World of Warcraft: Beta Begins

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Originally Posted by epmode

and i just wanted to make sure everyone reads this and realizes that it's not such a horrible thing after all.

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Yeah, it seems over blown to me too. It doesn't seem like a big issue to me. The idea of not being able to put friends on your list because of their race is really stupid. And taking that out of context, that's really weird. OMFGsegregation.

The Horde/Alliance thing is just a pain in the ass.

Not only can you not have them on your friends list... you can't even check if they're online (it'll tell you that they don't exist if you /who them) and you can't even send them messages manually ("You can only whisper to members of your Alliance").

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Originally Posted by epmode

and i just wanted to make sure everyone reads this and realizes that it's not such a horrible thing after all.

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So how exactly is it a good thing where you're forced back to town, to sit in an inn for eight hours just to make it so you get 100% experience for your kills... and not twenty-five percent experience for your kills?

I surely don't want to spend eight hours sitting in an inn to restore myself to a not fatigued status. At least SWG had camps you could set out in the wild, which allievated the need to travel to cantinas and medical centers... this though? It sucks.

Also, I'll bet good money they change it, since the vast majority of gamers seem to think it's a shitty idea as well... I really don't care if Tycho thinks it's an alright idea or not.

Maybe it's their way of telling the gamers to go outside instead of play a game all day :P INNOVATIVE

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Originally Posted by BoBVila

Maybe it's their way of telling the gamers to go outside instead of play a game all day :P INNOVATIVE

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Maybe it's their way of artifically lengthening the game so you stay on for more months?

INNOVATIVE!!!

Either way, it's shit.

*bangs head on table*

I got my email - my, 'you'll be getting an email in a few more weeks' email. That's after my previous 'you'll be getting into phase 2 email', which was preceded by a 'you're in the beta email'. Presumably my next one will be a 'no really, you'll be getting an email soon' email.

I just wanna try it out so I can form some kind of opinion on yet another online rpg

You'll get your turn. It's better to wait right now anyway. All the newbie areas are either deserted or oversaturated. Plus everyone is so low level right now, the economy isn't working 100% yet either.

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Originally Posted by NoFace

So how exactly is it a good thing where you're forced back to town, to sit in an inn for eight hours just to make it so you get 100% experience for your kills... and not twenty-five percent experience for your kills?

I surely don't want to spend eight hours sitting in an inn to restore myself to a not fatigued status. At least SWG had camps you could set out in the wild, which allievated the need to travel to cantinas and medical centers... this though? It sucks.

Also, I'll bet good money they change it, since the vast majority of gamers seem to think it's a shitty idea as well... I really don't care if Tycho thinks it's an alright idea or not.

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It's not like it starts to degrade after 2 hours of play. That eight hours is a break time, you can't go more than 8 hours without playing a game?

Of course I can, but I don't really like being forced by the game makers to take breaks.

I can just imagine how much fun it'll be to deal with this fatigue shit and getting a reliable party.

"Oh sorry, gotta leave you guys and rest for 8 hours!"

It's a royal pain, and I'm sure it'll get changed before retail at least somewhat (like, how about if you're in an inn your actual fatigue decreases faster?).