Warlords of Draenor Alpha Invites Going Out

Originally Posted by NMX-

@ everybody complaining about outlines, you can toggle them on and off

http://imgur.com/v20oZ9H

and, interesting, you can toggle on/off new models o.0

http://imgur.com/QW0zXee

YES! It would be a nightmare if the outlines weren't optional.

Originally Posted by Grush

Surely you don't think the time of alpha release a day later than full release of Wildstar was a coincidence?

Given it's a friends and family alpha invite that's going out to a tiny fraction of WoW's playerbase I somehow doubt this is supposed to be Blizzard's masterstroke against Wildstar.

So yeah, I do.

Originally Posted by NMX-

@ everybody complaining about outlines, you can toggle them on and off

http://imgur.com/v20oZ9H

And also note it's alpha. it's alpha. IT's ALPHHAAA. the outline needs some work.

and, interesting, you can toggle on/off new models o.0

http://imgur.com/QW0zXee

Oh? Well that can stop the complaints then . And as for new models, I saw the turning on and off and daayyyum...it was smooth as silk! I thought it'd require a restart or something to come into effect!

Originally Posted by kamuimac

huge buahahahahahaa in faces of all people who defended blizz that those mounts wont make their way to game shop - everything even remotlely close to nice added in game will be from now on in shop - just accept it and deal with it



also people being sidetracked from wildstar - just stop joking - nobody will be sidetracked exept for few streamers who make money from streaming alfa - nobody else wil be even close to geting alfa invites so they will spend next half of year in ESO aand wildstar.

also seriusly whats the point to sending invites to streamers whom of half have no clue what to look for in game in sense of mechanics and bugs - they could send it to monkey who could roll head on keyboard while streaming it effect would be same. its pure PR nothing else and PR of really low kind. seriusly LoL/heartstone streams are more entertaining then this at least there people know what they are talking about-_-

Quote from the frontpage:

The Grinning Reaver and Warforged Nightmare have been added to in the game shop. Keep in mind this is alpha, so items can be added to the shop just for testing purposes.

One of the mounts will probably end up in the store (he Grinning Reaver), while the other mount becomes a RaF mount (Warforged Nightmare).

So thats 6 more months of waiting for normal players ?
Lets check out some other games during the hibernate period .

What is with all the QQ over only friends and family getting into the friends and family alpha?

Talk about entitlement... in my day you were lucky to even know someone in a beta, let alone the alpha...

Originally Posted by Hellfury

keep beliving that, they had to launch a unfinished alpha(something that they never did) because wildstar was starting to hitch.

So after months of people complaining about how long it was taking to even get to alpha stage, let alone beta, let alone release... now they finally do you're accusing them of rushing out an unfinished alpha?

I feel ridiculous even repeating that phrase... UNFINISHED IS PRECISELY WHAT ALPHA IS.

And who are they trying to retain with a F&F alpha? Blizzard staff, their friends and family and a few streamers/bloggers/whatever?

Originally Posted by Mormolyce

Given it's a friends and family alpha invite that's going out to a tiny fraction of WoW's playerbase I somehow doubt this is supposed to be Blizzard's masterstroke against Wildstar.

So yeah, I do.

Woah, gonna upset the people wearing tinfoil hats o.o.

I'm with you, people WANT this to be part of some grand scheme when it PROBABLY would've happened just the same without other mmos being released.

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Originally Posted by paflodder

So thats 6 more months of waiting for normal players ?
Lets check out some other games during the hibernate period .

Nah, I'm good where I'm at. Still won't finish everything I want in-game before release due to time restraints.

another interesting note: the button to undelete your own characters.

http://imgur.com/SDDDeAX

Originally Posted by NMX-

@ everybody complaining about outlines, you can toggle them on and off
http://imgur.com/v20oZ9H
And also note it's alpha. it's alpha. IT's ALPHHAAA. the outline needs some work.

Personally, I really like them. I think they look quite good.

Originally Posted by Nivis

Personally, I really like them. I think they look quite good.

the fuzziness/glitchiness of them is a turn off. i feel like they shouldn't be animated, just calm/solid.

Oh look, what a coincidence. Just after WASDstar launch, something finally happened. Bet there won't be NDA.

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Originally Posted by desec

outlines... damn now I got to quit wow... hate the style, the main reason why league graphics looks derpy to me...

Any screenshot of this? I don't even have an idea what are you guys talking about

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Originally Posted by Derah

"I want better loot for a mode that is so easy even clinically dead people can complete it, but since you don't want to give me what I want, I'm gonna go play a game that's so fucking hard, even korean players who can beat resident evil on extreme mode with just a knife are dying in droves to even the earliest trash on the first dungeon. What could possibly go wrong?"

Yesterday there was a discussion on how WS is made trivial by the telegraphs. Now you say it's super hard. I'm really confused.

Originally Posted by Zka

Oh look, what a coincidence. Just after WASDstar launch, something finally happened. Bet there won't be NDA.

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Any screenshot of this? I don't even have an idea what are you guys talking about

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Yesterday there was a discussion on how WS is made trivial by the telegraphs. Now you say it's super hard. I'm really confused.

http://imgur.com/KzfbGwq

^ when you hover over an npc, or have them targetted. Whenever you click on them, it glows a bit more thick for about .5 seconds, fade back to thin green

Originally Posted by NMX-

http://imgur.com/KzfbGwq

^ when you hover over an npc, or have them targetted. Whenever you click on them, it glows a bit more thick for about .5 seconds, fade back to thin green

Thanks.
That indeed looks strange, but I imagine it could be really helpful when having to target something in a big crowd.

If only I was a youtube or twitch donation-grabbing superstar...There's no hope for the 'little guy'.

alpha should have been months ago.... I am in serious doubt we will see it released before blizzcon now.

the outline is stil an alpha tryout, so it's gonna look raw.

a highly limited-population alpha invite is hardly a "counterstrike" and most definitely not intended to be.

Originally Posted by Caylis

alpha should have been months ago.... I am in serious doubt we will see it released before blizzcon now.

Alpha WAS months ago. Infact, Alpha started last year. Just because its not public doesn't mean they've not been testing.

Also, QQ from people still? Seriously, what an unpleasable playerbase...

Very unintresting to be honest. Having much more fun watching the Wildstar streams while at work. WOW has lost it for me. And if the game has not... then Blizzard has definitely lost my support based on how they are handling things right now.

Originally Posted by thejm

No. The complaint is that they knew wildstar was releasing, so they would release something at the same time to keep interest in wow. They withheld the alpha until a day after wildstar, unless you really believe that they coincidentally had alpha ready within 24 hours of the release of it's biggest modern rival.

Evidence? Because what did they have to 'counter' that other WoW killer - ESO? Oh yeah, nothing.

Grasping at straws now. Why would Blizzard delay something like limited release Alpha because of another game being launched?

Originally Posted by unrealeck

If only I was a youtube or twitch donation-grabbing superstar...There's no hope for the 'little guy'.

The thing is...most of those streamers usually contribute more to bug-finding than the average players which more often than not regard a beta simply as an early access.