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
Here’s the clarification post from Will:
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.
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.