So as you may remember, the majority of our readers expected patch 2.4 to fall on March 18th, which, being that today is St. Patrick's Day, is tomorrow. Also, this weekend, the PTR got taken down (although Blizzard claimed it was because more testing was happening on the tournament test realm -- the TTR -- and not because the patch was ready for prime time). And, oh yeah, the patch has already started downloading in the Background Downloader.So are we looking at patch 2.4 tomorrow? Frankly, we have no idea. I tend to say no, because it seems like Blizzard wants to do a little more testing, but I've been wrong before, and even though I think tomorrow is too soon, I can't think of what more testing Blizzard might need to do. For Blizzard's part, Eyonix says that patch 2.4 is coming soon (and that season 4 in the Arenas is coming relatively "not soon"). Then again, Blizzard's standard answer for when anything is coming is usually "soon," so who knows what they mean by that.
If it doesn't come tomorrow, then we're definitely looking at next Tuesday, since it seems that Blizzard is almost completely ready to go live. But if our readers are right (and my original guess is as well -- I originally said it would drop before Easter, which is this Sunday), we'll see all those PTR changes (and the Sunwell!) on the live realms tomorrow.
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3-17-2008 @ 1:38PM
Votum said...
I'm kind of surprised they wrapped it up so soon; they were making relatively large changes to fundamental class abilities right up until the very end.
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3-17-2008 @ 2:11PM
Arabelli said...
With the slow roll out of the bosses in Sunwell and in theory the daily quests being unlocked in stages, it's actually a wise move. Being on the PTR for full testing would have less of an impact on those later bosses, and people are itching for new content. The stuff being put out is tested pretty effectively, and there will likely be private tests of what's left.
I'm just thankful they seem to have learned their lesson after 2.2.
3-17-2008 @ 2:32PM
Naix said...
Its defiantly official. The patch is coming tomorrow...maybe.
3-17-2008 @ 6:07PM
Baluki said...
Yea, what happend to the shaman buffs Kalgan broke his silence for to tell us about? There was the lame Flametongue change, and then that was it, and they reverted it.
I guess, as always, we'll be waiting until the next patch.
3-17-2008 @ 1:38PM
Faromere said...
Quick question:
Will Arena season 2 gear be available for Honor when 2.4 hits?
trying to decide if i want to hold on to my honor a little bit longer.
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3-17-2008 @ 1:41PM
Votum said...
That should be when Season 4 starts, which apparently is not going to be right away with 2.4.
3-17-2008 @ 2:14PM
Warcloud said...
Blizzard did confirm that Season 2 gear will be buyable with honor when Season 4 hits. However, they will give no hints as to when Season 4 will come out, except that it's definitely not, with patch 2.4
3-17-2008 @ 1:43PM
Erika said...
I dont see it for a month but i just want to win the contest.
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3-17-2008 @ 1:45PM
Starlin said...
Considering there are no holiday changes to rush out for this weekend, I'd bet they'd hold off until after the holiday weekend.
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3-17-2008 @ 2:02PM
Hank said...
I expect it this week or next, more likely this week, because in a lot of places, school is out next week.
3-17-2008 @ 2:43PM
Jasperwind said...
School is out here this week.
3-17-2008 @ 1:53PM
Elmo said...
Fixing Shamans in PvP said Kalgan...
these 2 don't go together
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3-17-2008 @ 3:00PM
Eleazar said...
Epic fail on Kalgan's part. Not really surprised anymore.
3-17-2008 @ 1:58PM
ScorchHellfire said...
i seriously doubt it will be tomorrow or next tuesday...
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3-17-2008 @ 2:06PM
Milktub said...
I'll pass out gold to newbs if the patch goes live.
But it's not. No sooner than a month.
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3-17-2008 @ 2:36PM
Naix said...
Get ready to pass out the gold tomorrow.
3-17-2008 @ 3:50PM
Udderbull said...
Your gold is safe until next week.
3-17-2008 @ 2:11PM
George M. said...
It gives us all another week to farm badges.
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3-17-2008 @ 7:12PM
Zarzuur said...
.. or grind out that last level 69 on my alt!
(plus do a lot of fishing on several of them)
3-17-2008 @ 2:15PM
MechChef said...
Want more dailies. Want more titles. Want gold.
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