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On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:52:24 +0000 (UTC), Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>Okay, so one time? In band camp? Catriona R <catrion...@totalise.co.uk> was all, like: 
> --> 	 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:24:18 +0100 <c18j3m...@mid.individual.net>
>
>> On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:11:50 +0000 (UTC), Lewis
>> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>
>>>Subject says it all, the WoW 6.0 alpha is available today. I have 7GB
>>>left to go on the download.
>
>> Officially it's beta,
>
>Depencs who you believe. The launcher says alpha, the buil number says
>beta. Since they say they are not feature-complete and are still working
>on mechanisms, I'd say alpha.
>
>Also, it's about as stable as a hippopotamus on point.

It certainly feels like alpha on stability, yep, I've seen a few betas
now but never one as bad as this so far.

>> feels more like an alpha based on the number of
>> crashes and disconnects so far ;-) Can't believe my luck at getting
>> in, I've never been randomly selected for beta before so that made my
>> day when I got it yesterday!
>
>People are claiming that the oler accounts got in first. As far as I can
>tell, that is true. My 9 and 10 year old accounts are in, my 6 and 3
>year old accounts are not. Coincidence, perhaps.

Yeah, they said they were focussing on veteran accounts. Mine dates
back to 2005.

>> Due to the DCs I'm only about 5 quests into the Tanaan Jungle intro
>> and can't say much about it, except you sure run into a lot of
>
>I cannot even get into Draenor as the gate was no-functional for me all
>of yesterday, even right after the rebooted the world server. NPCs look
>better, but otherwise, graphics look pretty similar to WoW 5.x to me.

If you mean the dark portal, at present you talk to Khadgar in SW/Org
to start the intro experience. 

>Went to timeless isle and kicked some elite's asses. Felt the same as
>WoW 5, mostly. At least didn't feel like I'd been nerfed or the elites
>had.

Hmm, interesting, devs said mobs hadn't been squished yet, while
players have, so going anyplace other than Draenor could be lethal.
Maybe they did Timeless isle then, if it feels about the same! Intro
area feels rather too easy on a premade; it should be easy on a geared
up character, sure, but damn, put a vendor in there with the gear
premades get and get the difficulty tuned for ilvl 500, not for newly
dinged 90s in pandaria greens... :-/