Poster: Anvilbeard at 4/3/2006 2:56:27 PM PDT
Subject: Warcraft Weekly - Episode Thirty Five |
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Thundy is dead. LOLZ APRIL FOOLS! (Please note that WWE34 was entirely April Fool jokes, so don't take them seriously or I will laugh at you)
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What - Why -- When
Thundgot has apologised(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=931264) for the raid ID resets last Friday. If you don't know what happened, you're one of the lucky ones. Many players, moi included, were raiding when suddenly(after approx 9 minutes of warning) the instances were reset. This is because they were bugged after the patch, and a fix was "absolutely necessary" as soon as possible. It screwed up a few raids, but in the long run it had to be done.
New in this patch is a handy tool called the Blizzard Background Downloader. While WoW is open it will secretly download parts of the patch before it is officially released, giving you less to do when the time comes to patch. Meaning the users of this will be first into the game after a patch, awesome! Aeus gives us the 411(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=917813) dawg. Read the flaming FAQ(http://www.blizzard.com/support/wow/?id=aww01954p) if you need to know anything. This should not drastically affect latency, and if there is any change it is probably because your ports are not opened.
The new patch screwed up AddOns more royally than any in the past, yowch. For information about this please read Aeus' sticky(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=916074) on the subject. Many functions have been blocked because they were abused by nasty AddOns bent on ruining the game for legit players who use legal AddOns or none at all. Any problems can normally be solved by deleting the WTF, WDB and Interface folders in your World of Warcraft directory.
Storms of Azeroth
The newest patch is 1.10, available from last Wednesday and bursting with lurve. You can read my Patch Notes Sticky(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=917266) for the notes, and here is a brief overview of the big additions:
Big high level instance revamps
Quest exp to gold at level 60
Final destination flight paths
Weather!
And much much more...
Naturally, there's a ton of bugs. For confirmed issues check the gamemaster's sticky(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=920270) and report any others via in-game ticket.
!Onyxia is bugged!
The under development page(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/) is looking a little bare, but from what I've heard the patches are still getting better.
No new realms
There are new realms on the way! At the time of writing they don't exist, hence the title, but sometime this week(definitely after maintenance) we will be getting 3 new realms, c0nfurmed by Thundy(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?FN=wow-general-en&T=931251), and there's something for everyone!
Eonar <PvE>
Vek'nilash <PvP>
Ravenholdt <R-PvP>
Non-migration realms, of course.
April Fools!
We had some fun on Saturday(http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=925109) in the WW. All the articles were secretly edited by the Blizzard Joke Squad™ to grisly results. Here's a list of all the jokes we pulled, did you find them all?:
Popular Mods Banned
5 new R-PvE realms with PvP migration. Double points if you spotted one of the names was 'April Fools' backwards
Use BBD to get patches weeks before others
New alliance race is wisps(http://www.wow-europe.com/en/burningcrusade/townhall/wisps.html)
Fake TBC release dates
Blizzard restaurant chain: Burgercraft(http://www.blizzard.co.uk/press/060401.shtml)
Fake bugs and WAI lists
1.11 patch notes(http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-realm-blackrock&t=240341)
Looting options replaced with: Auto Loot
Downtime all day
World of Starcraft planned(http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/worldofstarcraft/news.html?sid=6146918)
Double your points if you translated the Morse Code at the end.
Happy April Fools everyone, hope you had fun :)
(Except Woopdeedoo, who took it too seriously)
The Informant
The Blood Elf Classes have been revealed. They will be Mage, Priest, Warrior, Warlock, Rogue & Hunter. However, things might still change when alpha/beta launches
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7581159&p=#post7581242
Some people claimed Blood Elves have Night Elves models or even High Elves models. Well stop claiming. Blood Elves will have their own models.
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7602970&p=#post7603058
Debuff priority is still in the making. It's gonna happen, but don't hold your breath!
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7567851&p=#post7571884
People are still asking if we can still expect an "account to account" migration service. It's still being planned.
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7602969&p=#post7603274
An update on "key rings". It seems they have a working version on Blizzards server, but its still a question of when it will be made live.
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7602483&p=#post7639423
There has been some confusion about whether Hellfire Citadel is a 3 wing or 4 wing dungeon. Well its 4. 3 five man dungeons and 1 onyxia size raid.
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7601623&p=#post7601742
Will the Expansion feature new music? Of course it will!
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7603693&p=#post7603724
Tired of fetching "Aqual Quintessence" for MC? Well that makes 2 of us. That's why Blizzard is making a non-consumable version.
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7640028&p=#post7640131
In 1.12 an auto-join function will be made in battlegrounds, removing the need to spam INV every game. Woohoo!
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7667392&p=#post7674052
A hint has been revealed about a cool feature we all have all been waiting for. It will be in 1.12. What is it? Either Cross realm PVP, Outdoor PVP Battleground, Siege weapons or something else...
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7667392&p=#post7674052
Do you want to see your range criticals (hunter) and spell criticals. Happy to announce its still on the to do list.
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7741942&p=#post7742007
Goblins hate me! Any way to get positive reputation with them? Of course! in 1.11 they will add something to do this
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7743748&p=#post7745180
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