Profile of CombatMuffin

I don't know. I certainly don't find the 60 seconds prior to Blizzard to be a small amount of time. As I stated in Cr4wlers post in the Sega forums, I think it is mainly lack of gameplay awareness on our part for now. We are simply not used to Blizzards yet.

They are far from perfect, particularly their random duration can mess things up in a VP battle (this is my biggest gripe so far), but we also need to develop discipline and habit. People bunching up around bonfires are a death trap, for instance. I've found mixed use of buildings and custom bonfires much more beneficial in the long run.

Sega has lifted the NDA on written content as of today. We can now host our own coh2 beta forums. I'll go build them now!

COH2 Central now has 3 subforums... go for it! But remember no video/image content until Monday!
http://www.coh2.org/forum/1/coh2-central

Maybe we could make a "LETA" forum were we talk about "LOMPANY OF LEROES 2" and discuss whether the "SMUSSIANS" and "JERMANS" need any balance changes.

Or better yet, we just talk about a game called Starcraft 2, which just happens to have a cover system, coldtech and other nuances similar to CoH2 and every match is Zerg vs Protoss, somehow...

Sorry we can't provide this right now. As soon as there's an open beta, we will have forums that everybody can use to discuss it and give feedback.

Are we 100% positive on this? I know you guys have to be very protective of the NDA, but I agree this would be a fantastic idea (at least to ask Relic if its possible to allow very private, highly moderated forums).It is VERY hard to provide feedback on the official forums, very hard to identify respected members of the CoH community and, worst of all, its very bad for us to provide feedback amongst ourselves, to help reproduce bugs and/or balance issues.

I know Relic might simply say no, out of playing it safe, but IF it was possible it could be done as an invite only forum, where the user has to prove having a unique copy of the Beta.TBH, by making the forum invitation only, you are making it even safer than the official one is, at the moment. We could be having a sort of Battletest environment and delivering concise, educated and concentrated feedback at the official forums like Purlictor said ((remember, the NDA prevents us from discussing information in public, a properly restricted forum isn't public).

Anyways, enough rant. You guys are running the community, so in the end you and Relic have the final word on this. I just really hope Relic doesn't waste time waiting for an open beta three weeks prior to release, when its already taking Quinn hours to read the official forums.

I know a lot of people really crave for Beta access, just to try the game out, but seriously, the beta is just that: a Beta.

If you've never played a Beta, you need to understand you'll get a very different experience now than when it launches. Sure, you'll get the basics off, but always keep in mind its a work in progress still. Don't expect lots of balance, Beta's first priority is hunting for bugs, you might not get many balance changes until release patches.

That being said, I am running a minimum requirements system, and I did get a considerable performance boost.