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[Neonivek]

Well they finished Tier 1 and are working on Tier 2 now.

So, my estimate is before the end of September and October at the latest.

[Chattox]

That's pretty optimistic. My prediction is November beta, it'll be rough as a dogs arse and there'll be a lot of fanboy rage on their forums. Then around early January it will become stable and "polished" enough to stand as an actual game. Then some months later they'll consider it "complete" but I don't think they'll ever stop adding to it, which would be cool.

[Girlinhat]

I'm gonna guess that Starbound is going to release around the same time the next version of DF comes out.

[Knight of Fools]

That'd figure, what with me having no time to do anything now.

[miauw62]

I'm guessing around the time that X Rebirth comes out. November, that is.

[hemmingjay]

I expect Mid October is a safe bet for the beta, with a slim possibility of sooner. Tier 2 is more than halfway done but needs a boss. Tier three is barely started. Tier one took 4 weeks to assemble but it also had gobs of tutorial stuff to add to it, and theoretically, things should get faster to make. I would say there is little chance that the beta ISN'T out before All Hallows' Eve. I expect final release to be around late Dec-Feb. That's a big window, but things have been taking them longer than expected recently, and I expect some burnout to start soon.

[Sean Mirrsen]

I'm fully expecting the game to barely squeak into their promised release date, with roughly tiers 1 through 6 complete, and tiers 7 through 10 available, but limited, and slowly "patched in" over the course of another three months. From the position they've put themselves in, this would seem like the best option - we don't actually know the full extents of what they've got planned or prepared, bar certain mechanics that are bound to be at least represented, and their keeping a lot of things secret would work very well for keeping the game "complete" while simultaneously not being as complete as they've perhaps intended, especially in regards to bosses, NPCs, and handmade content.

[Neonivek]

The game is 5 tiers long.

[Sean Mirrsen]

I believe it was 10, actually. At least, last I heard was something to that effect.

But you can cut the numbers and still get the same general idea. Around 60% of the game actually complete, and 40% only nominally complete, and patched in over several months post-release.

[hemmingjay]

The game is 5 tiers long.

10 Tiers, 100 levels

[GrayFox]

I guess mid-late October, but who knows. I'm not so sure it'll leave beta this year though. 
As long as I get the beta soon-ish, I'll be happy enough about that!

[Neonivek]

The game is 5 tiers long.

10 Tiers, 100 levels

Hmmm then how many sectors? 10? though 5 also makes sense... as does 4 hmmm...

[hemmingjay]

The game is 5 tiers long.

10 Tiers, 100 levels

Hmmm then how many sectors? 10? though 5 also makes sense... as does 4 hmmm...

I have no idea what you mean about sectors. Think of each planet of having a level number, like 54. That planet would be Tier 5 with monsters and equipment appropriate for that level. Towards level 58-59 planets would start to be very hard with Tier 5 equipment. Does this explain it? As far as I know, there is 1 boss at the end of each Tier, but they want to make it random which boss you get, so the UFO from the video might be at the end of Tier one or the end of tier 4 and would have it's difficulty fit according to it's tier.

[Neonivek]

I have no idea what you mean about sectors

Odd... given that the game is put into "sectors" that separate the stages of the game. Sectors that you need to unlock.

[Sirus]

I have no idea what you mean about sectors

Odd... given that the game is put into "sectors" that separate the stages of the game. Sectors that you need to unlock.

I don't remember hearing anything about that. Source?