i got in.
battlemaster, justicar, of the alliance and grand marshal. never been over 2k in arena as i think its shit. but i have a 11 year old (est) acc. and a fuckton of REAL pvp experience
"There are no substitutes for violence of action and volume of fire. Move forward and shoot, always forward and shooting. The enemy will choose to fight and die or live and run either way move forward and shoot and he will fear you absolutely."
- Otto Skoernzy
quick question. If you got an invite to do pvp focus testing do you still have to level? Are there max lvl toons to play with the artifacts, talents and such in place? it's be self defeating to invite pvpers who have to level up still or am i wrong?
oh yeah no beta club for me, just asking.
Not sure they're targeting good PC's since Blizzard is aware that Legion will most definitely run on good PC's. I've heard (or read somewhere) someone say that they are actually targeting older PC's to check if those can actually run Legion especially on more out-of-date / incompatible components that aren't in-line with Windows 10 (or 8 or 7). Hell, they could be targeting PC's from 2008-2009.
But then again, what I've heard could be pure bullshit.
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I highly doubt good computer increases your chances to get in. They need to test how games runs on all possible setups, so technical feedback from people playing on toasters is probably just as valuable to them as from those who got high end stuff. For example I got invited to Overwatch beta and I can't even get past tutorial because game is unplayable on my laptop.
This. The more average your computer the more likely you are to get an invite, even, apart from the fact there'd be a lot more people in that part of the bell curve than at the high or low ends.
They want to make sure content works on a variety of computers, particularly the most common demographic spec-wise, so it's in their best interests not to just go for whoever can play on Ultra settings with 100 FPS 100% of the time.
I got my GM in RBG's, I consider them valid pvp. don't get your panties in a bunch just because we have varying opinions. since the day Arenas were released, it was 75% composition. for me? that's no fun. I want to play say.. ele sham/enh sham if i want to. this isn't a new issue, or is it something everyone will agree on. however it is undeniable to me, that i would have more respect for an ele sham who got to 2.2k over a warrior/rogue for example.
my point was, they are testing a new system which due to its prestige features, they want.. longtime pvpers. not somebody who may be far better than myself who rolls fotm each season, to get to 2xxx rating.. that is not a good pvper in my eyes.
opinions Ikr.
"There are no substitutes for violence of action and volume of fire. Move forward and shoot, always forward and shooting. The enemy will choose to fight and die or live and run either way move forward and shoot and he will fear you absolutely."
- Otto Skoernzy
it's both isn't it?
Yes you have a core of regulars, but the alpha is targetted, there are those invited for strategic /technical reasons, and a handful of possible randoms too.
I don't think I fit any category except random. I'm probably the least likely to "qualify" for an invite - except I got one. I don't think there is anything targetted or remarkable about me for this so, it must be one of hte randoms they get in.
Yeah, but I find it counter productive. If I only feel like playing an hour or two, i don't want to waste my time playing when it doesn't count.
You don't NEED to be special to get an invite. That doesn't mean special people don't get automatic invites. It means there are people who don't fall into those categories who still get invited regardless. That's why I said "along with", I wasn't saying it's purely random, just that there are randoms getting invited already without any kind of ulterior purpose.
As for the second quote, how does that disprove my statement? The pool of opt-in players is surely within the hundreds of thousands, and 'special' people or people without subscriptions can also get invites. That you personally didn't get invited to the last two betas doesn't mean they don't invite people with dated computers, it means the pool was large enough that your account never got selected.
I don't mean to sound aggressive, but do you know how arrogant "I should know, I never got invited" sounds as an argument? It's like me claiming no one wins the lottery because I don't know anyone who's won.
"More likely" doesn't equate to "essentially guaranteed".
It includes those people but isn't limited to those people. That's why the same group of people are getting in regularly, but why it is also true that you don't need to be "special" to get an invite. Randoms are being included also.
It actually is true that unusual and low-end hardware systems are often specifically targeted for testing with invites. Blizzard themselves has said as much in the past. Obviously that doesn't mean that everyone or even most people in that situation are going to be invited, so the fact that some people in that situation haven't been invited doesn't really disprove that.
I should add, if you get in, give feedback! report bugs. even if its something you know of. I report any/all issues. it tends to get you put up their list of 'people we like' as you aren't just wanting alpha to play early. you want to improve it. I'm in Ubisoft and EA's 'preferred tester' program because of it!
"There are no substitutes for violence of action and volume of fire. Move forward and shoot, always forward and shooting. The enemy will choose to fight and die or live and run either way move forward and shoot and he will fear you absolutely."
- Otto Skoernzy
Well, it's not about whether it's good or not, I think. You will increase your chances the more unique your PC set up is.
So if your current PC is shit, that could work too :P
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I'm really curious how they handle these snowflake-lists :P
Even if most people that get invited don't give a lot of feedback(if any), there should be a ton that do, so a lot of people to keep an eye on.