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[Joeholley]

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/

You can transfer your characters to the Public Test realm and check out the battlegrounds now. Patch notes available here.

 

[tsp_gatmog]

im sure my friend (who has skipped school many days, including today to play WoW) is real happy.
all he talks about is battlegrounds.

 

[Zelda-Bitch]

Son of a bitch!!>_<
I just canceled my account to take a break from this life sucking black hole.... of goodness. =_(

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Da-yum; better get in those DM/Strath/UBRS runs now.

 

[speedpop]

Battlegrounds is gonna kick so much arse. I want to see a proper sided Horde vs Alliance match!

 

[Bregor]

And its not just Battlegrounds, there are a lot of nice changes:

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html

New flight paths, new quest centers, Innkeeper access to meeting stones, UI improvements, etc.

They've buffed Warlocks some as well.

Overall it looks like a good patch.

 

[Bregor]

Blue post on Official forums:

Warsong Gulch is a fast paced "capture the flag" style Battleground, with an optimal playtime of around 45 minutes. This particular Battleground is geared for players of all levels, starting from level 21. Of course you will be instanced into a version with players of a similar level.

w00t!

 

[civilstrife]

Onyxia's FUCKING HEAD is now on dislpay at the entrance to Orgrimmar.

 

[Akia]

Onyxia's FUCKING HEAD is now on dislpay at the entrance to Orgrimmar.

What server?

 

[ManaByte]

FUCK BATTLEGROUNDS! This is the important thing:

Dishonorable kills - gained by killing a trivial Civilian NPC - now has a negative impact on a player's honor. Enough dishonorable kills will reduce a player's rank all the way to zero.

 

[Teknopathetic]

I'm sorry Manabyte, i'm pretty sure battlegrounds is more important than that.

 

[ManaByte]

I'm sorry Manabyte, i'm pretty sure battlegrounds is more important than that.

If they just have the Dishonor thing apply to PVP it'll fix the still-rampant ganking in places like Hillsbrad where raid groups of level 60s plow down level 20s all day.

 

[robochimp]

Onyxia's FUCKING HEAD is now on dislpay at the entrance to Orgrimmar.

we demand pictures

 

[Malakhov]

Hmm, smells like a combeback for me, on an alliance faction though.

 

[sprsk]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
ooo redesigned beaststalker!

 

[Tamanon]

Well damn that looks kickass. Also like a lot of the patch changes. Even something as simple as auto-shoot for wands!

 

[Claus]

Onyxia's FUCKING HEAD is now on dislpay at the entrance to Orgrimmar.

Don't they usually hang the head of Onyxia when someone turns it in to an NPC? I know they do that for Stormwind.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Don't they usually hang the head of Onyxia when someone turns it in to an NPC? I know they do that for Stormwind.

Yes, its always hanged after a horde player hands it in. I believe every horde on the continent gets a really good buff from Thrall for handing in the head.

 

[golem]

also for killing rend

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Sheesh! The time to wait in the Battlegrounds queue is kinda long...:\ Hope the final isn't as bad.

 

[KiKaL]

Wow, finally a reason for me to start playing WoW again : D. Now I just gotta scrape up some cash for the monthly fee again.

 

[ManaByte]

Sheesh! The time to wait in the Battlegrounds queue is kinda long...:\ Hope the final isn't as bad.

Well, there are many many more players on the live servers compared to Test so it could be much worse.

 

[Meantime]

This sounds like great stuff. I can't wait to check out the official forums and see what reasons people have come up with to bitch about it all.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Good god. The lag in the Alterac BG is just fucking unbelieveable. Raiding TM is more playable so far... This needs some work. Other than that, the Alterac map is pretty damn cool and I'm diggin' the design and objectives intertwined with the Horde killin'...or Alliance killin', whichever you're killin'. Work out the kinks, Blizz...please.

 

[Ferny84]

 

[Son of Godzilla]

You alliance people need to post names so I feel important and stuff for killing you.

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

Meh, I'm closing my account at the end of the month and wait patiently for D&D Online. WoW has been good to me, but I'm having a hard time logging in anymore.

 

[AeroGod]

I expect everything to be much better once the beta is done. Right now youve got something that is 1 day old, and all the thousands of people from 90 or whatever servers are trying to jam pack into one.

Im not going to waste my time with the test realm, but i love these changes and cant wait to try out the BGs.