9.0 General Discussion

[Hitei]

I didn't expect isle of thunder to be honest.

Did you not do the Thunder King quest line in Kun-Lai? IIRC there were also preliminary versions of it on the alpha/blizzcon maps.

[Chickat]

Did you not do the Thunder King quest line in Kun-Lai? IIRC there were also preliminary versions of it on the alpha/blizzcon maps.

I wasn't as big into datamining back then. Maybe I'm misremembering.

[arandomuser]

bnet client update! was excited for a second then realized it was just some downloader thingy nothing special, pretty neat though lets you update all ur games with 1 button

[Hyrja]

Maybe they had to update the Bnet launcher to support SL Alpha? Maybe Alpha is next?

[Izalla]

I distinctly remember something being datamined for the first time at nighttime for me and I'm four hours ahead of Blizz time, but I don't remember if it was a beta/alpha/ptr patch. It was somewhere around the Legion end/BfA beginning... It woulda been around 6pm or later in California time though, because I remember being shocked at how late in the evening it was for them to be putting something up. Anyone remember what time of the day BfA alpha was first datamined?

[Sweetdeal]

bnet client update! was excited for a second then realized it was just some downloader thingy nothing special, pretty neat though lets you update all ur games with 1 button

CoD Changes Nothing SL Related

[Gangreflamme]

CoD Changes Nothing SL Related

Oh yeah that game we all dear and love

[Marlamin]

I distinctly remember something being datamined for the first time at nighttime for me and I'm four hours ahead of Blizz time, but I don't remember if it was a beta/alpha/ptr patch. It was somewhere around the Legion end/BfA beginning... It woulda been around 6pm or later in California time though, because I remember being shocked at how late in the evening it was for them to be putting something up. Anyone remember what time of the day BfA alpha was first datamined?

There have been outliers in the "first build" category. I remember some first build of a major patch coming out while I was biking home which is like 7:00 in the morning for Blizz but on the other hand there's been stuff when I woke up which would have been hitting midnight their time. They can be all over the place, which is why I tell people to not go "it's not happening today" at any time, really.

[Izalla]

There have been outliers in the "first build" category. I remember some first build of a major patch coming out while I was biking home which is like 7:00 in the morning for Blizz but on the other hand there's been stuff when I woke up which would have been hitting midnight their time. They can be all over the place, which is why I tell people to not go "it's not happening today" at any time, really.

Yeah I could swear one hit at around 1am for me which would be 9pm for them, I just don't remember what it was except it was during Legion-BfA timeframe!

[Marlamin]

Yeah I could swear one hit at around 1am for me which would be 9pm for them, I just don't remember what it was except it was during Legion-BfA timeframe!

Oh, me neither. I forget stuff like that.

[Hitei]

I wonder what the other three covenant mounts will be, and if they'll only have one mount model each.

[Izalla]

So from what I've been able to dig up, the first build of BfA went up in the evening. I found a wowhead post for 8pm my time, and the MMOC post was for 11pm my time.

"Battle for Azeroth Datamining - 8.01 Beta Build 25902
posted 2018/01/25 at 8:36 PM by Squishei
The first 8.01 beta build is now live on Blizzard's servers. Check back for updates."

"2018-01-25, 11:15 PM Battle for Azeroth Alpha - Build 25902
Here we go!"

So that's ranging between 4-7pm California time that those were posted.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

I'm guessing its already programmed to go up whenever the time is set, like its automatic instead of manually doing it.

[Revamp Man]

Towelliee knows stuff relating to the alpha servers coming up, he doesnt know when the first dataminable comes out. But its gonna be this week.

I say no later than Thursday

[Fawkess]

I wonder what the other three covenant mounts will be, and if they'll only have one mount model each.

I remember them saying you could upgrade the appearance of each mount, like it starts off unarmored and you can change its color and appearance

[Chickat]

I don't understand why they launched the unencrypted build so early.

[Edward Wu]

I actually don't think they are behind. I think this is their marketing strategy for SL. Wait until the absolute last possible moment for anything - public build/alpha/beta/release, to just make people want this more and more with each coming week, until their mouths start salivating at the thought of playing something better than BfA.

[Valysar]

Or they're just playing with us

[therumblings]

I actually don't think they are behind. I think this is their marketing strategy for SL. Wait until the absolute last possible moment for anything - public build/alpha/beta/release, to just make people want this more and more with each coming week, until their mouths start salivating at the thought of playing something better than BfA.

It will only turn people off from the hype, considering the state the live game is in. The alpha and datamining play a pretty big part of the hype and advertising of expansions these days.

[Queen of Hamsters]

It will only turn people off from the hype, considering the state the live game is in. The alpha and datamining play a pretty big part of the hype and advertising of expansions these days.

Tbf, they've got actual numbers on player engagement.

If they ain't sounding the alarm, neither should we. The "state" of the game has always been used as an argument, I've seen it said in so many posts over so many expansions that it's mindboggling.

And not even in WoD did they rush, we got a 16-month drought and they put out Legion.