Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Cheezits]

For what it's worth, Towellie hyped up today, and we know PTR was yesterday, so something could be revealed.

[Veluren]

And their encryption is getting pretty tight from what Marlamin said last they checked in, so there could be big stuff being unlocked for testing today.

It's all supposition of course, but still

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

They don't really go 3 weeks without any bleep from them, so I am sort of expecting something this week just because it would be very odd to have 3 dead weeks.

[Sondrelk]

And their encryption is getting pretty tight from what Marlamin said last they checked in, so there could be big stuff being unlocked for testing today.

It's all supposition of course, but still

Given Blizzard talked about how they would like to encrypt more story stuff I imagine we might not learn what is actually encrypted until the actual launch of the patch.
Just seems like a waste to encrypt whatever is happening on Tirisfal so long only to reveal it so close to the launch of the patch.

[Lady Atia]

Given Blizzard talked about how they would like to encrypt more story stuff I imagine we might not learn what is actually encrypted until the actual launch of the patch.
Just seems like a waste to encrypt whatever is happening on Tirisfal so long only to reveal it so close to the launch of the patch.

Can't they just drop a hotfix to de-crypt stuff? That's what they do on live servers for shop stuff, right?

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Also, it's still possible that they drop darkfallen as pre-order bonus but still want to keep the "how" a mystery, hence the encryption?

[Hyrja]

Welp, Towelliee just confirmed the "hype" was about Arclight rumble beta being playable at 10am today kek

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

3 Weeks dead air, I guess it has to be next week then.

[Kiria]

Welp, Towelliee just confirmed the "hype" was about Arclight rumble beta being playable at 10am today kek

That's disappointing, so no chance of a pre order drop today all all then?

[Vasoka]

LIVE http://twitch.tv/towelliee Big day big plans. Bring your 9.2.5 hats, phone hats, pc hats, news hats. All da hats. Gonna be a long one today.

This is his Tweet from 1h ago, it clearly mentions 9.2.5 and PC.

[Hyrja]

LIVE http://twitch.tv/towelliee Big day big plans. Bring your 9.2.5 hats, phone hats, pc hats, news hats. All da hats. Gonna be a long one today.

This is his Tweet from 1h ago, it clearly mentions 9.2.5 and PC.

yep hes testing the 9.2.5 ptr atm, he said the tweet was about arclight rumble so no reason to further speculate.

[therumblings]

I don't think it eliminates all possibilities. Stuff definitely could be revealed today regardless of whatever Towelliee is doing, it's been a month since the announcement already.

[Valysar]

LIVE http://twitch.tv/towelliee Big day big plans. Bring your 9.2.5 hats, phone hats, pc hats, news hats. All da hats. Gonna be a long one today.

This is his Tweet from 1h ago, it clearly mentions 9.2.5 and PC.

Well nothing interesting so, sad day

[Dracullus]

That's disappointing, so no chance of a pre order drop today all all then?

Today? It make no sense.

If they want to wait with pre-order, they'll do it later than just month after reveal.
If rewards for pre-order are in 9.2.5, they must first launch 9.2.5.

[Shampro]

Tbh Probably gonna be 9.2.5 release announcement, though whats the reason for it to be hyped? who knows

[therumblings]

I doubt we will get a pre-order today, probably just some pre-alpha hype stuff like those blog posts.

[Kiria]

Today? It make no sense.

If they want to wait with pre-order, they'll do it later than just month after reveal.
If rewards for pre-order are in 9.2.5, they must first launch 9.2.5.

Bored, I just want more information and deets on the new expansion!!! I'm genuinely excited for it, This 4 weeks of silence has been a killer.

[Ersula]

And their encryption is getting pretty tight from what Marlamin said last they checked in, so there could be big stuff being unlocked for testing today.

It's all supposition of course, but still

I understand they don't want to let people test an allied race before clarifying you need to purchase Dragonflight before you can play as them, but still, this would be the first time they've ever encrypted & then unencrypted something while it was still on the PTR.

[Sondrelk]

Lol, doesn't even seem like Arclight Rumble had an announcement tonight? Literally just Towellie promoting his own spot on a limited closed beta?

Towellie not having any good insider info? Shocker I tell you, shocker!

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Speaking of info, I wonder when, or even if we are going to get a Dragonflight Features trailer. Usually we got that first thing in the expansion reveal panel after the Trailer and a brief introduction. I can only assume that most of the features are not fleshed out enough yet, at least to the point where it's worth showing them off.

[Marlamin]

Hyping up the closed non-AU beta of Arclight Rumble starting is perfectly okay since Towelliee is actually excited for it. Don't think anyone actually mentioned an "announcement" and it's just another case of the hype thread reading too much into things.

A bunch of reviews also released so there definitely was an embargo lift on the game.

[Marlamin]

He knows what he's doing though.

If it's a game he got access to and plans to stream, he could just make that clear from the get go.

But I guess it's more lucrative to drop teases on Twitter for two days, making it sound like big news are coming and not denying any of the rumours in his own comments.

He was even on Mr GMs stream earlier today and chose to not clarify anything when both Dan and his viewers went wild with speculation.

Teasing isn't breaking an NDA/embargo, confirming what is happening is. It's not that complex. Obviously the hype works in his favor, but that's just how it is (and is complained about every single time in this thread for all the past years it has been happening).