Early Access Will Not Give a Long-Term Advantage – PC Gamer Interview Recap

PC Gamer Interview

Here’s a quick summary of the PC Gamer Interview:

• The $90 USD Epic edition of The War Within will offer 3 days of early access to the expansion.
• Blizzard is adding early access to maximize the value of the expansion bundles.
• The base edition of The War Within is the best it’s ever been, including the level boost and Dragonflight for the same price.
• A regret about the early access period announcement was not communicating the restrictions of the early access.
• The primary purpose of the early access period is for leveling. Players will be unable to do Mythic 0/Mythic+ dungeons, loot the best items from rares, access weekly profession cooldowns and profession specialization points.
• The overall goal of the early access period is to not provide a long-term advantage. By the time Season One begins, players should not be able to tell who had early access and who did not.
• Blizzard added early access to help players with less time, who might fall behind during the initial launch week of an expansion and miss out on dungeons with their friends.