Well, here it is, official word that patch 2.3 is scheduled to go live in North America on November 13th, one week from today. Season 3 is set to start on November 20th, so here's your two-week notice. That means 2.3 will be live for a week before S3 is. The PTR was just updated tonight with a new build containing unknown changes; I guess it must not have required very much testing. Just posted in the official forums by Drysc:While testing continues and a delay could possibly change these dates, we are currently planning to start Season 3 on November 20 once the realms come back up from their weekly maintenance. This means that Season 2 will come to a close when the realms come down for maintenance on November 20. During that maintenance the final standings are taken and the end of season rewards are distributed.
The start date for Season 3 is purposefully planned to be one week later than the release of patch 2.3, which is currently scheduled for November 13. We will be closely monitoring the testing of the 2.3 patch, and if it looks like it won't make the November 13 date, we will announce a delay.
This confirms earlier news pulled from the WoW Taiwan site. Guess it's time to lay off the alts (at least until Tuesday) and get farming Sporeggar rep.
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11-06-2007 @ 10:06PM
FelDork said...
I can't wait! :)
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11-06-2007 @ 10:08PM
Markymark said...
Eep could 2.3 coming out so soon.... /dusts off old WoW account.
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11-06-2007 @ 10:22PM
ringu0 said...
Grats elemental shaman on "long deserved" and "well tested" "buff".
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11-06-2007 @ 10:31PM
Luis D. said...
So when can we buy Season 1 Arena gear with honor points? When the patch hits or when Season 3 starts?
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11-06-2007 @ 10:55PM
klink-o said...
Woot! F**k you heroics, I'm goin' back to Karazhan!
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11-06-2007 @ 10:56PM
Luis said...
Yay
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11-06-2007 @ 11:43PM
Ace said...
Sweet! I'm glad I stuck with my subtlety rogue. Can't wait to see my tree buffed and try it out in BGs!
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11-07-2007 @ 12:15AM
Max said...
This is kind of bitter sweet. I'm glad there's some new content coming out. Yay for that. But shit...I was hoping I'd have more time to prepare for ZA and maybe gather some arena points, so I don't walk into Season 3 completely out of my league.
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11-07-2007 @ 12:33AM
Kevin said...
Whoever wrote today's article saying 2.3 won't come out till December looks like a tool.
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11-07-2007 @ 2:29AM
jay said...
GIGGITYGIGGITYGIGGITYGIGGITY
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11-07-2007 @ 3:39AM
Zandir - ER said...
Nice, cant wait --> gief Ritual of Refreshment
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11-07-2007 @ 5:17AM
René said...
So it's Nov 14th for all us European players then?
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11-07-2007 @ 8:25AM
Eliah Hecht said...
René: I'd say that's a pretty safe bet, yes. Especially now that it's been confirmed ;) http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=1511942526&postId=15115368918&sid=1#0
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11-07-2007 @ 9:21AM
crusherkid said...
woot woooooooooooooooooot next week!!!!
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11-07-2007 @ 9:36AM
René said...
This is great. I'm really looking forward to this patch. I always wanted to roll Priest or Paladin, but I always dreaded the tedious solo phase with those classes. Should be much easier after 2.3.
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11-07-2007 @ 9:36AM
Naix said...
You are not PREPARED!
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11-07-2007 @ 10:06AM
niko said...
#16, it's more like:
My *AddOns* ARE NOT PREPARED!
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11-07-2007 @ 10:16AM
daniel said...
42 more mp5 on my holy priest thank you very much :D
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11-07-2007 @ 10:42AM
Rowvina said...
if everyone is resurecting their Alts, sounds like I need to start stocking up on lvl 20-60 armour and weapons for resale at the AH... that should pay for my Flying Mount
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11-07-2007 @ 11:36AM
PeeWee said...
@19
Remember that quest rewards and bossdrops are buffed like friggin' hell. Check out Embrace of the Viper (http://www.wowhead.com/?itemset=162). What confuses me is that Chain of the Scarlet Crusade (http://www.wowhead.com/?itemset=163) did not recieve any buffs at all. Or any other items from the Scarlet Monastery at all, for that matter. I must be blind, then. The Fang-set got a huge buff, at least.
End of the line is, green drops aren't very attractive any longer, since a) people will out-level them to fast and b) it's easy to get much better items by running an instance, and getting boosted by a lvl 60+ isn't that hard. Especially if you run several accounts *smiles innocently*
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