Access to 5.0.1 PTR and Mists of Pandaria Beta

[Deleted]

Kinda funny how Annual pass people don't get PTR.

they have been in the past.
in cata pre release patch ptr i was able to log on without being subbed

Without commenting on the starter edition accounts (no idea) I can say that being subbed to WoW at the time PTR is going on means nothing. Blizzard does "screening of active accounts" some time before they open PTR and if you are subbed at the time of the "screening" then you will have access to that PTR regardless of being subbed to live WoW while the PTR runs.

This screening usually takes place anywhere from 1 day to 3 weeks before the PTR goes live.

[Vonnaldon]

4.0.1 hit the PTR on Sept 10, it went live October 12 for those interested

[Schaapa]

Thursday or Friday.

They should wait until next Friday imo :P

[Kanturotar]

I knew it! the patch will come the week after the cinematic is screened in august just like the cataclysm one

[thebigman1212]

As far as i know, any account that WAS active at any time can play in the ptr and use the premade character copys. Even if it is now frozen.

I am not sure if this goes for free to play accounts but i assume it wouldn't.

[Deleted]

Pre expansion PTRs were 63, 61 and 86 days long for the last 3 expansion. I bet it will be a little shorter since the actual pre-patch will be only ~2 weeks long and that is much shorter than previous ones. 1 more point for end of august/first week of sept release.

[Jedicic]

Can't wait! Took about 3 months from when 4.0.1 was available on the PTR till the cata release date. Here's hoping they speed up the development process.

[spiralled]

I don't understand why they still haven't announced the date, they must know what it is by now..

[Anjerith]

I don't understand why they still haven't announced the date, they must know what it is by now..

Since they are still in the middle of some not insignificant gameplay changes on the beta, it would be very stupid of them to give you a date.

[WarTV]

and it begins.

[Biggayshammy]

3 months is not "Right around the Corner." They wouldn't be announcing 5.1 coming to the PTR soon if it was 3 months away, I'd put it at a month tops, and even that seems too far away for an announcement. What'd I'd like to ask is how long is a pre-launch patch on the ptr before it goes live, if any reasonable average can be deduced from past events. We already know that release is about 2 weeks after 5.0 is released on Live, so with a little math here and there, maybe we can come up with a better estimate.

So never mind, I realize he meant that the ptr stuff makes it onto live, as opposed to the ptr you know, coming out. Ignore my post

9/11 is irrelevant to this game

[Cairm]

How long??? Must be before GW2

[Deleted]

Since they are still in the middle of some not insignificant gameplay changes on the beta, it would be very stupid of them to give you a date.

That's not the reason, they couldn't care less about that.

It's all about hyping your product, you as a company have the date, but they people don't, so you keep giving them hints to keep them excited and talking about the product. If they gave you the date, there wouldn't be much of a hype, it would last a few weeks, but that's it. Why you think Apple doesn't announce their new products that much in time? To keep their costumers and outsiders hyped.

[Count Zero]

I don't understand why they still haven't announced the date, they must know what it is by now..

They will only announce a release date when they feel there is basically no chance for anything to delay it.

[Zalanth]

Hmm, I guess people who have access to the beta should still be able to use the PTR, as the beta license in your battle.net account is separate from your main account. That is, you may connect to the live realms with WoW1, but your beta license is WoW2 (or similar).

[Silversol]

9/11 is irrelevant to this game

True, but very relevant to PR for the company. Blizzard wouldn't look too good in the public eye if people were anticipating that date for the release.

Am I the only one that read the blue post as "use one PTR account to log into beta and use the other PTR account for the PTR?" I have PTR 1 and PTR 3 under my game license. PTR 3 is my beta access. So PTR 1 is my PTR account, I think.

[Bryce]

People with annual pass can still get on the PTR.

Look at your battle.net accounts. MoP beta is PTR WoW 2, at least for me. I still have a PTR WoW 1 account. Just login with the WoW 1 ptr account and you should be able to get into it.

[brothernads]

True, but very relevant to PR for the company. Blizzard wouldn't look too good in the public eye if people were anticipating that date for the release.

The fact that the game may release on Sept. 11 is irrelevant. It's not even a federal holiday (although, in my eyes, it should be). Also, remember...Cataclysm came out on Pearl Harbor Day.

[Rosur]

I'm thinking same realse date as Guild wars 2 now...(28th August)

[Flatspriest]

So happy for this; how long can we expect between PTR and live?

Generally, as I have found from the past pre-expansion PTR's, they are on the PTR for about 1 month and then a month after they go live, the expansion does. So, that means somewhere around 2 months left. Maybe 3 months.