I'm currently beta testing this game too, and it's NOT ready for release. There are a lot of bugs, and the servers can't handle the current load of players.

Did you ever make the arcaneIP.cfg file that was missing in the mac dl?

it's a text file w/ this in it:
"
SERVER= aerynth.ubisoft.com
PORT= 6000
"
You might also have to adjust some prefs, but look at te logs to see why it was crashing.

client is in pretty good shape but man the servers are just junk. they don't have much time to iron out all those issues.

Well, it's been running fine on my iBook, which is also significantly below the graphics specs (8MB VRAM). Maybe we just have lower expectations...

And really, I only ever crashed from that one helm bug, which has been fixed. (Though I have heard about an installation problem in the latest build. Maybe that's what's going on with you Jon? Check the Mac beta boards -- I know there's a fix for it.) Do I think the game needs tweaking around the edges -- definitely. But overall, I think the game rocks.

The game is not ready for release. I beta tested it for a year and they were rushed into a release by the higher-ups. Quite sad but they'll eventually patch it into completion.

Worked ok over here, on my Tibook. Its even below the graphics specs, its only got 16mb vram! Well, now that I think about it I got 15 fps looking straight and on top of the guy and 3 looking around......

I could never get the beta to work on my 867 tower. Everytime I ran the app, it would crash on launch. Hard to believe that build was a gold canidate.