I was just wondering with RoS not to far from release have there been any comments from a Blue on an Open Beta date? I searched the forums and Wiki and couldn't find a thing.
indeed it did have one but wasnt it just like the weekend before relase to stress test the servers? And wasnt that done artificially on the PTR/Beta servers when the PTR launched?
Keep the effing trolling out of this thread, will ya.
BTT: No word on open beta yet, and might not happen just because stress testing seems to have been done in December already. It's also just an expansion, so not quite rocket science. I'd love to see an open beta though, new people on 70 to play with... right now beta is dead and solo play just isn't fun with the (still broken) wizard right now. I hope there's another big wave after the next patch, and that said patch hits soon...
Keep the effing trolling out of this thread, will ya.BTT: No word on open beta yet, and might not happen just because stress testing seems to have been done in December already. It's also just an expansion, so not quite rocket science. I'd love to see an open beta though, new people on 70 to play with... right now beta is dead and solo play just isn't fun with the (still broken) wizard right now. I hope there's another big wave after the next patch, and that said patch hits soon...
Keep the effing trolling out of this thread, will ya.
BTT: No word on open beta yet, and might not happen just because stress testing seems to have been done in December already. It's also just an expansion, so not quite rocket science. I'd love to see an open beta though, new people on 70 to play with... right now beta is dead and solo play just isn't fun with the (still broken) wizard right now. I hope there's another big wave after the next patch, and that said patch hits soon...
Bagstone,
This might be a separate thread, but how is the wizard broken in beta? I'm seriously asking, as I don't have access to the beta. I've been playing wizard on PTR and enjoy it immensely. My DH still sucks though...
Shield generators don't work the way they're supposed to work, in particular Deflection is still bugged afaik. If it's not bugged, then the game is out of balance; right now the only way to survive as wizard on 70 is go full freeze mode or kite like hell. But there are some skills that suggest that a more tanky wizard should be possible, and right now I don't see that working out. With removing life steal Blizzard went down a dangerous path, balancing defensive spells and life regeneration for different classes (monks and barbs seem to have quite an easy way out here). But yeah, different thread... once the patch hits, I'll update my thread in the wizard forum in case you're interested.
Shield generators don't work the way they're supposed to work, in particular Deflection is still bugged afaik. If it's not bugged, then the game is out of balance; right now the only way to survive as wizard on 70 is go full freeze mode or kite like hell. But there are some skills that suggest that a more tanky wizard should be possible, and right now I don't see that working out. With removing life steal Blizzard went down a dangerous path, balancing defensive spells and life regeneration for different classes (monks and barbs seem to have quite an easy way out here). But yeah, different thread... once the patch hits, I'll update my thread in the wizard forum in case you're interested.
It's not going to happen. Blizz has said they'll be a new ptr/beta patch soon, I suspect this will be the last one as the launch date is quickly approaching. I would think they would bring down the testing realms at the end of the month.
There won't be an open beta, just like vanilla D3 didn't have one.
Vanilla d3 did have an open beta tho
It did? I thought that was a one-weekend stress test?
Yea the stress test was just that - a stress test. D3V never had an official 'open beta' imo, BUT I could see how someone could make that argument.
Edit; I don't think even the stress test will happen, since PTR and beta are on the same servers and they already did the stress testing awhile ago.
A stress test and an open beta are pretty much the same thing (in this scenario). The stress test involved the same content that the closed beta people tested, except it was available to everybody... aka open. So, the closed beta became an open beta.
no they wont be an open beta since its kinda meaningless they got enough testers as developers already mentioned and second of all didnt they say 1 month befor the release they will add loot 2.0 and paragon to d3v?
No, they didn't mention when the pre-expansion patch will hit. The only hint we got was a bluepost saying that usually these pre-expansion patches hit within a time frame between 2 months and 2 weeks before the expansion. Could also just be one week to make it in line with AH removal. No one knows.
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Vanilla d3 did have an open beta tho
indeed it did have one but wasnt it just like the weekend before relase to stress test the servers? And wasnt that done artificially on the PTR/Beta servers when the PTR launched?
BTT: No word on open beta yet, and might not happen just because stress testing seems to have been done in December already. It's also just an expansion, so not quite rocket science. I'd love to see an open beta though, new people on 70 to play with... right now beta is dead and solo play just isn't fun with the (still broken) wizard right now. I hope there's another big wave after the next patch, and that said patch hits soon...
This might be a separate thread, but how is the wizard broken in beta? I'm seriously asking, as I don't have access to the beta. I've been playing wizard on PTR and enjoy it immensely. My DH still sucks though...
In fact It's how I stay alive!
Edit; I don't think even the stress test will happen, since PTR and beta are on the same servers and they already did the stress testing awhile ago.