After some very fun beta time on previous weekends it seems like Beth have decided to throw away the working code and stab players repeatedly in the face with hate.

I made the silly mistake of trying to bring new players in this weekend after claiming the only glitches were around phasing and crafting - now it seems starting/learning experiences have been removed. level scaling has gone crazy, soul gem respawns equal instakill and the EU server is running a different code level from the US.

Did someone at Beth get scared of success and decide to break the game?

To reply to my own BS - my wife enjoyed watching the last beta so we tracked down a spare key and she is playing this weekend.

Last beta was solid and I bough the Imperial version as a result - she has played for around 7 hours and overall she has enjoyed the game but because of the rather basic game shattering bugs she has changed from a probably buyer to someone who will wait and see. It is unusual for a game to get more buggy immediately before release but you have lost a player with this badness.

I haven't encountered any bugs as yet in the latest Beta, and I'm pleased they fixed the quests that were bugged last time. I cleared out the Foulwing quest, Shrines of the 8, Frog Race and several more.

US or EU server?