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Cataclysm Friends & Family Alpha
- Thread starter maniac-kun
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maniac-kun
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the leakage will start as soon as the mmo-champion guys get the beta client 
pic from battle.net
pic from battle.net
Doubt it, other places that leaked the WoTLK were nearly sued into oblivion.maniac-kun said:the leakage will start as soon as the mmo-champion guys get the beta client
Also: https://us.battle.net/account/_images/game-boxes/en-US/WOWX3.jpg
FYI this is nothing new. All WoW expansions have had a friends/family alpha, closed beta, then (usually) open beta.
Even vanilla WoW had a friends & family alpha. I remember wanting DESPERATELY to get in and harassing the one blizz employee I knew (they didn't even work on WoW) to hook me up :lol
Even vanilla WoW had a friends & family alpha. I remember wanting DESPERATELY to get in and harassing the one blizz employee I knew (they didn't even work on WoW) to hook me up :lol
VGChampion
Member
I don't like playing in WoW beta's. I did some of BC but it really ruined it for me when the actual game came out. I just don't get the appeal for MMO beta's.
Didn't Blizzard say they didn't like how they introduced Illidan so early and that's why the Lich King was off limits for a long time? I have a feeling he's going to be one of the last bosses.
I'm personally hoping we can see him flying around the world raining destruction wherever he goes.
Gravijah said:
Didn't Blizzard say they didn't like how they introduced Illidan so early and that's why the Lich King was off limits for a long time? I have a feeling he's going to be one of the last bosses.
I'm personally hoping we can see him flying around the world raining destruction wherever he goes.
. Like another guy said I could get it out of my system so I wouldn't be tempted when retail comes out 
maniac-kun
Member
http://blue.mmo-champion.com/t/24690639017/cataclysm-alpha-has-begun/
And its been blue'd!
And its been blue'd!
SuperAndroid17
Member
hope somebody rips the music sample
HarryDemeanor
Member
maniac-kun said:
And the leakage begins!
HarryDemeanor
Member
Door2Dawn said:
It's going to be between 2-3 months. Perhaps less depending on how they approach this one.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Akim said:
Well, Wrath F&F alpha began in May and ended in mid/late July.
SloppehSlawlz
Neo Member
There;s no way F&F is going to last 2-3 damn months. Give it a couple of weeks.HarryDemeanor said:
SloppehSlawlz
Neo Member
dp
SloppehSlawlz
Neo Member
that also includes closed betaHarryDemeanor said:
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Gravijah said:
thats a terrible idea, unless they have you "not kill" him.
JesseZao said:
It's not that great of an experience. The inevitable deletion of your character hovers over everything you do and makes it difficult to really commit to anything. Unless you just really enjoy sussing out and reporting bugs, you're not missing anything.
I may have been odd, but I really enjoyed Beta Testing Wrath. I actually enjoyed running around looking for glitches/bugs, then filling out the survey on each quest I did. It didn't bother me one bit to be partly spoiled in the least. It was cool as some of my suggestions came into play with them as well.
Wonder what class will be Ret 2.0. A class that just went on to slaughter people throughout an entire beta, then got nerfed within hours of going live considering how the boards lit up. We warned Blizzard of this in the beta forums, but they just turned their head saying "working as intended". Man, I remember the pre-launch patch where the Ret changes went live, it was the one of the few times the official forums went down outside of maint-days.
The phase with the pre-made toons was great though, I must say. Had a blast in PVP trying them all out.
Wish I could get into Friend and Family, but I don't know any Blizzard people. Hoping to get into the beta earlier than last time even though.
Wonder what class will be Ret 2.0. A class that just went on to slaughter people throughout an entire beta, then got nerfed within hours of going live considering how the boards lit up. We warned Blizzard of this in the beta forums, but they just turned their head saying "working as intended". Man, I remember the pre-launch patch where the Ret changes went live, it was the one of the few times the official forums went down outside of maint-days.
The phase with the pre-made toons was great though, I must say. Had a blast in PVP trying them all out.
Wish I could get into Friend and Family, but I don't know any Blizzard people. Hoping to get into the beta earlier than last time even though.
jim-jam bongs
Member
What if killing him unleashed something far worse? Don't forget that Arthas was apparently keeping the Scourge somewhat pacified, imagine the amazing battles we could have fought against what was unleashed by killing him. The Wrath end game would have been epic if that were how it had gone down.JesseZao said:
isny said:
Considering how they've stated "people complaining about goblin rogues", that would mean the majority of people would have had to hit 80 and get some gear to pvp. It'd take a couple weeks of experience going against those classes to get those feelings, not to mention that people will have to have the time to level a Goblin from 40-85 and get some gear too. Late Sept, at the latest will be my guess on release. F&F was supposed to be handled differently this time as well, I wouldn't expect it to run very long. Perhaps a few weeks, and that's maybe mainly for "stability" testing. Then the media will get in, then opt-ins, and whatever else they plan on doing. 2-3 months of "beta", puts them into July/Aug, time to make it gold, then get out to the stores in Sept.