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Soccerman06

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I wish I could play but I wont be playing till probably late tomorrow, damn this slow internet.
 

Anomaly1964

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I am so freaking getting tired of this...

I pre-ordered...
I have a kick ass rig...

What is the &^%$ing criteria used for getting chosen to beta test?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
 

mnewsham

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I am so freaking getting tired of this...

I pre-ordered...
I have a kick ass rig...

What is the &^%$ing criteria used for getting chosen to beta test?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

check here they claimed they were sending out more invites soon. I haven't gotten my notification in the email yet. But you should check email and that link to see if you are in. It is random chance for selection. AFAIK it is about 25k people. (out of a bit over 1.5 million preorders)
 

Anomaly1964

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check here they claimed they were sending out more invites soon. I haven't gotten my notification in the email yet. But you should check email and that link to see if you are in. It is random chance for selection. AFAIK it is about 25k people. (out of a bit over 1.5 million preorders)

Thanks bro, I tried that link...

...if nothing else my ANGER will make my SITH POWERS all the better!
 

Seero

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What'd you want to know?
Is it another grinding type or a pigeon holed instance type? That is, users are suppose to go into the same instance over and over again, 7 times a week, every week just to get some form of token so you can get gears, plus 1-2 raid instance for a year at high level?

Graphics, starting with WoW as 1, Dx11 Crysis as 5, how will you rank it?

I believe all quest are voice over, but are they good?

Does the game feel repetitive in terms of leveling?

Will a brain dead subpar WoW sub able to get to the top?

Thank you in advance for your answers.
 

Clinkster

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Is it another grinding type or a pigeon holed instance type? That is, users are suppose to go into the same instance over and over again, 7 times a week, every week just to get some form of token so you can get gears, plus 1-2 raid instance for a year at high level?

Graphics, starting with WoW as 1, Dx11 Crysis as 5, how will you rank it?

I believe all quest are voice over, but are they good?

Does the game feel repetitive in terms of leveling?

Will a brain dead subpar WoW sub able to get to the top?

Thank you in advance for your answers.

Quoting for emphasis, I was wondering each of these questions myself.
 

mnewsham

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Is it another grinding type or a pigeon holed instance type? That is, users are suppose to go into the same instance over and over again, 7 times a week, every week just to get some form of token so you can get gears, plus 1-2 raid instance for a year at high level?
there are flashpoints that give tokens for gear, they weren't necessary and I only did them one or two times.

Graphics, starting with WoW as 1, Dx11 Crysis as 5, how will you rank it?
2 or 3 however aa isn't enabled yet.


I believe all quest are voice over, but are they good?
what is released is good, large chunks still need voicing over.


Does the game feel repetitive in terms of leveling?
in the earlyish levels it can, it depends how you play

Will a brain dead subpar WoW sub able to get to the top?
not sure how to answer :p


Thank you in advance for your answers.

Hope that helps
 

Mem

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I am so freaking getting tired of this...

I pre-ordered...
I have a kick ass rig...

What is the &^%$ing criteria used for getting chosen to beta test?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Just chill out to next month and play ToR when it goes live or go and play other new games like Skyrim next week ;) .

Remember all beta characters will be wiped so you better off starting fresh when it goes live,even if they sent me another invitation to beta test I would not bother,rather play it when it goes live at launch.
 

maniacalpha1-1

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Now that we're getting really close to release, is more known about PvP servers? Obviously the non-pvp servers will be completely carebear with only consensual duels or completely voluntarily-entered battlefronts, but what about the actual PvP servers? Will those be called PvP servers yet all the pvp is still consensual only, or perhaps half the shard/server is still a non-attack zone?
 

Lumathix

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Yeah, I recently played Rift, got the CE for cheap on Steam and it was a ton of fun leveling up with world PvP. Once you hit max-level, steaming pile of crap. My expectations for MMOs that follow the WoW blueprint are now really low. I wish more games were open sandbox like Eve.

This x100...not necessarily like Eve (no experience with it) but open world...not linear gameplay and story.
 

mnewsham

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Anyone get an invite that doesn't feel like playing this weekend?

They are actively banning accounts that they think have been sold or traded. They are checking IP's they dont even want you to play it at a coffee shop or anything.
 

Soccerman06

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Is it another grinding type or a pigeon holed instance type? That is, users are suppose to go into the same instance over and over again, 7 times a week, every week just to get some form of token so you can get gears, plus 1-2 raid instance for a year at high level?
We dont know as there is no end game yet, but there are heroic instances at 50 and we know of atleast 1 raid. Probably will follow the same style as wow, get gear from heroics and then raid for gear. Luckily in raids everyone gets a class specific item from each boss kill instead of random item drops.

Graphics, starting with WoW as 1, Dx11 Crysis as 5, how will you rank it?
2ish

I believe all quest are voice over, but are they good?
Most are good, some are bad. I havent seen any missing dialog this build

Does the game feel repetitive in terms of leveling?
It can get repetitive imo but atleast its better than wow.

Will a brain dead subpar WoW sub able to get to the top?
Possibly, but I always assume people are competent until proven otherwise so maybe?

Thank you in advance for your answers.

stuff
 

Anomaly1964

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Just got an invite...

...I think it's just for the weekend but better than nothing!

THE SITH SHALL RISE...
 

velillen

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I finally got an invite as well. Only been signed up since you could. Least i have the weekend off....though i might be going out of town too >.<

Sadly this will probably be the weekend that determines if i buy the game or not. Still unsure if i want to get into another MMO or not.
 

Nizology

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Got in myself too! Can't wait. I was almost getting to the point where I didn't really want to test it out so it wouldn't spoil it for me, but trying it out for a few days will be perfect. And BF3 will keep me busy as well.

Downloading the client now.
 

Merad

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Invite here too. And OF COURSE after being signed up for 3 years my beta time would start on Skyrim's release date. :colbert:
 

Demo24

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heh, this time I would be able to join you weekenders on the server. Doubt I'll be playing tor this weekend though.