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Originally Posted by prizminferno
Because no beta in WoW has ever required an active sub and retail is trash. They want people to resub for a chance at a beta, aka slot machine cash grab.
The purpose of this is to see if they nailed it, so it makes perfect sense to prioritize those who have active and lengthy subs. Those are the biggest fans.
There's no playtesting to do here. They just need a bunch of turbonerds to basically fact-check their execution of Vanilla.
No hardware testing needed. No "is this too hard for the casuals" feedback to obtain. No traditional bug-finding on new content that would benefit from widely varied playstyles. This is the perfect job for people who have been subbed for 15 years straight and stuck out through the bad times.
I watched some streams but didn't feel the pull. Still, I have many millions of gold rotting on retail, so I might give it a shot if the kids want to.