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I've already answered that question but I'm fine with doing this again. Partners will be given access before backers in order to help us find and fix critical issues so the CA launch will be as smooth as possible for you all. This is needed as we aren't able to find all of the issues with our small team. Once the countdown ends, we'll be rolling out keys to you all and you'll hopefully enjoy the game as much as we enjoy working on it.
Thank you for answering. Much respect.
I still struggle to understand why partners only, why not put it out to backers as well, have them request to join the closed alpha and explain why they want to join. Yes, some who miss out may be salty, but if it is explained well that only a very few limited spots are going to be available, and you set a high bar for what is required (maybe a form that eliminates people as they answer questions re suitability), then this would only endear your loyal backers even more, even those not interested in first access bug testing, would feel like you value them not just as piggy banks funding this dream, but as valued contributors to the ongoing success of the game. The choice of partners who are from what I can see, all only content creators, confuses me to no end. I just don’t see what qualifies them over people who backed you financially.
The partners are a smaller, better control group we've been in close discussion for a long time. Preparing backers for a test prior to CA release would take too much time for preparation. And they're not "only content creators", they've been of huge help to the game. Keep in mind a lot of the partners are also backers.