WoW Beta Signups Wednesday [Jan 26, 2004, 11:05 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The Blizzard Entertainment Website
(thanks Worldofwar.net) has word that
sign-ups to beta test World of WarCraft, their upcoming MMORPG, will begin on
Wednesday:
At 6:00 pm PST on Wednesday, January 28th, the signup period for the World of Warcraft Beta Test will officially begin. We will provide a link to the beta-test application right here in the news section at that time. Testers are not going to be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis, so you will be able to submit an application and receive equal consideration anytime during the signup period, which will end on Wednesday, February 4th at 6:00 pm PST. Please note that multiple submissions from the same household will result in complete disqualification.
For this initial phase of the World of Warcraft beta test, we will only be able to accept applications from Canada, Korea, and the US. The test for Europe and other countries around the world will happen later this year. Please do not contact us for further information regarding the beta test; we will be posting an FAQ in the days ahead.
"10-20? Try 1,400, according to the latest Gamespy preview Considering that Blizzard is looking at not only making quests the #1 place to get XP, but also providing XP for exploring new areas in addition to just killing stuff, I'm hoping the level grind will finally be defeated. Here's hoping."
There's a MUD that does the same thing. It is/was called Multi-Users in -Middle Earth (MUME)
You would get Travel Points (TP) for exploring areas.
TP's were distributed evenly throughout the world (1 for each room) and every time a TP was collected it would randomly appear in a new room. As such, less travelled places would start collecting large amounts of TPs.
TPs were required for leveling up, this encouraged exploration.
Neat system.
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Edited because I'm a goober.
This comment was edited on Jan 27, 10:49.
There's a MUD that does the same thing. It is/was called Multi-Users in -Middle Earth (MUME)
You would get Travel Points (TP) for exploring areas.
TP's were distributed evenly throughout the world (1 for each room) and every time a TP was collected it would randomly appear in a new room. As such, less travelled places would start collecting large amounts of TPs.
TPs were required for leveling up, this encouraged exploration.
Neat system.
---
Edited because I'm a goober.
This comment was edited on Jan 27, 10:49.
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