i think i'm going to have to step away from the gameplay for a little bit, until they fix a majority of the bugs:

horses don't run - they glide
i casted an evo and my game crashed.
hotbar/hotkeys don't work...

although i'm impressed with how it looks and everything - they got a ton of work to do.

and those new backpacks are horrible!

Last I heard, it was still beta software.

Definition - beta: "A version of an application that is made available prior to the official release for the purposes of testing."

By playing KR now, you're agreeing to seek out and submit bugs that you find in the game. It is implied that you WILL experience bugs.

Definition - bug: "an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program that prevents it from working correctly or produces an incorrect result."

If you don't want to experience bugs, don't play a beta release.

Did you submit the problems you experienced to the dev team via the bug reporting feature or the bug submission email address at least?

Moxie at least you can still play 2D in the meanwhile. Make sure you submit all your grievances using the UO's Feed Back page if you haven't already reported them as bugs. Hopefully they will fix some of your concerns quickly since they bug most of us too

Unfortunately the new backpacks aren't a bug...they just sucketh!

instead of replying with a robotic-like answer, maybe you should try to understand what it is i'm talking about. i understand it's BETA, i understand errors will be found...all i'm saying is i think i'm just to going to stop playing for a while until most of the errors/bugs/graphical/gameplay issues are squared away.

so instead of lambasting the next guy, maybe you lend more of a sympathetic ear, yes?

and yes, after making about 20 bug reports, i sighed quite heavily and logged out, so it's not like i didn't do anything, you know?

2D still up and runnin.

I think Kit was just pointing out the obvious. If you are looking to play, use the 2D client, if you are looking to test, use KR.

My apologies for coming across a bit harsh. It just seemed like yours was the umpteenth whining thread I'd read that day, by people who VOLUNTEERED to test for and report bugs!

Signing up for a beta isn't a special sneak peek or a chance to play the game before everybody else. It is literally a functional role in the software development process.

I don't mean to sound harsh, but my opinion stands regardless that people who volunteer to beta test software have zero grounds to complain about it being buggy. I have no sympathetic ear for people who whine about beta software exhibiting bugs. It's SUPPOSED to exhibit bugs! It's the beta tester's job to FIND the bugs and REPORT them!

The issue right now is the there is no point in having open beta when there are so many obvious bugs and yet to be implemented features. You can't really test anything in Kingdom Reborn. A single tester could report enough bugs to keep the entire development team busy for a month.

This is true, but as it is, they've already opened Beta to all, so there's no going back.

My thought on it is, they want as many people to Beta test because it should* get the most ground covered in the least amount of time. On top of with all the players in Beta now sending in bugs, they don't have to spend 1 second of time looking for bugs themselves and can just get to the nitty gritty.

Moxie we know and understand your frustration. I am sure there are a lot of people who feel the way you do. At least in the mean time you can still play 2D and get your gaming on *huggles*