Another "TBC WHEN?" topic

Dear Warmane Staff,

I've decided to join the ongoing discussions about the TBC launch for practical reasons. As we all know, WoW is no longer a game mostly played by kids with open schedules. I’m pretty sure most of us are adults with jobs, families, and various other responsibilities. Because of that, it would be amazing if you could give us some heads-up regarding your plans so we can adjust our lives and find a way to fully dive into the TBC experience.

The second thing I’d like to mention is the importance of clear instructions on what we should really be testing on the PTR. What are the biggest issues that need focus? It’s obvious that the current version is highly WotLK-oriented. I understand it’s challenging to work on such a large project, and it requires many sacrifices.

I’m not asking for an exact date, just a small hint — maybe something like, “Dear gamers, we’re working hard, and we need you to test this, this, and that to help us move forward.”

And by the way, November 16th is almost Onyxia’s first birthday.

+1 on everything Neesie said

I will add a little bit of speculation...

Timeline so far:
18/05/2024 - AQ launch
20/07/2024 - Naxx launch
12/08/2024 - TBC PTR opens up
03/09/2024 - T4 raids open up on the PTR
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Potential timeline:
There are still quite a few important bugs to fix, so 2-3 weeks more of PTR testing is to be expected, I think
(25/09/2024 : 04/10/2024) - TBC pre-patch
The pre-patch might last a few days/ a week/two weeks depending on how they approach it
(05/10/2024 : 20/10/2024) - TBC Launch

My assumptions: Announce about Prepatch this week to gather auditory. Prepatch launch 20.09.2024 cuz upcoming weekends. No point to launch it in the middle of the week.Should no time to launch it 20, so it might be 27.09.2024 then.
I would agree about TBC launch 04-05.10.2024 though.

original prepatch lasted 6 weeks, if they make each phase half as long as original one that would be 3 weeks

Give people at least some kind of answer to the release of TBC

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Originally Posted by Hardsystem

Give people at least some kind of answer to the release of TBC

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They don't even know themselves if you look into the thread of the blackrock crap, they iterally omitted it there.

You can follow along progress in the bugtracker. They're still focusing on class fixes and initial release content. They did release the raids for testing although there hasn't been progress there it seems. Which I'm glad it's all getting fixed and working well for release, but that sort of thing is hard to assign a timeline to.

I just want to know if we get to keep Honor/Marks from prePatch into TBC

if yes - i'll start lvling and farm on 3 - 4 characters right now

if not - i won't do any of that, as i have no interest in vanilla ''pvp''

Best advice, gather people and test stuff on the PTR + report on the bug tracker.

It does not help anyone, if they release a buggy server earlier.

Best Decision is to REMOVE/delete all honors on all characters from 75k to 0 (ZERO), wont be fair for other. I have the 75k cap and Agree to be deleted all honors and marks!

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Originally Posted by Crazy

Best Decision is to REMOVE/delete all honors on all characters from 75k to 0 (ZERO), wont be fair for other. I have the 75k cap and Agree to be deleted all honors and marks!

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Since you guys hate the current Onyxia population so much. How about they ban all players, and delete all characters, to even the playing field when TBC launches, am i right ?

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Originally Posted by Crazy

Best Decision is to REMOVE/delete all honors on all characters from 75k to 0 (ZERO), wont be fair for other. I have the 75k cap and Agree to be deleted all honors and marks!

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There's no point to this why? If we get a pre patch for TBC you can easily get 75k honour in a week.

PS. Naxx items are now out on the Store. For me this is another sign from the developers that TBC is just around the corner.

Yes, they already put all Naxxramas items on Store for Coins, this for sure means TBC pre-patch is close for me 1-2 weeks. And i think the right things to do is remove all Honor Points and Marks. This is how classic has to be.

To quote Mercy from just a few days ago, they do not have any idea on the timeline for TBC at this time. "There is still a sizable amount of work that needs to be done." The only reason Naxx gear is on the store is to squeeze a little more money out of people who will now buy Naxx gear to run Naxx.