La Beta di Shadowlands ha inizio: le ultime novità!
Come molti di voi sapranno durante la giornata odierna partirà una nuova ondata di inviti per l’espansione Shadowlands, che proprio da queste ore è ufficialmente entrata nella sua ultima fase di test…ovvero l’attesissima “Beta”.
Come spiegato da Blizzard in un apposito post, per fare richiesta dell’invito basterà scrivere al link che troverete poco sotto, ed attendere l’esito delle varie “wave” di inviti che verranno lanciate nelle prossime ore.
Per accedere fattivamente all’espansione invece, basterà cambiare la “versione” di World of Warcraft alla quale desiderate giocare, cambiando la voce nel menù di Battle.net (in basso a sinistra, accanto il tasto “Play”) con “Shadowlands Beta” ed il gioco è fatto.
L’accesso alla Beta di Shadowlands
As in previous expansion tests, Blizzard is not currently granting test access to the Shadowlands Beta via any sort of exchangeable key or code. At this time, do not trust any offer of Shadowlands Beta access that comes from any source other than Blizzard.
If you’d like to join us in testing Shadowlands, all you need to do is opt in to become a tester 322. Players who have opted-in can be selected to be a tester, and invitations will go out regularly throughout the test.
Le novità
Tra le prime e più importanti novità si segnala certamente il fatto che tutte le cavalcature del set Gladiator diventeranno “Account-Wide” con la nuova espansione, e quindi saranno utilizzabili da tutti i nostri personaggi e non solo da quello che le ha conquistate in PVP.
Rispetto a questa decisione, Blizzard ha affermato che i tempi sono molto cambiati dal passato, e che quindi non ritenevano più utile che una determinata mount fosse esclusiva per un solo e singolo personaggio (che magari non viene neanche più usato dal giocatore).
Nella beta saranno inoltre disponibili 4 nuovi Mythic Dungeon, ovvero Necrotic Wake, Plaguefall, Mists of Tirna Scithe e Halls of Atonement, mentre di seguito andremo a riportare le esatte note ufficiali pubblicate poche ore fa sul forum di World of Warcraft, dove gli sviluppatori hanno presentato tutte le ultime novità dal fronte update:
SHADOWLANDS DEVELOPMENT UPDATE NOTES
Welcome to the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands test environment. Please read on for an outline of what’s currently being tested, what has recently changed, and what’s coming for testing later in the Beta.
Read the first developer update here 338.
Watch the July 8 developer update here. 9
Current Content Testing
- Torghast, Tower of the Damned is now available for testing. Read more about it in our Torghast preview blog post 145, and please submit your feedback on Torghast in the dedicated feedback thread here 126.
- All world and leveling content is now being tested.
-
- Please use the in-game bug report tool for bugs, and post your feedback on zones in the Shadowlands Alpha Leveling, Questing, and World forum 1.
-
- Please post Covenant feedback in the appropriate feedback thread in the Shadowlands Classes and Covenants forum 2.
- The level cap is currently: 60. This is the maximum level attainable in Shadowlands.
- In dungeon testing, please use the in-game bug report tool for bugs, and post your feedback on Shadowlands dungeons in the Shadowlands Beta Dungeons and Raids forum 41.
- The new starting experience is now available to level 1 Alliance characters. Read more about it here 42, and please post feedback on the new starting expeirence here 22.
- Many character customization updates are now available for testing. More updates to this system will come in a future Beta patch.
- Class Changes
- Soulbinds are now available for testing 8.
- All classes are undergoing major updates. Our Covenant Class and Signature Abilities blog post 68 has been updated on May 13. Please read the class summary blog post 372, and place your focused feedback in one of the dedicated threads in the Shadowlands Alpha Classes and Covenants forum:
- Death Knight feedback 496
- Demon Hunter feedback 278
- Druid feedback 492
- Hunter feedback 302
- Mage feedback 293
- Monk feedback 234
- Paladin feedback 312
- Priest feedback 371
- Rogue feedback 205
- Shaman feedback 329
- Warlock feedback 307
- Warrior feedback 281
Work in Progress
We’re currently working through the following issues and limitations:
- In the previous version of the Shadowlands test, we had a character template called “Venthyr Endgame” that allowed testers to create a level 60 character after choosing a Covenant. That template is no longer available, and has been replaced by a new one. Please do not do further testing with a character templated by Venthyr Endgame. If that was your only test character, please make a new character in this build. We intend to do a complete wipe of all test characters in a forthcoming build.
- Testing with Dark Iron Dwarf characters is currently disabled.
- The new starting experience can only be tested by level 1 Alliance characters.
Coming Soon
We’re unlocking much more content for testing over the next few weeks:
- Pet Battle content
- The Castle Nathria raid
- More Character Creation/Customization Updates
Please note that the above is not a comprehensive list of features to be tested in the entirety of the Shadowlands Beta.
Thank you very much!