Wow Beta Stress Test

CronosCronos Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1542Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">EXTENDED!</div> This news is so awesome it must be typed in all caps. Cover your ears.

THE WOW BETA STRESS TEST HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE WEEKEND! REJOICE!

This developemnent will no doubt result in more sleep deprivation for all.

Now if only I could get out of school, sleep and work to get back to playing <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

In any case, Awesome news for us stress testers, bad news for the competition leaders, and much <3 for Blizz.
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  • InfinitumInfinitum Anime Encyclopedia Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1111Members, Constellation
    Yeah saw this as well.

    Means I can craft more armour.
    Mine more ore.
    And pet my pet Mecha Squirrel more.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    so everyone's characters go byebye after that?
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  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    <!--QuoteBegin-DiscoZombie+Sep 8 2004, 10:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Sep 8 2004, 10:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> so everyone's characters go byebye after that? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yup. This is why I gave my account to DOOM.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    ah, I guess I shouldn't be upset about missing it, if it was just for a week or two and then the chars get nuked... I'd hate to have put 2 weeks into building a char just to have him zapped <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • ChronoChrono Local flyboy Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18989Members
    yeah its great news but one thing realy disapoints me its not the game its the community its full of 8 year old **** first i go to the forums i see atleast 20 threads asking for blizzard to extend the beta for the weekend now i see another 20 posts of people BITCHING that the betas been extended? i even saw a post calling blizzard scumbags i mean come on those guys are pathetic i have lost all respect for the WoW community (game still rocks) cept for the few guys i know ingame
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    That's why I stay away from the WoW forums...
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    <!--QuoteBegin-Narfwak+Sep 8 2004, 08:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Narfwak @ Sep 8 2004, 08:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-DiscoZombie+Sep 8 2004, 10:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Sep 8 2004, 10:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> so everyone's characters go byebye after that? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yup. This is why I gave my account to DOOM. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah, and mine to coil's roommate's friend or something.
    Didn't want to get addicted, and then have it disappear one day.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    I had no idea it was ending though. I thought it was gonna go on for a few weeks or so :O

    Oh well, I've already played enough to know I am definately buying this, when before I was planning not to. Damn you blizzard and your successful creation of an mmorpg set in a universe I'm in love with :O
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  • CreepieCreepie Join Date: 2003-02-19 Member: 13734Members
    Is it a level-treadmill ? Any NPC camping ? FUll of exploits/duping/macros ? Uber rares for the ebay'ers ?
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  • CronosCronos Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1542Members
    Level Treadmill: Not exactly. You need a certain level to take on certain monsters and you need certain levels to be able to take on quests and such but equipment factors in heavily as well and grouping up with 5 other people is far more effective then soloing at level 50.

    NPC Camping: Only if there are a lot of others on the same quest.

    Exploits et al: None that I'm aware of but it still is beta so there are probably exploits still to be buffed away in a tide of polish. Despite being beta though, it feels like a full game regardless.

    Not sure what you mean by uber rare for ebayers though.

    I may also hasten to add that the only ones whining about the Beta being extended are those that are on top and have to lose sleep/jobs to keep on top to win the closed beta positions. A majority of players are overjoyed at the extension.

    Also, I wouldnt be so quick to name the greater part of the WoW community as immature. Everyone I've grouped with so far has been excellent and help messages are usually quickly answered.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    edited September 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cronos+Sep 9 2004, 02:59 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cronos @ Sep 9 2004, 02:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Not sure what you mean by uber rare for ebayers though.
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    he means items that are only dropped like .1% of the time, by the hardest monster in the game, who himself only spawns once every month or something :>

    I'm exaggerating but you get the picture. Items like that in Ultima Online STILL go for literally THOUSANDS of dollars on e-bay. hey, that gives me an idea... wonder if you could sell an item like that and then follow the guy you sold it to, kill him, and take it back <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    edited September 2004
    As for the level treadmill . . . well, let me put it this way, and I know it's going to sound stupid: the game has too much content.

    That is, the most effective way to level is via questing, and there are <i>tons</i> of quests. On paper, that sounds absolutely fabulous, and I suppose it is for people with no lif - well, no "outside obligations." The problem is that there are far more than enough quests for any given level range, so much so that deciding which quests you want to do is a rather difficult affair. The insane amount of content also makes it difficult to find a good stopping point, which is a crucial thing for me now that I need to focus real attention on classes.

    The overall effect was that I would spend hours bouncing between quests in areas far from each other, paying little to no attention to how much time it was taking out of my schedule. That in turn caused me to miss more than a few lectures, which I'm paying for now with more than a few hours of lost sleep every night as I try to catch up.

    In short, if you have no "outside obligations," by all means, play this game - it's the best MMOG I've ever played. Just keep in mind that the best MMOG ever leaves little room for many, if any, other activities.
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  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    Big woots. I haven't had much time all this week to play, I gotta get down to business.
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  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    I never wanted to try to win the competition, I looked at this as a way to explore characters i would be interested in playing when it goes gold.
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  • camel_fetuscamel_fetus Join Date: 2004-08-12 Member: 30547Members
    Does this mean that a public beta stages is approaching or will we be seeing another phase of closed beta?

    Im getting ansty to play it, listening to everyone rave about it and also checking out all the screenshots.
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  • ChronoChrono Local flyboy Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18989Members
    another phase of closed beta during the stress test they ran a contest and now the 3 highest level characters from each class from each faction from each server (total about 500 something people) are moving on to join the other closed beta testers
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  • camel_fetuscamel_fetus Join Date: 2004-08-12 Member: 30547Members
    <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> geuss ill have to wait.
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  • CreepieCreepie Join Date: 2003-02-19 Member: 13734Members
    The biggest problem I had with MMORGs was the elitism. It took ordinary gaming arrogance and distilled it by adding very rare items. I played Anarchy Online for a year or so, and became powerful. However, Anarchy Online did have the very rare items that separated the haves and have-nots. It was infruiating and simply encouraged the idiots. It also had the insanely high spawn rates, and in the end was simply stupid. Does WoW suffer from super rare spawns and items ? From my experience of DII, very rare items weren't the fixed rares, but the gold rares that had the right combination of features. Is this more like WoW ?
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    As I understand it, the best items in WoW will be player-made. (:
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