Sorry - the title is due to the fact that I just got Assassin's Creed IV on the Wii U (yep, people do own those) and I've been in serious pirate mode. I'll have to write up an article about that soon, but given that this is like 95% a WoW blog, it seemed the more pertinent information was...
The Beta is starting on Friday... which is today, but it's only 1 in the morning, so it's really more Thursday night.
Anyway, this is a super-exciting development. Many of the revamped models have gone live on the Alpha, which is now over, but we can expect the Beta will most likely be an even newer build, and hopefully have more stuff in it.
As a reminder if you get emails about being in the Beta - to be safe, don't click anything in those emails and just go to your Battle.net account page to find out if you got in. The real Blizzard emails will probably just link you there, so you might as well be cautious.
What does this mean for a release date? Well, we're nearly done with June, which means that in all likelihood we're probably still going to be seeing a mid-to-late fall release, unless the Beta goes super-quickly.
Things can change in the Beta, and we'll have to wait a while for things like raids to get tested, but the Beta is the last step before 6.0 shenanigans begin. It's not urgent yet, but if you want to get things that will be unattainable post-6.0, best to start them now.
By my count, that's:
Challenge Mode Dungeon Sets
The Kor'kron War Wolf (for beating Garrosh on Normal or Heroic)
Garrosh Heirlooms (this one I'm less sure about)
The "Of the Black Harvest" title (which doesn't actually go live until 6.0, but you'll need to have already done the Green Fire chain.)
Probably some PvP thing.
So: to those who want them, may your Beta invites come soon! We should be getting a huge flood of information very soon.
EDIT: I got in. So that's pretty cool.
Guess I'll be able to bring you firsthand accounts.
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