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Free tickets for Blizzard’s Forever poster signing in Irvine opened 27 October
Ticketing for the free, limited 2 November event at the Irvine Improv opened on 27 October, and Blizzard now titles its announcement “Now Live!”. You need to register in advance and bring a QR code for your time slot; anyone without a ticket will be turned away. We have not checked whether tickets remain.
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How Forever’s beta was limited: invitations, a level-30 cap and a scheduled open stress test
Blizzard’s own posts trace the beta from an invited, level-20 start on 17 September to its closure on 23 October, with an open stress test on regional hardware scheduled for 21 October. What was announced, and what the posts do not report.
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RP-PvP joins Forever’s rulesets for the November 4 launch
Blizzard changed course on 22 October and will add a Roleplay-PvP ruleset for the November 4 launch. RP-PvP name reservation from October 27 is a stated aim, not yet confirmed.
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Forever’s beta send-off: seven zones and a warning about event items
Blizzard announced a 24-hour celebration across seven zones before the beta’s scheduled 17:00 UTC end on 23 October, and warned that the event would almost certainly include items and experiences that will not be part of Forever at launch.
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Forever’s beta launch day: concurrency caps raised again and again, as described on 22 October
On Blizzard’s End of Beta Special, a respondent recalled concurrency caps being hit and raised repeatedly on beta launch day, and said volume and bundle access led the team to treat progression blockers like launch problems. No figures came with the account.
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Is Forever coming to Europe? An 11 October forum question, and the answers Blizzard gave later
A player asked on Blizzard’s EU forums on 11 October. The 20 October reservation schedule gave Europe its own start time; on 22 October Blizzard added RP-PvP, and its podcast said NA and EU would not play together at launch.
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Early name reservation: Blizzard's announced times, eligibility, three-character limit and an Oceanic ruleset-order bug
Blizzard's 20 October article sets Early Name Reservation for 27 October to 3 November, with up to three characters across all rulesets for eligible purchases. On 27 October Blizzard warned that, because of a bug, Oceanic players on Australian servers must create Roleplay or Roleplay-PvP characters before Normal or PvP ones. What the written terms say, and what we have not tested ourselves.
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