Today, we would like to tell you about the Technical Alpha Testing access procedure and the content and features you will find available in the game at the start of the Technical Alpha Testing.
The purpose of Technical Alpha Testing infers fine-tuning basic gameplay mechanics under high load conditions, checking of game locations for possible issues, and identification and fixing of the bugs that may occur in the early versions of the game, both online and offline.
The Technical Alpha Testing participants will be granted access in waves, first one being aimed at revealing possible issues with early access and load distribution. The waves will be formed according to the time of pre-order, i.e. players who have pre-ordered early will be among the first to access the Technical Testing. Consecutive waves will be formed with an interval of one or two days and, according to our estimations, all eligible pre-order owners will be granted access to Alpha within 2 weeks.
Eligible pre-order packages include the Edge of the Darkness, Left Behind Edition and Prepare for Escape Edition. Obviously, Edge of the Darkness owners are guaranteed access, whereas Left Behind gives a 25% chance and Prepare for Escape - 50% chance of participation.
Players who will be placing their pre-orders during the Alpha testing will be automatically distributed into one of the upcoming waves.
Over the course of Technical Alpha Testing, occurrences of various issues - server-related, visual, technical, etc - are considered as expected. Game performance optimization at the Alpha launch is not final and will be being improved constantly with every consecutive version update.
All identified bugs and issues will be promptly fixed, along with addition of new game features and content. Also, players should expect regular profile resets (clearing all related data), server downtimes and restarts and frequent game updates for testing and gameplay tuning purposes.
The Technical Alpha Testing servers may have limited availability and only be accessible for a certain time (immediately for testing sessions). The server availability, as well as any testing-related info, can be tracked by following the dedicated Twitter -
https://twitter.com/AlphaEft
From the very start of the Technical Alpha Testing, we are going to ceaselessly release updates for fixing the identified errors, adjusting the existing features, introducing new ones, and adding more content.