Is there a way to get older builds?

not unless you archived it

i would go into detail about how its self destructive to the beta and whatnot, but i just managed to step on and kill my glasses, so id prolly wint up killing you

And what is it you want to check?  

Technically you could pirate it...but that would be illegal and I'd have to shun you to death (warning: lack of ScourgeOfGod exposure leads to cancer and death).

Thanks folks. It's not that important; just my curiosity. I played Beta 2 back in July but completely missed Beta 3. But if it involves destruction, pirating and death, as you suggest, then I think I'd better skip it, and concentrate on Beta 4

If it's just to satisfy your curiosity, Beta 3 was almost exactly like Beta 4 only without Vasari. The major changes between B3 and B4 are infinite asteroids (beta 3 were finite) and the new phase jump mechanic (both the 'zone' where ships can phase jump, and coming out of phase jump at the proper relative position to where the phase jump was initiated). Besides that, nothing really changed much

Well, Annatar, they did speed it up, too -- the old fast became the new normal, the old normal became the new slow, and the old slow no longer exists, in favor of the new (too) fast.

Eh, I figured he was curious about feature changes, but yes there was the speed thing too