Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Lady Atia]

Guys relax - builds usually go up in 3-4 hours. In the mean time, get a nice wine and some nachos =)

Hype Hype Hype Hype Hype!

[TS26]

Guys relax - builds usually go up in 3-4 hours. In the mean time, get a nice wine and some nachos =)

Hype Hype Hype Hype Hype!

but thats too late in EU

I demand they put it up now

[Lady Atia]

but thats too late in EU

I demand they put it up now

Well, I think we will get to play it earlier once it releases? Seems like a fair trade to me.

[Arcinatoss]

We'll see if we get a zorbrix gif anytime soon.

[MightyWarrior]

my uncles girlfriends sons step dad works for blizzard, alpha is starting today bois

[Makabreska]

but thats too late in EU

I demand they put it up now

I mean, even better. You can wake up to a nice pile of mined stuff next day instead of F5ing the shit out of the Wowhead.

[Xofoo]

I mean, even better. You can wake up to a nice pile of mined stuff next day instead of F5ing the shit out of the Wowhead.

But F5-ing is part of the fun!

[zeir]

Zorbrix's Dudamel gif waiting room

[Catastrophy349]

Zorbrix's Dudamel gif waiting room

Alternatively, Towelliee has said (on many an occasion) that when Blizzard employees are quiet on Twitter it's because stuff is about to happen (i.e. they are busy getting stuff done).

[Lady Atia]

Alternatively, Towelliee has said (on many an occasion) that when Blizzard employees are quiet on Twitter it's because stuff is about to happen (i.e. they are busy getting stuff done).

The silence before the flight.

[Catastrophy349]

Here's what I truly believe: No matter what, whether it's this week or next, I feel VERY confident based on past precedent that an Alpha/Beta cycle and data-minable content is coming. All in all, happy to be on my Summer vacation during it all. Sit back and enjoy the ride (on my dragon ofc).

[Marlamin]

Here's what I truly believe: No matter what, whether it's this week or next, I feel VERY confident based on past precedent that an Alpha/Beta cycle and data-minable content is coming. All in all, happy to be on my Summer vacation during it all. Sit back and enjoy the ride (on my dragon ofc).

Watch them encrypt the entire thing in Overwatch-esque fashion where you pretty much need the server to give you keys to access any content whatsoever.

[Lady Atia]

Watch them encrypt the entire thing in Overwatch-esque fashion where you pretty much need the server to give you keys to access any content whatsoever.

Ufff. That's not what I meant with "I want story and raid encryption" hahahaha.

[Makorus]

Watch them encrypt the entire thing in Overwatch-esque fashion where you pretty much need the server to give you keys to access any content whatsoever.

Part of me would be annoyed for it in the moment, because I love the whole "first Alpha build" period, but I think I would probably appreciate that more in the grand scheme of things.

[Catastrophy349]

Watch them encrypt the entire thing in Overwatch-esque fashion where you pretty much need the server to give you keys to access any content whatsoever.

In terms of what I don't want/want to see, the main thing I would "prefer" to see a lot less this time around is the zones/story (in terms of spoilers); I understand that it's probably impossible to NOT show any of it. Then again, I never "truly" spoil the story for a new expansion from the alpha/beta anyway. I watch some stuff but keep it light enough where I'm not spoiled.

[Xofoo]

Watch them encrypt the entire thing in Overwatch-esque fashion where you pretty much need the server to give you keys to access any content whatsoever.

Why stop there? Let's do the entire testing phase in house! No alpha or beta, just the pre patch! Encrypted ofcourse!

[Aeluron Lightsong]

I'm betting we'll still get datamined stuff but it might be different to what we're used to if 9.2 and 9.2.5 is anything to go by.

[Catastrophy349]

I want to see more Dragon-riding!

[Marlamin]

Why stop there? Let's do the entire testing phase in house! No alpha or beta, just the pre patch! Encrypted ofcourse!

I get that you're being facetious, but the difference between encrypting the entire thing is that being a technological investment of porting over what they already do for Overwatch (which shares the same filesystem tech as WoW) vs. hiring hundreds of QA people to replace public testing entirely. Not that comparable.

Part of me would be annoyed for it in the moment, because I love the whole "first Alpha build" period, but I think I would probably appreciate that more in the grand scheme of things.

Same, but to be clear, I don't actually expect them to do that as it is only useful for pre-release and might just cause issues down the line.

[Lady Atia]

I want to see more Dragon-riding!

I hope wowhead will try to get a dressing room for the drakes up asap. I just wanna build my dragon babies for all my alts haha.