An Update from Travis Baldree

[BrianW]

That being said, kudos to the devs here! It seems you guys are keeping in touch with the community, and are doing everything you can to make the majority of us happy.

Thanks! And welcome to the forums!

[Jephers0n]

That being said, kudos to the devs here! It seems you guys are keeping in touch with the community, and are doing everything you can to make the majority of us happy.

Thanks! And welcome to the forums!

Thanks for the kind welcome, and all the hard work! In a world where most developers are just trying to push their products out as quickly as possible, it's refreshing, to say the least, to see your team more focused on delivering a truly great game!

I know I'll be picking up several copies, myself, upon release!

[derapsdj]

It's ok Travis, you guys really don't have to be sorry. I love your game so much that I got it on Steam + Xbox Live. I will keep on playing Torchlight until the 2nd one comes out and I have no problem with that at all.

You made me love PC gaming again in a time where I wanted to give it all up.

Please take all the time you need. I think I speak for everyone here when I say that we are patient when it comes down to Torchlight.

Long Live Runic Games!

[Zidders]

It's ok Travis, you guys really don't have to be sorry. I love your game so much that I got it on Steam + Xbox Live. I will keep on playing Torchlight until the 2nd one comes out and I have no problem with that at all.

You made me love PC gaming again in a time where I wanted to give it all up.

Please take all the time you need. I think I speak for everyone here when I say that we are patient when it comes down to Torchlight.

Long Live Runic Games!

Welcome to the forums and to the awesome first post club hehe

[9havi9]

Hey staff,

I just found out about your company about a week ago. (searching for alternatives for diablo 3) And I have to say you guys really impressed me!
You really pushed out a good game like torchlight 1 in just 11 months with a small staff! WOW blows my mind. And besides that your dedication to us gamers
is second to none in this industry, Alot of the bigger companies can learn alot from you guys. I like the approach you guys are taking with the sequel take your time be happy and proud of the product you make. I like in an earlier post where one of you stated that your motivation is not making money, But producing a solid game that you can pat yourself on the back for. Your team just seems so humble and i just can't believe it. Keep on trucking you guys are doing a fantastic job. And 20 bucks are you kidding me just great! Now I can afford to buy two copies right at launch, so my wife and I can enjoy co-op together! And please keep this same attitude with your future endevors, I see you guys getting very big very soon. Stick to your roots Torchlight 1 is a great game but you had me sold with your down to earth outlook and attitude I just can't say enough about it!! I am more than happy to give my hard earned money to your team for all your hard work, and fan appreciation.

regards
Brand new runic games fan

[D2Hans]

Hey staff,

I just found out about your company about a week ago. (searching for alternatives for diablo 3) And I have to say you guys really impressed me!
You really pushed out a good game like torchlight 1 in just 11 months with a small staff! WOW blows my mind. And besides that your dedication to us gamers
is second to none in this industry, Alot of the bigger companies can learn alot from you guys. I like the approach you guys are taking with the sequel take your time be happy and proud of the product you make. I like in an earlier post where one of you stated that your motivation is not making money, But producing a solid game that you can pat yourself on the back for. Your team just seems so humble and i just can't believe it. Keep on trucking you guys are doing a fantastic job. And 20 bucks are you kidding me just great! Now I can afford to buy two copies right at launch, so my wife and I can enjoy co-op together! And please keep this same attitude with your future endevors, I see you guys getting very big very soon. Stick to your roots Torchlight 1 is a great game but you had me sold with your down to earth outlook and attitude I just can't say enough about it!! I am more than happy to give my hard earned money to your team for all your hard work, and fan appreciation.

regards
Brand new runic games fan

What a wonderful first post and a big welcome to the world of Torchlight.

[TGA]

I been reading the posts on here and not clear on release dates or betas, I have a pre-order on steam, but was curious as how we can apply for a BETA for this wonderfull game? And I was wondering if there is a release date soon, thanks ahead of time. I would love to participate in a Beta.

Thanks, TGA

[Zidders]

I been reading the posts on here and not clear on release dates or betas, I have a pre-order on steam, but was curious as how we can apply for a BETA for this wonderfull game? And I was wondering if there is a release date soon, thanks ahead of time. I would love to participate in a Beta.

Thanks, TGA

https://secure.runicgames.com/ SIgn up here, make sure to opt in to updates. They're opening it up to more accounts so you might just get lucky. As of right now, they're letting a slow trickle of people in.

[vmatioli]

Couldn't you guys let a BETA version of the game for the people that pre-ordered the Tl 2.Because i played Tl2 BETA and i freaked out when i saw that it was going to close on thursday.I pre ordered it from steam and I'm tired of Tl 1.

PS:Sorry for any typing problems, I'm brazilian.

[Zidders]

Hey vmatioli, welcome to the forums. Runic have stated many times in the past that it would be impossible for the to send out beta invites to everyone who preordered due to their system not being able to handle the sheer amount of people logging into the matchmaking server, and because Valve will not give them the email addresses of everyone who preordered. This is a good thing! since it means Valve is protecting your privacy.

The beta was only meant to be a really quick network test. That being said, Runic has received a ton of really great feedback but at some point, they need to shut the beta down and get to work on the game. Seeing as much of the game is going to change, some of it drastically, it wouldn't be fair to their customers if they let people get used to playing a product that in no way represents the final release.

Don't worry tho, the game will be out very soon ^_^

[geri1101]

helooo!

[Mercenarie]

helooo!

[Sudocrem]

how does he know we're playing skyrim or dark souls..

OHHH MY GOD THEY READ OFF TOPIC!!
DELETE THE POSTS! DELETE EM, QUICK!!

Hahahaha your comment just made my day. Now can't wait for Torchlight 2 to come out. Hope it be out this upcoming June 2012!

[fcdr1fter]

Hey there, I came across Torchlight 1 (and 2 for that matter) in an attempt to find something "Diablo 3"ish that my old computer can run. And I must say I am loving what you guys are doing / have done! Keep up the good work!

Don't worry tho, the game will be out very soon ^_^

I just might hold you to that

[Mercenarie]

doesn't matter how long it takes to finish this incredible game, just let dev's do their job there's still enough time to play TL1 (yet again)

[Darkkrows]

Couldn't you guys let a BETA version of the game for the people that pre-ordered the Tl 2.Because i played Tl2 BETA and i freaked out when i saw that it was going to close on thursday.I pre ordered it from steam and I'm tired of Tl 1.

PS:Sorry for any typing problems, I'm brazilian.

only thing I HATE them now. why CLOSE my beta!! Open for pre-ordered player please.

beat the TL1 for 5th time now. I really need TL2 lol.

[cutterjohn]

Couldn't you guys let a BETA version of the game for the people that pre-ordered the Tl 2.Because i played Tl2 BETA and i freaked out when i saw that it was going to close on thursday.I pre ordered it from steam and I'm tired of Tl 1.

PS:Sorry for any typing problems, I'm brazilian.

only thing I HATE them now. why CLOSE my beta!! Open for pre-ordered player please.

beat the TL1 for 5th time now. I really need TL2 lol.

Yes, Valve does have an opt-in(and I guess default for some games now) beta option. e.g. I know that Skyrim has that for their patches, and Krater and Endless Space are pre-order/beta play now games, so there are three off the top of my head.

If pre-orders alone would swamp their system I wonder what they plan to do on release day... as there'll also likely be brand new purchases as well as all the pre-orders flooding in, or so one might hope...

[dreamrider]

One has to assume that they conducted the beta TEST as stated to gather data on some of the functions of the game that would probably need additional development work/polishing. Having gathered the data that they needed from the TEST, they stopped it, because after all it isn't really the release version yet. They plan to change it some.

Oh, I'm sorry. Were you under the impression that they had run the beta so you could play the game early, and not for development reasons? Oops! Seems they told the truth about what they were doing.

dreamrider

[feyith]

If pre-orders alone would swamp their system I wonder what they plan to do on release day... as there'll also likely be brand new purchases as well as all the pre-orders flooding in, or so one might hope...

As far as I know, the issue was with too many people downloading the beta client off of Runic's private server at a time. The actual retail game will be distributed via Perfect World and/or Steam.

[cutterjohn]

One has to assume that they conducted the beta TEST as stated to gather data on some of the functions of the game that would probably need additional development work/polishing. Having gathered the data that they needed from the TEST, they stopped it, because after all it isn't really the release version yet. They plan to change it some.

Oh, I'm sorry. Were you under the impression that they had run the beta so you could play the game early, and not for development reasons? Oops! Seems they told the truth about what they were doing.

dreamrider

Oh I'm sorry, but you seem to miss that the point of a beta is that it is indeedy 100% contentwise COMPLETE and meant to be checked/played to find any(or as many as possible) remaining bugs and any tweaks that might be needed BEFORE release, and you know it seems to me that the more people that actually play the beta the better the chance that the "gold" version will be of being good.

i.e. no reason for you to be an a-s when you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.