World of Warcraft 2.3 Patch Info Released
Posted by Bezhou Feng on 11 October 2007 - 00:59 · 18 comments & 23389 views
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#1 Posted by Kirkburn on 11 Oct 2007 - 01:47
- And WoWWiki has even more info on 2.3 - see http://www.wowwiki.com/Patch_2.3.0
(plus we had that info since yesterday
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Amazingly, some people actually complained that this change "stole XP" from them ...
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#2 Posted by +Raa on 11 Oct 2007 - 05:15
- Awesome! thats the main reason I didnt keep on playing, im sitting on lvl 36 or something still i think, have been for.... uhhm
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#2.1 Posted by Dark Scizor on 11 Oct 2007 - 06:36
- That's what PvE servers are for...
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#8 Posted by onscreen on 11 Oct 2007 - 14:54
- After almost 3 years and they are aware of their game status. Too late nuff said.
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#9 Posted by chaosblade on 11 Oct 2007 - 17:51
- Hey, They remembered to try and re-balance Diablo 2 in the 1.10 patch, quite a bit too late. Same old, Same old.
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#10 Posted by Unwonted on 11 Oct 2007 - 18:25
- As everyone hits 70, the low level areas are getting more and more desolate. Nobody likes the mind-numbing grind to max level; it makes the prospect of having an alt worth anything that much more difficult. They will have to crank up the exp rate even more if they want any area to feel lived-in, especially after Wrath of the Lich King.
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#10.1 Posted by Skin on 11 Oct 2007 - 23:02
- yeah, that is it on the money. Everywhere you go in the 'old' lands you see 70s and people lvling up other people's low level characters. You can't get an instanced run with a group anymore without someone bringing a 70 to speed things up.
All of the fun is gone out of low lvl areas in the game. Adding the new content and some good xp will boost the players there as people start bringing their low characters out of moth balls.
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#11 Posted by SkillsToShow on 11 Oct 2007 - 23:27
- Yay, Im gonna love this patch. Hope it comes out soon.
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#12 Posted by Kirkburn on 12 Oct 2007 - 01:20
- To those saying "WoW is going down" ... I just have to laugh at your ignorance of both WoW and MMOs in general.
The numbers Blizzard reports are active accounts. And ONLY active accounts.
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#13 Posted by +Dakkaroth on 12 Oct 2007 - 05:53
- I recently canceled my subscription as college is a
bitLOT more important.
I think I may pick it up again with 2.3. Looks fuggtastic.
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#14 Posted by Diaboli on 12 Oct 2007 - 08:23
- so glad i quit this game
its an endless game that sucks the life outta u
to be successful in it, u need to raid at least 12 hours a week, then farm to make money, giving up ur prime time(usually evenings and weekends) to it
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#15 Posted by frod on 19 Oct 2007 - 10:33
- for the haters, the 9 million users number is based on accounts that are currently being paid for, not trials, not expired accounts, not banned accounts. granted active farmers are included in the numbers, but i don't really even see farmers anymore.
i can only imagine the people that are saying it's too little too late are the people that thought getting to 60 in the first place was 'hard'. which i'll just leave at that.
truth be told, the low level areas are empty. no one really wants to spend endless hours there. i wish server hardware was more capable of supporting larger numbers of players on one realm so this wouldn't be an issue, but it's what we have to live with. good compromise i think to just make leveling faster up to 60 and making it more solo-friendly. gets people into the outland content which is far superior and faster paced.
also, i consider myself 'successful' in wow. i have fun and i 'may' do one karazhan run a week which takes only a couple of hours. i guess my definition of success is a bit different...
this comment is too long. oh well. wow is fun. it'll be around forever. not to mention, it's 1000% better and more fun to play now than it was 3 years ago at launch.
To facilitate leveling up even further, Blizzard is increasing the amount of experience received for completing quests between levels 30 and 60. The increase will become more substantial as players approach level 60. Several outdoor elite-mobs are being demoted to non-elites, making them easier to defeat for solo adventurers but offering the same rewards. Blizzard says Stromgarde Keep in the Arathi Highlands will become a solo-friendly environment once patch 2.3 is made live. For players looking for more quests in the 30-40 level range, 60 new quests are being added to the Dustwallow Marsh. Look for more changes to be announced in the coming weeks.