WoW - Beta is Over Screenshot Extravaganza [56k beware]

fancydirt · Post by **fancydirt** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:16 am

And to end it off they went nuts with sending mobs at us. All the major cities on all the servers were getting uber mobs spawned and let loose. In some cases they were being controlled by Blizz emplyees. Everything from the rulers of the horde and alliance to instance bosses to high level raid bosses to chickens that could kill lvl 60 people in two hits and enlarged killer squirrels and chickens (the uber chickens were the normal small size). It made for an insane last few hours.

Once I sort through the screenshots I'll post them here.

Zathras · Post by **Zathras** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:58 am

Rats.

I was busy and missed the last few hours of that. I just tried to log in and got the message that the beta is over. I was kinda hoping that the beta would last through this weekend.

So, who's going to buy this as soon as it's out? I really haven't decided for sure. If I get it it will give me something to do over my 4 day Thanksgiving break.

fancydirt · Post by **fancydirt** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:13 am

I'm going to buy the CE on release but am not going to play right away. Probably wait until near xmas. I mostly just want the art book and stuff it comes with, and the special pets for my characters if/when I start playing. With all the time I spent playing the beta I'll be paying about 12 cents per hour for the time I've already spent in the game.

Gedd · Post by **Gedd** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:21 am

I managed to get on Test 1 last night after they got the Eastern servers up and running and didn't see anything happening in Undercity, Orgrimmar, or Thunder Bluff. I was looking forward to fighting some of the big bosses, but no one ever showed up (I waited about an hour) so I logged off.

Misguided · Post by **Misguided** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:46 am

Temporary thread hijack:

We're off to outer space,
We're leaving Mother Earth
To save the Human race.
Our Star Blazers!

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Curse you, Gedd

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:51 am

I assume that I won't need to erase the beta download (which took many, many hours) if I plan on playing the game? I still don't know if I'm going to buy it, but it might be worth saving the game on my hard-drive just in case.

fancydirt · Post by **fancydirt** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:02 pm

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:I assume that I won't need to erase the beta download (which took many, many hours) if I plan on playing the game? I still don't know if I'm going to buy it, but it might be worth saving the game on my hard-drive just in case.

Correct. The final open beta install is the version that people who buy the game and install off CDs with have to get a patch to be at.

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:02 pm

THere was a post on the now-defunct official forums stating the beta client would work at release - assuming one has purchased a copy of the game and enters the CD-key.

Not that I have any idea how to enter a CD-key into the client - and bringing up the client now merely gives a "we're down - see you on the 23rd!" message.

Doctor Hillbilly · Post by **Doctor Hillbilly** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:04 pm

Correct. You can play at launch with your beta client and a CD key.

I was on the original PvP server last night, and it was a riot. The entrance to IF was littered with corpses, with a huge infernal killing everyone that came through the door and high level mobs riding around the city.

In Stormwind, the GMs lured everyone into the cathedral and then spawned a flood of El Pollo Grandes. It was pretty fun, in a "your puny hunter has no chance of even injuring these monsters" kinda way. It was suprisingly playable, given that there were probably 200 or so toons in the cathedral fighting the mobs.

fancydirt · Post by **fancydirt** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:17 pm

And now for some screenshots.

This is the first wave of spawns and was what most of us saw when coming to Org. There's more stuff elsewhere in the city, but these were the main ones and it took us awhile to organize a high level raid group and kill them.

Here's me getting killed by an uber chicken.

El Pollo Grande - The Black Chicken of Death. They were easy to kill but made for a funny mob to fight.

After we killed one, they sent two more of these...

This was before the real fighting on our part took place and we were just trying to get around and take screenshots. I almost escaped this guy and only died because I took a small fall when jumping down from a ledge.

We kept asking for it, and they finally gave it to us. Onyxia herself. In Org.

Spawned briefly, if only to tease us, was Ragnaros. The raid boss of raid bosses. This was the only (non-silly) thing they sent us that I hadn't seen in the real game.

fancydirt · Post by **fancydirt** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:28 pm

Here are a few of the mobs that were in org that I didn't get screenshots of...

The Beast is a mini boss from Upper Blackrock Spire. This is another one that they sent two of after we killed one.

General Drakkisath is the main boss of Upper Blackrock Spire. A quick note, UBRS was the hardest istance in the game for beta to gain access to and was the hardest one to be completed (excluding Onyxia, who no one ever came close to killing). It's the only instance that was not doable with a five person party. Yet.

For some context on Onyxia, here she is at home.

Coming to kill us..

And here's the group that she destroyed in minutes:

Guess you can't always win with numbers.

fancydirt · Post by **fancydirt** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:32 pm

You may note a yellow number in the lower mid section of my display on some of the sreens above. That's the frame rate I was getting during much of the event. Rough going.

Pointer · Post by **Pointer** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 3:03 pm

Those screenshots are absolutely awesome! Thanks for posting them. Can't wait for retail!

CSL · Post by **CSL** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:25 pm

Images aren't working.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:52 pm

CSL wrote:Images aren't working.

ditto.

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:11 pm

Yes, they are.

Ale

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:27 pm

I sees 'em.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:21 pm

Obviously not for everyone.

I have a SP2 XP home install and the most recent IE (Version 6 I think).

Why would I not be able to see them?

monkyskunk · Post by **monkyskunk** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:08 pm

here's the reason why we aint seeing 'em:

"Sorry, the site you requested is temporarily unavailable.

Due to high volume of traffic, this site is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later"

Faldarian · Post by **Faldarian** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:26 pm

Exodor wrote:THere was a post on the now-defunct official forums stating the beta client would work at release - assuming one has purchased a copy of the game and enters the CD-key.

Not that I have any idea how to enter a CD-key into the client - and bringing up the client now merely gives a "we're down - see you on the 23rd!" message.

If it's like other games, you'll enter the key to register your account with Blizzard; once that's done, you can use that account to log into the game.

Did they decide to let people keep beta characters?

Eel Snave · Post by **Eel Snave** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:32 pm

I can't see them! *SOB*

I want giant chickens!

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:06 am

Someone had the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch but we couldn't find the Holy Book of Armaments to figure out how to use it.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:07 am

Faldarian wrote:

Did they decide to let people keep beta characters?

They decided to not let people keep them.

fancydirt · Post by **fancydirt** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:42 am

I think Homestead only allows like 100 MB transfer a day or something. 1 MB of screenshots times however many people tried to view the thread = not everyone getting to see them today. They'll be back tomorrow. No biggie.

Ranulf · Post by **Ranulf** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:48 am

Infernal fight

A shot I took of the minor infernals that showed up during a last minute raid against the horde. I managed to survive one hit, then quickly died.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:51 pm

I can see them today.