Altar of Malice Beta Opens to All (incl Free-to-Play) Today

From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter:

Open Beta for everyone starting tomorrow after our update! #eq2

— Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) October 14, 2014

UPDATE: At 5:00pm PDT last night, the Altar of Malice beta finally opened for all players, whether Free-to-Play or All Access subscriber.

From the EQ2 Forums:

Everyone can now join the Beta server and experience Altar of Malice before it launches. Are you interested in what’s become of the Isle of Refuge? Do you long to discover the treasures hidden in the Phantom Seas? Beta testing is a great opportunity for you to try out the features of Altar of Malice and provide us with valuable feedback so that we can make this the best expansion yet!

Playing Altar of Malice on the Beta server ahead of time also has perks for your live server accounts! There is more information coming soon about the rewards players will be able to earn.

Here is some consolidated information to help you get started in Beta:
How to provide testing feedback:

• Use the /bug or /feedback command in game to open a window and submit information
• Post issues and suggestions in the Altar of Malice Beta Forums

How to copy your character over to the Beta server:

• Log in your character and then type the /beta command.

Continue reading on the EQ2 Forums…

If you want to get into Altar of Malice beta in 20-30 minutes instead of after 12-14 hours of patching, read our “Altar of Malice Beta Opens” article to see how to quickly copy over your live files to the beta folder.