[mdc]

for everyone who is wanting to get a taste of world of warcraft. blizzard now has opened the stress test signup.

i got a key today. i am busy downloading the 2.21gig game and soon the stress test will start.
don't know how fun it will be since the whole idea is to stress the servers, so it will most probably be very laggy. but hey, will be cool to see what world of warcraft is like, firsthand.

link for anyone who is interested

sorry if this has been posted before. i searched but did not see anything.

.edit.
just read this on worldofwarcraft.com:
Starting tomorrow, September 2nd at 12:00 noon PDT, stress test beta participants will be able to create their World of Warcraft accounts and begin playing the game
.edit.

[sideus]

Downloaded today and ready to go.

[Arkham_c]

Just FYI, the buzz in-game is that the stress-test is on a different server from the ones we're playing now. So I expect that you will not see the DogCows. If it does prove to be the same server, though, feel free to say hello. I'll be happy to give out free stuff to lowbie Mac users, and I'll make any copper, bronze, or iron weapons or armor for the bill of materials cost.

My characters are Krasher and Kingfisher on PvE (Alliance), and Badger on PvP (Horde).

[redJag]

The stress test servers are separate from the closed beta servers, Blizzard has said this a couple times. That said, I also signed up for the stress test so I can play with people I know for a bit, even though I'm already in the beta. We'll be on the Horde side

[Arkham_c]

Originally posted by redJag:
The stress test servers are separate from the closed beta servers, Blizzard has said this a couple times. That said, I also signed up for the stress test so I can play with people I know for a bit, even though I'm already in the beta. We'll be on the Horde side

I don't care for the Horde classes. If I end up playing retail, I'm going to play Alliance, PvP. Most of the Dogcows have decided that PvP is the better way to go. It's just that we all have our high-level characters on PvE so we're stuck there.

I also just realized that the stress-test is only a week long. Better enjoy it while you can! Good areas to explore:

Dun Morogh
Westfall
Darkshire
Stranglethorn Vale
Arathi/Hillsbrad

There are other good areas of course, but these were some of my favorites. If you manage to get up to level 35 or so during a week (it can be done, but I doubt many of you will), be sure to visit the Scarlet Monestary with a group of 5, including a tank, a healer, and a mage at the minimum (a rogue and a paladin/shamen would round it out nicely). It's a lot of fun.

[sideus]

The 2 gig zip file ended up being corrupted and File Planet isn't letting download it again. Lame.

[smacintush]

Mine works fine.

[sideus]

That's great for you. Tried to two different programs to unzip the file, bad file. I'll just wait for when the game is released.

[cSurfr]

The stress test only lasts a week anyway, and then blizzard says thanks for playing, see ya later, buh-bye to all those people. Might as well wait for the final.

[mdc]

i think the stress test is a cool way for people to get to play who have no intention of buy it. like me. i do not have the time to make the monthly payments on a mmorpg worthwhile. this way i get to play for a week for free. nice.

[coconut]

How is in-game performance for you guys ? I'm running it on a PowerBook G4 1.5 GHz + 768 MB RAM with default settings and it runs pretty well at 30 fps with the occasionnal lag caused by the stress test (which is normal). I'm pretty happy about it!

[mdc]

runs well on mine. no idea what the fps is, but it is very playable. 1.25 15" powerbook g4, running at full resolution so i get widescreen.

a little lag now and then, but still *very* playable. got a level 10 warlock

[coconut]

Level 12 Human Mage. This game rocks! And honestly, I'm not at all the Everquest type, I don't even play rpg games, and I can't stop playing!

[Arkham_c]

Originally posted by coconut:
Level 12 Human Mage. This game rocks! And honestly, I'm not at all the Everquest type, I don't even play rpg games, and I can't stop playing!

I know. My wife gets mad at me for spending all that time online. I've got a level 46 warrior, a level 12 hunter, and an undead level 12 priest I never play.

It' addictive.

[aManDrinksMilk]

Well... about the test... you ppl got good lvl chars.. but im from europe so i can play it in the end of this month... damn i like blizzard GRR...