Comments on: Beta News Round-Up

By: Nimizar

Nimizar — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:08:53 +0000

Gah, “Burning Crusade” :P

By: Nimizar

Nimizar — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:07:54 +0000

The effectiveness of the new AotV Koraa mentioned is going to be highly dependent on the exact numbers involved. What proc chance per hit? What base mana % per proc? Does the proc chance scale with haste or is it normalised? With our cheapest shot (Steady) clocking in at 4% of base and our most expensive (Chimera) clocking in at 16%, there are a wide range of possibilities for tuning it.

And yeah, as far as Icecrown goes, Blizz have stated several times that they think Illidan was made killable too soon in the Burning Crusage release cycle – expect to see Icecrown Citadel (and Arthas) as the last major dungeon addition in Wrath, similar to the addition of Sunwell Plateau and Kil’Jaeden in Burning Crusade.

By: Mania

Mania — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:09:29 +0000

Solarshot: Unfortunately I don't have any tricks that can help. However, if you are comfortable doing so you can use a mirror to download the files you need. I suggest the ones mentioned in this thread on the beta forums. I haven't had any trouble with these guys, but you should always be safe and check for viruses.

By: Solarshot

Solarshot — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:58:30 +0000

hey mania i just got my beta key yeserday its taking foreeeeeever to dl the client, mania do you know how to make it so it downloads quick/erfaster? or anyone on the forums? some reason it’s insanely slow when i dl stuff from blizzard :(

By: Seidouyumi

Seidouyumi — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:40:34 +0000

That was botched. So, yes it’s speeding up, but I wouldn’t speculate upon it.

By: Seidouyumi

Seidouyumi — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:39:49 +0000

Ichigo,

I can dig up the interviews, I think, but I would have to go a lot of searching. It really isn’t guesswork. This time they decided that they could and should not put everything out at one time.

I also have no doubt that things are speeding up at Blizzard since they have two months to get things done and ready for release, and then get them burned to disk and shipped across the country. So, yes, but I wouldn’t speculate it.

By: Ichigo

Ichigo — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:59:32 +0000

Seidouyumi,

You could be right, but this could also be a mirror to what occurred with BC and the Black Temple. With the flurry of beta patches, increasing level cap to 80 in the beta, patch 3.0.2 forthcoming and other signs, it does appear that there is a sudden increase in pace for Blizzard.

If this truly is a sign of upcoming events or just a coincidental occurrence can only be speculated upon.

By: Mania

Mania — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:50:40 +0000

Guthorm: The maintenance post says 6-8 hours from 10:30 am Pacific. For me, that translates to 7:30 pm – 9:30pm EDT, which gives us another 2-4 hours from now (as I type this).

On the other hand, so far beta has been up sooner than expected several times. On the third hand, if they are going to “try to patch” and also sort out the pre-mades, it may take longer this time.

By: FaaR

FaaR — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:39:45 +0000

Of course AotV will “scale” on base mana (or rather, not scale), seeing as blizzard apparantly wants us to be permanently stuck in viper mode instead of doing DPS with hawk. Letting us stay in viper mode only briefly was a mistake they now say, no we can’t have that.

…Sigh. And I was just thinking maybe they’ve finally got a clue how hunter players want their class to work and then they go and do this.

By: Xanar

Xanar — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:17:25 +0000

I like chrome as well though I have had issues with some scripts not working.

I’m excited about getting into the PTR and testing some of these changes! Lets see I need a Hyena, a carrion bird, and…