Possibly. If it's an item incentive, it needs to be designed in a way that unlike the Alien Swarm Parasite Hat, TF2 Beta is played for more than 5 minutes per person.
On 10/11/2011, at 10:32 PM, Jethro Seabridge wrote: > Perhaps another variant of the "Employee" badge? Earned for how long > you've spent on the beta? > > On 11/10/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> I dare say that time in the beta should count against drops in the regular >> game. >> >> Currently for the economically minded (of which economic value is >> debatable), TF2 Beta would be a waste of time, as you get drops in a >> separate universe and time spent playing the beta takes away from time in >> the regular game in which you would get regular drops. >> >> If playing the beta got regular-TF2 item drops, there would be less of a >> deterrent to playing the beta. >> >> Still not a decent incentive, but it might help. >> >> On 10/11/2011, at 7:36 PM, Flubber wrote: >> >>> I think that would not give any more info just taking people to idle in >>> beta then get their loot. An achievement in TF2 Beta that would give an >>> item in the normal TF2 would be more efficient for testing. Of course it >>> would had to be a gameplay achievement (capture # points, heal # people, >>> you know what i mean), but that would take some players to the beta. >>> >>> 2011/11/10 zach isaac <[email protected]> >>> it really lakes the metagame that TF2 uses to keep players hooked. It >>> would be impossible to implement the same mechanic, but Im sure there a >>> differant kind of meta game that would work (I.e. double drops that are >>> for the main game) >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Mart-Jan Reeuwijk <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Was there ever done some with the input that was given some time ago in >>> requests in how to get more players occasionally play TF2 Beta? afaik >>> there are no benefits for players that do so. There was a wide range of >>> ideas put up, but I've not seen such pass by as being used or other things >>> like that. >>> From: Eric Smith <[email protected]> >>> To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' >>> <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" >>> <[email protected]>; >>> "'[email protected]'" >>> <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 22:33 >>> Subject: [hlds] Team Fortress 2 Beta update released >>> >>> We've released a mandatory update for the Team Fortress 2 Beta. The notes >>> are below. We encourage players to help us stress test the updated model >>> loading system so we can roll the changes to Team Fortress 2 as soon as >>> possible. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -Eric >>> >>> --------------------------------------- >>> >>> Team Fortress 2 Beta >>> - Sync'd with recent changes from Team Fortress 2 >>> - Re-added original Degreaser afterburn duration penalty (in addition to >>> -10% dmg) >>> - Dramatically improved the dynamic model loading system's memory usage, >>> performance, and stability >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
