Bug prevents beta testers from participating in the PTR
by Adam Holisky 
Sep 13th 2008 at 7:35PM
Blue poster Tyren made an announcement on the PTR forums this afternoon that those of us who have an account in the Wrath of the Lich King beta cannot participate in the 3.0.2 PTR. This is most unfortunate news for the numerous people in that situation.If you have more than one account, your second account could probably work with the PTR (assuming it is not enrolled in the beta). I haven't been able to test this yet with my other accounts, but will update this post when I get the chance to.
Tyren does say that they are working to resolve the issue, and that it should be fixed early next week. In my opinion, it can't be resolved fast enough.
Filed under: Patches, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ozzy Sep 13th 2008 7:49PM
Shouldn't be too upsetting, beta is by invite only.. PTR is open to everyone (usually). Most beta testers would probably rather test beta than 3.0; after all, beta has all of the 3.0 changes in it already plus umm level 80, deathknights, a new continent, etc.
Dotixi Sep 13th 2008 7:58PM
I want to test out how the new talents effect my non lvl 70 characters. I'm in the beta but they are just to laggy to get any real testing done.
solemn Sep 13th 2008 8:08PM
Atleast the beta testers still have beta to keep them company.
Joe P Sep 13th 2008 7:56PM
Umm... fill me in if I'm missing something here, but why would beta testers want to try out the PTR? It's basically all the beta changes without the added benefit of being able to explore Northrend.
Kadathwack Sep 13th 2008 8:05PM
It does kind of stink. But there isn't going to be too much in the PTR that the beta testers haven't been playing with for months now. And given the choice between PTR and Beta Access, I'd still be calling them the lucky ones.
zelinda Sep 14th 2008 2:10AM
As someone who has been in beta since the first week, I can't BEGIN to understand why any beta tester would care about the PTR. It's just a watered down version of what we're testing.
Procris Sep 14th 2008 3:47AM
I somewhat agree, the PTR is more for those not on Beta to get a glimpse of the new changes. Though its also a good chance to experiment what the best talent specs are for a lvl 70 character that will probably be lvl 70 for a month or more before WotLk is released.
Beta = Invite only.
PTR = Everyone.
So yeah, PTR is going to be far more crowded and the lag will be 100x worse than the DK starter area in beta. I know a lot of people believe that the majority of people are getting into beta but the truth is, they aren't. I can easily see the PTRs crashing when more people start to finish the 900+mb download.
Rick Peat Sep 13th 2008 8:32PM
I hope the PTR has better luck than the beta. The lag is so bad that I quit playing for now. I actually pulled a mob to me, waited and gave up and moved away before it started getting hit. It is terrible.
Rhys Sep 13th 2008 8:52PM
Think this happened with TBC, too.
WatcherZero Sep 13th 2008 9:36PM
Thank God,
Youve never seen a PTR so lage free, no queues for charachter copys!!! Usually its 3 days before I even wake up in the morning.
Welcome Home Sep 14th 2008 10:16AM
I'm all down for keeping Beta testers outta the PTR. They have thier moment in the sun keep them outta our time. Who needs them running around our PTR going blah blah You can't get to Northrend. Keep em out of PTR
Afrigginhobbit Sep 14th 2008 10:19PM
Well, for someone like me who got into the beta late in the game and wasnt able to copy my 70 in to test things out, i want to hop in to get an early look at how my pally is going to work in Wrath. Beta is great, but for someone like me who doesnt want to spoil things like Dalaran and Northrend and keep it a surprise for when Wrath comes out, i hope they fix the PTR problem soon.