Pre-patch on July 1 ?

[Schmilblick]

We recommend updating to the 64-bit version of the game before July 1, 2018, to ensure your World of Warcraft gaming experience is unaffected.

Most likely on this date ?

[Kalcheus]

Seems too soon to me, as the pre-patch isn't even on the PTR yet. But it's certainly possible.

[Lochton]

Actually, should be a good timing, we've always had a month or so for pre-patch.

[rhorle]

Seems too soon to me, as the pre-patch isn't even on the PTR yet. But it's certainly possible.

Only by a week or two. BfA releases on august 14th and about a month of pre-patch is usually how it goes. So I am guessing 10th/11th unless they release the pre-patch on 3rd/4th..

[Tauguy]

My guess is the weekend of July 4th

[FelPlague]

Most likely on this date ?

july 1st is a sunday... so july 3rd. but yeah close.
oh yeah 4th of july american thing. so unlikely 3rd, most likely the 10th

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Seems too soon to me, as the pre-patch isn't even on the PTR yet. But it's certainly possible.

you do know july 3rd would only be 1 month 2 weeks before the launch right?
that is literally a month from now.
also its monday so PTR could come tomorow

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I wonder what made WoW use more resources in the old world.. shouldnt it be the same?

Upgraded models, spell effects, settings, etc.

[blackblade]

july 1st is a sunday... so july 3rd. but yeah close.

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you do know july 3rd would only be 1 month 2 weeks before the launch right?
that is literally a month from now.
also its monday so PTR could come tomorow

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Upgraded models, spell effects, settings, etc.

I'm guessing it's less about intensity and more 'we don't want to maintain the 32bit client anymore'.

[Nebster]

Well, it is also possible that this announcement has nothing to do with prepatch date.

They simply state that from new month they are not obligated to deal with your technical problems/tickets that occur on 32bit client.

So far, most likely date for prepatch is 18.7.

[Wishblade]

I'm going with the 11th so we have at least a month of pre-patch and it doesn't collide with July 4th being a holiday in the States.

[Deleted]

I'm guessing it's less about intensity and more 'we don't want to maintain the 32bit client anymore'.

So what's the point of the ridiculous squish then if they're gonna get rid of 32bit anyway?

[Svisalith]

I wonder what made WoW use more resources in the old world.. shouldnt it be the same?

RAM usage has been climbing up and brushing against the 32 bit limit for a while. Anything that you do in-game has to stay under the limit or the game will crash, so 90% of the game being fine isn't enough.

It's what brought us the whole 7.3.5 fiasco with not being able to raid for 2-3 raid days until they put up a new build, they tried to fit more stuff in RAM for the 32-bit client and unintentionally caused game-breaking performance problems on both 32 and 64-bit.

So what's the point of the ridiculous squish then if they're gonna get rid of 32bit anyway?

Hitting for 7362 is better than hitting for 7362,654,348,832.

[Deleted]

RAM usage has been climbing up and brushing against the 32 bit limit for a while. Anything that you do in-game has to stay under the limit or the game will crash, so 90% of the game being fine isn't enough.

It's what brought us the whole 7.3.5 fiasco with not being able to raid for 2-3 raid days until they put up a new build, they tried to fit more stuff in RAM for the 32-bit client and unintentionally caused game-breaking performance problems.



Hitting for 7362 is better than hitting for 7362,654,348,832.

No, if I wanted to hit that, I would run Timewalking dungeons. But I don't, because the numbers in there are no fun at all.

[Svisalith]

No, if I wanted to hit that, I would run Timewalking dungeons. But I don't, because the numbers in there are no fun at all.

Install an addon that increases all of your numbers by 9 orders of magnitude and writes them across your screen ;D

[Deleted]

There may be no such plan this year, and time is running out

[equus80]

Seeing as July 1st is a Sunday, I'm going to go with a big fat no that the patch is coming then. Since no patch, ever, in the history of wow has ever launched on a Sunday. This is more than likely less about a pre-patch situation and more about Blizzard picking a nice simple deadline like the last day of the month (June 30th) to support the 32-bit client.

[MightyWombat]

i would say closer to 31th of july, about 2 weeks of pre-patch, since there isnt any real content being added to it, just adjustments which shouldnt take people long to get adjusted to.

[Doffen]

It will be here in 3 weeks.

[Deleted]

No, if I wanted to hit that, I would run Timewalking dungeons. But I don't, because the numbers in there are no fun at all. FOR ME

fixed

/ac

[Leih]

i would say closer to 31th of july, about 2 weeks of pre-patch, since there isnt any real content being added to it, just adjustments which shouldnt take people long to get adjusted to.

There is a sequence of gated events leading up to the expansion centred around giving up our artifacts and the beginning of the war (battle of lordaeron, burning of teldrassil) which will play out in the pre-patch. It is a safe bet there will be at least 4 weeks for that to play out, if not longer.

[Thrif]

Sounds plausible. The Legion prepatch was 5-6 weeks before the launch, and if BFA follows a similar schedule we should expect the pre-patch to hit at the beginning of July. So even if that's not the exact date, it is probably somewhere close.