Naxx

[Angerz]

Originally Posted by Moontayle

AQ was on PTR for what... four weeks? So we're looking at mid-June or so if they do the same with Naxx. Then August for 1.12 and then a content lockdown in preperation for TBC.

I think we could see a minipatch to introduce BC

[Silv]

I imagine they will start to 'pre-load' some of the BC stuff in the next few patches, if they haven't already. People who do NOT buy BC, will still need all the new character models, item models, textures, azeroth world geometry, etc...

That would make it an awesome sized patch.

[theawddone]

Originally Posted by Silv

I imagine they will start to 'pre-load' some of the BC stuff in the next few patches, if they haven't already. People who do NOT buy BC, will still need all the new character models, item models, textures, azeroth world geometry, etc...

That would make it an awesome sized patch.

I am pretty sure that nifty blizzard downloader that runs in the background of the game is doing just that ~

[Itzena]

The one everyone has disabled?

[Manatra]

Originally Posted by Silv

I imagine they will start to 'pre-load' some of the BC stuff in the next few patches, if they haven't already. People who do NOT buy BC, will still need all the new character models, item models, textures, azeroth world geometry, etc...

That would make it an awesome sized patch.

They already are putting some BC content in patches. Specifically I know 1.11 is coming with a few unskinned BC monster models.

[Vard]

Originally Posted by Itzena

The one everyone has disabled?

Considering the calibur of most WoW players... I doubt that statement is true.

[Ukerric]

Originally Posted by theawddone

I am pretty sure that nifty blizzard downloader that runs in the background of the game is doing just that ~

You mean, the thing that I click on "Maintain blocking" when I exit from the WoW client?

[Quineloe]

They should have permanent test servers instead of this bullshit imo

[Everlast]

Originally Posted by Itzena

The one everyone has disabled?

it is trying to download a 97.9 mb patch atm, I think there are going to be a couple every week to slowly patch shit in so 1.10 never happens again.

[Elerion]

Originally Posted by Quineloe

They should have permanent test servers instead of this bullshit imo

Yeah, cause you know, permanent test servers were awesome for testing endgame content in EQ. No exploits got conveniently ignored there either, since people could actually profit from them.

[Itzena]

Originally Posted by Everlast

it is trying to download a 97.9 mb patch atm, I think there are going to be a couple every week to slowly patch shit in so 1.10 never happens again.

Key word: "Trying".

[Grayson Carlyle]

*shrug* if you have the bandwidth and all the ports unbocked, it's not a nuisance. But if you dont', torrents make a _lot_ of connections. It should defiantely be an easy to enable option, disabled by default.

[Quineloe]

Originally Posted by Elerion

Yeah, cause you know, permanent test servers were awesome for testing endgame content in EQ. No exploits got conveniently ignored there either, since people could actually profit from them.

I dare say it worked a lot better than what we have now, PLUS it also tests non-new instances because it is on the test raid guilds farming schedule, so a lot of shit that went in with previous patches completly unnoticed will at least be found out before it hits live realms. Besides I kinda doubt that exploits would remain unnoticed with 10 raid guilds on 5 test servers tackling the new instance.

[Itzena]

Originally Posted by Grayson Carlyle

*shrug* if you have the bandwidth and all the ports unbocked, it's not a nuisance. But if you dont', torrents make a _lot_ of connections. It should defiantely be an easy to enable option, disabled by default.

The thread I linked had people who had all the right ports open, plenty of bandwidth and the downloader was still not working.

[Furism]

Originally Posted by Itzena

The thread I linked had people who had all the right ports open, plenty of bandwidth and the downloader was still not working.

I can confirm this. I can download regular patches just fine, but the background downloader doesn't work. Unless the ports are different, there's no reason it shouldn't work - that and a bug in the software that seems to basically turns it in a TCP connection blasting program. I haven't bothered capturing the traffic and check the ports because I don't give a fuck, but it should be interresting.

Also, when you have a firewall, the TCP requests from inside the LAN to the outside (WAN) open the correct TCP port(s) temporarily (for the duration of the connection). The problem is when the outgoing TCP port is different from the incoming TCP port. Or if you have a crappy firewall.