WoW Brazil / Blizzard Slate, Blue Posts, MMO Report, Comics

Brazilan and Japanese locale added in 4.0.6 - Blizzard Slate confirmed?
Digging through the 4.0.6 files yields interesting results, it seems that two localizations have been added to the game: ptBR and jaJP.


These locales are respectively the Portuguese-Brazil and the Japanese-Japan ones, they're actually used in other Blizzard games and I guess you can check SC2Mapster - Galaxy Editor if you need a confirmation of some sort.

Now you're probably going to ask me why you should care about that (unless you're Brazilian) and the answer is very simple! Remember the leaked Blizzard Product Slate from a few months back? WoW Brazil was actually there, and the timing is near perfect.


Things are starting to make sense and it might be safe to assume that Blizzard is still on schedule for the WoW changes, if everything works as planned we probably won't have to wait too much time before the next expansion is released and I guess the current plan is as follow:



Hopefully Patch 4.1 will hit the test realms very soon and I'll have plenty of stuff to report.


Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Class balance based on PTR Testing
The PTR does not exist solely for balance feedback. They provide crash reports, bug reports, having the patches simply live on a test environment with people actively playing helps us catch a great number of issues that no one would even need post about. Beyond that though the bug reports that are posted are extremely helpful, and overall the PTRs lead without a doubt to a more stable patch than it would have been were there no public test.

In direct answer to what you're referring, unless there's new content, the number of people on the PTR is really pretty low. Too low to pull reliable metrics to base balance changes on. Unless there's new content to drive people to the PTR there generally just isn't a sample size. Which is fine, because we can make changes after the PTR once the patch hits the live realms. Issuing hotfixes after a patch is by no means something new. We've used hotfixes for quite a long time, but since Cataclysm and the new community site, hotfix changes are front page news through the blogs. Which is awesome. Before we were throwing out pretty much the same amount of hotfixes we were after 4.0.6. Difference being we didn't have a great way to tell anyone about them. So now hotfixes are very visible and it makes it seem like we're going crazy with them, when really it's just increased transparency into the changes we're making.

Going back to your question, the PTR does many great things for the patches, and it should be expected that we're not going to make balance changes based on forum posts alone. The designers don't believe their own play experience is reason enough to make balance changes, although it can be one part of the puzzle, and the same goes for us reading about yours. (Source)

The MMO Report
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Comics
Dark Legacy Comics #276 and Teh Gladiators #212 are out!

This article was originally published in forum thread: WoW Brazil / Blizzard Slate, Blue Posts, MMO Report, Comics started by Boubouille View original post
Published on 2011-02-21 08:43 AM
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  1. Archer's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by blackangel209 View Post
    You say that as if they wouldn't have done it anyway...
    Yep. More customers to not listen to, lie to, screw over is always amazing. Here here! Now my ticket times will go from 6 days to 3 weeks. (I know different country can't I just qq?)
  1. Salculd's Avatar
    I initially misread that headline as "WoW Braille". This definitely makes a lot more sense.
  1. Ektoplasme's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Aleom View Post
    I find this news fairly distressing. If there is more evidence that the product calendar is at least SOMEWHAT accurate, that means that the next expansion (WOWx4) will be released in LESS than 12 months. That means that the next TWO to THREE RAIDS are going to be dropped within that timeframe. Is it just me or does that seem like a very small amount of time for most guilds to progress through Hardmode content before the next raid is released?
    Come on, it's just a planned schedule. At work we also do it all the time, and we always have a few months delay. So expect WoW 4 to arrive in september 2012 and not in 12 months.
  1. Simca's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Aleom View Post
    I find this news fairly distressing. If there is more evidence that the product calendar is at least SOMEWHAT accurate, that means that the next expansion (WOWx4) will be released in LESS than 12 months. That means that the next TWO to THREE RAIDS are going to be dropped within that timeframe. Is it just me or does that seem like a very small amount of time for most guilds to progress through Hardmode content before the next raid is released?

    -- Cheers
    Grand Crusader Aleom, Light of the Dawn, Defender of a Shattered Realm.
    This is true, but their expansion timeframe has always shifted a lot (I mean, look at Cataclysm's release date shift).

    Blizzard wasn't afraid to push Cataclysm back despite the hordes of angry fans.
  1. Ukerric's Avatar
    Patch 4.2 - ??? (Caverns of Time: War of the Ancients?)
    CoT might be there, but we can also expect a water-themed raid.

    The theme of the expansion is the Elements. 4 elements, 4 patches. We already have Air in 4.0, we get Fire in 4.1, 4.3 with Neltharion is obviously Earth... which means Water must come in 4.2.

    Now, it might be a smaller side raid, the way Air is today. Fire and Earth are obviously the big guns of their respective patches, so Air and Water might be secondary (which doesn't mean easier. Just smaller).
  1. Bane-Thunder-God's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Aleom View Post
    I find this news fairly distressing. If there is more evidence that the product calendar is at least SOMEWHAT accurate, that means that the next expansion (WOWx4) will be released in LESS than 12 months. That means that the next TWO to THREE RAIDS are going to be dropped within that timeframe. Is it just me or does that seem like a very small amount of time for most guilds to progress through Hardmode content before the next raid is released?

    -- Cheers
    Grand Crusader Aleom, Light of the Dawn, Defender of a Shattered Realm.
    Do note that Q1-4 Starts from April the first month of the Financial year. So for example Diablo 3 is marked for Q4 of 2011. That means its going to be released between Jan - Mar of 2012. My guess is March 2012, tho I really wish the game would come out this year in Nov. I'm pretty sure the new expansion will arrive in Q3-Q4 of 2012 which could mean going into 2013 which would make sense anyway. 2 years between each expansion is Blizzards usual pattern.
  1. Rick987's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tgump View Post
    Wait, there'll be a WoW Brazil? Aren't they content with the Warsong server?

    Also: very excited to see this little chart being accurate once...if it's true, I won't have to wait much longer for DIII!
    how people can be so selfish lol

    if we (brazilians) are going to have a better ping i'd agree with a version for brazil, otherwise, for me, it will be useless and i'm concerned for some translation they should do
  1. greyghost's Avatar
    Beautiful DLC comic. n_n)-b
  1. papaz's Avatar
    I am happy this fits perfect in product slate =)

    that means Diablo 3 and titan is actually not that far away
  1. Sellest's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ukerric View Post
    CoT might be there, but we can also expect a water-themed raid.

    The theme of the expansion is the Elements. 4 elements, 4 patches. We already have Air in 4.0, we get Fire in 4.1, 4.3 with Neltharion is obviously Earth... which means Water must come in 4.2.

    Now, it might be a smaller side raid, the way Air is today. Fire and Earth are obviously the big guns of their respective patches, so Air and Water might be secondary (which doesn't mean easier. Just smaller).
    I don't know where exactly I read that but I believe that Neptulon was actually "good" one so maybe there is no need to fight him
  1. Siton's Avatar
    Please, don't let more kittens die.
  1. Caribald's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Pokot View Post
    Paladin:
    100% + 310% = 410%
    410%*1,2 = 492%

    Thus, your speed with crusader aura is 392% of normal running speed

    Mount up:

    100% + 310% = 410%
    410%*1,1 = 451%

    Thus, your speed with 'Mount up' is 351% of normal running speed

    Welcome to Wow mechanics brah
    ...

    392% and 351% INCREASED movement speed, not 392% and 351% OF normal movement speed. I don't know why you subtracted 100% from both results.

    Also; 492/451 = 1.090909090909 repeating = 12/11. Just because a paladin (or frost (or is it unholy?) death knight) moves 41% of normal movement speed faster than others, it doesn't mean they move 41% faster than others. They move one eleventh faster. An even easier calculation would be 120% / 110% of "normal mount speed".

    This is the same reason I hate when people say "shamans got a 15% healing buff". No they didn't. They already had a passive 10% boost, meaning 110% of "normal healing". Increasing the boost by 15% to 25%, they now have 125% of "normal healing". 125/110 = 1.1363636 repeating = 13.63636% = 3/22 increase.
  1. Ektoplasme's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by spinalc0rd View Post
    Do note that Q1-4 Starts from April the first month of the Financial year. So for example Diablo 3 is marked for Q4 of 2011. That means its going to be released between Jan - Mar of 2012. My guess is March 2012, tho I really wish the game would come out this year in Nov. I'm pretty sure the new expansion will arrive in Q3-Q4 of 2012 which could mean going into 2013 which would make sense anyway. 2 years between each expansion is Blizzards usual pattern.
    Nope. In the US the fiscal year begins on October the 1st. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year#United_States)

    On the product slate, Q1 means from January 1st to March 31st. That's all, nothing fancy. But that doesn't mean WoWx4 will be released before June 2012, they will be late obviously, this date was just given as a very optimistic estimate to please shareholders. WoWx4 will be released between Q3 and Q4 more probably.
  1. mmocf70a06ebec's Avatar
    gief diablo 3
  1. Direfen's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ukerric View Post
    CoT might be there, but we can also expect a water-themed raid.

    The theme of the expansion is the Elements. 4 elements, 4 patches. We already have Air in 4.0, we get Fire in 4.1, 4.3 with Neltharion is obviously Earth... which means Water must come in 4.2.

    Now, it might be a smaller side raid, the way Air is today. Fire and Earth are obviously the big guns of their respective patches, so Air and Water might be secondary (which doesn't mean easier. Just smaller).
    Abyssal Maw I believe is the Water themed raid, which appears to be coming with the Firelands raid.
  1. Ektoplasme's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Direfen View Post
    Abyssal Maw I believe is the Water themed raid, which appears to be coming with the Firelands raid.
    Abyssal Maw will be a 5-man instance.
  1. Viertel's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Aleom View Post
    I find this news fairly distressing. If there is more evidence that the product calendar is at least SOMEWHAT accurate, that means that the next expansion (WOWx4) will be released in LESS than 12 months. That means that the next TWO to THREE RAIDS are going to be dropped within that timeframe. Is it just me or does that seem like a very small amount of time for most guilds to progress through Hardmode content before the next raid is released?

    -- Cheers
    Grand Crusader Aleom, Light of the Dawn, Defender of a Shattered Realm.
    I wouldn't worry about it. Blizzard's plan has been to attempt to release an expansion every year once they launched The Burning Crusade. Well, you see how well that plan's gone. Don't put much stock in the release date of WoW patches/expansions.

    I do, however, find it interesting that jaJP was added to WoW. Does anyone know how thorough these localizations are? Is it just IME support for Japanese characters, or the full shebang?

    Because, if it's the real deal like Chinese WoW, I wonder how much tighter Square Enix's asshole can pucker.
  1. Hikari's Avatar
    Does this mean they'll get WoW into the Japanese market?
    I'll be so happy if those crazy illustrators in Japan can draw more Warcraft doujins and pics XDD
  1. mmoc899a3ebb28's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Pokot View Post
    Paladin:
    100% + 310% = 410%
    410%*1,2 = 492%

    Thus, your speed with crusader aura is 392% of normal running speed

    Mount up:

    100% + 310% = 410%
    410%*1,1 = 451%

    Thus, your speed with 'Mount up' is 351% of normal running speed

    Welcome to Wow mechanics brah
    You are bad at math.
  1. thegamer's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ektoplasme View Post
    Nope. In the US the fiscal year begins on October the 1st. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year#United_States)
    Government fiscal years and company fiscal years are not the same.

    Also this starts to jive with:
    Blizzard Could Have a 'Minimum' of Two Titles For 2012

    Acti-Blizz specifically mentions in last year's call their fiscal year ends on the calender year
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