@Grimmharlequin - howdy pal! You've come at a great time! You've got a few days to read up on the faq page and forum, and find a copacetic guild if you want the perks that go with a community.
You may want to become a citizen of a city - that's where the action will be this time around with lots of new content. Welcome to Syndesia! See you in game, I hope 
Whatever restrictions are in place for specific guilds (planet, race, alignment), citizenship isn't linked to guild, so a toon can be a citizen on any planet. Players get at least 3 toons.
Also, I've already seen guilds cooperating, and players w'in guilds claiming nearby cities to take advantage of resource distribution.
I think it's going to be very interesting watching things shake out, and then do it again and again, as the Fractured universe grows.
Really exciting stuff! I'm especially looking forward to having a mount to explore the world with.
I noticed that the list of weapons made by the blacksmith didn't include anything for mages, so wonder, - are the staffs we can make now will be the final iteration of mage gear?
It's been fun to play in the new cities during A2T3 
On to working on winning a key for A2T4!
Hi @Ocobletka! Can I give you some advice?
I'm a poor slob who bought a beta key she couldn't really afford after a little too much bourbon one night. I was so excited about a game that wasn't P2W I just wanted to support that dream.
I've been able to win keys to each of the alpha tests so far by sharing info and updates about the game with fellow gamernerds on social media. NOT SPAMMING but keeping folks posted on developments as they occur and answering questions. I post screenshots of these promotions in this thread: https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/topic/8559/spread-the-word-win-an-alpha-key
I've recruited 30 players this way (3 just this week!), so it's a good trade for @Prometheus & the devs. @Specter is helping to admin the contest, but tbh I don't see many people on that thread besides myself.
I don't mind having no competition for the keys 
but feel free to try it if your finances are like mine and a freebie is the only way you can get in.
I have recruited 26 people from this group by posting about Fractured. 
I have beta access buy-in but really love to play this game.
Truly happy for you, fratello! 
Hi!
Time zone issues made it impossible for me to be present for the livestreamed Q&A but I saw a 25 second tease clip of @Prometheus saying he was starting to record for posterity. Can someone please post the link to that here for me?
Multo grazie!
@Gothix said
- When evil character is jailed, this is not account bound, and evil player can still go play an alt?
I sure hope so! Who else would bail me out? 
@Birthright I've done a few of these alphas so far, and I am having a great time checking out the new material each time, but I totally feel you about building and upkeep.
In the actual launched game, a player will only build their house once. Yeah it's a big job. That's very realistic! But I think in the next test I'll try to find a few guildmates to build a shared abode with, or just sleep in taverns 
bc I know how to build a house and that content doesn't need testing anymore. My 'for real' house can wait, and that work will be worth it when the house will last years instead of a month.
I spent the last part of this test seeing whether it was possible to keep a city going solo. My guildies moved on to another game's alpha and left a well-built city for me to live in. Now, could I make that work? Or would it decay and crumble? I was lucky to be in a city with a harbor and fertile fields. I made some good trades and found some nice connections. Not fun for everyone but definitely fun for ME for a week or so.
Fractured is not a game that is set up for long-term solo play at this point. Forming relationships and cooperative work arrangements is part of the challenge. The resources are intentionally distributed in a way that makes trade and cooperation necessary. That won't please everyone.
As time goes on it will be easier to play solo, I think - but being a hermit merc or a rootless trader depends on others doing the organizing to create home bases for solo players to foray to and from.
@Fabius said
Do we will lose our chars when alpha and beta ends ?
These tests are short runs to test new content, shake out bugs, and learn what needs further balancing. So the toons you create and the house you build vaporize at the end of the test.
I've enjoyed each test so far as a game in itself, and gotten to play alongside lots of great folks who post on the forum. A real community is forming in this game, and that's worth my time even if the toon & house don't last.
I'm also learning a lot from each test about builds - what works and what doesn't - so when I finally create my 'for real' toons, I'll be able to avoid lots of fatal mistakes. Definitely worth it for me!
@Gothix - pourquoi pas? My evil alt can gather gold in dasterdly ways. My good alt can use the gold to get them out of jail. Seems like it should work.
That said, I'm not the type to do evil stuff for fun - just pointing out a possible exploit in case the devs need to find a fix for it. My evil friend @Nekrage taught me to do that
@Gibbx said
As for me, there may be too many survival aspects in this game. I was so intrigued by the exploration opportunities that the game seemed to offer, but I had no interest in playing a survival game. I too am hopeful and will continue to watch the game develop with interest.
+1 on this. I bought in for the promise of no P2W and for Arboreus. I don't enjoy the PvP stuff at all, so this next test will be a challenge (if/when I win a key! I always will try!) but I know it's a part of putting things together that most players will be thrilled to see.
Totally down for letting others have some joy - my turn will come.
One thing adding PvP will do is add to the challenge of exploration (my favorite thing!). I'll probably do less of the exploration I love this time around, but that can't keep me from having fun if I think creatively.
Considering a monk/mage farmer focused on weapons-free combat skills - someone who can help w city upkeep and a little bounty hunting in town w/o losing too much loot if someone really wants to kill farmers.
@Nemtor - welcome to our community! @GamerSeuss answered your basic question, but I want to say this:
Treating each alpha test as a game in itself has been fun for me, and I have already gotten my money's worth in enjoyment, and met some excellent people both in-game and in the forum.
But each test also teaches me new things as I make mistakes I won't make when the game launches. Looking forward to learning a lot in this next test, with many changes since the last one.
Here's hoping you will find a forum thread in a language that's comfortable for you and start making some new friends! I see your YouTube page is Chilean - here's a link for the Spanish forum
https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/category/26/foro-español-spanish
Just want to give @Kralith mad props for doing this work while we're all f'ing around having fun in there.
@Logain said
@PeachMcD said in fun or no im asking:
(...)One thing adding PvP will do is add to the challenge of exploration (my favorite thing!). I'll probably do less of the exploration I love this time around, but that can't keep me from having fun if I think creatively(...)
Why's that? Fractured and it's mechanics are nearly perfectly set up for people who want to avoid PvP and still be out exploring. Be creative!
Go stealth and sneak past any evil person trying to fight you.
Go extreme evasion and debuf resilience, then simply run/teleport away if somebody comes to catch you.
The possibilities are there, use them
@Logain LOL you literally just told me to do what I said I was going to do.
Great minds think alike and so do ours
Seems that where there's a will, there's an exploit. Good on you, @GreatValdus, for pointing out the possibility in case this is something the devs want to consider.
I love the creativity this game is engendering! Who's gonna open Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Myr?
@DjBIGGZ - I know my guild in the little phone game I play is very glad that the Fractured alpha is over
If you're bored, and you like match3 type games, check out Gems of War. Superb artwork and funny content. My guild is Gemma Culpa.
Use my invite code to get us both some presents RAYADUNE_7YYB
A lot is changing in this build. Even ppl who have done all the tests will be on a learning curve.
I'm hoping that before the next alpha commences, there will be another vid (or two) from @Prometheus about the changes to the farming/crafting/smelting systems that have only been hinted at so far. But the main focus of this test is going to be around the pretty much total re-working of city systems and the siege warfare system.