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I have jumped in WoW: Forever’s beta 7738 times, roughly 135 jumps an hour, and if you’d like to find out if you beat me there’s a stat tracker
Blizzard has released a stats tracker for World of Warcraft: Forever’s beta, letting players review details such as time played, favourite locations, frequent causes of death and total jumps. The beta has closed, and the tracker offers players a way to look back on their time in the game before its full launch.
The writer played for 57 hours, placing them in the 69th percentile for play time, and jumped 7,738 times, averaging about 135 jumps an hour. They spent most of their time in The Barrens and were most often killed by Silithid Swarmers in the southern Barrens. The game was due to go live on 4 November, with the writer anticipating a busy launch and wondering how its endgame would develop.
In short
- Blizzard’s beta tracker shows players’ activity stats.
- The writer jumped 7,738 times in 57 hours.
- The Barrens was their most-visited area.
Explained simply
World of Warcraft is a long-running online role-playing game in which players explore a fantasy world, complete quests and fight computer-controlled enemies. Its original version is set in Azeroth, a world divided into regions such as the Barrens, a large, open area.
A beta is a test version of a game that players can try before its full release. World of Warcraft: Forever is a project recreating the game’s early experience, and player statistics such as time played, deaths and jumps offer a record of how people spent the test. These details can help players compare their experiences and provide a snapshot of activity ahead of the full launch.