Message from Drysc (04/13/2007 06:08:48 AM UTC)

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Q u o t e:

As you are all aware, patch 2.1.0 has been pushed to the public test realms and your participation in the testing process would be greatly appreciated. Black Temple is not ready for testing, however, should be early next week. Sometime after we've opened up Black Temple, we plan to make the Battle of Mount Hyjal available to everyone as well. In the meantime, we'd like everyone to review the patch notes, and test as many of the class changes as possible, as well as the five-player capped dungeon content.

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The patch notes are not finished yet, we are still working on a few corrections.

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Shaantie
Assurance Qualité EU
EU Quality Assurance

The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html


The Black Temple

The Temple of Karabor was the center of draenei worship until its priests were slaughtered by demonically corrupted orcs. In the massacre's aftermath the warlocks of the Shadow Council seized the structure and gave it a new name: the Black Temple.

When the Alliance invaded Draenor after the Second War, the orc shaman Ner'zhul hastily opened several dimensional portals in order to escape. The resulting magical backlash ripped the world apart. Drawn by these portals, the pit lord Magtheridon arrived in what had come to be known as Outland and took the temple as his seat of power.

His dominion over Outland remained unchallenged until the arrival of Illidan the Betrayer. The pit lord proved no match for the wielder of the Twin Blades of Azzinoth. Today Illidan occupies the temple, awaiting any and all who would challenge his rule.


Druid Epic Flight Form Introduced

The Druid Epic flight form will be available through a series of quests, similar to the Warlock and Paladin Epic mount quests before it. This quest series will also open up a new boss in Sethekk Halls, and ultimately lead to the epic flight form.


Ethereum Prison

Players in good standing with the Consortium will be tasked to deal with the most recent activities of the nefarious Ethereum. With new quests, items, and content for the solo and small-group level 70 player, the Ethereum Prison will be the proving grounds for many aspiring to greatness.


Skettis

The Skyguard, Sha’tari warriors specializing in their command of the skies above Shattrath, have taken the offensive directly to the Arakkoa capital city, Skettis. Perched high in the mountains of Terrokar, and only accessible with use of a flying mount, Skettis holds new and exciting content for the solo or small-group level 70 player. All new quests, 5-person bosses, rare and epic items, and a new type of flying mount await those willing to lend their sword or stave to the battle.


Nether Drake

The Netherwing faction and quest line continues and the long awaited Nether Drake becomes available. The Nether Drake is a special 280% speed epic flying mount that is obtainable through solo and small-group play. The quest to obtain one will be difficult, but the reward will surely show your dedication to the Netherwing cause as you soar through the skies of Outland on your very own ethereal drake.

Ogri’la

The ogre plateau of enlightenment opens to those who prove their worth in Blade’s Edge Mountains. Level 70 players will be able to help the ogres of Ogri’la battle invading forces and engage in new and exciting quests, such as a repeatable and ever popular bombing-run, this time using your own flying mount but with a dangerous twist! Featuring tons of new quests, the Ogri’la faction, 5-person bosses, and rare and epic items, Ogri’la is a place we’re hoping all will aspire to enter.

The Ruins of Lordaeron Arena

For those combatants engaging in the Steamwheedle Cartel’s gladiatorial combat, an arena nestled within the Ruins of Lordaeron has been added to the mix of venues. Players taking part in either rated battles or skirmishes may now find themselves battling for glory within the new arena.

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Q u o t e:
I'm no genious but shouldn't that be 2.1.0 in the title? =o

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It will be 2.1 when the patch will be deployed on the live realms. Test patches are usually numbered with a zero. The file to use for patching is "WoW-2.0.12.6546-to-0.1.0.6577-enGB-patch.exe".
Version 0.1.0.6577 = Test version
Version 2.1.0.6577 = Live version

Happy testing,

As you have noticed it, there is no premade template character available for this test phase. Some are very happy about it, some are not. This is not something we can change here, spamming this forum about it will not help and might result in you getting banned from it.

The Black Temple is almost ready to be tested. We are finalizing a few details before opening it to your pleasure.
In order to help you testing it, some special vendors will be available to sell you everything that you need to refresh the raids and save you time. They will be located in Shattrath, at the Terrace of Light, before A’dal and also in the Black Temple and in Hyjal.

The Blizzard Feedback UI MOD has been redesigned and is included in this patch. You will notice a blue B button on your minimap to open it and a blue line of text saying “<Alt Left Click for feedback>” on items, creatures, quests and maps. Please do spam us with your useful suggestions, surveys and bug reports.
After an instance run, you are also welcome to complete a survey about your experience of it.

Thank you,

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Q u o t e:
Many users have problems with logging in because of:
"You have used up your prepaid time for this account. Please purchase more to continue playing"

Any ETA on this? :(

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No Fugazor, you can not play for free. You have to be a paying customer to use the PTR ;)

The realms are closed for the moment because of a little database trouble. We'll let you know as soon as it is resolved.

In that case, sorry I can not help you on any matter related to your account information or the billing state of your account at the moment of the test server update.
All I can advice is to drop a word about it to our support team as they will be able to verify your account details and think of a way to get you a proper access.

Sorry.

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Q u o t e:


And You are a bit wrong Shaantie :) I was always able to log on PTR on frozen account or even on GUEST PASS and same is now ;) But plx, don't "fix" it :P It's cool :)

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Chhhht... not so loud... someone could year that...

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Q u o t e:
When i click on the character copy link it tries to load the page but ends up with 'Internet Explorer is unable to display this page'. The same happens with FireFox. Any ideas why?

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As you can expect, a lot of people are trying to copy their characters, cancelling it, retrying again, reloading the pages several times out of impatience, etc...
Just be persistent, it will finally work but the more people at doing it at the same time and the more time it will take.

Surprise...

More information: PTR Patch 2.1.0 Notes