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3.3: Background Downloading Has Begun
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 - 17 Comments
Oh Blizzard, you’re so sneaky! With a notice surreptitiously tucked away at the bottom of the launcher, and a download utility that chugs away at forthcoming patches minimized on your taskbar, you wouldn’t even realize you were downloading anything at all unless you were looking ... More
PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Update 11/17 (Build 10835)
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 - 7 Comments
A new round of changes to go with the next week of testing! Perhaps the most important of the bunch are those relating to the way Rogue poisons work. We brought a potential problem to your attention last week, which involved an add-on allowing Rogues ... More
PTR 3.3: ICC Raid Testing Schedule (11/18-11/20), PuG With the Blues 3
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 - 3 Comments
The latest raid testing schedule kicks off with both Lord Marrowgar and the Icecrown Gunship Battle (both US and European servers) on Wednesday. As much as these two have been under the microscope so far, I’d anticipate that they’re nearly ready for prime-time. And on ... More
PTR 3.3: Deathbringer Raid Encounter [Video]
Friday, November 13th, 2009 - 24 Comments
Deathbringer is one of the few remaining fights not previously tested on the PTR, and perhaps for good reason! The lore surrounding this fight connects right back to one of Wrath of the Lich King’s most iconic events. If you’ve experienced it yourself, then you ... More
PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Updated 11/11 (Build 10805)
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 - 7 Comments
Likely in accordance with the raid testing today, 3.3 has been updated yet again. Though it’s a full 181 MB, the documented changes are minuscule, as they have been over the past few builds. I’ll be the first to tell you that I’m happy about the ... More
PTR 3.3: Raid Testing Schedule 11/11-11/14
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 - 4 Comments
And we’re back to a robust week of testing in Icecrown Citadel! If you had seen this schedule earlier, either on a different news site or on the official PTR forum itself, do note that the dates have been shifted. There will no longer be ... More
Patch 3.3: Final Tier 10 Preview, Shaman
Monday, November 9th, 2009 - 17 Comments
The tier armor preview for patch 3.3 and Icecrown Citadel has been finalized. We finally get a peak at Shaman armor. This is one of my favorite tier 10 set designs. The deer things coming out of the shoulders look like a random periodic effect. I ... More
New Map/Quest Interface Tour [Video]
Friday, November 6th, 2009 - 15 Comments
As you may have read in the latest patch notes, Blizzard has gone ahead and given players the option to integrate the Quest Log and World Map into one big, conglomerated objective-tracking monstrosity! People will wail and people will moan that they’re, once again, making ... More
PTR 3.3: Patch Notes Update, New Map/Quest System Implemented
Friday, November 6th, 2009 - 5 Comments
New build, new stuff! Two things of especially interesting note this time around: if you’re still running Naxxramas these days, then it’s about to get a little bit easier. Are you tired of having to run through the entire dungeon just to unlock the fight ... More
PTR 3.3: Raid Test Schedule 11/6-11/7
Friday, November 6th, 2009 - 3 Comments
Though it’s come rather late in the week, it looks like there will be some Icecrown Citadel raid testing this week, after all! As of this posting, EU realms have already run their first of the set, having taken another crack at Lady Deathwhisper. Though ... More