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==Will there be a Diablo 3 Beta?==
Blizzard has done closed betas with all of their past titles, so I'm sure D3 will be the same. They distribute copies to friends/family, media, fansites, others in the industry, etc, as well as fans from a signup form on blizzard.com. They pick the public testers semi-randomly; it's not first come first serve, though you'd never know that from the hysteria that always breaks out when a signup page goes live.
==Tester Selection==
An applicant's gaming experience isn't all that relevant. There's not much testers can provide in terms of game balance knowledge, playing just act 1 (or whatever) with low level characters, for a couple of months. Betas for MMOs usually run longer and have the full game, since they're so complicated, and RTS betas are all about full game PVP testing, but I'll be surprised if D3's beta follows that route. D2's certainly didn't.
What beta tests like D3's are useful for is catching bugs and hardware issues, and optimizing the early game. Seeing what players find helpful or confusing about character creation, early game quests, NPC interactions, using the interface, etc. And for that, total noobs are as or more useful than experienced players. Experts will figure work arounds or trial and error their way past issues that newer players would get hung up on. which is why Bliz picks a wide variety of players, both by their computers and by their playing experience. I'd guess that if anything, they select for less experienced players via their public signup, since they know the 100s of spots that are distributed through D3 fansites (like this one) will go to more experienced, motivated, knowledgeable players.
==Beta Test FAQ==
from worldofwar.net's wiki. modifying soon.
