0. Echoes of Doom Update 10/16/2008 07:22:22 AM PDT
Echoes of Doom, the new World of Warcraft content patch that sets the stage for the upcoming release of Wrath of the Lich King, is now live. The patch brings many changes and additions to the game, including the new achievements system, the inscription profession, changes to class and buff mechanics, new talents, and more.
Since the release of the patch, we have experienced some realm instability as many players logged in to the game for the first time and began to access the new achievement system, resulting in a large amount of data being transferred at once. This led to a variety of issues, including player disconnects and general lag within the game. We have since applied optimizations to improve these issues, and we expect stability to continue to improve in the coming days.
During the initial instability, some players experienced a loss of mounts or pets after attempting to add them to the new mount and pet interface. We have since resolved this issue and will continue to replace lost mounts and pets for players who have experienced this problem.
We also wanted to address the concern some players have expressed over the balance between classes now that the new talents (including the new 51-point talents), spells, and abilities are in the game. As with the Before the Storm patch released prior to the launch of The Burning Crusade, many of the changes in Echoes of Doom are intended to act as a bridge to the next expansion and are meant to give players a chance to play with some of the new changes prior to Wrath of the Lich King's release. As such, they have been designed with the 10 additional levels and new gear players will receive in Northrend in mind. While we performed balance testing for level 70 gameplay, our focus was on gameplay beyond level 70. As always, class balancing is an ongoing process, and we will continue to monitor the effects of these new talents, abilities, and spells on the overall game.
We'd like to thank everyone for their patience during this transition, and we look forward to seeing you all in Northrend!
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4. Re: Echoes of Doom Update 10/16/2008 07:27:26 AM PDT
Thanks for the information! Too bad a lot of people have already forgotten how it was before BC and want to whine that everything is too easy now instead of waiting for WotLK.
8. Re: Echoes of Doom Update 10/16/2008 07:28:34 AM PDT
Will the new fixes help with Illidan's lag? Four digit ping (I get about 3000ms) during peak hours - which lasts for a few hours - is ridiculous. This was well before the achievement system was put in place. Edit: And I can't even log in to Illi at the moment.
18. Re: Echoes of Doom Update 10/16/2008 07:37:54 AM PDT
Hey Neth, what do those of uf who lost mounts and pets need to do to recover them? Im at work atm so I cant log on and see if they have ben restored. Do we petition a GM or are they already back in our pets tab automaticly?
