Thread: Patch 3.2 Notes Update, Maintenance, Blue posts

I've only got 2 Uld 10 pieces.

Am I bad?

Originally Posted by xile

It's simple now enough, but on top of it all, you can get some of the best game in the gear, or the BEST gear last patch, within effectively a week. Catering to casuals my ass, it's all about the money. EVEN casuals can pug ulduar, and thats on my server which is far from one of the top servers out of all the realms. I guess i missed the whole point in giving people free t8.5 and t8.5 similar gear for practically free.
How are they expecting casuals, to clear harder content with the same gear that people are already using to clear easier content.. and unsucesfully doing so. NERF NERF NERF EVERYTHING. gg bliz.

Because some random guy getting some (let's be serious, you can't get full t8.5 equivalent set (2 pieces of tier 8.5 + some random pieces which will not net you a full 16 piece set)) of the best gear last patch is clearly ground & game-breaking, right? Especially for you who will not feel so special anymore in your current set. If you are so pro & elitist as you showed in your post, in patch 3.2 you will be wearing 3.2 gear. If you aren't - well tough luck.

Originally Posted by Riltia

My proposed time line :

Today - 3.2 testing finished > Next week/week after - 3.2 Live > Week after that - 3.2.1 > August 21st-ish - BlizzCon > Few weeks later - 3.2.2 > Not long after (maybe beginning of October) - 3.3 on PTR > November-ish - 3.3 off PTR > Before Xmas - 3.3 Live.

Just my idea.

I think this is a very credible time line. TBC was released mid-January and I suspect that the next expansion is headed for that time frame. We already see the seeding in 3.2 for the new races as they promised us and I doubt they would do that much more than six months in advance. This time frame would also allow them to pre-sell the next expansion during the holiday period in USA/Europe and while interest in 3.3 was still high. This means 3.3 needs to drop by mid-November to give people two months to finish up WOTLK. That would mean 3.2 drops no later than late August.

My own opinion is that 3.2 is less a stand-alone patch than a transition patch to get people geared up and ready for 3.3 and the new expansion. As such, there is no real reason to delay it so long as it's ready. Given the timing of Blizzcon I find it hard to believe that they want it taken up with questions about 3.2 and would rather have the discussion focused on the future. So I unless there is some serious technological issues I would think the plan would be to have 3.2 drop in early August.

Yes, this does pose some minor problems with Arena. But I don't believe such details are driving the decision making process.

Originally Posted by Sensual Muffin

I WANT EPIC FLYING FOR FREE TOO

i dont know how 1k cheaper(if your exalted with valiance expedition) is free did you go to school at all

Originally Posted by worlddan

This time frame would also allow them to pre-sell the next expansion during the holiday period in USA/Europe and while interest in 3.3 was still high. This means 3.3 needs to drop by mid-November to give people two months to finish up WOTLK. That would mean 3.2 drops no later than late August.

My own opinion is that 3.2 is less a stand-alone patch than a transition patch to get people geared up and ready for 3.3 and the new expansion.

Wait what? WOTLK came out 9 months ago are you seriously suggesting they're getting ready to wind it up and give us another expansion? BC lasted two years, they're not going to milk the current expansion for any shorter time than that.