Below, you’ll find the new restructured waves for the PTU:

Evocati Test Flight group:

  • Hand-selected players under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Very experienced volunteer testers chosen based on the long-term provision of constructive feedback, quantity and quality of bug reports, and overall activity

Wave 1:

  • Top active players rated by hours in the previous two major patch cycles
  • Subscribers
  • Legatus Navium Concierge-level backers

Wave 2:

  • Next top active players rated by hours in the previous two major patch cycles
  • Praetorian Concierge-level backers

Wave 3:

  • Next top active players rated by hours in the previous two major patch cycles
  • Wing Commander, Space Marshal, and Grand Admiral Concierge-level backers

Wave 4:

  • Next top active players rated by hours in the previous two major patch cycles
  • High Admiral Concierge-level backers

Wave 5:

  • All backers with an active Game Package
  • crimson_ghost@citizensgaming.com
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    1 year ago

    Based on reactions on the subreddit, I appear to be in the minority of people that just doesn’t care much about this.

    Early PTU waves suck. This change just seems like it’s going back to the way it was when the waves were first started and it gives players that actually want to test a way of getting early access.

    Seems fine.

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    1 year ago

    Here’s the clarification post from Will:

    I even expect to see multiple waves on the same day

    Seems like this defeats the purpose? I’m sure most players log in during peak hours. They should just have one way per peak per day.

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      1 year ago

      CIG will just have to balance waves out based on player stats. I don’t think he is saying there’s a set timeframe. If playercounts drop below a certain level for Wave 1, they’ll add Wave 2, and so on.

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    1 year ago

    The only thing that doesn’t make sense is how subscribers are on Wave 1

    For patches where there’s actually cool features, people are just going to sub and slam that wave.