tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post6617299718670073322..comments2023-06-19T10:45:56.724-04:00Comments on Player Versus Developer: What would you do in the Wrath Beta?Green Armadillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-8615659401854471112008-07-05T16:25:00.000-04:002008-07-05T16:25:00.000-04:00I've got mixed feelings just like you, still I sig...I've got mixed feelings just like you, still I signed up for it. Being a gnome I can't help myself, I'm just too curious aout it.<BR/><BR/>I wrote a post about it as well, it will appear on my blog in the next few days. <BR/><BR/>Another thing: I didn't find another way to contact you than by comments. I just wanted to thank you for including me on your blogroll! However the link's a bit broken. To make it work so it shows my latest post - change the link to my feedburner address: <BR/>http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePinkPigtailInn<BR/><BR/>For some reason this is just a problem for Blogger blogs. When a WordPress blog links to me it works perfectly well. Don't ask me why. <BR/><BR/>It was Zupa at http://automagica.blogspot.com/<BR/>who came up with the solution. I would never have guessed it myself.Larísahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769822260333419777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-31043815746625650742008-07-05T10:33:00.000-04:002008-07-05T10:33:00.000-04:00The point about early/late beta access is a good o...The point about early/late beta access is a good one. In the earlier stages, with fewer players in the beta, you'd have plenty of time to get to max level without playing at breakneck speed (and forsaking all ties to your retail server), and the devs will probably be paying more attention to lengthy design feedback posts. <BR/><BR/>Later on in the beta (which was the phase I got into for TBC via a contest at Worldofwar.net), there are many more people on the forums leaving their own personal treatises (<A HREF="http://www.wowwiki.com/Skinning_a_bear_should_aggro_every_bears" REL="nofollow">Skinning a bear should aggro every bears in a 40 yard radius</A>), and there isn't much time left for devs to do anything but fix show-stopping bugs and exploits (e.g. people slowfalling onto Tempest keep).Green Armadillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-48027426332877302132008-07-03T19:54:00.000-04:002008-07-03T19:54:00.000-04:00Good question. Whilst I'd want to be using my main...Good question. Whilst I'd want to be using my main (a Paladin... *sigh*) in Beta, I would be spending most of my time testing out their new abilities and providing feedback on them to Blizz and the WoW community as a whole (or the tiny number who read my posts in various Forum). The upshot would probably be that I would level as far as I needed to get a decent grasp of the mechanics of new Spells/Talents, which could well be the level cap, and test out key quest chains and dungeons (esp those that Blizz want testing). I'd certainly resist pushing through content at a breakneck speed as if it were the first month of Wrath on a Live server.<BR/><BR/>I think that if a player looks at the Beta as 'early access' into new content they're setting themselves up for a fall, especially if they are used to the polished 'Live' content and have never done much playtesting in the past. Beta's, especially early ones, can feel like pulling teeth and paying for the privilege with all the bugs and nonsensical implementations. Definitely not for those who lack patience.Suicidal Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209267053163631586noreply@blogger.com