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Elly: Created page with "'''Reaper of Souls''' is due for release sometime in 2014 and although nothing more specific has been stated by Blizzard the popular speculation is that with the [[Auction Hou..."

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Created page with "'''Reaper of Souls''' is due for release sometime in 2014 and although nothing more specific has been stated by Blizzard the popular speculation is that with the [[Auction Hou..."

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'''Reaper of Souls''' is due for release sometime in 2014 and although nothing more specific has been stated by Blizzard the popular speculation is that with the [[Auction House]] closing in March 2014 Blizzard will not leave the game in its current state for too long before updating with the [[Paragon 2.0]] and [[Loot 2.0]] patch followed closely by the release of [[Reaper of Souls]].

Although no set date for the beta has been confirmed by Blizzard, Game Director [[Josh Mosqueira]] has said in an interview in August 2013 that it would start this year.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/josh-mosqueira-reaper-souls-beta-test-may-start-year Beta Test in 2013] - Josh Mosqueira, Reaper of Souls Game Director, Players Cut interview, 23/08/13</ref>

<blue>Question: “I hope that Blizzard can put up the first beta test of Reaper of Souls within this year.”
Josh, “Yes.”</blue>

==How do I register for the Reaper of Souls Beta Test?==

You already are, if you have a Battle.net account and have completed a Beta profile. [http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=27087 Blizzard maintains a support page] with detailed instructions on accomplishing this.

<blue>In order to be eligible to participate in future beta tests, you must create a beta profile. A beta profile is a snapshot of your current system specifications. It includes such information as how much RAM you have, available hard drive space, your graphics card and driver, and other information about your system. We gather this information to ensure that we are able to test our games on a wide range and distribution of systems.</blue>

You can see more information about this in [http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=26886 Blizzard's Beta Opt-in FAQ].

==Are Previous Blizzard Testers invited to the Reaper of Souls Beta Test?==

Only if you are already on the Blizzard's friends list. They do keep a list of good testers from past games, and add people to it when they reliably report numerous bugs, but the names on this list are kept private.

==How are Beta Testers Selected?==

Blizzard passes out beta keys to their friends and family, to media, and to others in the industry. They also give out beta slots to various fansites, media sites, business partners, and often conduct "invite a friend" events during beta tests. There are generally numerous ways to gain access, including with game pre-orders, and more promotions appear during the course of each beta test.

Blizzard sometimes includes a slot for upcoming beta tests in the goodie bags they give out at Blizzcon or at World Wide Invitational events. (Though beta keys were not included in the Blizzcon 2009 or 2010 goodie bags, 1000 attendees from Blizzcon 2010 were randomly-selected to enter the beta test.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/?p=2494/ Beta Keys for some Blizzcon Attendees] - diablo.incgamers.com, 24/10/10</ref>

==What will be in the Reaper of Souls Beta?==

The new class, the [[Crusader]] will more than likely be in it as well as a portion of [[Act V]] which is the new act to be added with [[Reaper of Souls]]. Blizzard have made no announcements as to its content to date.

==How long will the Reaper of Souls Beta test run?==

Unknown. The [[Diablo 3 beta]] ran for eight months but that was a full game.

==Can I keep my character when the Beta has ended?==

No. Blizzard never allow beta characters to be carried over in to the full release of their games.

==How many Reaper of souls Beta testers will there be?==

Early Blizzard beta tests were limited to just the 1000 beta CDs they pressed and mailed out. More recent tests with downloadable clients have grown far larger, and there will likely be tens of thousands of testers for Reaper of Souls as there was for Diablo 3 Not everyone starts on the first day, of course. Beta tests start small and scale up, with more testers added over time as the server stability improves.

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-The Friends and Family beta officially started on 11/19/2013, announced on the official Diablo 3 website.<ref>[http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/11649795/friends-and-family-beta-test-underway-11-19-2013 Friends and Family Beta Test Underway] - Diablo 3.com, 11/19/2013</ref>
+The Friends and Family beta officially started on 11/19/2013, announced on the official Diablo 3 website.<ref name=betaannounce/>
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-In the run up to [[Blizzcon 2013]] the beta profile page on Battle.Net changed.  The image for the opt-in section for Diablo 3 was changed from a Diablo 3 classic graphic to the [[Reaper of Souls]] image of [[Malthael]], possibly indicating that part of the information due to be revealed at BlizzCon is the date for the beta beginning. <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reaper-souls-beta-profile-ready Beta Profile changes to RoS] - IncGamers, 01/11/13</ref>
+In the run up to [[Blizzcon 2013]] the beta profile page on Battle.Net changed.  The image for the opt-in section for Diablo 3 was changed from a Diablo 3 classic graphic to the [[Reaper of Souls]] image of [[Malthael]], indicating that part of the information due to be revealed at BlizzCon was the date for the beta beginning. <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reaper-souls-beta-profile-ready Beta Profile changes to RoS] - IncGamers, 01/11/13</ref>
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-Although no set date for the beta has been confirmed by Blizzard, Game Director [[Josh Mosqueira]] has said in an interview in August 2013 that it would start this year.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/josh-mosqueira-reaper-souls-beta-test-may-start-year Beta Test to begin in 2013] - Josh Mosqueira, Reaper of Souls Game Director, Players Cut interview, 23/08/13</ref>
+The Friends and Family beta began unexpectedly on 20th November 2013.  As well as their regular list of friends and family Blizzard, for the first time, extended the invites to "valued media contacts and key members of the Blizzard community" and also 3,000 of the most active Diablo III players from around the world.<ref name=betaannounce>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-iii-reaper-of-souls-friends-and-family-beta-test-has-begun-ptr-soon Reaper of Souls Friends and Family Beta Begins] - Blizzard Entertainment, 20/11/13</ref>
-In the run up to [[Blizzcon 2013]] the beta profile page on Battle.Net changed.  The image for the opt-in section for Diablo 3 was changed from a Diablo 3 classic graphic to the [[Reaper of Souls]] image of [[Malthael]], possibly indicating that part of the information due to be revealed at BlizzCon is the date for the beta beginning. <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reaper-souls-beta-profile-ready Beta Profile changes to RoS] - IncGamers, 01/11/13</ref>
+==Reaper of Souls Beta Patches and Hotfixes==
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−	Blizzard sometimes includes a slot for upcoming beta tests in the goodie bags they give out at Blizzcon or at World Wide Invitational events. (Though beta keys were not included in the Blizzcon 2009 or 2010 goodie bags, 1000 attendees from Blizzcon 2010 were randomly-selected to enter the beta test.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/?p=2494/ Beta Keys for some Blizzcon Attendees] - ~~diablo.incgamers.com~~, 24/10/10</ref>	+	Blizzard sometimes includes a slot for upcoming beta tests in the goodie bags they give out at Blizzcon or at World Wide Invitational events. (Though beta keys were not included in the Blizzcon 2009 or 2010 goodie bags, 1000 attendees from Blizzcon 2010 were randomly-selected to enter the beta test.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/?p=2494/ Beta Keys for some Blizzcon Attendees] - Diablo: IncGamers, 24/10/10</ref>

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 ==What will be in the Reaper of Souls Beta?==
-The new class, the [[Crusader]] will more than likely be in it as well as a portion of [[Act V]] which is the new act to be added with [[Reaper of Souls]].  Blizzard have made no announcements as to its content to date.
+The [[Crusader]], level 70, paragon, loot, mystic and other various changes that have been announced are all present in the beta. However, the final parts of [[Act V]] are not playable.
 ==How long will the Reaper of Souls Beta test run?==

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 ==Can I keep my character when the Beta has ended?==
-No. Blizzard never allow beta characters to be carried over in to the full release of their games.
+No. Blizzard never allows beta characters to be carried over in to the full release of their games.
 ==How many Reaper of souls Beta testers will there be?==

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-Although no set date for the beta has been confirmed by Blizzard, Game Director [[Josh Mosqueira]] has said in an interview in August 2013 that it would start this year.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/josh-mosqueira-reaper-souls-beta-test-may-start-year Beta Test in 2013] - Josh Mosqueira, Reaper of Souls Game Director, Players Cut interview, 23/08/13</ref>
+Although no set date for the beta has been confirmed by Blizzard, Game Director [[Josh Mosqueira]] has said in an interview in August 2013 that it would start this year.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/josh-mosqueira-reaper-souls-beta-test-may-start-year Beta Test to begin in 2013] - Josh Mosqueira, Reaper of Souls Game Director, Players Cut interview, 23/08/13</ref>
 <blue>Question: “I hope that Blizzard can put up the first beta test of Reaper of Souls within this year.”
 Josh, “Yes.”</blue>
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