2.01 Ptr

[Umbra]

aww man, go get a key, i'd love to go duo questing with ya

[Akall]

All Characters seems to be copyed into the test realm, both me and Pax are, atm, doing Arenas over Arenas to test new talents.

My char is called Llaka cause blizz seemed to have some problems with my previews name :eyebrow:.

Cya in there

[Shadowsong]

Been on the test realm testing 3 of my chars since last evening.
 
Warrior talent changes weren't as bad as I thought...infact they are pretty good. Only the +weaponskill en "white crits" are greatly nerfed (sucks big time). Hitting mobs from level 57 will be getting tricky even if you got +7 hit and +4 hit talents....:doh:
Tank spec also has been improved. Even with full tank spec, you are able to solo a level 60 frostmaul giant with 1H shield combi non-epic gear (enchanted thorium and stuff). Fury remains a bit the same...arms ftw!
 
 
Warlock, major major major buff. The Felguard is totaly wicked awsome! It got 3.7K hp, quite a lot of armor, 109dps (mine at least had) and super abilities. I had to give up nearly all my destro talents...but it was way worth it. When patch goes live, I think I'll take this same spec again. Shorter destro range however sucks (30yd is a bit too short). It tanks waaaay better than VW, and has more DPS then succu.
 
Bad part is...(for warlocks at least) you need to find mobs of at least level 52 now to get shards (instead of easy peasy 48's).
 
New dungeons are ingame as well, but you can't enter them (either need keys or TBC or in most cases are just plain way to high level).
 
Druid talents. Well, haven't fully tested em, but Tree of Life is very very boring. Looks suck, and well...it's aura is nice for other healers but otherwise....rubbish.

[Akall]

After 3 days of tests I'm asking myself what the f...k were Blizz devs thinking about when they created the felguard. Is like giving godomde to the alredy overpowered locks :sad:

And please don't come here and say that locks are not overpowered...

[Sandrion]

You can find the undocumented patch changes here: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=46968307&sid=1&pageNo=1.
 
We're getting more bag space, whoohoo :yahoo: .
 
But I still haven't been able to copy a character :sideways: .
 
 
And you're right Akall the felguard is really overpowered. Here is a movie showing a felguard solo killing an epic warrior in a duel: http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=2271851758537033558. Tbh it looks like the warrior is just fooling around a bit, but still :narnar: . Appearantly it's pretty good at keeping aggro as well, which is something locks really needed; voidwalkers are utterly useless at tanking mobs.

[Akall]

Yeh, I sent an e-mail to blizzard suggesting them to implement a macro in the lock's UIs that actually calls the GM's .kill command. :lmfao:

[Shadowsong]

After 3 days of tests I'm asking myself what the f...k were Blizz devs thinking about when they created the felguard. Is like giving godomde to the alredy overpowered locks :sad:
 
And please don't come here and say that locks are not overpowered...

They're not, if a lock has a felguard, he ain't got much talents left for himself. I tried felguard...but the fact that I don't have range anymore, even more mana costs and other stuff makes me think twice before I'd take the felguard again.
Also, the felguard got lot's of dps and hp/armor, but still it aint a hunter pet... It was nice for WSG, maybe AB...but anything where range comes in, it sucks.

[Akall]

Just to make things clearer on what will happen with locks:

They will send their Felguards stunning you and critting you for 800 (this while I was in moonkin form - aka +360% armor) then dot you up (mind that dots are now much much more powerful - i.e. I died while healing me in healing gear) then IF you are still alive, you've managed to kill the Felguard and you are thinking to begin nuking the lock (all this if you still have mana to do it) they will just fear you and use Drain Life that is not the same thing that is now in game but a spell that ticks on me for 300 a tick and maybe Siphon Life healing them by up to full life.

Now don't come here telling me that locks are not overpowered because after 1 and 1/2 weeks of heavy testing on PTR I know what I'm saying. Locks in PTR can kill 2-3 ppl togather just sending the pet on one dotting up all of them and fearing them.

I will add some SS if needed. For once whinings on the official boards are sensed...

[StrontiumDog]

Gib more Lock love

[Tanales]

If theres a hunter amongst those three hell be dead in about 18 seconds, thats how long the beastial Wrath lasts
Ive been doing arenas a few hours every day and im BM spec atm, and i can usually take out 2 dps casters during those 18 secs, where both me and my pet cant be stopped unless killed

[Akall]

PATCH DATE RELEASED: 5/12/2006

[/SIZE][/SIZE] The next World of Warcraft content update, “Before the Storm,” will include the new PvP Honor System, as well as other new features that will prepare us for The Burning Crusade expansion. We are currently planning to release this content update next Tuesday, December 5. Please note that the patch date is still subject to change, and we will keep you informed of any changes to the plan as they happen.

If the patch goes live as planned, this will be the last week that new PvP ranks under the old Honor System can be earned, as the patch will immediately introduce the new Honor System. We will run one final honor calculation on December 5 and update everyone’s ranking accordingly on that date so that players who achieve a new rank for that week have the opportunity to display that title on their character. Please note, however, that no new PvP rewards will be unlocked for purchase with this final “old Honor System” calculation, regardless of any increase in rank.

For those who have been seeking high-rank PvP armor and weapons, note that the new Honor System will still include these item rewards, and it will actually be easier to earn these items under the new Honor System than under the old Honor System. Those who wish to see how their PvP abilities measure up against other players will still be able to do so under the new Arena System.

I know the 5th is a Tuesday but this is a US post so I'll guess we will have it the day after on our regular maintenance day.

[saori]

mmm, for me the patch is of 648MB.....:g: extrange....

[Tanales]

same for everyone saori

[sheepy]

phew..... another week to finish downloading!

[Tanales]

use the .torrent file in a proper torrent client like uTorrent?
i did that and i had the update in about 1 hour