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Will there be a beta for Cataclysm?
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Adamsm
*Cough*
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455649
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Adamsm
That's not for the standard user, read the whole article.
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455649
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Adamsm
Probably game mags, gaming sites, things like that. Once those are done, they'll probably launch the standard user Beta at that point; so give it another 2 months probably.
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Adamsm
Nah, they'll probably release it late in the year like Wrath. Hm, actually, this might mean that SC2 is starting to come out of Beta.
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Rankkor
I'm not fully informed on how betas work..........
let's assume for an example that the oficial registration date for standard users for the beta starts on april 20 (I know no dates have been given, this is just an example) if my wow account isn't active (has no pre-paid time) then I'm not allowed to register at all for the beta?
another example, if the registration date starts on 20, but I'm only able to add pre-paid time to my account on 25, once I've done that do I still have a chance to register?
I ask because if this is like the PTR then I'm screwed :(
my account pre-paid time expires on april 10, and I won't be able to play wow for a few weeks (kinda hard to obtain gamecards in my country)
on the PTR, once it's open it takes a "snapshot" of your account's pre-paid time, if it's active by the time the testing starts, then you can play on the PTR, even if your prepaid time expires.
it can backfire too, because if at the time of the "snapshot" your pre-paid time expired, then even after you add more time, you are still not allowed to log on the PTR.
I hope betas don't work that way, I'd hate it if I'm not allowed to at least try to be elected to participate.
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Rankkor
Then sell your soul to the devil, pray to all the Gods you can think of, go down to the library and look up old religions and pray to their gods, surround yourself with lucky rabbit's feet, promise your first born to Blizzard and you might have a 50/50 chance of getting in
heh, for what I've heard from others, doing all of the above mentioned, as well as sacrificing baby kitttens to pagan gods, will net a 0.9% of getting in xD
is not rare, we're talking about 12 million players (probably more) and only a few thousand will get in (at best we're looking at 5-7 thousand, anything more will cause lag) this represents like 0.5 to 0.9% of the total player subscription base.
anyhow, thanks for the info, I was concerned that I woudn't be able to apply for beta testing (even if the chances of getting selected are as equal as winning the lottery)
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Tatortotts
The beta hasn't started for the press, the invites to the beta have been sent out.
I suspect that we'll be playing the beta soon after the press starts.
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Adamsm
*Cough*
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this probly means cataclysm, since beta will be this month, will be released in july or at the latest august......like ive said :P
and no we wont be waiting 2 more months for the actual beta invites......why woudl you even assume that? mmo-champ says beta is supposed to start this month, and they are already releasing the cataclysm class previews. guarentee, beta will be this month.
and at the most beta will be 4 months.
For the Press, not for Us. I don't see it happening for a while yet; 3.3.5 still needs to come out, as does the Gnome/Troll start to the lead up of Cata.
Edit: Just because MMOChamp says something, doesn't make it true... they started that idiotic 'Thrall as the Next Guardian' rumour after all... and kept it going.
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Adamsm
Aye, but Beta could take 3 months to get here and you'll still say your right. Class previews do not equal Beta for everyone; and I'm going on things that Blizzard itself has said, not a third party website which MMOChamp is. I get that the site has a lot of fans and die hards, and that's fine... but they still ain't Blizzard, so they can say that there will be an invasion of Chickens attacking everyone in the next month, don't mean it will happen.
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you're just ignoring blatantly obvious facts just because blizzard didnt literally say beta will be this month.Invites are going out this month, not the actual Beta.
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