MMO Champion (and a few of our tipsters -- thanks!) is reporting that
the European WoW site has opened up registration for the
Wrath of the Lich King beta. I wasn't able to sign in with my trial account (created for the
Dingstravaganza a while back), but there's no question that
the page is up (inside EU players' Account Management menu) and accepting signups. Of course, this still doesn't mean that anyone is playing the beta, only that signups are taking place. We're also being told that it's an open sign-up, so it could be a long time before these signups are actually allowed to play, especially if
one of the beta keys from BlizzCon or WWI are used to run a closed beta first.
As for why this isn't happening on
the main North American site yet, remember that
one of the EU CMs was the one to break the news -- perhaps because WWI was local, they're starting things up early there (or maybe it's just a timezone thing, and the EU site has had more time today to get the signups going). No matter what, the wait is almost over -- there's no question now that we're
closer to the Wrath of the Lich King beta than ever.
Update: Eyonix confirms the registration on US side is
coming soon.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
7-03-2008 @ 12:54PM
Willypiggy said...
Sweet! Just opted in :D
Lets hope a large amount of people are chosen to participate!
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7-03-2008 @ 1:31PM
Ikarus said...
Anyone have any idea on how many people they use for a beta?
7-03-2008 @ 12:57PM
Fleas said...
Sweet!
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7-03-2008 @ 1:02PM
Elmo said...
Might it be smart to wait 'till they officially open this option?
in other words, if it's still there tomorrow I opt in.
don't want my account to be excluded from beta because I was early :
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7-03-2008 @ 1:03PM
Meira said...
Opted in too!!!
I really hope i get a beta key, i'm kinda the news reporter on my guild (linking all the worthy news in forums and wowinsider, screenies and descriptions of the ptr...)
Who am I kidding, i want to roll my Death Knight, get my mage to 80 and see all the new content XD
"Lets hope a large amount of people are chosen to participate!"
I hope too, crossing fingers ^^
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7-03-2008 @ 1:04PM
Azzura said...
It is on the American servers...when I ordered a Bliz Authentication device - I got to choose to Opt In for Beta.
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7-03-2008 @ 1:07PM
Rihlsul said...
Ditto. Call me a greedy jerk, but I hope folks that jumped in on that early get weighted more likely to nab an invite. (Again, no blame for a "stfu mr 'i haz authenticator'")
7-03-2008 @ 1:09PM
Vlatch said...
This was a generic opt-in for all Blizzard games. The one that's being discussed by this post is found in your account management section after you login to the worldofwarcraft.com site.
7-03-2008 @ 1:56PM
Prauche said...
GRRRR I guess I ordered my Authenticator too early, as it was NOT available when I ordered.
7-03-2008 @ 1:07PM
Vlatch said...
Drysc is reporting that the beta opt in will be available on the US Servers "Super Soon."
As of 1:06 pm EDT, Thursday, July 3.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=7736594202&sid=1&pageNo=2#37
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7-03-2008 @ 1:08PM
Rinaquenon said...
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=7736594202&sid=1
Eyonix reporting the US Beta Opt-in is "Super Soon"
I'm guessing within the next hour or two we'll be able to sign up!!!
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7-03-2008 @ 1:11PM
Muse said...
Arg. I had opened the account management page, then tabbed out to talk in WoW some, and now the server has 503ed.
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7-03-2008 @ 1:18PM
Gror said...
I just opted in too.
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7-03-2008 @ 1:19PM
darkra said...
Seems like the rumors about july 3rd were true, just the German CM or the guy from the WoW fansite that reported it, in the whirlwind of activities of WWI didn't understand correctly.
My bet is beta starting in 2-3 weeks :)
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7-03-2008 @ 1:21PM
Lab Monkey said...
I don't want to see the Beta. Why are so many people excited to spoil the content they'll just have to repeat, likely with multiple toons, upon release?
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7-03-2008 @ 1:24PM
darkra said...
Cause some of us are boooooooooooored :D
Gief beta!
7-03-2008 @ 2:36PM
zappo said...
haha, I'm even lazier than that. I'm just going to putz around doing hardly anything during the first week after release until people start figuring out the quests and posting on thotbot.
7-03-2008 @ 2:44PM
BitterCupOJoe said...
Among other things, I'm curious as to A) what changes between then and now B) what's the deal with paladins, since there's been very little announced and C) whether DKs solo well enough that I'm going to want to grind yet another character up through Outland.
7-03-2008 @ 1:23PM
Lab Monkey said...
Why are so many people so eager to rush in and spoil all the new content before release? You'll just have to repeat it all again, right?
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7-03-2008 @ 2:41PM
Gulbrandt said...
Part of it is seeing the content, but the whole point of a Beta is to have many players in the game to find as many bugs/problems/issues as possible, because Blizzard alone can't do it.
Should I get an invite, I'll poke around a bit with the mindset of *trying* to break the game. Do stuff you wouldn't necessarily do in-game, make sure you don't get stuck in the landscape, make sure all mobs are responding appropriately, make sure that talents are doing what they should, and gear is doing what it should, etc.
In a Beta version of any program, I find it's safer to assume it's "broken" until proven otherwise. :)
Once the really huge, obvious bugs and problems are fixed in Closed Beta, then Blizzard might go with the next step, which is Open Beta. The general public gets to test it. Now, any bugs or issues in the game tend to more subtle, hidden, or harder to find. Players and users tend to do things the programmers weren't expecting.
Once that Beta is approved and cleaned up, then I imagine we'll see the release candidate/final. :)