Patch Thread Discussion

[Shin]

This thread can be used for all recent, current, and future patches introduced in WoW.

The current patch details can be found here: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/

World of Warcraft Client Patch 3.3.5

The latest test realm patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html

The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/

Assault on the Ruby Sanctum

For ages the red dragonflight and its noble matriarch, Alexstrasza the Life-Binder, have dedicated themselves to preserving all life on Azeroth. Recently, the very heart of this virtuous dragonflight has come under threat.

An eerie silence has settled over the Ruby Sanctum, the red dragonflight's sacred lair within the Chamber of the Aspects. This troubling development has led to fears that the sanctum, home to Azeroth's largest clutch of red dragon eggs, has been breached by an unknown, sinister force. If these claims are true and immediate action is not taken, the benevolent red dragonflight might be crippled forever.

Real ID: A New Way to Connect With Your Friends on Battle.net

One of our goals for the new Battle.net is to create the framework for an online gaming experience that is even more accessible, more engaging, and more entertaining than the previous Battle.net. The newly released Real ID feature, available to World of Warcraft players as part of patch 3.3.5, is an integral part of this effort, providing you with advanced ways for forming and maintaining meaningful relationships with your friends on the service.

Real ID is a completely voluntary and optional level of identity that keeps players connected across all of Battle.net. When you and a friend mutually agree to become Real ID friends, you'll have access to a number of additional features that will enrich your social gaming experience in new and exciting ways. Go here for more details.

General

• The Ruby Sanctum, an all-new 10- and 25-player raid dungeon featuring normal and Heroic difficulties, has been added! Players will find the dungeon entrance below Wyrmrest Temple in Dragonblight. Please note due to the way this patch is being applied in all regions, this dungeon will not immediately be available in North America. Stay tuned to our General Discussion forum for an official announcement on the opening of the Ruby Sanctum.
• The functionality of the Vote Kick feature in the Dungeon Finder will now behave differently according to a player's history with the system. Players using the Dungeon Finder who rarely vote to kick players from a group, or rarely abandon groups before a dungeon is complete, will find that the Vote Kick option will have no cooldown. For players who frequently abandon groups or vote to kick other players, the Vote Kick option will be kept on a cooldown. This functionality will adjust itself as a player's behavior while using the Dungeon Finder changes.

User Interface

• Chat Frame
  • Players can now right-click on any chat type (Whisper, Trade, General, Party, Raid, etc.) and choose to move conversation types into separate windows. This will move that chat type to a separate tab in the Chat frame which can be undocked and moved anywhere on the screen.
    • Using the Move to Whisper Window option on a Whisper will place the conversation with that player in a separate tab.
    • Any time a conversation with another player is put into its own tab, the tab will glow when a new message is received.
  • Hovering over the Chat Frame and using the mouse wheel will allow players to scroll through chat text.
  • Players can select Classic Mode under Interface Options to keep the Chat Frame functionality closer to what it was prior to patch 3.3.5.
  • The Simple Chat User Interface option has been removed.
• Friends List
  • A new icon has been added to the top left of the Chat Frame which will open up the Friends list.
  • In addition to its current functionality, the Friends List will now allow players to add Battle.net accounts (Real ID). Players will have to confirm that they are friends in order for a Real ID to be added. Once Real ID friends, players can communicate cross-game, cross-faction and cross-realm.
  • A new Pending tab has been added where players can accept or decline a Real ID friend request, or select the Report Spam or Block Communications buttons.
  • Players can now select from three statuses which will be visible to their friends: Available, Away and Busy.
  • A Broadcast window has been added to the top of the frame. Players can use this to broadcast a message to all of their Real ID friends online. This message will also be displayed under the broadcaster's Real ID information in each friend's list.
• For additional notes on Lua and XML changes please visit the UI & Macros forum.

What are your thoughts on the current patch?
Any strategies or assumptions on what the new dungeon will bring?
Your opinion of Real ID?

Discuss.

 

[1234567ASDF]

Is this new raid giving better loot than LK? I hardly did TOC tbh..Missing out I think but WoW is such a time / money pit.

 

[I'm Still Breathing]

Pretty lame, RealID display your full name, and I don't really want everybody know my full name >_> it'd be nice if you could set a "nickname" or have it just display your first name.

I hate the new chat interface. The way my UI is setup i've got two chat windows tucked away down in the corner, now they've made it so you can't drag the chatboxes all the way to the bottom, and they just feel bigger.

Hoping I'll be able to get a chatmod soon that can fix it. I've already change it back to "classic mode" and all it does is remove the text box under the chatbox >.<.

And to top it all off we can't even go into rs yet >_>.

 

[wmoke]

thats pretty gay they added like a battle net facebook?

 

[T4ank]

thats pretty gay they added like a battle net facebook?

You could say that I suppose, it's not that bad of an idea, but it does have flaws. I don't like that it shows your real name, especially since anyone they have on their real ID friends list can actually see your real name too, though they cant see your character name/email, so it isn't as bad as it sounds. I think it's cool because it allows you to talk to people on horde/other servers... it's just got some flaws that need to be worked out.

 

[superdude]

You could say that I suppose, it's not that bad of an idea, but it does have flaws. I don't like that it shows your real name, especially since anyone they have on their real ID friends list can actually see your real name too, though they cant see your character name/email, so it isn't as bad as it sounds. I think it's cool because it allows you to talk to people on horde/other servers... it's just got some flaws that need to be worked out.

But to add a friend you need to give them your battle.net email, so it's not cool.

 

[T4ank]

But to add a friend you need to give them your battle.net email, so it's not cool.

Or if you don't trust them you can have them give it to you, either way. An authenticator would solve all of these problems. It is one of the few flaws with the system, but like it says, you're only supposed to add people on there that you trust, and if you can't trust someone with your email why would you want to add them anyways?

 

[Kodite]

In my opinion, it's fucking horrible.

This new chat feature they've made, is just stupid. Why have they made it? So that you can abuse the baddies from BG's or Dungeons when they are finished? As thats the only use i have of it, as it's been done alot.

And the new CHatbox, far out.

L2 make an update

 

Is this new raid giving better loot than LK? I hardly did TOC tbh..Missing out I think but WoW is such a time / money pit.

The loot in Ruby Sanctum is on the same level as ICC loot.

 

[T4ank]

In my opinion, it's fucking horrible.

This new chat feature they've made, is just stupid. Why have they made it? So that you can abuse the baddies from BG's or Dungeons when they are finished? As thats the only use i have of it, as it's been done alot.

And the new CHatbox, far out.

L2 make an update

Abuse the baddies from BG's or Dungeons? What do you mean? You have to have their email or they have to have yours to even talk to each other with the new char system, so unless you go and give the "baddies" your info (which would make you a "baddie" by association), then you dunno what you're talking about.

 

[Mark Smith]

warlocks still op and druids need a buff IMO