ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
Stupid question but are bgs considered to be in the base patch or do we have to get an invite for that?
@Iyas Battlegrounds are part of the Chapter, and will only be available (when this patch goes live) to people who have the chapter. From that I'd say it's easy to say it will be invite only.
frethopper wrote: »I would like to sign up for the closed beta, but every time I browse to the signup page I get redirected to the age gate, whether I've already been through it or not. I don't have this issue with any other part of the website. Anyone suggest where the issue might be?
Works for me. Glad I won't have to see detailed explanations of all the games content prior to release.
frethopper wrote: »I would like to sign up for the closed beta, but every time I browse to the signup page I get redirected to the age gate, whether I've already been through it or not. I don't have this issue with any other part of the website. Anyone suggest where the issue might be?
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Will NDA affect things like datamining? Will I be able to datamine new Crown Store items and post this info on forum, Reddit etc?
Gina said that invites are based on previous PTS participation, so if you all got together on PTS to test MoL, I would suspect your chances are quite high for all getting an invite.Fallewarrior wrote: »So how is this gonna affect pve guilds who want to test the new trial? What if only half of the raid receives an invite?
ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »Can we get some insight into this decision? Is it because you don't want people just playing though all the content in PTS and then not buying the chapter? Or are you trying to refine feedback from more dedicated tester type people instead of letting the whole community snowball over various issues?
Morrowind is a major launch for us, and we are taking it very seriously. This follows our usual practice of having closed betas similar to what we did for ESO’s original launch, as well as the console-specific closed beta prior to console launch. In addition, Morrowind contains a huge new story, and we want to protect that from getting spoiled prior to launch.
Just to reiterate what was in the article, anyone will be able to log into the PTS to help test the base game content; only features included in Morrowind will be invite-only, and don’t forget that participation in previous PTS cycles is a major factor in choosing who will receive invites.
Strider_Roshin wrote: »I'm concerned. I'm sure there are certain factors that are involved with the selection process, and I feel like I won't get an invite because of it even though I'm a very active player, and theory crafter. Here's the reason:
I play almost entirely on the PS4, and I have been involved with both the PC betas, and the console beta. My PC account is entirely different than my console login however so my account information for my PC account isn't a proper representation of my involvement with the game since I use the PC account solely for the PTS.
Could I message someone my PC account username so that they could use my PSN activity as the means of deciding whether or not to invite me to this closed beta. Obviously I really want to be involved with this testing.
Not a stupid question at all. Battlegrounds are part of the Morrowind chapter, so those will also be part of the invite.Stupid question but are bgs considered to be in the base patch or do we have to get an invite for that?
We'll be leaving the regular PTS section of the forums open for you to discuss changes in the base game patch. Even though you are agreeing to an NDA, these are essentially just bug fixes or minor quality-of-life additions and doesn't contain new content or big features. All discussion and feedback for Morrowind content will be in a private forum area.So if we don't get an invite we can't discuss class changes on the forums at all? And even if we do, we can only discuss them in the closed forum area? That seems odd since there's usually a lot of forum discussion over class changes, and the info on the changes themselves will be on the patch notes thread anyway.
As you are agreeing to the NDA before you log in, that will include information you're datamining. Posting datamined information from the PTS will be against the NDA.@ZOS_GinaBruno
Will NDA affect things like datamining? Will I be able to datamine new Crown Store items and post this info on forum, Reddit etc?
While all content on the PTS is under NDA, as mentioned above we will be allowing regular conversation in the current PTS forum surrounding base game content as these are largely just bug fixes and general improvements to the existing game.Sorry if this is a foolish question, but from above I feel I need to ask it.
Will the base game changes be under NDA as well? As in, if a Templar skill changes etc. Seems like it will be quite difficult to enforce an NDA if it's open to everyone, and the PTS forum is public (can be read without an account).
[Edit] Ooooh I recall the console beta having it's own private forum, so as mentioned in the article the Morrowind invitees will definitely be in a private forum... but base game stuff?
There is no sign up for this - we are simply sending out invites based on our own criteria.frethopper wrote: »I would like to sign up for the closed beta, but every time I browse to the signup page I get redirected to the age gate, whether I've already been through it or not. I don't have this issue with any other part of the website. Anyone suggest where the issue might be?
Strider_Roshin wrote: »I'm concerned. I'm sure there are certain factors that are involved with the selection process, and I feel like I won't get an invite because of it even though I'm a very active player, and theory crafter. Here's the reason:
I play almost entirely on the PS4, and I have been involved with both the PC betas, and the console beta. My PC account is entirely different than my console login however so my account information for my PC account isn't a proper representation of my involvement with the game since I use the PC account solely for the PTS.
Could I message someone my PC account username so that they could use my PSN activity as the means of deciding whether or not to invite me to this closed beta. Obviously I really want to be involved with this testing.
You're on console. The new expansion will be unplayable on console anyway so will it really matter?
Strider_Roshin wrote: »Strider_Roshin wrote: »I'm concerned. I'm sure there are certain factors that are involved with the selection process, and I feel like I won't get an invite because of it even though I'm a very active player, and theory crafter. Here's the reason:
I play almost entirely on the PS4, and I have been involved with both the PC betas, and the console beta. My PC account is entirely different than my console login however so my account information for my PC account isn't a proper representation of my involvement with the game since I use the PC account solely for the PTS.
Could I message someone my PC account username so that they could use my PSN activity as the means of deciding whether or not to invite me to this closed beta. Obviously I really want to be involved with this testing.
You're on console. The new expansion will be unplayable on console anyway so will it really matter?
Did you read what I said? I have a PC account, I played the PC betas, and I play the PTS whenever there's new content to test with my PC account, but my PC account is entirely different from my PSN account; therefore it's not an accurate representation of my activity level nor will it show that I pre-ordered the Morrowind expansion like my PSN account would.
Strider_Roshin wrote: »Strider_Roshin wrote: »I'm concerned. I'm sure there are certain factors that are involved with the selection process, and I feel like I won't get an invite because of it even though I'm a very active player, and theory crafter. Here's the reason:
I play almost entirely on the PS4, and I have been involved with both the PC betas, and the console beta. My PC account is entirely different than my console login however so my account information for my PC account isn't a proper representation of my involvement with the game since I use the PC account solely for the PTS.
Could I message someone my PC account username so that they could use my PSN activity as the means of deciding whether or not to invite me to this closed beta. Obviously I really want to be involved with this testing.
You're on console. The new expansion will be unplayable on console anyway so will it really matter?
Did you read what I said? I have a PC account, I played the PC betas, and I play the PTS whenever there's new content to test with my PC account, but my PC account is entirely different from my PSN account; therefore it's not an accurate representation of my activity level nor will it show that I pre-ordered the Morrowind expansion like my PSN account would.
You obviously don't do trials on console. They're unplayable. Therefore, whether you test it or not, you're never going to be able to play it once it gets to console anyway cause of game issues. That was the joke bro.
ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »There is no sign up for this - we are simply sending out invites based on our own criteria.