Forever Beta Opens After Today’s 10:30 a.m. PDT Q&A
The Warcraft Forever beta is not a midnight drop — Blizzard says the client opens immediately after the Forever Q&A that starts at 10:30 a.m. PDT.
Warcraft Forever still launches November 4. The beta is still Thursday, September 17. The hour is new. Blizzard’s Classic account posted that the client is not a midnight gate. It opens immediately after the Forever live Q&A, which starts at 10:30 a.m. PDT.
This is not a go-live post. Check the Battle.net launcher after the stream. Do not treat a title in the list as servers up.
The clock
Modern WoW talks first at 10:00 a.m. PDT. Forever follows at 10:30. Both blocks are on the official Warcraft Twitch and YouTube channels. There is no posted minute for “immediately after.” If the designers run long, the gate runs long.
The test still opens at level 20, then 30 after a couple of weeks. Progress does not carry to November 4. Addon rules already match Midnight’s Mainline stack.
What this is not
It is not a Q&A recap. Systems notes wait for the stream. It is not a shop SKU list. Retail still has Winds of Mysterious Fortune through September 22. Forever is a different login.
Sources: Watch the World of Warcraft Live Q&A September 17 · Wowhead on the beta timing · Icy Veins.