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cataclysm beta

  • 10-06-2010 2:17pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,755 ✭✭✭✭


    anyone get a key or when does it start?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭Magaa


    anyone get a key or when does it start?

    When it does start check websites like http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/ or even woweurope.There will be alot of scams as soon as blizzard starts the beta.Also many fake emails going around right now trying to steal your account.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,330 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Just walk around icecrown for a while until you get a whisper saying youre eligible for the beta, then follow the link

    (dont do this)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,043 ✭✭✭2 Espressi


    There's a Blue thread with details on how to get onto the beta on the cata section of the wow-europe boards.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,755 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    yeah, i signed up for it, was just wondering if it had started yet or if its still in the friends and family stage atm. no worries, ta :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭Magaa


    yeah, i signed up for it, was just wondering if it had started yet or if its still in the friends and family stage atm. no worries, ta :)

    still in ALPHA :)
    F&F


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    to sign up to it, all you have to do is update your system performance on battle.net and opt in to the beta?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,675 ✭✭✭TechnoPool


    Columc wrote: »
    to sign up to it, all you have to do is update your system performance on battle.net and opt in to the beta?


    pretty much , then its a lottery


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    Well been lucky so far with blizzards beta opt in, got in frist round of TBC,Wrath and SC2 within the first few hours of them releasing keys. hopfulyl will be the same here


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,471 ✭✭✭elexes


    Columc wrote: »
    Well been lucky so far with blizzards beta opt in, got in frist round of TBC,Wrath and SC2 within the first few hours of them releasing keys. hopfulyl will be the same here

    whats your system specs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    changed since TBC and warth, most recent one is dual core 2.2ghz intel 8mb cahce. 4GB ddr3 SD RAM, Geforce 6800 GS AGP 512mg gfx card.

    fro wrath, it was athlon 64bit 2.6 ghz 4mb cahce, 2GB ddr3sd ram, radion9700(cant remember 100%) 256mb gfx card. I think i was running this for TBC beta also.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭Flojo


    I'm on it now... just thought i'd rub that in there :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    You on the F&F? cause blizzard hasnt released any news if they opened it up yet to invites from them and It would be ether on mmo-champion or wow.com if beta invites have been going to the general public ect.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭Flojo


    Yes i'm on the F&F :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    I have the most recent F&F client, done some data mining from it, they are coming along quite nicely


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭Flojo


    Nice! Add Divone and Shylah.. I'm on there somewhere :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    From Twitter:

    "Totalbiscuit: Friday's Blue Plz! will feature live video from the Cataclysm beta."

    Looks like the closed beta had a more liberal agreement.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    Still didnt know they moved from F&F to Closed, cause the NDA would of been lifted and mmo-champion content would be restored.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    My mistake, seems like they annocend that the have lifted the NDA and that cataclysm has gone into clsoed beta, with invites being sent out in the next few days.

    Lets cross our fingers and hope we get one


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭WellyJ


    I don't notice much more players on the server so I'm not sure if many invites have gone out yet.

    There was a 600MB patch though to take it to closed beta but I don't see what has actually changed and there are no patch notes.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    TB has uploaded his first vids of cata - http://bit.ly/aSMp7Z


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    WellyJ wrote: »
    I don't notice much more players on the server so I'm not sure if many invites have gone out yet.

    There was a 600MB patch though to take it to closed beta but I don't see what has actually changed and there are no patch notes.


    Invites should be starting today, roughly 12 hours ago apeprtly no invites have been sent out. They are still under the proccess of configuring the beta invites.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,330 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    WellyJ wrote: »
    I don't notice much more players on the server so I'm not sure if many invites have gone out yet.
    Whats to say those who receive beta keys wont be directed to a new PTR?


  • Registered Users Posts: 261 ✭✭GHOST MGG2


    havent recieved mine yet.
    so im thinking there either not been sent out yet or are being sent out in batches.
    :-p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭WellyJ


    Overheal wrote: »
    Whats to say those who receive beta keys wont be directed to a new PTR?

    My experience with TBC Beta and Vanilla WOW Beta


  • Registered Users Posts: 246 ✭✭Bulktohulk


    GHOST MGG2 wrote: »
    havent recieved mine yet.
    so im thinking there either not been sent out yet or are being sent out in batches.
    :-p

    No normal invites have been sent out yet. Only press ones. :cool:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda




  • Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭Magaa


    Right so who got a invite to the beta so i can track you down and hold you hostage for your account?:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 933 ✭✭✭Shougeki


    How many here have F&f or closed accounts?


    Id be interested in checking out some of the content with people. Leveled a gobo to 12 but gave up as it was pretty boring with empty server etc :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    Hopfully will have one in the next 1/2 days if my contacts have done what they told me :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,002 ✭✭✭Komplett-Tech: Ryan


    So how does this Beta work? Do you have to start over from scratch. Or like a PTR can you copy over a lvl 80? I really dont fancy grinding from 1-85 just to see the new content. Especially as i read they have disabled addon support in the beta. I simply can not level without Carbonite these days.


  • Registered Users Posts: 933 ✭✭✭Shougeki


    You can copy over a character, but at the start of the F&F it took mine about 4-6 days to get over. You can also take a premad e80.

    I went to the watery place (Naga area) did about 4 or 5 quests, went to Hyjal, did nothing, went to Org, flew around. Thats it so far. :P


  • Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭tampler


    Columc wrote: »
    Hopfully will have one in the next 1/2 days if my contacts have done what they told me :)

    You remind me of a mate I know. He seems to have contacts everywhere, got into a bunch of betas >.>

    Oh how I wish I could trade in my access to the Starcraft 2 beta for the cata beta instead :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    Trade in the SC2 for cata? no wai! With getting one of the first SC2 beta keys when they released them, Have to say I played os much hours of it so far. Fantastic game.

    Fair enoug the cata beta will be good, at this moment of time there really isnt much things added in the game, ok you get the see the world but sure thats all fucn for a whole 5 mins of seeing it, and with it looking a bit crap at the moment cause not everything is implemtned you wont get that wow factor, as in what you will get in the live version.

    Only a handful of quests have been uped with 2 instances and 2 levels being added in thus far.If I get in the only thing I'll more then likely be testing will be the various diffrent instances, doing them to see loot and understand mechanics at the start, giving in my feed back of various diffrent things i liekd dislike and bugs if I found them from the 80-85 range. Sure I say everyone will be going out and testing new goblins and worgans, but I dont want to ruin that until the real game is launched.

    See out the new trolls area, do that quest line, maybe get a premade 80 alliance char and do the CSI - Old Blancy quest line. Overall though the beta is still quite bare, I think.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,002 ✭✭✭Komplett-Tech: Ryan


    So when exactally are the beta invites going to be sent. Will they all be done in one go, or in batches over the course of a few weeks. I know 1 or 2 of you lads who lurk here work for blizz, or used to. GIEF INFO !


  • Registered Users Posts: 933 ✭✭✭Shougeki


    Alpha (F&F) is over. It then went to media. I think now they are rolling them out slowly to ppl that signed up,


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    Friends and Family beta is now over(roughly 2-4 weeks ago) only people who work in bvlizzard or are friends with blizzard employes pretty much got this beta invite.

    2-3 weeks ago Media got their beta invites(mmo champion, wow insider, warcraft radio podcasts etc etc) with the NDA being lifted meaning they can post about news and updates in the beta

    2 weeks ago invites started to go out to the general public who have opted into the warcraft universe beta. They go in batches to random people the first batch was last week giving out beta invites. Once all that batch was sent out and people signed up.

    the next public batch will be released later on today(Tuesday) or Wednesday evening. You dont need to wait for a beta invite email. To see if you got a beta invite all you have to do is log onto your battle.net account and see under manage games fi you have a beta invite.

    That so far is my knoweldge of whats happening with the beta!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 834 ✭✭✭jeawan


    i got a Beta invite two weeks ago you have to copy you chars you what to use to a server like the PTR server and then download the Cat client .

    So far ive played the new race on the alliance side and then ill move onto the horde starting area , i mainly playing my druid but still messing around just flying about the new area and having a look .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,002 ✭✭✭Komplett-Tech: Ryan


    just logged into my account on battle.net and under manage games are only the games added already. So does that mean i will not be getting a beta invite at any point?


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    I think that means you dont have a beta invite at the moment. You may still get one.

    I opted in, but i hope i dont get it. I dont want to see the expansion before its finished. As someone who enjoys the game for eveything except the end game content, i want to be able to experience the new-old world in its completed state.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,675 ✭✭✭TechnoPool


    just logged into my account on battle.net and under manage games are only the games added already. So does that mean i will not be getting a beta invite at any point?

    or that you havent got one yet;)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 834 ✭✭✭jeawan


    If you get an Invite you will get a email linked too your battle.net account and then if you log in you see cat beta as part of you games list.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    jeawan wrote: »
    If you get an Invite you will get a email linked too your battle.net account and then if you log in you see cat beta as part of you games list.


    I've been getting quite good scamming mails of the sort, even blizzard said that some of the new phising emails are quite good, thats why they are telling people not to click anylink on the emails and just type in battle.net yourself, they will give you a step by step on what to do.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 834 ✭✭✭jeawan


    Columc wrote: »
    I've been getting quite good scamming mails of the sort, even blizzard said that some of the new phising emails are quite good, thats why they are telling people not to click anylink on the emails and just type in battle.net yourself, they will give you a step by step on what to do.

    This is true the email account i use has never got those emails before but i'm still don't trust even the real emails so i logged into battle.net to check and there it was


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    Had the beta in my battle.net account(under Manage games) last night, got the email this morning. Downloaded the client last night(2.2gb) and transfered over my charectors. Had a bit of problem creating/transfering over pre made 80s and my own charectors wtih firefox, but when I used chrome it worked perfectly. Just saying if anyone has any problems just try changing your browser. Cant wait till I get home and play it now


  • Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭Magaa


    Columc wrote: »
    Had the beta in my battle.net account(under Manage games) last night, got the email this morning. Downloaded the client last night(2.2gb) and transfered over my charectors. Had a bit of problem creating/transfering over pre made 80s and my own charectors wtih firefox, but when I used chrome it worked perfectly. Just saying if anyone has any problems just try changing your browser. Cant wait till I get home and play it now

    DAMINT i want that!


  • Registered Users Posts: 933 ✭✭✭Shougeki


    Columc wrote: »
    Had the beta in my battle.net account(under Manage games) last night, got the email this morning. Downloaded the client last night(2.2gb) and transfered over my charectors. Had a bit of problem creating/transfering over pre made 80s and my own charectors wtih firefox, but when I used chrome it worked perfectly. Just saying if anyone has any problems just try changing your browser. Cant wait till I get home and play it now

    Let me know if you have to repeatedly patch it up to the correct level, or if that is the latest download installer. Just curious.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,002 ✭✭✭Komplett-Tech: Ryan


    I've a bad feeling i won't be seeing this beta:(


  • Registered Users Posts: 933 ✭✭✭Shougeki




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,002 ✭✭✭Komplett-Tech: Ryan


    :sadface:


  • Registered Users Posts: 933 ✭✭✭Shougeki


    Was thinking of going for one of the new 5mans tonight or tommorow night on the beta, if anyone is interested. Want to check out the new party frames.

    I have a druid healer and a rogue over on the beta so would be interested in trying out either DPS or healing. (even without reading tactics just for the laugh :P)

    If anyone fancies it, send me a pm here and ill throw you my RealID email so something can be organised. (I know RID isnt in beta yet)


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