The Public Test Realms are now live with the 2.0.3 patch! This patch test carries a unique and significant difference over previous PTRs as we’re testing a post-expansion realm environment. Current Closed Beta testers will be able to access the public...
Talk about a busy day over at Blizzard. Tigole posted about some hotfixes that are in the works for Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep: The Eye. Not only that, he also included more info on upcoming changes to raid trash encounters in TBC. Because...
This is an incredibly long set of patch notes. Grab a snack before digging in. World of Warcraft PTR Patch 2.1.0 The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html
The Black Temple The Temple...
Well, the 2.1.0 PTR Patch is out, and the news just keeps on flowing. Below for this post I have attatched images of the skyguard and ogrila rep rewards, click the thumbnails for larger sizes! Table of Contents 1 Faction Rewards 2 Tier5 Changes 3 Engineering...
The 2.1 Patch has an incredible amount of changes, and amongst them is the implementation of a new arena - the Ruins of Lordaeron arena. Below is an assorted list of images from the arena instance itself for those who want to see what it looks like without...
Our item database has been updated with many of the new items found on the 2.1 PTR, thanks to Boubouille . Additional good news is that our cgprofiler, the automatic updater for our WoW database and character profile system is now in beta; we have lots...
During a Death and Taxes raid on the PTR, the first two bosses were death touched by a GM, so that further content in the zone could be tested. High Warlord Najentus dropped new loot, and you can see loot from Supremus for the first time, in the images...
The Official World of Warcraft website updated their reputation section with information on the Scale of the Sands - the reputation required for, and raised through Caverns of Time: The Battle of My. Hyjal. You can see the rings you receive by raising...
The guys inhabiting the current PTR test realms have been going at the Black Temple for a while - and thus yielding some results that the rest of us may feast our eyes upon. Most notable of the recent discoveries is Illidan Stormrage as he stands in The...
With yesterday's patch, Caverns of Time: Hyjal Past was open for testing. The McWeaksauce brothers - Jimmy to be exact - are on the case, looking to flag any hearty adventurer willing to take the risk and return to the days of Archimonde's reign...
Yesterday's patch brought some undocumented changes - mostly because they're simply bug fixes for problems that cropped up on test - they don't appear to be new additions to the patch itself. Table of Contents 1 General 2 PvP 3 Druid 4 Hunter...
With the PTR heating up, and the release of Hyjal in yesterday's patch, we now have every tier 6 armor set's stats, for each class in World of Warcraft. You can find them listed below, as well as in our item database. Simply mouse over an item's...
There was a PTR patch today that introduced some additional changes. Of note are the Spellfire and Frozen Shadoweave changes, as well as another reduction to the PvP Epic Gem Honor costs. The Mongoose enchant has a new look. Spellfire and Frozen Shadoweave...
Last night, Impervious took a break from their raiding grind on the live realms to check out Hyjal. They had a developer on hand, no doubt to work on fine-tuning the bosses as Impervious attempted them. They went through a total of four bosses - two at...
Well this is some fairly surprising news to see this morning. The changes during yesterday's PTR patch to the Spellfire and Frozen Shadoweave sets, which reduced their Spell Damage in exchange for Intellect, are going to be reverted before the 2.1...
The 2.1 Test Realm was updated today with another patch. There are quite a number of changes today, and per this post by Kalgan, nearly every single level 70 epic in the game is going to be improved before 2.1 goes live. Here are just a few of the images...
As the 2.1 patch on the PTR is coming to an end, we strongly recommend all addon authors to test out their files and make sure they are working on the Public Test Realms. In our file compatibility listing, there is an added checkbox named "2.1.0...
Today marks the day of another 2.1 PTR patch, with many, many item upgrades. A quick recap is as follows: Tier 4, Tier 5, and Tier 6 sets have received upgrades. Karazhan items have received upgrades. Gruul's Lair and Magtheridon's Lair items...
There's a great thread going on over on the Elitist Jerks forum, where they're compiling items dropped from Black Temple. Yesterday there were more items found, and a new encounter tested for the first time: Shade of Akama. All of the new loot...
Yesterday, Nihilum took a break from working on Kael'thas, to check out the Black Temple on the EU Public Test Realm. They downed the first two bosses, High Warlord Naj'entus and Supremus, and picked up some new loots that were previously undiscovered...
Along with yesterday's trip to the Black Temple for Nihilum, Awake filmed their kill of High Warlord Naj'entus, and the movie is available for download here . You can also find a Streaming Version here on Curse, so check it out!
The Curse guild, on the EU realm Vek'nilash, visited the EU Test Realm today to explore the content in the Battle of Mount Hyjal. They were able to down the first four bosses so far - Rage Winterchill, Anetheron, Kaz'rogal, and Azgalor - without...
Good news for everyone annoyed by those gold spammers! Today in a forum post on the official WoW forums, Drysc announced that there will be some spam-prevention features added with patch 2.1. With the upcoming Black Temple patch, we will be introducing...
There's yet another patch on the 2.1 Public Test Realms today, with more item upgrades - this time for Arena rewards, PvP rewards, and Kazzak/Doomwalker loot. Keep checking back - the news will be updated with more images as we get them finished....
I'm not one to advocate exploiting encounters, but at least it was done on the PTR so that Blizzard can fix this before the patch goes live. The EU-Kazzak guild Forte defeated Archimonde last night, during a trip to the PTR to test out Hyjal. There...
