Originally Posted by AvalonTzi
Originally Posted by snowram
It would be kinda confusing for players trying early access for the first time. Switching branch is a bit hidden in the Steam interface. I guess it would work though.

Yeah, thought as much. I haven't heard of Steam ever doing that. If that were a common practice I think we could be expecting that too, but all that remains is wait for 5pm Ghent time on the 3rd.
For all their flaws, Blizzard actually has patch preloading in their launcher. I guess they wanted to fix the old WoW saying : "patch day, no play".