's different in other regions of the world, but that's how we were generally taught over here in the west (America).

June is technically early summer, although you could argue "late" June being more of a mid-summer. Still, better to delay a few weeks and get some addition fixes (or content?) in rather than a rushed release.

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Well, the first 21 days of September are still a part of Summer, so late Summer would be those 21 days, with early Summer being between late June and early July.

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I was referring to what is Early, Mid, Late summer in Japan. The Fall school semester in Japan starts in September so summer "ends" in August.

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I was referring to what is Early, Mid, Late summer in Japan. The Fall school semester in Japan starts in September so summer "ends" in August.

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I thought that the seasons had somewhat similar dates in the northern hemisphere, but I was wrong. ^^;

So if we were already signed up for closed beta we don't need to register again right? We just wait for pre-open beta? And we can use the same log in and password?

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I thought that the seasons had somewhat similar dates in the northern hemisphere, but I was wrong. ^^;

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Colloquially the weather decides the the season, but there are a whole bunch of different ways people call seasons. For example, I don't think the Michigan area has as a weather cycle that is like "Spring" any more, this year we went from freezing cold almost immediately to weather that you need AC or a fan running with the time in-between that was like a week or two long shifting from cold to decent hourly/daily.

Some calender says Summer started May 15th, others say some time in June, and others still are split into exacting periods of equal number of days.

So a business year is not the same as an astronomical year nor is it the same as a colloquial year or a standard calender year. And even better is that different industries have different business calenders as well so even if they given you a season you are still looking at a possible 6-8 month derivation without them lying about it. That is why you have to look at the source of the time frame and compare to what they have meant in the past and who they are talking to, because Summer means a different span of time to westerners than it does easterners ^.^

If you were in the closed beta, your currert username should recieve fancy gifts so I don't imagine you'd want to make another.

So... is pre-open beta saving your character data? or what? D:

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So... is pre-open beta saving your character data? or what? D:

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I don't think pre-open beta will save character data, as it's mainly a stress test; but that isn't based on any factual data whatsoever.

This game really needs an English release. I can't enjoy the JP version because I do not know any JP and i feel i miss out on information pertaining to quests etc.

I hope they take that feedback about the tekker and do some changes.
All the red box items i tekked sucked...

Oh, such delicious statistics.

I'm happy to see this report, it's about time. Now comes the excruciating countdown until the festivities.

Thanks again Mike!

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So... is pre-open beta saving your character data? or what? D:

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Possibly. If there are no network issues and everything runs smoothly it will immediately go into obt.

On http://pso2.jp/cbt/ almost at the very bottom it says:
プレオープンβテストにて大きな問題が発生しなかった場合、あまり間をあけることなくオープンβテストを開 始させていただく予定です。

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This game really needs an English release. I can't enjoy the JP version because I do not know any JP and i feel i miss out on information pertaining to quests etc.

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I feel the same way XD, also it says registrations start on the 23rd is that State Side date or JP date cause it's about 6am there right now X)

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I hope they take that feedback about the tekker and do some changes.
All the red box items i tekked sucked...

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The items were always 1* garbage and it costed way too much to identify them. By the end of the beta I wasn't even picking them up.

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The items were always 1* garbage and it costed way too much to identify them. By the end of the beta I wasn't even picking them up.

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By the end of the beta? I stopped picking those up by day 1 once I realized they weren't even real rares. D:

But who am I kidding I still run halfway across the room to go see what item they are because they're bright bloody red and activate an alarm in my brain that says "RED AND SHINY = IMPORTANT BECAUSE RED IS THE COLOR THAT TRAVELS THE FARTHEST, WHICH IS WHY YOUR BLOOD IS RED TO TELL YOU "DUDE YOU'RE FUCKING DYING, DO SOMETHING!"

At least Sega is bum-rushing this game out, and is testing it well. Two betas? I hope they get as many bugs fixed as possible before full release.

Rock... your histarical X)

So lets just say that I was chosen for the CBT, but I didn't download the client or attend.

Do I still have to register? Or am I set?

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So lets just say that I was chosen for the CBT, but I didn't download the client or attend.

Do I still have to register? Or am I set?

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Youre set if you used your cbt code and linked pso2 to your sega id.

So does anyone know whether registration is occurring right now or in a few hours seeing how its already the 23rd in JP time?

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So lets just say that I was chosen for the CBT, but I didn't download the client or attend.

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I don't even...

WHY would this happen?

Just to double confirm, cause im such a worry wat :P

IF you were in the closed beta you automaticly sign up and enter for the open beta right?

Thanks for the info.

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Just to double confirm, cause im such a worry wat :P

IF you were in the closed beta you automaticly sign up and enter for the open beta right?

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Yes, anyone who played CBT doesn't need to do anything.

I wanna be mad at the people who ask if they need to do anything because I feel like they don't just read what is already available to them, but when it came to sign up to the closed beta, I was rather concerned myself so I can relate.

Red Box item's where used for other purposes other then combat, Mainly "Weapon Strengthening" not using. "GOT JUNK" , "MADE GOOD WITH SPUNK". lol

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I don't even...

WHY would this happen?

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My computer broke the day before the Beta, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED! :(

nice, Open Beta is on June!

Half-a-day the whole month of June in my school :P

Another beta phase before Open Beta? Hm... maybe I'll try leveling a Force (BROcast) this time around.

I see I forgot to put it in the first post so here it is: "Pre-open beta" data doesn't transfer to the open beta. This is why we get something for participating.

I guess that's fair, but I find it funny that we need a reward to play. Sega, I'll help you test for free! Just let me in!

So now that it's close to 10:30am in JP is the registration open? or is it the 23rd state side?

God I really don't want to do the same thing twice. Just gonna do bare minimum for the stuff.

I only have one thing to say... "Humaaaaanh Hunntaaaaah Supremaaacccy"

I seen the statistics on the blog and that was the majority in regard to race and class...

The biggest problem I have with the reset is the quest completion. It'll be easier the second time around, but it was annoying to mess with the matter board and client orders to unlock new quests and such. We want English options. Please Sega?

أنت ياعظيم تراك أهنتنا يادلخ هذي صوره فوتوشوب واخيرا اقدر اقول انها فوتوشوب حبيبيامسح هذا المقطع اتهنا كفايه من ناس ماتسوى جزمتك القديمه بس تراهم يحسبونا متخلفين في اللحظه هذي انا عارف نواياك واللله يشد بأزرك بإذن الله بس فيه احسن من كده فشيلها جزاك الله خير عني وعن امة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم

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أنت ياعظيم تراك أهنتنا يادلخ هذي صوره فوتوشوب واخيرا اقدر اقول انها فوتوشوب حبيبيامسح هذا المقطع اتهنا كفايه من ناس ماتسوى جزمتك القديمه بس تراهم يحسبونا متخلفين في اللحظه هذي انا عارف نواياك واللله يشد بأزرك بإذن الله بس فيه احسن من كده فشيلها جزاك الله خير عني وعن امة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم

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...Huh?

Well that arabic scripture sure looks nice, allthough totally random....

Wtf?

You Aaazim Trac Ohuntna Aadlkh rave pictures Photoshop and finally appreciate'd say it Photoshop Habibiamsh this section Athna Enough of people Matsui Dzmtk old Avatar you see them Ihspona backward-minute rave I know your intentions and Alllah pull Bozrk, God willing, Avatar the best than this Vchelha Dzak God good to me, nation of Muhammad peace be upon him

^What "Translate to English" got me. lol

I just tried to say "Dzmtk" outloud. I either ruptured something or summoned an ancient supergod that's going to accelerate the heat death of the universe. Or both.

Great news! I hope I can get registered with an account before it's too late. I really would hate to miss out on it while I'm at work... :(

Nice good bit of information, good to know PvP wasn't necessarily last this time... to me it seems there's at least a bit more interest in it than there was in the 2nd alpha questionnaire, so maybe they will notice that.

I wonder how long the Pre-OB Test will last, and if we'll be getting any more free AC?

I'm guessing not, Sakai just wants to make sure the servers are running stably and I would expect that to only take a few days.
Ah, well. We got to do our part to log in and add our weight to the server, and if there's no lag at all then Sakai is right and we can bring on the actual game!

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I would guess we may get some free AC for the pre-open beta. Rooms will likely need to be stress tested and the only way to get a room is to purchase one with AC.

Can we register yet o.o its 1pm in JP X)

Pre-OBT registration is up. http://pso2.jp/preentry/

hmm.... i would like to know payment options for AC, i would very much like PayPal as i lost my green dot card and don't feel like registering a new one+^_^+

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Originally Posted by stheno

Pre-OBT registration is up. http://pso2.jp/preentry/

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woot XD any type of guide? o.0

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Originally Posted by RavenLeader

woot XD any type of guide? o.0

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It's pretty much the same screens we already have guides for, I think. SEGA ID signup and the same screens to activate PSO2 service for your SEGA ID. Links to the guides should be in the forum sticky.

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Originally Posted by stheno

It's pretty much the same screens we already have guides for, I think. SEGA ID signup and the same screens to activate PSO2 service for your SEGA ID. Links to the guides should be in the forum sticky.

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That it is. You just don't need to worry about addresses or anything.

I've also added that link to the first post.

I keep getting some error message when registering...anyone know whats up with that?
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-A...h204-k/WTF.JPG

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Originally Posted by Genovesi

I keep getting some error message when registering...anyone know whats up with that?
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-A...h204-k/WTF.JPG

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You have to use double digits for the month so add a zero if you're using a single digit.

life saver :) thank you!

I know this was stated in the op, but I was wondering what exactly is meant that pre exsiting accounts "should be able to participate no matter what" are you saying that we should sign up for an account anyways just in case?

So, how do you log back in with a sega id since there's a secutiry box using japanese letters? I was disconnected and can't get registered to the pso2, I bet I can't make two accounts using the same email too right? u_u

well to get past the security box, copy/paste syllabograms from here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana#Table_of_katakana as for getting disconnected, did you already set a username/password? if so then you should have an e-mail for completing registration, if you don't have that e-mail i think you can reuse that e-mail again, I'm not sure though+^_^+

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well to get past the security box, copy/paste syllabograms from here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana#Table_of_katakana as for getting disconnected, did you already set a username/password? if so then you should have an e-mail for completing registration, if you don't have that e-mail i think you can reuse that e-mail again, I'm not sure though+^_^+

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Well when I open it I get a bunch of things to fill, one being the birthday I guessed but it doesn't connect me in. And I just used the table of katakana but for some reason it didn't work (I'm pretty sure I took every correct letters). Anything else I could do? Perhaps provide screenshots? (Also going to school soon.)