Vanguard: Beta Word from Brad

Yesterday Brad commented on Beta and its status on the Official Forums. The next pool of testers will be coming from the messege boards and the Computer Gaming Magazine pool. They plan to invite thousands into the next phase in which we'll be seeing ships, parts of Qalia will be turned on, and finishing up the revamp of Diplomacy.

And it's not just about getting the SOE stuff ready that we need to accomplish before starting beta 3 -- we are also making ready ships, turning on part of Qalia, finishing a revamp of Diplomacy, and finishing up some major optimizations aimed at medium settings (what most testers will use) so FPS won't be nearly the problem it has been in earlier betas.

Also of significant note is the ability for beta testers to invite groups of friends and guilds into beta 3 -- we really need to get critical mass on one server ramping up as well as community (and then when that is in place, the player driven economy should start to form).

Check here to read Brad whole reply.