Open Letter to Neverwinter

Okay today you guys are getting a bonus post, because I am at home waiting on the cable to install internet, and for furniture to be delivered. I was reading my twitter feed and came across something so absolutely ludicrous that I had to comment about it.

So this is something I had honestly not realized that apparently Neverwinter claims not to be live yet, and that any mistakes they are making are “necessary changes and improvements” before they go live. Dear Perfect World, you completely fail at the concept of what is an open beta means.

If you…

Have the servers live 24/7
Have stated that there will be no character wipes from this point out
Are actively taking money hand over fist from customers

Then you have a live game.

You can call it whatever you like, but you are running a live game. It is not open beta, it is just half launched. This whole redefinition of what Alpha and Beta means has stuck in my craw lately. They have stopped meaning anything at all and just been a way for the marketing department to presell the game and get a steady influx of money from curious gamers. However launching the game and actively taking money from customers… yet still calling it a beta passes some line that has never been crossed.

Anyways, it is still a decent game, and I still stand by my statement that it is probably the best completely free option. However Perfect World needs to be honest with its verbiage and quit calling it a beta. This is in no way an open beta, you just soft launched your game. All that said, I still have not played it again since that opening weekend. It just lacks the draw to pull me in and make me care about it. I wish them the best of luck though, I just want them to be honest.