2.01 Ptr

[sheepy]

I am using the torrent file. my connection isnt as quick as urs obviusly.
 
Mine has taken 3 hours so far, ive got about 30 mins to go
 
(doesnt help that its wireless, and a shared connection.)

[Sandrion]

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

I did the same thing last week, since my background downloader was borked (it killed itself after checking the first 35Megs :sideways: ). Got it in 15-20 mins, not bad.
 
Btw, for the people that are that don't know where to find the torrent file; it's in your %WoWDir%\cache directory. If it isn't there, you need to start the background downloader, which will create it for you.

[Sandrion]

Whoohoo, my character has finally been copied over to the test server (about time too :sideways: ).
 
The new feral stuff is really awesome. Both cat and bear get a considerable DPS increase from Mangle. Bear mangle is critting for 1100 - 1400 and cat mangle for 800 - 1100:dribble: . Most of the time regular mobs die in 3 hits. Additionally Imp.LotP keeps us at full health at all times, it's great for grinding. Just pull 4 to 7 mobs, go bear and spam both swipe and maul. We also seem to have a bit more rage to spend. This might be due to the rage normalization change, which seemingly works in the druid's advantage. Bear tanks will also be happy, personally I'm taking about 8-9% less damage the before, due to the -crit%/+stats and +dodge talents. Bears are becoming increasingly powerfull multitarget/melee tanks, taking about as much damage as a prot warrior, but still delivering nearly as much damage output as an arms warrior, while tanking (seriously, no I'm not joking). I have to say this is a bit 'weird', but hey I don't mind :norty: .
 
It has also become pretty interesting to look at having a imba feral druid along in a raid. The +5% crit and with +6% heal on crit aura is very welcome addition in a melee group (more damage, more combo points for rouges and a permanent free HoT). Permanently having -505 armor (FFF) and +30% bleed damage (Mangle debuff) on mobs can also lead to a decent overall increase in raid DPS. Besides it's nice to have some flexibility. Druids can do everything, so if you're ever low on tanks or melee DPS it's nice to have a specialist along that can properly fill the gap.
 
Overall I'm pretty impressed by the improvements to the druid class. It feels like we're now on par with the other classes. We're able to do everything just as well as the specialized classes we emulate, but we just do it in a slightly different way so we don't infringe upon their territory. I don't know about balance though, that tree definately has improved, but I think it still needs a bit more looking in to (AoE damage and threat management wise).

[Akall]

Ok now is more then official :

As most of you will have guessed by now, this coming Wednesday we will be going live with our latest patch “Before the Storm”.
In order for us to implement this patch we will be extending maintenance on all realms by 6 hours, bringing it to a total of 12 hours. Starting at 1am, we expect the maintenance to be finished on Wednesday, December 6th at 13:00 CET.

For more information about “Before the Storm” please have a look here: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/

[Akall]

Another update from US boards:

The talents released with the 2.0.1 patch will be more recent than those seen on the current PTRs; however as the beta talents are in a constant flux there will likely continue to be some discrepancy until the release of the expansion.

With this new update all the plans and calculations are useless as we don't really know what we are going to have :blink:

[Nefertem]

Lol.. Might aswell go for a spec as close to your current one untill the final talents are revealed then?
Always nice to see they wanna make it better, but they seem a bit undetermined some times:lmfao:

[Akall]

In theory this should be the ones we are getting tomorrow.

Click Me

[Sandrion]

In theory this should be the ones we are getting tomorrow.
 
Click Me

Nope, those are for the TBC beta. If I'm correct we'll be getting the talents of the previous beta push. The talent trees will be updated again when the expansion arrives, although that will only be minor tweaks ofc.
 
(I would prefer the ones you posted though ).

[Sandrion]

I was wrong, the ones Akall posted seem to be the right ones. They updated the trees :yahoo:.
 
Here are the patch notes: http://www.worldofwar.net/patches/2-0-1.php.

[Sandrion]

Btw, for those that still need to download the patch files; here is a pretty fast mirror: http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/games/worldofwarcraft/patches/enGB/.

[kregoron]

Apperently a lot of people has expirienced that their Screenshots folder gets delete after you patch your game....

[Akall]

Hmmm if its going to take this trend Realms will be up next week

The maintenance is extended for another 2 hours, with a new ETA at 15:00. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

:angry::eyebrow::sideways:
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[nightshadel]

i also lost all my addons after the patch had completed and installed.. :S

[Akall]

That is normal as the language ins which they are programmed is no more supported from WoW (it has been upgraded)

[Carr0t]

Apperently a lot of people has expirienced that their Screenshots folder gets delete after you patch your game....

There was a blue post on the WoW Forums about this, warning people to back up their screenshots folder. Presumably the bug was noticed too late to fix it in the binary.