Will OBT have a wipe?

    Nowadays its unusual for companies to go for an OBT wipe.
    OBT's are the first open release unlike closed betas which some companies use to receive community feedback regarding bugs etc. Having a big community on launch in this case is really important for the game in the future. Open Beta wipes make a lot people not even play in the time frame where the game is in Open Beta. Furthermore, GF wouldn't earn a lot during OBT which is important to finance the game in the future.

    Thus I assume there won't be any Open Beta wipe. If they go for it Gameforge might hurt themselves especially after they didn't release the game, as planned, in 2017.

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    OBT usually never get wiped. It's basically the same as release. Companies like to stick with using the "OBT" word during server releases, as it basically means they're not taking responsibility for eventual bugs that might happen during launch. It's better for them to release their product faster in an "OBT" state and let the community find all the bugs, rather than invest time and money into playtesting it.

    It is kind of weird that they are skipping CBT and going right into OBT but if anyone does exploit any bugs you can bet they will be banned.

    Probably wouldn't worry about it too much.

    They will probably use very similar game files as TW did when it launched, meaning it's already pretty much tested. This doesn't mean there won't be bugs. There will always be bugs for a new server release, and that's because of all the modifications that are being performed to localize it for broader audiences. SW is a very fickle game with atrocious game engine that likes to bug out and break down with small changes done to it. It's very unpredictable and that's the main reasons why you should expect OBT to be a bit buggy at the beginning.

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    They’ve done no actual CBT testing, only done internal. Kind of does make sense in terms of exploits and bug abuses?

    There's an actual job which is about professional bug testing,people who don't play to play,they focus on trying to find every single bugs.I have a relative doing this job and you basically repeat the most basic thing a thousand times in every possible way,like running/jumping onto a tree over 1000 times to make sure the game doesn't glitch out.That's what professional companies used before closed betas. If that's what they're actually doing I'd guess it would be much better than just tons of random players who play to play,not for bug testing and when finding an actual bug,rage about the game being broken but don't report anything. Closed Beta nowadays aren't considered bug testing but early access


    Every single publisher/ game dev has hand full of them. Does not mean exploits/ bugs doesnt come through the cracks. Especially ones that’ll destroy the game.

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    usually no, i played same open beta game b4 and they never wipe out the data , like never, it's rather unusual, it's really less then a beta and more of the official game release, the game might be moved to better servers later on.

    I hope there is a wipe, maybe rewards for playing in it. This is a selfish reason, I mainly want to learn the general mechanics of the game and then see how well I can play during an official release. It also gives me a chance to find friends that I can form up with when the game launches at the start. This may not seem like an issue to most but I would love to not feel the tinge of needing to find players to join a clan/guild. I love it but, if I could not have that stress during a launch and already have that little slice of community, I would be satisfied.

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    I'm okay with bugs. I just hope the servers don't commit seppuku the entire time.

    Would rather run into a bug then not be able to play at all :D

    servers did indeed commit seppeku in jp server in the past during certain updates so.. I don't wanna be a party pooper, but you should expect it sadly.
    hopefully our GMs can deal with it quickly tho.

    on a side note, why would there be a wipe? I don't see the point of it, but it's not like I know much about it.
    maybe there'd be a rollback if they screw up, but that should be it.

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