9.0 General Discussion

[FlemmMinis]

I would bet my ass that shamans will be unlocked last. With no changes.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Lol, guess the crow tastes like sour grapes to some.

Oh well! Hopefully Datamine tonight, Alpha release asap in the week!

[Lahis]

I'd love for Retri to feel more like vengeful (but just) policemen. Imbuing themselves with Blessings before heading into battle. Holy power isn't really necessary.

If blessings added effects to your other spells and were consumed on that other spell's use that could work.

[GR8GODZILLAGOD]

Also, nice to Blizzard to add another reminder for the slow among us that the Necrolord plate set is literally the best. Just the best.

The Necrolord plate is pure edgelord sex. I love it.

[Darkarath]

Interesting that we will be able to improve our gear with conquest points, guess that we will have something similar for PvE? Can wait to see those class changes.

[Yarathir]

The Necrolord plate is pure edgelord sex. I love it.

I just feel like I'm playing Darksiders when I'm looking at it.

[dlhak]

The very first wave of public invites has generally always gone to the "ever present" crowd.

This is the first time Blizzard explicitly says you need an active subscription to get invited for an expansion test.

and no, Classic is not an expansion.

[Makabreska]

So as I speculated, very complete Alpha.

[Gurahk]

I'm glad they're pushing the class changes as the first thing in the alpha.

[Yarathir]

This is the first time Blizzard explicitly says you need an active subscription to get invited for an expansion test.

and no, Classic is not an expansion.

Makes sense.
Why would you want some guy that hasn't been around for 5 years to be at the frontlines of alpha testing?

[Hallowseve17]

I would bet my ass that shamans will be unlocked last. With no changes.

I certainly hope not, lol. I stopped playing my shaman because of their current state (or maybe I'm just bad). Fingers crossed they get the fixing they deserve.

[Lahis]

I would bet my ass that shamans will be unlocked last. With no changes.

They already posted the Shaman changes:

[EbaumsTipster]

Makes sense.
Why would you want some guy that hasn't been around for 5 years to be at the frontlines of alpha testing?

The argument will be "if you're actively subbed to BFA you don't know what's best for the game".

[Revamp Man]

“We want to hear if we went too far with un-pruning”

If you complain about cosmetic abilities you are a dick

[FlemmMinis]

They already posted the Shaman changes:

Right. I forgot.

[Yarathir]

The argument will be "if you're actively subbed to BFA you don't know what's best for the game".

"Obviously, I.. person who hasn't been subbed for half a decade and who proclaims that WoW is dead at least ten times a week, am most suited and qualified to analyze the merits of this new expansion through experiencing its alpha stage before any paying subscriber."

[FlemmMinis]

"Obviously, I.. person who hasn't been subbed for half a decade and who proclaims that WoW is dead at least ten times a week, am most suited and qualified to analyze the merits of this new expansion through experiencing its alpha stage before any paying subscriber."

I really want to upvote you right now.

[Eurhetemec]

This is the first time Blizzard explicitly says you need an active subscription to get invited for an expansion test.

It may be the first time they've said it, but it's certainly not the first time they've done it.]

And it makes sense. There's little point inviting lapsed subs to alphas and betas. I mean, they definitely used to invite lapsed subs to betas (up to MoP at least), and guess what? I know I ignored every single invite, and I would bet virtually everyone with a lapsed sub did. People let subs lapse for a lot of reason. Very few of them do it because they actually want to seriously alpha/beta-test the next expansion but aren't otherwise interested in the game. Most people with lapsed subs are either too busy to play WoW, disenchanted with WoW (which an alpha won't magically change), or playing something else.

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"Obviously, I.. person who hasn't been subbed for half a decade and who proclaims that WoW is dead at least ten times a week, am most suited and qualified to analyze the merits of this new expansion through experiencing its alpha stage before any paying subscriber."

Yeah this.

[Hyrja]

Bring on the Alpha build Blizz!

[EbaumsTipster]

"Obviously, I.. person who hasn't been subbed for half a decade and who proclaims that WoW is dead at least ten times a week, am most suited and qualified to analyze the merits of this new expansion through experiencing its alpha stage before any paying subscriber."

Well, yeah. Most people who don't like WoW anymore think that.