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Message: <blockquote data-quote="firesnakearies" data-source="post: 4598559" data-attributes="member: 71334">As a rule, companies don't have open beta tests of their software.  They have closed, in-house beta testing.  MMORPGs are an exception, because they're intended to be used by massive numbers of players at the same time, connected online to shared servers.  So they have to open that up to be tested by the masses, in order to test the massive multiplayer functionality.Stand-alone, single-user applications don't have open beta tests.  Or was there a secret open beta for Windows XP, or Microsoft Office, or Adobe Photoshop, or QuickBooks that I wasn't aware of?  Did I just miss the invite to the open beta test of Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto 4, and Crysis?No, because companies don't need to have a large group of random members of the public "test" their software, unless it's a massively multi-user program hosted online.  The builder is downloaded and then run by one person, without an internet connection even required.  Why would they need to have an open beta test for that?That would be, essentially, giving away their entire product for free.  No other commercial software publishers do that.  You're acting like WotC is falling short of some "proper industry standard" by not having a free giveaway (ie, full open beta test) of their stand-alone application.  That's ridiculous.It isn't an MMO, and it has practically nothing in common with an MMO.  It has much MORE in common with Excel and Acrobat than with a MMORPG.</blockquote>

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