WoW Classic Beta Update

[Droodguy-terokkar (Droodguy)]

I was working on Questie under the assumption there was at least a month of time left. It’s only july 3rd

[Daimonas-fizzcrank (Daimonas)]

It took me 6 hours to get AllTheThings to not instantly crash when loading up WoW Classic. I got it to a state where I can track Flight Paths before the stress test was over. There’s about 3 months worth of work to go still.

Fortunately, the only thing my AddOn was doing, was to let players accept quests instantly even with “Instant Quest Text” turned off. At first, there was one bug that caused it to not work at all - but I fixed it on the first stress test. Then, on the 3rd stress test, the AddOn somehow made me unable to enter Warsong Gulch (even though it had nothing to do with the battleground queue or enter button)

[Argorwal-ysera (Argorwal)]

WOW!

No open beta
No level cap increase with just a promise high level content will be bug free.
Next stress test is exactly more than a month later to get more subs.

You win blizz. You scammed me out of $45! I’m the idiot and you are a little scummy.

What happened to the days of just buying a game when its released?

[Noroxas-andorhal (Noroxas)]

Must be hard spending all summer indoors working. But it’s worth it since it’s Classic!

Thank you and hope it works out best for you Devs!

Amen! Really appreciate everything you guys are doing to make Classic happen.

WOW!

No open beta
No level cap increase with just a promise high level content will be bug free.
Next stress test is exactly more than a month later to get more subs.

You win blizz. You scammed me out of $45! I’m the idiot and you are a little scummy.

Eh… You can’t please everyone. I am just happy that we’re getting Classic, something I’ve wanted for years, and it’s right around the corner! Yeehaaa!

[Daimonas-fizzcrank (Daimonas)]

July 12

July 25-26

so, what about Classic Summer, then? Open beta on July 16th?

[Mogar-stormrage (Mogar)]

I’m shocked they’re not having people test the 40-60 and endgame content. They can say they’re doing this internally (and obviously they are), but considering the number of bugs and inconsistencies found in the Beta…I’d say their internal testers don’t do a great job.

And the timing on some of the dates is unfortunate and really seems like they’re trying to squeeze sub time out of players.

[Zatandra-tichondrius]

Internally, we’re working through the aforementioned bug fixes, testing the high-level zones such as Eastern Plaguelands, and doing our raid testing. We’ll make sure Ragnaros and Onyxia are ready to go.

There’s your answer. You should work on your reading comprehension. It would do wonders for you.

[Daimonas-fizzcrank (Daimonas)]

they’re not having people test the 40-60 and endgame content

too much #nostalgia

[Cattle-darkspear]

About time. Beta had run its course and population was dwindling. Plus, we can finally put an end to all the “DID I GET BETA?” posts. And the beta testers can be brought back down to earth with the rest of us.

[Andycloud-hellscream]

I’m shocked they’re not having people test the 40-60 and endgame content. They can say they’re doing this internally (and obviously they are), but considering the number of bugs and inconsistencies found in the Beta…I’d say their internal testers don’t do a great job.

I’m worried about this too. Players could greatly help to find bugs…
If the end game content is bug it could be annoying.

[Katerina-mannoroth]

so, what about Classic Summer, then? Open beta on July 16th?

Regional Closed Betas on the 16th, maybe? But I doubt it at this point. Sounds like they have decided on their path forward up through the end of the month, and with just over 2 weeks before character creations start at that point, I don’t see a 2 week open beta happening in the context of an open stress test have been explicitly scheduled previously.

Of course, it could be possible the stress test will morph into open beta. And the open phase is remaining under wraps to put the stress into stress test.

[Katerina-mannoroth]

And the timing on some of the dates is unfortunate and really seems like they’re trying to squeeze sub time out of players.

Yeah, the timing on that one seems to be explicitly chosen in order to milk 1 month subs out of the more rabid Classic fans who weren’t already subbed.

[Cattle-darkspear]

Nah, I resubbed for the second stress test just because I thought that if another wave went out, I wanted to be eligible. But now that the beta is over I have no interest in pissing away another $15 for a stress test. Got my fill.

See ya’ll on the 27th.

[Daimonas-fizzcrank (Daimonas)]

And the timing on some of the dates is unfortunate and really seems like they’re trying to squeeze sub time out of players.

Especially the timing of release that also seems like they’re trying to squeeze as much launch-day lag as possible, and then once it’s fixed, to send students to school, so the fix is in vain.

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

We have now reached a stage where WoW Classic is in a good state for reconciling remaining issues, and we intend to shift our focus away from the closed beta, which will end on July 12.

Glad to hear that the game is ready for launch early and you will have a chance to sit back and make sure all the little things can be finished before August 27th. Hoping the hunters are all cleaned up.

As for what’s next, the final stress test is now coming up on July 25-26 (we’ve changed this date since we first announced it). During that global test, we will roll out our multi-region hardware in preparation for the worldwide release of WoW Classic. In addition to getting many more testers to play through the initial leveling experiences, it will be a test of the fixes and tweaks that we’ve made and are making to the game.

Any chance this can be extended for a few more days, to give some of us a chance to test addons in production, etc. And to give a wider group some more playtime with it?

[Daimonas-fizzcrank (Daimonas)]

test addons

and to fix them, and whatever.

[Tankzilla-lightnings-blade]

Thanks for closing the beta and not increasing level cap, and saving end game content for the release.

[Relictor-stormrage (Relictor)]

Explain to me why the hype was dying down then?

You have no argument. This is a positive change.

[Cattle-darkspear]

Did you read the post? They’ve been testing 50-60 content internally for months, since before the beta even came out. You realize there are people inside Blizzard doing QA as well? That’s what the “Alpha” server is.

[Brohk-moon-guard]

Thank you for the opportunity Blizzard, I really enjoyed being able to help test the game and I look forward to the release.