Another 200k going out TODAY

[Lisaara]

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/4253902117#1

Yesterday’s 100,000 Annual Pass-holder beta-test invites ran through the night, and we’re still in the process of notifying the invitees by email. Those selected for yesterday’s wave of invites should all have the Mists of Pandaria beta client available for download through Battle.net account management, and they should all receive the email notification by end of day today. If the beta client shows up for you in Battle.net account management, you don’t need to wait for the email in order to download the client and begin testing.

We’re off to a solid start with the beta test, and things are looking good in terms of realm stability, so we’re ready to invite another wave of Annual Pass holders. A second wave of invites is going out to 100,000 more Annual Pass holders today, starting right now.

If you’re added in this or any subsequent wave, access to the beta client will show up in Battle.net account management as discussed above. Please check there today and tomorrow, as today’s wave of invites will be processing throughout the day and likely into early tomorrow morning. Notification emails will also be going out, but again, no need to wait for the email if the beta client is available to you through Battle.net account management.

[AdamSavage]

We heard you like invites so we put an invite in your invite so you can beta while you beta.

This is a short but sweet update that we're sending an additional 100,000 invites out tonight, for a total of 200,000 Mists of Pandaria invites being sent out today. Again, it will take a while for the invites to process so we recommend keeping an eye on your games list through Battle.net Account Management, as we expect invites to continue going out into the wee hours of the night and into tomorrow.

For more information on the invite process as a whole please refer back to today's earlier announcement: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/4253902117

[Kikanu]

Well, I know I'm not getting in. I never get in. My computer can only play WoW as it is right now at medium settings at best without any issues; god only knows how bad the game will run for me with better graphics.

Who wants to chug a few bears and piss the night away?

[Raiyen]

Yeah I figure despite these huge releases, I am not getting in probably till like maybe a month if I am lucky before MoP is realeased. :/ I have the AP, but I have only been playing since Dec. 25, 2010 and I recently had a 3 month hiatus. :/

[Lisaara]

I dunno....these last waves went through 06 - 07.

[Slickrock]

I dunno....these last waves went through 06 - 07.

Not all of 06. I didn't get it.

Which means a greater factor might be when you bought the pass. I got the pass on Oct 21 or so, but started play in Dec 06.

[Lisaara]

They got through a huge chunk though. I got a ways to go. I didnt start til September 2008.

[Slickrock]

They got through a huge chunk though. I got a ways to go. I didnt start til September 2008.

If you got the pass early on, you might get in before me or others who started earlier.

[Lisaara]

They got through a huge chunk though. I got a ways to go. I didnt start til September 2008.

If you got the pass early on, you might get in before me or others who started earlier.

I got it like a day after the pass was out.

[Slickrock]

Some additional notes..

Posted by Vikmourne
So this means we're at a total of 300,000 AP invites being sent out in these big waves, correct?

Correct. SO FAR! duh duhn DUUUUUUHN!

Posted by Sheepshifter
Are all 300,000 accounts flagged for beta, or are they being flagged throughout the night?

Flagging throughout the night and into tomorrow. It takes quite a bit of time to process each account. Even if it only took 1 second to flag each account it'd still take something like 55 hours to process? Not saying that's how long it'll be, but it puts it in perspective.

So that sounds like there could be another wave in the next few days. I would suspect Monday and Tues.

[AdamSavage]

I think they are going to keep pushing out waves, someone mentioned only about half of the Annual Pass holders would even care about Beta, and a good chunk of the remaining 500k would only go on for a couple hours or so. Either way I'm curios to see how only 4 servers are going to handle everyone.

[Slickrock]

I think they are going to keep pushing out waves, someone mentioned only about half of the Annual Pass holders would even care about Beta, and a good chunk of the remaining 500k would only go on for a couple hours or so. Either way I'm curios to see how only 4 servers are going to handle everyone.

Yeah, they'll need more servers eventually. Considering that a WHU event can crash a regular server. I wonder if they used beefed up servers for Beta?

[Meggers]

Hmmm I guess that means I should start looking.

I'm an 05 but I have had about a year of hiatus on my account so yeah. XD

[Slickrock]

Hmmm I guess that means I should start looking.

I'm an 05 but I have had about a year of hiatus on my account so yeah. XD

If you got the pass early, yeah. If not, don't bother.

[AdamSavage]

Well it's now Sunday for me, if I was going to get Beta access in the last two waves, I would of gotten one by now. Well on the bright side, the more wave invites they send out, the more my chances increase.

[Lisaara]

Yup. Looks like it was all '06 players that got in.

[AdamSavage]

Yup. Looks like it was all '06 players that got in.

So we should be next ? 07-08's pattern ?

[Lisaara]

Yup. Looks like it was all '06 players that got in.

So we should be next ? 07-08's pattern ?

Hope so!

[Slickrock]

Yup. Looks like it was all '06 players that got in.

No, not all the 06. Dec 06 here.

[Lisaara]

Yup. Looks like it was all '06 players that got in.

No, not all the 06. Dec 06 here.

It's accumulated. Means if you took time off, it counts against you.