Hi Boo4You, and welcome to the community!
Chronicles of Elyria is currently in its early development phase, so public testing phases such as the closed and open alpha and beta phases aren't available yet. As well, we've three additional 'phases' to Chronicles of Elyria:
- ElyriaMUD, which is a text-based game harkening back to the days of yore that will test the functionality of our back-end systems and mechanics;
- Kingdoms of Elyria, which is a kingdom-management game that will test the functionality of our political system and establish the strengths and weaknesses of each region in the world at launch;
- Exposition, which is the period of world building that will take place three months before the game launches.
I'll make you a list of our current (as of this post) store pricing :)
- $35 - Access to the game at launch
- $60 - Access to Beta 2 (Open beta) + above
- $100 - Access to Beta 1 (Closed beta) + above
- $120 - Access to the Exposition + above
- $200 - Access to Alpha 2 (Open alpha) + above
- $350 - Access to Alpha 1 (Closed alpha) + above
Regarding a recommended tier, that is strongly dependent upon what your budget looks like! We encourage our community to only pledge what they can comfortably afford to, as your health is much more important.