Post by Eorl @ 12:04pm 22/03/12 | 27 Comments
We’re very close to beginning beta testing for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria! Over the course of the beta test, we’ll be inviting Annual Pass holders, press, fansites, friends and family, and opt-in beta testers to participate.Rumours are flying around that invites have already been sent out, and that the beta might even start as early as tonight. Excitement is definitely on the high, as this latest expansion is bringing about a new continent, the Monk class, and the Pandaren race as well a huge list of features.
As there’s no NDA for this test, you’re likely to start seeing lots of screenshots and new video around the web. Please keep in mind that the game is still in development, and what you’ll see during the beta test is not necessarily representative of the final game.
There is a FAQ along with the official post that gives insight into the invite process of the beta, letting players that haven't signed up to the Annual Pass promotion that they can opt-in to the beta in hope of a invitation. With there being no NDA, you can expect a whole lot of information flowing through, so if your wanting to keep everything secret, it's probably best to unplug your internet for a few weeks.
You can check out AusGamers recent interview with Tom Chilton as well as a hands-on preview with the level 1-10 area of the Pandaren that we were lucky enough to try. As always you can check out our game page which has all the latest news, trailers and screenshots.
Buy now from Games 101 Only AUD$14.95!
Latest Comments
27 Comments
Show
Follow Us
Advertisement
Log In
Posted 12:15pm 22/3/12
Posted 12:23pm 22/3/12
I don't normally worry about beta stuff but I think I'll check this out seeing as I'll be guaranteed an invite.
Posted 12:31pm 22/3/12
I feel like i'm on a soap box today :P But I wish Beta testing was about testing the content and actively reporting issues and not about people just wanting to play the new game first!111!!!! or get a head start on the new class/content etc.. in races to world firsts or whatever.
Posted 05:54pm 22/3/12
+1 to that!
Its annoying when you're playing in one of these betas too, and people b**** and whinge about how something is broken, "F*****g blizzard, this quest doesn't even work, I can't hand it in, this game is s***". I mean, hello, its a beta, you found something thats broken, thats the reason you're here. Report a bug and move on and find the next broken thing!
Posted 05:59pm 22/3/12
Posted 06:06pm 22/3/12
Posted 07:22pm 22/3/12
Posted 07:25pm 22/3/12
Posted 09:41pm 22/3/12
I can't wait to battle my Mini Diablo against all the Pokemon
Posted 10:31pm 22/3/12
Now all i can say is WTF panda?
Posted 11:10pm 22/3/12
Posted 11:45pm 22/3/12
Posted 11:49pm 22/3/12
Posted 11:58pm 22/3/12
Posted 12:01am 23/3/12
The thing that always annoyed me about raiding was you couldn't really schedule it around stuff, like it was these set times so you just had to give up your wednesday/thursday/monday/sunday/whatever nights. Was really annoying for me towards the end of Cataclysm cos I was sposed to be Shadow on my priest, but usually ended up having to heal cos we'd be short of healers. And I'd end up turning up on nights I didn't really want to just out of guilt, cos I knew if I didn't turn up, they wouldn't have enough healers to raid and everyone else would miss out.
LFR is just easier cos you can do it whenever you want, and its a bunch of random people so you don't really feel guilty if you bail on them, and its easier so it doesn't require the same time committment, but you get to see the same content. I can definitely see the benefit in it now.
Posted 12:06am 23/3/12
Posted 12:12am 23/3/12
You can also join raids halfway through, like you can join an instance halfway through with the dungeon finder. So yeah, its all kinda done on a per boss basis, and you can kill each boss as many times as you want each week but only get loot from each boss once a week.
Posted 12:26am 23/3/12
Posted 12:38am 23/3/12
Yeah, but only for that week, it still resets each week like normal raids do
Posted 03:10am 23/3/12
then you get a whole host of players who've been taught bad habits by it (ignore all mechanics and tunnel vision your dps meter) and worm their way into pug raids and just cause wipe after wipe cos they were taught to not bother learning to play
at best, it provides a very casual long-distance glance at regular raiding - sort of like racing through a raid at high-speed with godmode turned on
it can be handy when you level up an alt though, for a chance at slightly better pre-raid gear than 5mans offer (people are complete and utter f***wits with looting though) - and it was handy at the start of the tier to help make 4-piece set bonuses which in many cases overshadowed t12 heroic gear
Posted 03:35am 23/3/12
They do absolutely NOTHING on LFR mode. You kill one to spawn bloods but the ones remaining do nothing and there's no point killing them. No need to ever barrel roll either. They just sort of sit there being dumb.
Needless to say they definitely do stuff on normal and heroic. heh
Posted 05:08am 23/3/12
Posted 08:31am 23/3/12
The tools WoW has now is awesome for players like myself, I can PVP when I want, I can raid when I want, it might be easier but I don't have 4 hours free to kill Deathwing I have 1 hour.
WoW is definitely fun in small doses.
Posted 09:33am 23/3/12
Posted 11:01am 23/3/12
I'm sure if I let myself I would end up raiding full time again, or get pulled back into it by my old guild or something, but I just don't have time for it anymore, my game pile of shame has grown too big so I gotta start playing my way back through the backlog of stuff I bought and never got around to playing :P Plus I've just started work on a project of my own in my spare time, and I'm not willing to sacrifice that for more raiding time. Just comes down to the time committment really, its not feasible for me anymore.
Posted 11:03am 23/3/12
If you're taking 4 hours to do a raid then your raid team = s***.
I remember hearing an interview from a guy in a top 3 raid guild who only played like 6 hours a week.
Posted 11:26am 23/3/12