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Hello,
Just joined the AoC hype-wagon. Could you please be more specific on what means different stages - Alpha 1, Alpha 2, Beta 1 and Beta 2?

Clearly different developers define different things with those names. Please note - I am looking not for time frames, but for level of completeness of different subsystems composing the game(world). In other words - what will be considered done at what stage, hence "testable".
about 3 years ago - LieutenantToast - Direct link
Hiya friend - looks like Talents shared some helpful links above for where we've talked about our plans for each of these test phases previously! In general, our Alpha One phase will be early fundamentals, focusing more on core systems - while Alpha Two is planned to be in a more persistent state until launch. As noted, those final few Beta phases are planned to be shorter windows, just prior to launch.

I'm going to go ahead and close this thread out now, but please let us know if there's anything else we can help answer for you!