Battle for Azeroth Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Hyrja]

So... 7.3.5 is gonna go Life after Antorus ? That does means that the raid is actualy ready right now ?

7.3.2 is the Antorus patch. Lots of client updates between that and actual raid opening tho.

[Gangreflamme]

Also, is prepurchase before christmas only a dream of mine or it could actually be somethin?

[Fahrad Wagner]

I miss when games and software came in boxes. There's a real art I can appreciate in making pleasing packaging that I think is understated to much

I know how you feel man, when I was a kid and I was getting a new videogame, just sitting in the car and reading the manual on the way home was absolutely magical.

[Deleted]

I know how you feel man, when I was a kid and I was getting a new videogame, just sitting in the car and reading the manual on the way home was absolutely magical.

That's how I found out I got car sick hell of a mess for my dad to clean up

[Konteil]

I know how you feel man, when I was a kid and I was getting a new videogame, just sitting in the car and reading the manual on the way home was absolutely magical.

agreed. nope they make you pay 40 buck for a separate manual. and if you dont want a walkthrough the manual is a waste of money. SKyrim is the best example

[Sigxy]

I miss when games and software came in boxes. There's a real art I can appreciate in making pleasing packaging that I think is understated to much

Ditto. I love getting boxes whenever possible. Reason I have a love/hate relationship with Steam - mostly I want to buy games in physical copies... but those darn sweet sales! ;_:

[Onikaroshi]

Ditto. I love getting boxes whenever possible. Reason I have a love/hate relationship with Steam - mostly I want to buy games in physical copies... but those darn sweet sales! ;_:

I always just threw out the boxes anyway... I know, I know... I'm a horrible person.

[Nathanyel]

How would this work realistically with the focus shifting to other faction constellations if these are to be used for PvP as well? I guess PvP players are used toplay out nonsensical conflicts, but in this case it might be even weirder than usual.

Except we only heard they would be PvE. No mention of a PvP mode like for Islands.

[Sigxy]

I always just threw out the boxes anyway... I know, I know... I'm a horrible person.

Yes. Yes you are. </3

[Onikaroshi]

Yes. Yes you are. </3

Ironically I still have one box.......... Warhammer Online Collectors edition... doh.

[OnlineSamantha]

By boxes do you guys mean those giant-ass ones that resemble board game boxes? I think I still have some in storage somewhere.

[Recom]

Those past 5 pages are the exact reason why Blizzard is not going into details during Blizzcon anymore. Even if they promise nothing, some player will get angry. They just can't win so they're not playing.

Let's try and look at this "only 1 warfront" situation in a positive way :
1) it's 20 men content so raid calibre, we don't know yet if it's going to be as challenging as raids and therefore require coordination or if it is more like invasion kind of casual thing.
If it's raid level difficulty, it will not be easily accessible and it will take time out of traditional raids (unless the rewards are shit which would be a massive fail) so having multiple warfronts would mean a lot of time out of raids.
If it's casual tier, then who gives a damn ? People will run it when they have the time and otherwise will do islands, LFR, low m+...

2) only 1 warfront == less dev time invested in that. Sure the design and technology are most likely the 2 things that take the most time (and iterating on them), but it still saves time, at least for the initial launch.

3) more could be coming later, we just don't know yet and they could be tied to the story making it more immersive than just a new time gated quest chain.

4) Finally, let's wait until we try it out to see if we like it and want more ? It's a challenge and a gamble for them, chances are it might be shit/badly tuned/not fun... and having just 1 as a failed proof of concept is better than 4.

[Deleted]

By boxes do you guys mean those giant-ass ones that resemble board game boxes? I think I still have some in storage somewhere.

The old ones u got back in the 90s with manuals thicker than some novels? I have a bunch of those with my old amega in the closet. Aaah playing worms on amega that takes me back

[plz delete account]

I miss when games and software came in boxes. There's a real art I can appreciate in making pleasing packaging that I think is understated to much

I've got the Legion CE box on my desk in my office.

[Ningjinq]

If there’s a 7.3.5 PTR coming up today what time should we be looking for it?

[rcshaggy]

I've got the Legion CE box on my desk in my office.

I got the regular box with WoW Vanilla, Burning Crusade, Wrath, Cata, Got the Collector's Edition for Mists of Pandaria (I love the Pandaren race and Pandaria), got a regular box of WoD, and got the Digital Deluxe version of Legion...Might get the Digital Deluxe again if the in-game goodies for Battle for Azeroth will be good.

If there’s a 7.3.5 PTR coming up today what time should we be looking for it?

Maybe who knows...
I'll be looking forward to anything...Haven't been having the greatest winter...

[Marlamin]

If there’s a 7.3.5 PTR coming up today what time should we be looking for it?

Between now and 6 hours from now*.

* with a small exception for some builds that arrived even later than that

[plz delete account]

Between now and 6 hours from now*.

* with a small exception for some builds that arrived even later than that

Wait, 735 is going up today?

[Marlamin]

Wait, 735 is going up today?

Not certain, reread the question.

If there’s a 7.3.5 PTR coming up today what time should we be looking for it?

[Shadochi]

Not certain, reread the question.

Ah, so 7.3.5 confirmed tonight /s