Will 3.0 be playable before release date? As in you won't need WotLK to use the new trees, inscriptions, etc.
I've been out of WoW for quite a while.
Anyone know for sure whether or not it will run under Windows 2000 please?
Yep. 3.0 is on the PTR right now, and downloadable as of now via your background downloader, so expect the real deal in a week or two.
Why wouldn't it?
I wondered if they'd make people who won't buy the expansion download the massive patch if it was no use to them .
I have found in recent years many games which happily work under XP/Vista but don't work under 2000. I have installed demos which work happily under 2000, then having bought the full price game find it either won't install or won't run. In some cases MS have applied pressure to the games producer so that the game installer errors if 2000 is running. I am sure some games which might run under 2000 are actually deliberately broken to prevent them running under 2000.
The release docs for WotLK talk about XP/Vista as the operating system requirement unlike previous versions which mentioned 2000.
I am therefore left wondering whether it will work or not, and hoped someone on the Beta might be an Win2K person like me.
I played a vanilla wow for a while, it still gets patched along with the expansions, so, yeah.Thank you.
I wondered if they'd make people who won't buy the expansion download the massive patch if it was no use to them .
As many of you know we will be featuring a new Battleground, a dedicated world PvP zone and all new PvP items in Wrath of the Lich King. In order to make the transition from The Burning Crusade to Wrath of the Lich King flow as smoothly as possible, all accrued honor points will be reset at the launch of the expansion. We do this to ensure select players do not have an unfair advantage at level 80 from stockpiling honor to instantly purchase the newest Wrath of the Lich King PvP rewards. For those with unspent honor points prior to the release of the expansion, we will be offering a few upgrades and special rewards in next content patch solely for purchase via the honor system.
Cant wait! Warriors can duel wield 2 handers!
Cant wait! Warriors can duel wield 2 handers!
I'm been playing on the PTR and I'm getting 60%+ worse graphical performance than on live. That's with a 3.4GHz E6660, 4GB of RAM and an ATI 4870. And it's not the new shadows as I've turned them off. It's literally at 40FPS, dropping below 30 in areas where I'm at 150+ on live. And for some reason at anything less than 70FPS I get massive mouse lag (v-sync off).
God knows how they've managed to screw up a 4 year old game engine. :/
It could be some weird incompatibility with my rig but bear in mind it runs live WoW flawlessly with the exact same settings.
Wrath will be good, i think the outdoor PVP area will put Warhammers RVR to shame personally. You should see some of the siege weapons and vierhcals, they look frigging awsome lol