#114 - Sept. 26, 2006, 7:03 p.m.
The players we plan to invite to the closed beta test have a rather broad demographic, including PTR contest winners, BlizzCon attendees, some raiding groups, and other guilds and individuals as well. Raiding groups represent about 20% of the players who will be in the closed beta test. Since the expansion will contain a lot of content for a variety of play styles, not just raiding, we’re definitely going to be accounting for that as we test the content.
Also, keep in mind that there is going to be more than one phase of the closed beta test. People who aren’t in at the beginning of the test could be invited in a subsequent phase.