I hope dreadlord Jaina kills Varian.
So, apart from Suramar, what features / contet will not yet be implemented to some extent after this patch?
Challenge Mode : Play WoW like my disability has me play:
You will need two people, Brian MUST use the mouse for movement/looking and John MUST use the keyboard for casting, attacking, healing etc.
Briand and John share the same goal, same intentions - but they can't talk to each other, however they can react to each other's in game activities.
Now see how far Brian and John get in WoW.
LFR will likely be tested in the actual beta.
Originally Posted by Bigbazz
Exactly... But I think Beta and PTR will launch the same day in one month from now along with release date announcement. That will line up for a July release which is clearer today after the Alpha patch today.
I could be wrong, but Blizzard has been doing good at beating their "On or Before Dates" on last to big releases ( Starcraft 2:LOTV and Overwatch )
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Like I said earlier this week, the end of next week is the line. If PTR doesn't start by end of next week, 7.0 in time for movie isn't going to happen.
7.0 can release May 24 (US), May 25 (EU) and be literally right in time for the movie.
We'll see what happens.
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Doesn't make much sense to test it before then, to be honest. Need the population.
Challenge Mode : Play WoW like my disability has me play:
You will need two people, Brian MUST use the mouse for movement/looking and John MUST use the keyboard for casting, attacking, healing etc.
Briand and John share the same goal, same intentions - but they can't talk to each other, however they can react to each other's in game activities.
Now see how far Brian and John get in WoW.
Guessing Suramar's right around the bend now that we can hit 110, should be a short road to beta from there.
It would still need tuning and some mechanics may need removal/heavy tuning. I think the biggest reason to test LFR would be for server strain (and whatever else they test with a large nubmer of people) though since there would be a ton of people queueing for LFR in the Beta.
Originally Posted by Bigbazz
I look forward to seeing the absolute hammering that the beta servers receive this time around.
It's basically just going to be a stress test.
I'd say it's a certainly needed test considering how most expansion launches had some pretty bad problems at some points if I recall.
Originally Posted by Bigbazz
Damn, how many invites went out today? My friend and her uncle were both invited today. Must have been a large wave?
4.0.1 PTR 11th of September, LIVE 12th of October = +- 4.5 weeks
5.0.4 PTR 20th of July, LIVE 28th of August = +- 5.5 weeks
6.0.2 PTR 10th of September, LIVE 15th of October = +- 5 weeks
I probably should have explained it differently, don't think I even explained it properly, it's averagely between 8-10 weeks after PTR that the expansion launches, except Cataclysm which was a fairly long process.