Windzarko
Well-Known Member
The Cataclysm Alpha (or the "Friends and Family Beta", if you prefer) has started up and a very early version of Cata is now being tested; when I say "very early", I mean that the current build only has a few talent changes in, and half the terrain that's going to be modified hasn't yet had its modifications besides those granted by the new water and texturing engines.
Before I go on, a very big, important warning:
The Beta invites have NOT gone out. There will be a big announcement when they do. Until then, anything about the Beta you get in emails or in-game or anywhere else IS A SCAM, DO NOT TOUCH IT.
Right, that said, on to the Alpha.
There's a LOT of screenies of areas, zone maps, new models and suchlike, plus information on professions and even early talent trees (without the Mastery stuff) on MMO-Champion. Don't expect everything to be up on there 'cause it's one man doing all that (to my knowledge), and he's working from within a Non-Disclosure Agreement; put simply, he can get bollocked for what he's doing, so he's being careful about what he DOES show. On the one hand, some of what he shows is good publicity and sparks interest, but on the other hand Blizzard don't want everything shown off yet.
Also, before people throw off massively negative rants: this is the start of the Alpha. Not all of the stuff has even been loaded onto it yet, let alone tested. If you feel like lambasting something you see there, then take your hands off the keyboard, take a deep breath, and bugger off somewhere until you can think of a way to put it simply without it sounding like a rant/whine/accusation/other major form of negativity. I'm sure nobody will mind if you say "I kinda prefer the current look of Zone X as it is now", but "omg Zone X looks crap etc" or "omg those placeholder-and-not-yet-tested talents ruin my game!" will earn either comments about your intelligence, or earn a moderation from me.
That said, good look at the shinies!
Before I go on, a very big, important warning:
The Beta invites have NOT gone out. There will be a big announcement when they do. Until then, anything about the Beta you get in emails or in-game or anywhere else IS A SCAM, DO NOT TOUCH IT.
Right, that said, on to the Alpha.
There's a LOT of screenies of areas, zone maps, new models and suchlike, plus information on professions and even early talent trees (without the Mastery stuff) on MMO-Champion. Don't expect everything to be up on there 'cause it's one man doing all that (to my knowledge), and he's working from within a Non-Disclosure Agreement; put simply, he can get bollocked for what he's doing, so he's being careful about what he DOES show. On the one hand, some of what he shows is good publicity and sparks interest, but on the other hand Blizzard don't want everything shown off yet.
Also, before people throw off massively negative rants: this is the start of the Alpha. Not all of the stuff has even been loaded onto it yet, let alone tested. If you feel like lambasting something you see there, then take your hands off the keyboard, take a deep breath, and bugger off somewhere until you can think of a way to put it simply without it sounding like a rant/whine/accusation/other major form of negativity. I'm sure nobody will mind if you say "I kinda prefer the current look of Zone X as it is now", but "omg Zone X looks crap etc" or "omg those placeholder-and-not-yet-tested talents ruin my game!" will earn either comments about your intelligence, or earn a moderation from me.
That said, good look at the shinies!
