Oh wow.
They must really want to do an early stress test.
No thank you. I’ve done the last couple betas and well, they don’t really appear to address some of the bug reports (in my experience anyway).
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I’ve done a number of expansion beta test.
One I played way too much which meant the expansion launch was sort of ruined. Now I tend to try and focus on what I think might be useful and only do the first zone and then a bit of max level content focussing on new features - so I don’t do dungeons or raids leaving them for live.
For me what’s useful is participating in volume testing for the launch day test (if they have one) and Ill focus on testing delves as a solo player as they are a new system. Ill also look at the professions Ill be using and warbands - as that is also a new system.
I imagine that it will mostly be a monopoly on the crafting materials at first. During the start of an expansion people will pay ridiculous amounts just to max crafting as far as they can. And three days to gather stuff, you then have another wave needing it.
People will also be more mythic ready and had plenty of time to get as much dungeon stuff as they want. This may actually make dungeons easier for those coming in just a bit later, with people with higher ilv.
Just because I don’t want to buy a $90 expansion doesn’t mean I’m poor, I just don’t find it reasonable to pay that much for cosmetics, which will probably be added to the store one day; most likely, not all of it will be added, but the hearthstone will be added for sure. That and, I don’t really care for the early 3 days or getting into beta. If you aren’t an avid toy user, then yeah, it’s not worth the money unless you have some extra cash to spend or in-game gold, then fine. But I don’t really care what people spend their money on, I just don’t get why they do.
I just buy Heroic because some of the stuff they offer is pretty cool
The 3 days is early access to the game 3 days before full launch.
I’m not interested in doing another Beta. BFA was the last beta I participated in.
Some people look at the choices ask why anyone would order the epic edition.
Other people look at the choices and ask why not. - If RFK played video games.
I have epic but im not doing the beta
Good, do good testing for me while I work on something that matters on retail.
Okay lol. I’m excited for Beta!
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But it effects like…nothing other than some gathering.
And now you can start on the weekend, vs a week day. And there will be a little less server crowding.
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Fomo, also everything is temporary.
There is also a feeling of joy of sensing like you are in a good position during the race, before the race gets staled and you realized you way far worse than you anticipated,=.
but the illusion of doing good feels good.
I’m excited! I actually really like when I get beta access since I don’t mind spoilers/the campaign preview. Makes it more fun because I get to find issues and help Blizzard (hopefully) iron out the bugs I find and make it a more enjoyable experience for everyone.
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It’ll be interesting to see how many “non purchasers” end up beta testers (opted in but have not yet purchased expansion). They certainly know how many purchase-testers they have, so I am curious to see how many more they want. No particular conclusion to draw from it, just genuine curiosity.
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I imagine that there will need to be some. As I’m sure that there will be a percentage of those that purchased that won’t actually do beta. There will also be plenty that don’t actually look or submit bugs and stuff. So, people that are good bug catchers will most likely still be invited.
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Right, and I’d imagine they do some under the hood balancing for regions, or at least try. There are definitely going to be language / translation errors they want to catch, etc.
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I paid for the Epic edition so I get to play TWW early!
Beta not testing here I come!
Here’s the beauty.
You don’t have to even be remotely concerned how others are spending their money unless of course it is someone spending their money on you for something.
I do get annoyed by the mentality of “if you don’t buy the epic edition you’re poor” mentality we see…
Anyway, I got simply because when pre orders hit for TWW, I wasn’t sure if I would have the funds to look into getting later.
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It could be never…