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So, 4.0.1 is NOT today's patch, correct?

[_neutrino Veteran]

So, 4.0.1 is NOT today's patch, correct?

Correct sadly no patch today :(

[Elliott]

So, 4.0.1 is NOT today's patch, correct?

No patch today, as far as I can tell. If there were, I would think the Launcher would be loading it. :p

4.0.1 won't come out until at least next week, but I'd be surprised by that even. It just seems so buggy right now.

[LaP]

I agree, Its still hella buggy. I'd be surprised at this week

I'd be surprised at next week.

I don't expect the patch before mid october at best.

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Well that sucks. I really want the new talent trees before I start playing again. I guess I'll have to wait.

[_neutrino Veteran]

Well that sucks. I really want the new talent trees before I start playing again. I guess I'll have to wait.

being that the arena season is ending next week as well as proximity to release date and the fact that this patch and one other are expected before release, i would be willing to bet money that the patch will come out next Tuesday (for the US)

[Elliott]

being that the arena season is ending next week as well as proximity to release date and the fact that this patch and one other are expected before release, i would be willing to bet money that the patch will come out next Tuesday (for the US)

Generally, major content patches are released a month before the next expansion. Judging by the state of 4.0.1, I think that trend will continue. As far as actual spells and abilities are concerned, it still seems like there's still some balancing to be done. It also doesn't seem like all the old content has been modified to be balanced with the new stats, abilities, and damage/healing throughput.

As for technical issues, there are plenty (at least over here on the Mac side). Graphical glitches, crashers, plummeting frame rates and weird effects when using the new liquid and sunshafts, etc.

Edit: As a sidenote, I don't think it's impossible that Patch 4.0.1 will get released next week. In fact, I think it's very probable. I just don't know if it's the best move considering the state it's in right now. Getting 200FPS while staring at a wall and then turning on "Good" liquid and getting 15FPS while staring at that same wall doesn't make me very confident. :p

[Solth]

Awesome news! Still debating on whether to get the Collector's Edition or not. The little Deathwing looks awesome. :laugh:

Looks awesome but is it really worth the price JUST really for that?

[Elliott]

Looks awesome but is it really worth the price JUST really for that?

GameStop decided for me. All the local ones are sold out. :laugh:

[Minifig]

So, one of my friends was going to transfer his toon from our server back to the server that we used to play on and we're going to.. so I had him bring my gold and extra choppa with him.

Which means my level 1 Worgen Druid will have 4,796 gold, 88 silver, and 25 copper... and a Choppa.

If you figure in the fact that I don't buy anything from the auction house until the mid 70s when gear starts to die off, unless it's glyphs? ...

[I am Redbeard]

Excuse the coloring / quality. Somewhere between irfan view and photobucket my ui lost the shiny look it has when I'm actually playing.

Question is, look at my health/man bar. What addon is that keeping track of the duration of SW:P? I've been ignoring it forever on my hunter and would like to sort it out for my priest.

[Spookie]

Quartz by the looks of it.

PS: Sort out your borders. Turn them all off or turn them all on. :)

[DJOuk]

Sorry if this is a noob question but...Can I play the new expansion in September if I have not got the Wrath of the Lich King? I never got around to buying that was it seems populated with end game content only...

[boo_star]

Sorry if this is a noob question but...Can I play the new expansion in September if I have not got the Wrath of the Lich King? I never got around to buying that was it seems populated with end game content only...

No.

[DJOuk]

No.

Lame.

Oh well, Thanks for the quick answer. Guess I'll hunt around for a cheap copy.

[Shaun N.]

Sorry if this is a noob question but...Can I play the new expansion in September if I have not got the Wrath of the Lich King? I never got around to buying that was it seems populated with end game content only...

2 answers to this.

1: You need the all of the previous expansions before being able to use Cataclysm.

2: Cataclysm comes out in December, Not September as that was last month lol

[Dan Williamson]

Sorry if this is a noob question but...Can I play the new expansion in September if I have not got the Wrath of the Lich King? I never got around to buying that was it seems populated with end game content only...

You can play the content to 1-60 not including the TBC areas if you don't have TBC, and the 1-70 content if you have TBC but not Northrend, nor any of the Cataclysm specific areas if you don't purchase all expansions.

[treemonster]

You can play the content to 1-60 not including the TBC areas if you don't have TBC, and the 1-70 content if you have TBC but not Northrend, nor any of the Cataclysm specific areas if you don't purchase all expansions.

for people that only own say the vanilla box, will they see the cataclysm changes to old zones and so on? or are they still doing that?

[I am Redbeard]

Quartz by the looks of it.

PS: Sort out your borders. Turn them all off or turn them all on. :)

Would you happen to know what part of quartz it would be? I've fumbled around with almost all of the settings and can't find anything.

I like the borders. They make me feel like it's more organized and that addons/bars are in a set area, not just floating.

This screen shot is a little dated so some things are moved now (latency,fps,qbar...ect)

Again you can see the debuff/buff timers completely covers a portion of my health bar.

Edit: I can see how it would seem very empty given the first ss I provided. Keep in mind it's a level 5, not much to monitor.

[DrCheese]

for people that only own say the vanilla box, will they see the cataclysm changes to old zones and so on? or are they still doing that?

Yes... You don't seriously think they'd spend all that time redoing the older content with modern quest/environment design and making it much more new player friendly to dump people buying the vanilla game in the old, dead game world do you :p

[treemonster]

Yes... You don't seriously think they'd spend all that time redoing the older content with modern quest/environment design and making it much more new player friendly to dump people buying the vanilla game in the old, dead game world do you :p

meh just curious. it's all part of the expansion so you never know. can't play any tbc or wotlk content at all without those boxes. i know some stuff gets carried over to ppl who only own vanilla, but even a tbc starter zone like for the belfs was inaccessible to ppl without tbc. the entrance is a portal iirc and normal flight paths don't connect to it.

i might buy cataclysm i might not. it would mean buying a prepaid cc to transfer my old main to a new server since i don';t believe they could rejuvenate the quests so well to make rerolling worthwhile, and of all my reroll since wotlk, aside from dk, my highest is like level 7.

[Minifig]

World of Warcraft^? Subscriber Base Reaches 12 Million Worldwide

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that the subscriber base for World of Warcraft^?, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), now exceeds 12 million players worldwide. This milestone was reached in the wake of the mainland Chinese launch of World of Warcraft?s second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King^?, and also as global anticipation continues to mount for the December 7 release of the game's third expansion, Cataclysm^?.

More here.

12 Million people. :blink::o

[I am Redbeard]

World of Warcraft^? Subscriber Base Reaches 12 Million Worldwide

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that the subscriber base for World of Warcraft^?, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), now exceeds 12 million players worldwide. This milestone was reached in the wake of the mainland Chinese launch of World of Warcraft?s second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King^?, and also as global anticipation continues to mount for the December 7 release of the game's third expansion, Cataclysm^?.

More here.

12 Million people. :blink::o

Not to be a debbie downer, but, that's a cumulative figure... i.e: all subscriptions ever, active, inactive (cancelled) or active without a person playing. It is impressive, regardless.. but isn't as impressive as 12 million active players.

[treemonster]

Not to be a debbie downer, but, that's a cumulative figure... i.e: all subscriptions ever, active, inactive (cancelled) or active without a person playing. It is impressive, regardless.. but isn't as impressive as 12 million active players.

no it really is current active(ie playable) subs.

trial and inactive accounts are not counted in that figure.

keeping in mind that in china they pay by the hour, so they might just have accounts there with a few hours left not being played for maybe months that count as active subs.

[I am Redbeard]

no it really is current active(ie playable) subs.

trial and inactive accounts are not counted in that figure.

keeping in mind that in china they pay by the hour, so they might just have accounts there with a few hours left not being played for maybe months that count as active subs.

I need to read more and assume less.