It just dawned on me: Beta's actual purpose

[Celessi-turalyon]

If so I cannot believe I did not see it earlier.

• Only active subs could participate
• Many got bored and stopped
• Many left to play the newest BFA patch

Could it possibly be that testing the game was actually secondary to the prime motive?

That being:
What % of classic players (with existing accounts) will be tourists that can be counted on to leave when frustrated/bored.
That would be valuable data for how many layers each server will have.

Change my mind.

EVERY WoW beta test (not counting the initial release for obvious reasons) required an active subscription. They want the people testing to be people who actually play and understand the game.

All of you that resubbed hoping to get a beta invite: take it as a life lesson. That was a dumb choice that anyone could have told you not to make if you have no interest in logging on in BfA.

[Katerina-mannoroth]

EVERY WoW beta test (not counting the initial release for obvious reasons) required an active subscription. They want the people testing to be people who actually play and understand the game.

Not true either, while my TBC, and Wrath invites explicitly stated an active subscription was needed. Cata was more vague in its phrasing, and the MoP beta did not even mention a subscription.

[anon22126762]

Massive content difference between 40 and 60. Beta is temporary. Progress gone soon. The countdown under 60 days

[Ðavyjones-tichondrius]

What community are you talking about? Bunch of young adult streamers, employee’s friends and some early teens who are still subbed for BFA? The beta is nowhere near reflects the community Classic will have. Current players who are “testing” the beta is just a marketing movement by ActiBlizzard nothing else. If you honestly thinking the current beta is for fixing the bugs or community feedback, I believe we need to agree to disagree.

p.s: While talking about community feedback, pay a visit to European realms and enlighten yourself about how ActiBlizz cares about community feedback.

Delusion caused by preconceived notions. Nowhere did I say they were perfect. But they have fixed bugs… because of community feedback… you pointing to something that is not a bug as proof they are not fixing bugs or listening to the community about bugs (what I was talking about) proves you have zero ability to admit Blizzard are doing anything positive for Classic.