Naxx patch now?

Moridin · 06/19/06, 12:04 PM

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...p=1#post565883

Guess this means we'll be getting naxxramas this wednesday (or Tuesday for the yanks). Didnt seem to me that they got much testing after all those last changes though, unless your PTR's Naxx was actually up the last week. So, how far do you think the fastest guilds will get the first week? In BWL they got to nefarian (exploit though) and in AQ they got to c'thun, though there is plenty of optional content to skip. I expect 1 or maybe even all wing end bosses to be reached, but I personally doubt any of them will be downed the first reset, though I've been known to be wrong.

Kytrarewn · 06/19/06, 12:09 PM

Makes it sound like next week, not this week.

Anglakel · 06/19/06, 12:12 PM

That post looks like it could be either tomorrow or a week from tomorrow. I think they are good to go, but maybe a little more internal testing (if there is such a thing) would make the zone the most initially polished 40 man yet, although that in-of-itself is not saying much.

• frmorrison · 06/19/06, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Anglakel

a little more internal testing (if there is such a thing) would make the zone the most initially polished 40 man yet, although that in-of-itself is not saying much.

The have a poor track record, it makes it easy to improve.

Nax was not up on the US PTR, so I am not sure what that means. However, the PTR was working well on Sunday; usually they take them down before the patch.

Rane · 06/19/06, 12:28 PM

Pure speculation (friend of a friend at Blizzard kind of thing) but my side of the rumour says EU this week, US next. I hope he's right ;). They wanted it out last week where it not for the Gothik fight that apparently needed more tuning.

Graham · 06/19/06, 12:37 PM

That's just silly. Why would they patch to EU an entire week in advance?

Brilliance · 06/19/06, 12:42 PM

Next week is going to be the Nax patch.

I personally cant wait to reach the C'thun level cock block in each wing.

Rogar · 06/19/06, 12:43 PM

I'd put money on June 27th for the patch. That's 90 days since the last content patch, which is their targeted delivery timeframe.

aarkh · 06/19/06, 12:45 PM

They'd never release a full patch on different weeks in different regions, and no offense but that sounds like one hell of a credible source. I wouldn't mind another week to prepare and relax, particularly since a largish portion of our guild will be away for the weekend, but I suppose now's as good a time as any.

Moridin · 06/19/06, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Rane

Pure speculation (friend of a friend at Blizzard kind of thing) but my side of the rumour says EU this week, US next. I hope he's right ;). They wanted it out last week where it not for the Gothik fight that apparently needed more tuning.

There may be the normal 1 day difference (or 15 hours to be exact) but they would never do it in different weeks. And while the "by tomorrow" might seem to indicate you have to be done by then, I dunno, might not. Seems like the standard vague way of avoiding committing to something that might change. So my money is on this week, but that doesnt mean the odds are bad for next week either.

Brilliance · 06/19/06, 1:22 PM

Originally Posted by Anglakel

That post looks like it could be either tomorrow or a week from tomorrow. I think they are good to go, but maybe a little more internal testing (if there is such a thing) would make the zone the most initially polished 40 man yet, although that in-of-itself is not saying much.

Did you miss the post where they said they retuned everything?

Anglakel · 06/19/06, 1:50 PM

Originally Posted by Brilliance

Originally Posted by Anglakel

That post looks like it could be either tomorrow or a week from tomorrow. I think they are good to go, but maybe a little more internal testing (if there is such a thing) would make the zone the most initially polished 40 man yet, although that in-of-itself is not saying much.

Did you miss the post where they said they retuned everything?

Guess so, I don't read those boards much.

Slug · 06/19/06, 2:43 PM

Originally Posted by Brilliance

Next week is going to be the Nax patch.

I personally cant wait to reach the C'thun level cock block in each wing.

Just take more mages and brute force it, crybaby. ;)

• Vykromond · 06/19/06, 2:49 PM

Has any test group even managed to do extensive work on the "outer ring" bosses? I haven't heard of anything besides Death Touching being done on Maexxna, Thaddius, et al, to say nothing of Kel'Thuzad himself. Then again, I've never been in Immortality's groups.

To release the patch without substantial testing on these bosses- not to mention the 'retooled' versions of the rest of 'em- reflects to me a continuing ambivalence in Blizzard's attitude towards the handover of raid dungeon testing to the public. They're stuck between the BWL attitude (that allowing substantive public testing on raid bosses spoils the encounters for live, not to mention The Race) and the sobering lessons of that instance and AQ40's launches.

But why allow such freedom in Naxx testing if they're just going to stop halfway? Kel'Thuzad could be C'Thun part deux (Cel'Thunzad?) and we still won't know it until someone reaches him. I thought the entire point of thorough public testing of Naxxramas was to prevent just such an occurrence.

♦ Praetorian · 06/19/06, 2:52 PM

The outer ring bosses have been at least somewhat tested by public raid groups.

No one has touched Sapp and Kel except the internal crew and the Korean hacker crew, but I'm very much okay with that.