Just hope they send the client like a week before it goes live...

[AmandaHuggenkiss]

I don't know how Alpha was handled in the first wave. Was the Alpha client available to DL prior to going live?

Unfortunately, those who know the answer to that are bound by the NDA. :-(

[Notredamefan23]

why do people have to be nosey and dat mine ? who cares what sin the files that you are not supposed to see.

[Starlord]

Unfortunately, those who know the answer to that are bound by the NDA. :-(

Well there's sorta of a way of knowing!

- Now Delivering Alpha Tester Acceptance Mails! (11/26/2012) *First wave*

and Didn't Beta start the 30th?

If so that's a 4 day grace period to Download the Client, which is a good amount of time for even slow speeds.

[Wilksha]

For a pre release client there is no NDA, and even if there was there an NDA in place it's gonna be released soon anyhow right?

[Elexia]

Yeah and even when they have all that information, what good would it do them if there is an NDA in place? It doesn't take long to dat mine anyhow. Either way you put it they can't release zero info without SE consent. It won't do them any good to get themselves banned.

Google search ARR. Image search ARR.

Also it would kind of go against their network to not have a lot downloading at once, since they use P2P...so you'd want more people downloading since you only download the downloader from SE's site, the rest is P2P exchange basically so the more who start downloading the better it is in the long run compared to clogging a website download since not everyone is invited at once or will catch that the client is up, since you know "NDA."

why do people have to be nosey and dat mine ? who cares what sin the files that you are not supposed to see.

It's not being nosy. People did it ever since the XI days because it's how you get information for websites more easily. Also, you can't really dat mine ARR atm until there's a few...things...completed.

For a pre release client there is no NDA, and even if there was there an NDA in place it's gonna be released soon anyhow right?

NDA means you can't say you're in Alpha/Beta, so you can't go around screaming "CLIENT IS OUT!" etc.

[Zezlar]

Yeah and even when they have all that information, what good would it do them if there is an NDA in place? It doesn't take long to dat mine anyhow. Either way you put it they can't release zero info without SE consent. It won't do them any good to get themselves banned.

People really don't care about NDA. The information is out there, and not too hard to find.

[AmandaHuggenkiss]

Well there's sorta of a way of knowing!

- Now Delivering Alpha Tester Acceptance Mails! (11/26/2012) *First wave*

and Didn't Beta start the 30th?

If so that's a 4 day grace period to Download the Client, which is a good amount of time for even slow speeds.

Actually, you may get your wish.
A 100 meg client.

Then have a nightmare!
It won't patch until the servers go live.

I could be wrong though.

[Robobandit]

first email wave for the world wide alpha test was sent on the 26th.. test started on the 28th.. so folks had about 2 days to download the client.

[Rau]

Honestly, I hope they just let use the Beta Client for retail, and release a big patch launch day.

[JillyBean]

Honestly, I hope they just let use the Beta Client for retail, and release a big patch launch day.

That would be nice, too!