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Leaks are a challenge for every game. Here's how it generally works: You identify people who are excited about your game, and map that interest to their machine's ability to play that game. Then you invite them into your house to provide critical feedback on your development team's hard work.

This relationship is governed by a few things, not the least of which is an NDA, or Non-Disclosure Agreement. In our case, It's a legal agreement that is digitally signed by the chosen beta tester. It basically states that by signing the agreement, the tester promises not to share anything they learn about the WildStar beta with the public.

Sure, the NDA is an important document. It is a legal arrangement between us, and our testers. But there's a more important contract we need to discuss: the social contract we have with our testing community. This is an agreement founded on trust and a genuine excitement to invite people that aren't beholden to a Carbine paycheck to join us in our efforts in making the best MMO possible.

Carbine as a studio isn't afraid to talk about what isn't working. We aren't afraid of critical feedback. Sure, we love positive feedback, but we crave intellectual discussions around the fundamentals of MMO development, and today's MMO player has evolved into one of the most savvy, experienced and knowledgeable consumers known to gaming.

We love games too, and we live to have these discussions with our testers on a daily basis. Candor and openness is natural to our process, and we've followed through on our commitment to transparency in many ways, and in several places, across the internet. We will continue to do so moving forward.

Now, to my point: The beta patch notes for WildStar were leaked by a current beta tester. Our core fansite supporters have, out of respect for Carbine, opted not to share that leaked information, knowing it was a violation of our mutual trust.

So with a mind towards fairness to those people who have maintained that trust, we're taking the leak public in an official capacity. No, we won't be doing this every time. Yes, we want to remove the person/s who leaked this information from beta. Yes, we want to avoid future leaks.

Yes, we want to openly discuss areas of our game that require critical feedback. We'd just like to do it on our terms.

In the end, this is about trust and respect. We trust and respect our community, and refuse to let this particular bad apple spoil this entire bunch.

So, here you go. The M30 Patch Notes.

Enjoy, won't you?

http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/news/ ... _notes.php

Well that's an interesting way to handle leaked information.

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Fairly smart decision, the info is already out there at this point and they can't make people forget it, may as well be open about it.

Exactly. Draw traffic away from those sites who are leaking stuff, and bring it home.

Neat notes too - was hoping for more Chua action of course...

I applaud their honesty. This goes to show how important the relationship is between a game developer and the beta players.

In addition, this should show how important it is for us as members of Grievance uphold the NDA when we are fortunate enough to be invited to Beta. We want to develop trust with game developers since we have a vast source of experience and knowledge throughout our organization, and in turn, we have the potential to provide very valuable feedback.

With that said, if you come across any leaked information, please refrain from spreading it on our forums or anywhere else. If possible, report the information to the developer so that they could handle it.

Like everyone else, I enjoy getting each new bit of information, so if you have something from a reputable source, Please Share!

Beri

pro move really like this Dev team

Not only this, but they're actually over at WildStar Central taking questions and answering many of them!

The sheer amount of community interaction that Carbine has shown is really unprecedented.

I've never witnessed anything like it and I am loving it. It shows a real passion for the game they are creating and respect for the gamers they are creating it for.

Go Carbine!

Shadix wrote:The sheer amount of community interaction that Carbine has shown is really unprecedented.

I've never witnessed anything like it and I am loving it. It shows a real passion for the game they are creating and respect for the gamers they are creating it for.

Go Carbine!

I wouldn't say unprecedented, Red 5 for example is just as open if not more so. Personally I dislike so much marketing spin being tossed in there but what are you gonna do? It looks like I need to start voraciously posting over there for a chance at beta. The only thing that can really settle most of my questions is to get hands on at this point.