Coming in Patch 4.3.2 - Cross-Realm Raids

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Coming in Patch 4.3.2 - Cross-Realm Raids
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We previously introduced the ability to form cross-realm parties with Real ID friends, and now with Patch 4.3.2, we're adding the ability for players to use that same functionality to form raids to run older normal or heroic raids, or participate in Battlegrounds!

This will allow you to join up with your Real ID friends from other realms and:
  • Form a cross-realm raid and use Raid Finder
  • Jump in to any classic dungeon or raid and be automatically placed in the same instance
  • Join forces and dominate the Battlegrounds

Please note, you will not yet be able to run normal or Heroic Dragon Soul with cross-realm Real ID raids.

As we look forward to the BattleTag system, it’s a very exciting time for World of Warcraft. No matter what realm you and your friends are on you’ll be able to team up and take on group content throughout the game.

Darkmoon Faire - Known Issues
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We’ve identified a number of issues with the Darkmoon Faire this month, and they should be resolved for the February faire. Specifically, we found problems with:

  • Attempting to turn in the Adventurer's Journal and Captured Insignia which are associated with these quests “The Captured Journal” and “The Enemy's Insignia”. If you are having difficulty turning in these items, please contact our customer service department at http://us.battle.net/support/en/ and they will be able to provide you with 5 Darkmoon Prize Tickets per item.
  • Unfortunately, “The Darkmoon Faire” quest cannot be made available for characters that previously completed the quest. This is due to the fact that this quest is not a new quest, but reuses the old quest ID. We realize this was an error and will be taking steps to not repeat it for future quests, but it does mean that characters that completed it before will not be able to complete the new version with the ticket reward.
  • The reset of monthly achievement progress experienced by some is unfortunately unable to be reinstated. We apologize for this error and have taken steps to ensure it does not occur again.

1. Anything on the drop changes that affect getting dungeon items from low level dungeons for 4/5 of the dungeon artifacts.
This was a bug that is being hotfixed. A character that is not level-appropriate for a dungeon should not get Monstrous Egg, Mysterious Grimoire, Imbued Crystal, or Ornate Weapon drops. This is irrespective of whether or not the character has a Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide in her bags.

2. Or a bug where the item would cease to exist or not spawn if someone without a guide was first to loot the bosses? Or people without a guide able to roll on it if someone with a guide does loot first?
We previously had an issue where Grisly Trophy was only going to the player who recorded the killing blow. They are now distributed randomly. Furthermore, there were previously cases where all of the artifacts listed above could be rolled Need. That has been hotfixed and they are all now flagged Greed-only.

3. As well as the ridiculously low drop rates of said items where even myself who tries to do at least 4 treatise runs a day sees 0 drops. I will end this fair without one despite putting forth literally hours into looking for one.
Regarding drop rates, these items are dropping as-intended. They are rare, and the quests and achievements that depend on them are intended to take some time to complete. They're comparable to the Darkmoon decks and cards. We made them tradeable, so that players who experience a run of bad luck can still acquire what they're after by trading with friends or buying them on the auction house.

January's Darkmoon Faire will come to a conclusion on Saturday, Jan. 7 at midnight. The faire will return again on Feb. 5, as planned. We apologize for the inconveniences some players have encountered with these issues. Thank you for your patience and feedback.
This article was originally published in forum thread: Coming in Patch 4.3.2 - Cross-Realm Raids started by chaud View original post
Published on 2012-01-07 02:22 AM
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  1. Destruktion's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by uggorthaholy View Post
    Definitely intrigued as to when they'll allow this cross-faction. No reason not to - neither side has any advantages anymore. Half of my friends play Alliance, the other half play Horde. To be able to get us all together for a raid would be completely epic.
    dude wat

    Elaboration: Horde and Alliance working together? Seriously? In what universe is that a good idea?
  1. Westify's Avatar
    great addition, an in-game raid browser cross realm would make this perfect. For example once this releases i'd love to go back and do T11/T12 achievement runs but i don't know exactly anybody cross server to do it with even tho i'm sure they're out there.

    Think a website or something similar would come up allowing people to find each other?
  1. Slowpoke is a Gamer's Avatar
    Ironic. Now if you're trying to merge guilds across servers you don't need to buy the guild move or server transfers. You just merge and use this to get the two guilds together for raiding.
  1. DechCJC's Avatar
    I'm confused, I was doing cross-realm bgs today - What aren't i getting?
  1. mmoc810e31c697's Avatar
    When are people going to read that this is for OLD CONTENT ONLY

    Only worry being that it may extend to current content, but that would in one fell swoop annihilate any form of community left on a server it wouldn't be worthwhile.
  1. mmoc72e16da742's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Zypherz View Post
    I'm confused, I was doing cross-realm bgs today - What aren't i getting?
    right now its random, but Soon you will be able to invite friends from different server to play with you
  1. Drush's Avatar
    this is amazing!
  1. Phaidrae's Avatar
    Nice addition but sorry - not interested in joining up with my friends from...oh wait - all of my friends play horde now so this is completely useless to me. Figures they'd bar current raid content too. "Oh, my friends are on a really good server - but I'm not! CARRY MEEEEEE!!!" It's like waving a carrot on a stick in front of a horse...you can raid with your friends on a different realm now but you can't raid current content, you can't run it on regular or heroic difficulty, AND you can't do it 10man style. For those of us that don't like 25mans (and also for those who don't have good enough computers to handle them) this is just another useless addition. The PvP part is neat - considering you have friends that PvP... Oh boy...let's get a bunch of 85s together and take 5 whole minutes to clear Karazhan!! /sneer
  1. Infernae's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Bloodelfer View Post
    right now its random, but Soon you will be able to invite friends from different server to play with you
    You can already do that for battlegrounds, as of 4.3.
  1. davep's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by dokhidamo View Post
    Ironic. Now if you're trying to merge guilds across servers you don't need to buy the guild move or server transfers. You just merge and use this to get the two guilds together for raiding.
    Except why would any guild want to merge together to do old content?
  1. Azutael's Avatar
    Finally! That its for old content is just great!
  1. Swaggah's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by jmdwolfy161 View Post
    Actually, I just did a RF this week with a friend of mine from a different server with Real ID. So this is, imho, false advertising. Why would they advertise for something that's already in the game and working properly, along with things they haven't done yet..... This doesn't make sense.
    You sure you weren't in a group and not a raid?
  1. davep's Avatar
    There's a lot of people posting that don't seem to understand what the blue post has said. This is only for LFR and Old content, not Normal/Heroic Current content which makes it useless for raiding guilds. It's a cool feature but people are reading it incorrectly.
  1. goldwarmachine's Avatar
    Wow, it's only a matter of time before we can raid with friends using THORs and Witch Doctors.
  1. yunito's Avatar
    time to make a active forums with LFM DPS,Tank,Heal FOR old raid _______ send real id/gamer tag to _______________ . Starting set time on set date for the raid first come first server.
  1. The One Percent's Avatar
    BWL with some old buddies on Icecrown while im on Turalyon? Me gusto.
  1. Thedarkvortex12's Avatar
    Any time soon will we be able to do Regular Dragon soul with Real id friends cause that would be a lot of fun and you can do that with your friends or family that play this game
  1. Vladinator's Avatar
    It's nice they don't plan to remove this, so far you are able to use real id parties and do raids with a trick, first you invite a friend or some alt in your group, make a raid, enter the raid you wish to do, convert back to party (will not teleport you to graveyard), THEN finally invite your friend to the party and use the guild perk to teleport him to you. This way he enters your raid even if you don't have a raid group. Only thing is, if he dies he has to release, leave, you release too, make raid, enter to revive, convert back to party, invite him back, resurrect him. He must wait as ghost (think corpse will teleport you out) and tada! Dunno, maybe you didn't know but it is possible to raid with up to 5 friends in any raid, using real id. But it's very nice they officially make it a feature, much easier! :P About classic dungeons, heroics, I've just had to run in with my friend manually (like old school) and we ended up in the same dungeon... so it's doable right now as well! :3
  1. Thedarkvortex12's Avatar
    Are we anytime soon going to be able to do Regular Dragon soul Raiding with Battle net Real id feature
  1. Grim Reaper's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by davep View Post
    There's a lot of people posting that don't seem to understand what the blue post has said. This is only for LFR and Old content, not Normal/Heroic Current content which makes it useless for raiding guilds. It's a cool feature but people are reading it incorrectly.
    Also people don't understant party≠raid. You could make party with friends, but not convert them to raids.
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