Public Test Realm has been updated to 9.0.1.
Realms currently down, though.
Public Test Realm has been updated to 9.0.1.
Realms currently down, though.
I'm actually surprised they're deploying it this early. We may be seeing the pre-patch as early as September. (Which would mean an October-November release date for the expansion.)
Prepatch to the PTR...for the unwashed masses who don't have beta
"Can't you see this is the last act of a desperate man?"
"We don't care if it's the first act of Henry the Fifth, we're leaving!"
Cool. I can test the Shadow Priest changes without being invited to beta. Assuming the SP changes will be live for pre-patch
When I log in the background for character selection screen is black and I have no "Create New Character" button. I tried copying some Live characters and it says Copy Failed instantly. I tried "Copy Account Data" and after loading for 2 minutes it copied my main, but it continues loading (probably intent on spending 1 hour copying all my alts too....) so I closed it and reopened, but my main wasn't there and I still couldn't do anything..... and for some reason the PTR downloaded with 2-3 mb/s whereas my download speed is 20mb/s... all this wait for nothing. I could've played Horizon instead before work... my precious relax time :/
TL;DR: I am in the PTR and cannot play.
An October release is now looking somewhat possible. Each pre-patch since WoD (I didn't look back further) seems to land 4-5 weeks before the pre-patch itself lands, & pre-patch tends to last about 3-4 weeks before the expansion launches. If this follows a similar trend, then October is possible, although I'd still wager November is more likely given how much there is to tune.
8.0 PTR: 14/06
8.0 Release: 17/07
7.0 PTR: 15/06~ (can't find for sure)
7.0 Release: 19/07
6.0 PTR: 11/9
6.0 Release: 14/10
Some nice new performance options, you can now set a target frame rate and change the spell density which should help in raids massively.