wondering WHY reply #18 is a BetaWulf now, and 17# not..)
Perhaps because being a betawulf is not and never was meant to be something that was open to everyone.
From the Official "QELServ Fighter Tech Demo" announcement:
Still, the server is operational and people will be no doubt able to try it out soon. Please register your interest and your account may be upgraded to allow access.
(emphasis mine)
The fighter tech demo was
meant to last for no more than 48 hours and was
meant to just be a few friends and acquaintances of mine.
The Betawulf approval process so far has been something like:
Krayon: "Some guy named Fryslan signed up on forums."
*Korrode thinks to himself: ya frys is long time EL player, experienced fighter, could bring some good ideas to the table*
Korrode: "Ya he's ok we set betawulf"
The immediate interest in this project has been greater than expected, and due to the good feedback and bug reports we've received, the time period of this demo has been greatly extended, but it's not an 'open game'.
That said, due to the amount of people that have been set Betawulf, i can understand it being perceived as 'unfair' when not everyone is being set as such, which is why i'm suggesting to Krayon that our next tech demo simply be open for all.
It's been great fun and very helpful having so many people logged in, but it's also resulted in the beginnings of a community, and the problems that come along with it (issues of purposeful path blocking, bagjumping, etc.), of which we're not really equipped to deal with as yet.
Anyways, we will always try to be as fair as possible. With the risk of our current approval process becoming unfair (or at least, perceived as such), combined with people advancing their characters much further than we wanted for this demo, i think the best thing we can do is re-asses the approval process for the next one and shut down the server (of which i'll be avidly suggesting Krayon do when he gets back in ~30 mins).
It's better for everyone that it gets shut down sooner rather than later anyways. The sooner it gets shut down, the sooner it will be back up with a preliminary ranging implementation and the next batch of creatures and equipment.
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