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Greenfield: beta turnout 'the craziest numbers I've seen in 17 years'

Reported Updated Sep 28, 2026

Summary

Massively OP relays senior game designer Josh Greenfield saying beta produced the craziest numbers he has seen in 17 years at Blizzard, and that six hours of live beta surfaced more issues than months of internal testing. The piece also notes the Druid serpent-form set in Wailing Caverns, bans for offensive character names, and no plans for shared mob tagging.

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