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WOW Lich King beta sign-ups open News

MMO PC News by Oli Welsh

4 July, 2008

Blizzard has begun registration for the open beta test of Wrath of the Lich King, the second World of Warcraft expansion.

It's done so without fanfare, though. The sign-up option - called Wrath of the Lich King Beta Opt-In - is tucked away in a dark corner of the game's official website.

WOW subscribers after a chance to join the Lich King beta will need to sign in to their accounts, go to the 'account management' page and scroll to the very bottom to find the link.

Doing so will add your account to the "pool of accounts from which participants in the Wrath of the Lich King beta test will be chosen", so access is far from guaranteed. It has to be worth a shot for an early trial of the amazing Death Knight class.

There's still no release date for Wrath of the Lich King. We were confident that it would make it out before the end of the year but we're getting nervous, frankly. Expect more information from Blizzard's next fan convention, BlizzCon 2008, being held in Los Angeles this October.

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Thunderhead
04/07/08 @ 11:33
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In like Flynn. It's totally random however, which is probably fair.
duffster
04/07/08 @ 11:38
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Ssshhh!! Don't tell everyone!
Dizzy
04/07/08 @ 11:39
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And do it all again later in the final game? No thanx...
Agent_Llama
04/07/08 @ 11:46
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Signed up. Ooh er!
DFawkes
04/07/08 @ 11:58
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Where? All I see if I scroll down to the bottom of Account Management is the feature to add that security keyring thing.
Kropotkin
04/07/08 @ 12:11
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I'm not going back. Not after 3.5 years of playing WoW solidly and quitting in Feb this year I'm never going back, oh no....

Denial, party of one, denial party of one, please report to reception. Thank you
Adam_T
04/07/08 @ 12:15
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Woop, oted in!

Do you use your current char or get a trial char to play with or something?

Never done a WoW beta before
Dizzy
04/07/08 @ 12:29
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>Do you use your current char or get a trial char to play with or something?

Normally you will get a pregenerated char.
Thunderhead
04/07/08 @ 12:42
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I don't think that will be the case this time around. In the FAQ it mentions that you will need a char at least 68 to enjoy northrend and that you will need a level 70 to be able to create a deathknight.
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04/07/08 @ 12:54
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Ha in that case they will alow transfer of your char to the test servers just like the PTR.

The WotLK beta that I have played had pregens.
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Kiigan
04/07/08 @ 14:30
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The worst thing about World of Warcraft? Whenever news items are posted about "WOW" they jump right out of the page at me, like "wow!".
M83J01P97
04/07/08 @ 17:25
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"I don't think that will be the case this time around. In the FAQ it mentions that you will need a char at least 68 to enjoy northrend and that you will need a level 70 to be able to create a deathknight. "

Northrend is 68+ yes.

But you only need one character at level 55+ to unlock the Death Knight class.
HardToast
04/07/08 @ 20:42
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Honestly, what is the point?

All them spoilers either leving up a character or getting items you cannot keep after the beta.

Crazy!
Dezm0nd
04/07/08 @ 23:09
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Yeah, who'd jump into a beta test..

oh wait, you and battlefield heroes ;)
FooAtari
05/07/08 @ 14:25
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Tried to sign but not eligible apparently. Do you need TBC? It arrived this morning anyway, will isntall this evening after work.
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06/07/08 @ 18:56
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Apparently, you must have Burning Crusade. I couldn't see it, so added TBC to my account and the link appeared.

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