New Alpha Invites went out today

[Cosmic Janitor]

I get alpha and betas every time and I NEVER play on it. Can you like give your alpha access away to someone who actually want it?

Nope, short of giving your account away. They just unlock your account.

[Battlebeard]

Nope, short of giving your account away. They just unlock your account.

Oh, that is a shame, would have been nice for those who want Alpha to play it, it's just wasted on me

[DonnieBaker]

Got my invite. :-)

[unbrained]

i check everyday and no Alpha invite -.-

[Brohoof]

i got a email on the 30th I think, and at first i thought it was a scam, i checked the email and it was "email (at) Em blizzard com" i removed periods in case any automatic formatting robot yells at me. So i was a bit sad that i got pranked, but then i looked at the email, they didnt tell me to log in with a given link, only to instead "go to the website" and log in, or check the BNet launcher. Any link I was given in that email, led to the official alpha forums. I wont be home to download/check my launcher till next saturday...but yay i guess im in, because i am able to make a new topic and/or comment in alpha forums

[Dragon Claws]

Seems like they're sending out waves in small batches, maybe 100 to 500 invites at a time. Either they're gearing up for a serious beta test, or they wanting various systems to test out various other things with different PC builds.

I genuinely think they're interested in Win10/DX12 users.

[Nathiest]

So they're just going to continue calling what is clearly beta alpha? Ok. Welcome to the club!

[callipygoustp]

Heh, I haven't been subbed since mid WoD and for the first time ever I get an alpha invite. WTF Bliz.

[Nikkaszal]

It's an Alpha that's "Alpha" just in name isn't it?
I mean, we have less than 6 months to go before the latest release date, that's usually the time frame where Beta happens, right?

BFA is still highly unfinished. Many things are not yet implemented, including the Azerite system. I had to roll four different Alliance characters to finish a particular early main story quest in Tiragarde Sound, because it was broken so badly that not only did it not complete, it also fucked you so hard that your character couldn't move (even after hearthing, dying, or relogging).

[Decisive The Hallowed]

Quite a few of my Guildies got it. One of which has such a crap computer, it cant actually launch the Alpha. So annoyed, never got invited to any Alpha or Beta in the 7 years of WoW that I have playing for... #NoBetaClub for me

[Saphyron]

Same, but I guess that is because I'm a casual player rather than a mythic raider, I tend to do raids up to heroic and some mythic+ dungeons as well as questing and that clearly isn't what Blizz are looking for! Never got into a Beta without winning a key before so am not expecting access this time *cries*

If that was true I would have gotten one, though I have not.

[rrayy]

They seem to be letting a lot of people into Alpha this time around. Guessing they have improved servers that can handle more bandwidth.

ACtually, I think they have changed how they approach the testing phase as usually most new content is still unavailable into beta where as this and WoD now seem to get everything accessible before beta.

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So they're just going to continue calling what is clearly beta alpha? Ok. Welcome to the club!

No, it's called alpha because that is the phase of testing they are in. They are simply letting more random people in sooner to streamline the process rather than waiting until they enter beta phase.

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Oh, that is a shame, would have been nice for those who want Alpha to play it, it's just wasted on me

Alpha is not a demo. You are there to test for bugs and make sure things are working properly.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

So they're just going to continue calling what is clearly beta alpha? Ok. Welcome to the club!

What makes it clearly a beta?

[Nevcairiel]

What makes it clearly a beta?

A lot of people seem to believe that the number of people invited changes the classification. But the game is clearly in an alpha state since many major features are not implemented yet - many of the dungeons, one missing zone still, warfronts, heart of azeroth, and probably more.

Luckily it looks like a lot of that is in a good shape already, Warfronts look pretty nice when you bug your way into there (and almost work), zone and dungeons are just a matter of time until they get released as well.

[MrExcelion]

This certainly is the most they've had in alpha before. I think its because they're heavily monitoring the number of players online and need certain amounts for feedback

[Gravity2015]

if your invited to alpha, are you invited to beta if it does roll over?

[Destinas]

I got in, got an email confirming it. My Blizzard App doesn't say "alpha" however - it says "event: world of warcraft."

Probably just the app itself, it always gives me problems and hardly updates the layout for me.

[willtron]

Heh, I haven't been subbed since mid WoD and for the first time ever I get an alpha invite. WTF Bliz.

Alphas and Betas are marketing tools as much they are testing tools now.

[callipygoustp]

Alphas and Betas are marketing tools as much they are testing tools now.

Yeah, I can't see any other reason for it: marketing.

[Ealyssa]

It's an Alpha that's "Alpha" just in name isn't it?

It clearly isn't. The state of alpha is ROUGH. flypath not working, map not done, a few quests are bugged, terrain is clearly unfinished (saw a few stairs not connected to the ground, lot of "holes through the map", between structures. Untextured walls, empty subzones, and much more.

Alpha is clearly alpha. They may invite more people than usual to increase "testing rate", but it's nowhere near beta currently.

So they're just going to continue calling what is clearly beta alpha?

Or maybe you're just clueless about what alpha means ¯\_(ツ)_/¯