WoW-1.12.x-to-2.0.1-enGB-patch

tman

Just thought I'd put up a quick alternative guide to using the unbelievably crap blizzard background downloader.
I managed to update mine in less than 30 minutes just now, compared to god only knows how long it would have taken to do it Blizzards way...

1. Go to google and search for "WoW-1.12.x-to-2.0.1-enGB-patch" and then grab one of the torrents near the top of the list of results (mods; delete if needs be, but I can't see the harm in this seeing as the blizzard updater itself uses torrents...)

2. Go to the folder that WoW is installed to and run "BackgroundDownloader.exe", leave it running for a second and then quit out of it.

3. copy the contents of the torrent you just downloaded ("wow-partial-1.mpq" & "wow-partial-2.mpq") and paste them into the "WoW-1.12.x-to-2.0.1-enGB-patch" folder located inside your WoW folder, choosing yes to overwrite.

4. Go into the "Cache" folder inside your WoW folder and delete "BackgroundDownload.torrent"

5. Run "BackgroundDownloader.exe" and wait a few minutes for it to verify the files.

That should be you all set.
(and yes, I'm extremely bored:p )

rgfuller

N1, so what's going to be in this large patch ?

Jim

World of Warcraft Client Patch
(Disclaimer: These patch notes are for the Public Test Realm and the content of the patch is subject to change.)

World of Warcraft Test Patch 2.0

The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/implemented/

Looking for Group Interface Tool

A new Looking For Group tool designed to assist players in finding groups for instanced dungeons and quests will now be available. This interface gives players the option to be added to a pool of other players also looking for a group, as a means to expedite the process. In addition, players will also be able to search for additional members in situations where they have a group and are simply looking to find more players. For a complete overview of this new interface, please take a moment and read the information contained on our comprehensive Looking for Group preview.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/lookingforgroup.html

General

* All players will have talent points reimbursed and will have access to new talents throughout their trees; this includes the 41-point talents. Several new abilities have also been added for all classes.
* All pets now receive a percentage of their master's armor, spell damage, spell resistances, attack power, and stamina.
* Low-level spells cast by high-level players will receive smaller bonuses from +healing and +spell damage.
* HoTs, DoTs, and channeled spells have been re balanced to receive a more appropriate (higher) percentage of +spell damage and +healing.
* HoTs from different sources will now stack (i.e. multiple druids can cast the Rejuvenation spell on 1 target).
* New item property "Resilience" has been introduced. Resilience reduces your chance to be the victim of a critical strike, and reduces the amount of damage critical strikes do to you.
* Weapon Skill now does the following:
o Weapon skill will no longer reduce the percentage damage lost due to glancing.
o The player will gain 0.1% to their critical strike rating per weapon skill against monsters above their level.
* When casting a buff on a low level target, the appropriate rank of the buff will be automatically be applied.
* Crowd Control effects in PvP will last no longer than 12 seconds instead of the full duration, with a chance of a heartbeat resist.
* Players will no longer lose faction when under the influence of "Mind Control" or the Gnomish Mind Control Cap.

PvP

* Honor System Revamp
o Current honor totals have been reset.
o Players may display their highest lifetime rank title (accessible from character sheet).
o Honor points earned each day may now be spent as a form of currency. Check the PvP tab of your character sheet to see your honor information.
o PvP rewards are no longer unique.
+ Marks of Honor earned from battlegrounds are no longer turned in for reputation or honor. They are now used in addition to honor points in order to purchase rewards.
* Two New Arenas are now available in three different modes.
o 2v2, 3v3, and 5v5 matches
o Players may queue up at Goblin NPC's in Stormwind, Ironforge, Orgrimmar, Undercity, and Gadgetzan

Druids

* The talent "Swiftmend" will now include bonus healing from the talents "Improved Rejuvenation" and "Empowered Rejuvenation".

Hunters

* Traps can be set while in combat, but require a 2 second arming time.
* Auto shot will be automatically enabled if the Hunter steps out of melee range while in combat with target.
* 1 agility will now grant 1 ranged attack power.
* Auto shot is now reset when casting Aimed Shot.

Shaman

* Shaman with the appropriate talent spec are now able to dual-wield. Both main and off-hand weapons can be affected by self-weapon buffs such as Windfury.
* Rockbiter's weapon functionality has been changed. It is now a damage proc instead of a flat attack power bonus.
* Windfury Weapon and Rockbiter Weapon enchantments will only benefit the weapon with the enchantment on it.

Warlocks

* Range of "Drain Life" and "Drain Mana" spells have been increased.

Warriors

* Rage generation from dealing damage has been normalized.
o All Rage awards are averaged with our expected rage per swing (adjusted for weapon speed).

Items

* The "Far Sight" effect has changed so that the camera now zooms in to a distant location, rather than instantly showing the distant view. This also affects the items: Ultra-Spectropic Vision Goggles, the Ornate Spyglass, and the Hunter ability "Eagle Eye."
* Spells can now require either a totem item or a totem category item to cast a spell. This means that the Enchanting Rods now count as all of the lower level enchanting rods as well, so you only need a single enchanting rod instead of all six. This also means that "Finkel's Skinner" now counts as a Skinning Knife. Several weapons that are picks have been flagged as counting as a Mining pick as well.
* Items that give bonuses, such as + to crit, have been modified to adhere to a combat rating system.
o All current items will provide the exact same benefit from ratings at level 60 as they provided before the ratings system.
* Thrown weapon items no longer stack, but use durability instead. One unit of durability is lost per throw, and these items can be repaired.
* The tool tip for the Great Staff of the Guardian now shows the proper increase of 28 to the party spell critical rating.
* Items that are useable from player inventory with a cooldown will now update the cooldown in real-time.
* Players will no longer be able to sell the "Blue Skeletal Horse" to vendors.
* The damage Proc from the item "Misplaced Servo Arm" will no longer break the Rogue ability "Gouge".
* The "Skull of Impending Doom" has been changed and will now increase run speed by 60% for 10 seconds, but deals damage equal to 60% of your maximum health and drains 60% of your maximum mana for over 10 seconds.
* The Backfire effect on the "Net-O-Matic" will no longer break on damage.

Professions

* All of the profession-made items that have been created up to now have been given proper stats based on the current expansion item level progression table.
* Most of the items made by Tailoring/Leatherworking/Blacksmithing have had their creation time reduced. Now the cap on time required to make an item in those professions is based on quality and level.
o New Max times required.
+ Level 31+ Green Items at least 8 sec
+ Level 31+ Blue Items at least 15 sec
+ Level 31+ Purple Items at least 25 sec
* Skill level now determines what items you can disenchant.
o Skill 1= Level 1-20
o Skill 25= Level 20-25
o Skill 50= Level 25-30
o Skill 75= Level 30-35
o Skill 100= Level 35-40
o Skill 125= Level 40-45
o Skill 150= Level 45-50
o Skill 175= Level 50-55
o Skill 200= Level 55-60
o Skill 225= Level 60-65
* Players will no longer lose an item when attempting to disenchant on a boat when the loading screen appears.

User Interface

* Meeting Stone gossip options have been removed from Innkeepers in preparation for the new LFG system.
* LFG/LFM UI
o Tips have been added to Loading Screen tips and new player tips
o Meeting Stones now function similar to a Warlock Summon spell.
+ Player's select party member to be summoned and right click the stone.
+ A second party member then clicks the portal to summon.
* Enchanting UI has been vastly improved.
* Raid UI now supports frame for Main Tank.
* Spell Alert (Enemy Cast bar)
o Defaults to off
o Enabled through Interface Options
o Displays targeted enemy's cast bar when they are casting.
o May also be displayed with "V" key functionality.
* Auto-loot may be enabled with just one click in the Interface Options.
* Character sheet UI now displays more precise melee, ranged, and spell stats.
* Players can now cast item targetable spells on items that are in your action bar. For instance you can cast feed pet and have the food you want the pet to be fed in one of your action bars.
* Semi-charged items can no longer be placed in the Auction House.
* A knowledge base has been added to the in-game UI.
o Searchable database of FAQ's and common support issues.
* Keyrings have been expanded to hold more key-type items and will now size dynamically for the number of keys in possession.
* The Hunter ability "Mend Pet" will now turn red when a pet is out of range.
* Players will now be able to disable ability messages in the floating combat text.
* Players will now be able to scroll down their ignore list if it extends beyond one page.
* The tooltips for the Show Dispellable Debuffs and Show Castable Buffs options will now specify they only apply to raid pullout groups.
* Significant changes have been made to User Interface customization. For specific details, please visit http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=36975623&sid=1 .

Bugs

* The Rend Blackhand arena event in Upper Blackrock Spire will now properly reset after a wipe.
* Players will no longer resurrect with low mana and health if they died and released on a Zeppelin or Ship.
* Fixed an issue where effects with 100% chance to be applied were being resisted.
* Fixed an issue where high level players were not being properly credited the right amount of faction reputation.
* Party members will now be properly credited for completing the "Dead Man's Plea" quest when a totem or pet gets the killing blow on Baron Rivendare.
* Slowing abilities and spells will no longer decrease the speed of a player when traveling by Gryphon.
* Fixed an issue where players were re-taining talent based abilities even after re-training.
* Fixed an issue where the Warlock spell "Shadowburn" was improperly consuming two Soul Shards.
* Fixed an issue where players were unable to click on anything if they had any add-ons installed.
* Fixed an issue where players were able to use "Mana Burn" on mobs and players without mana.
* Fixed an issue where spells that proc while a player was standing would not proc if they were sitting or lying down.
* Fixed many interface overlapping graphic issues.
* Fixed an issue where Seal of Justice (Rank 2) will now refresh with melee strikes.
* Blood Elf mobs in Azshara will now have the correct model.
* Fixed an issue where a spell with two procs would be reflected and one of the procs would still hit the player that reflected the spell.
* Fixed an issue that was putting Hunters back into combat when they have the "Spirit Bond" Talent or have the Cryptstalker set bonus.
* Fixed an issue where players were being awarded the wrong item when double looting a corpse under the master loot option.
* Fixed an issue where players interrupted while casting would have a longer cast time than normal.
* Fixed an issue where players could not see enchants when inspecting another player.
* Fixed an issue where extra attacks from "Windfury Weapon" would not proc "Flurry" when they crit.
* Fixed an issue where players that were killed in freezing traps would be stuck there until releasing.
* Fixed an issue where Warlocks were able to despawn a pet to gain a free "Soul Shard"in the Battlegrounds.
* Warrior "Shield Slam" and "Shield Bash" will no longer trigger a proc from an equipped weapon.
* Fixed an issue where players were able to consume a Mana Emerald at full mana.
* The totem, "Wrath of Air," will no longer be useable in "Ghost Wolf" form.
* Fixed an issue where Warrior "Battle Shout" was causing too much threat.
* Fixed an issue where computers with ATi video cards were sometimes having problems when displaying a certain texture.
* Fixed an issue where the Warlock spell "Death Coil" gained double the benefit from the talent "Shadow Mastery".
* Player pets will no longer attack CC'ed targets while in Passive mode.
* "Prayer of Spirit" will no longer cast on the user if there is no other target selected.
* "Lightning Shield" will now have the appropriate cool-down time between uses.
* Fixed an issue where materials were being consumed if a player logged out before an enchantment had finished being applied.
* The Hunter, "Auto Shot," ability will no longer activate on resurrection.
* Fixed a bug where "Inner Focus" was not being consumed when using "Mind Soothe."
* Fixed a bug where Rogues were able to use the ability "Ghostly Strike" when not facing their target.
* Warlock pet dismiss sounds will now play properly.
* Fixed an issue where Fist weapons were sheathing improperly.
* Bags will no longer overlap the Bank UI when the game window is resized.
* Players will no longer be able to whisper to enemy players in Battlegrounds.
* The Skeletal Gryphon ride for the Eastern Plaguelands PvP event will now fly at its correct speed.
* Players will no longer be able to jump onto the top of the Dun Baldar Fortress in Alterac Valley and get behind the terrain to attack other players.
* Shapeshifting will now break "Nogginfogger Elixir" effect.
* You will no longer die when Feign Death is finished channeling.
* "Scatter Shot" will now properly do damage even if the target is immune to the confuse effect.
* "Aspect of the Cheetah" will now properly trigger with absorbed damage.
* Casting a lower rank polymorph on a target that is already under the effect of a higher rank will cause an error message and not consume mana.
* The talent, "Master of Elements," will now properly proc off of totems.
* Players will no longer be attacked by same faction guards when using mind control on an enemy player to attack.
* "Vanish" will now properly un-target the Rogue from the attacker when the attacker is in the same party.
* The talent, "Improved Chain Heal," will now properly add to the base healing done.
* "Healing Wave" Ranks 11 and 12 will now benefit from the Shaman talent, "Healing Way."
* "Improved Curse of Agony" will now properly increase the base and spell power.
* Warlocks will now be properly credited a Soul Shard from their pet when they take a flight path.
* Warlocks will now be properly credited a Soul Shard from their pet when they are dead at the end of a Battleground match.
* Warlocks will now be properly credited a Soul Shard from their pet when they enter an Arena.
* Casting "Dark Pact" after exiting combat will no longer put you back in combat.
* The tool tip for the "Great Staff of the Guardian" now shows the proper increase of 28 to the party spell critical rating.
* Several Chest spawns in Dustwallow Marsh will now properly spawn above ground.
* Items that can give +Stamina/Intellect from random suffixes will now properly apply while dead.
* "Beastmaster's Gloves" will now give the proper 2% crit chance for Hunter pets.
* Various graphical errors will be noticeable while viewing maps.

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DRakE

51 point fire mage on the way!

rainbow kirby

Gonna have to give Crusader Strike a go before any guild makes me respec healbot when I go back playing...

Harekin

tman wrote:

Just thought I'd put up a quick alternative guide to using the unbelievably crap blizzard background downloader.
I managed to update mine in less than 30 minutes just now, compared to god only knows how long it would have taken to do it Blizzards way...

1. Go to google and search for "WoW-1.12.x-to-2.0.1-enGB-patch" and then grab one of the torrents near the top of the list of results (mods; delete if needs be, but I can't see the harm in this seeing as the blizzard updater itself uses torrents...)

2. Go to the folder that WoW is installed to and run "BackgroundDownloader.exe", leave it running for a second and then quit out of it.

3. copy the contents of the torrent you just downloaded ("wow-partial-1.mpq" & "wow-partial-2.mpq") and paste them into the "WoW-1.12.x-to-2.0.1-enGB-patch" folder located inside your WoW folder, choosing yes to overwrite.

4. Go into the "Cache" folder inside your WoW folder and delete "BackgroundDownload.torrent"

5. Run "BackgroundDownloader.exe" and wait a few minutes for it to verify the files.

That should be you all set.
(and yes, I'm extremely bored:p )

You sir are a genius! Thank you so much for that, I kept getting to like 32mb then it would download at maybe 2kb/s. With this its REALLY going for it. Cheers!!

Kiith

Ok, i didnt see it in the list, but i though the removal of dhk's was supposed to be in this patch, or is that a BC feature?

lazygit

is this patch live today or just on the test relams?

DRakE

PAtch is gonna be live on the 6th of December..

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=51145118&sid=1

DapperGent

Blizzard wrote:

The Rend Blackhand arena event in Upper Blackrock Spire will now properly reset after a wipe.

Has this been in like every single patch note release or is it just my imagination?

anonymous_joe

I think so.

Only seen it **** up once, someone accidentally hit the audience (hunters :rolleyes: ) and by then no-one could be arsed to reset.

DarthWraak

LOL @ Blizzard. You would think that they are making enough money to host the dam patches. But no, lets not waste our bandwidth and let our paying customers distribute it torrent style. :rolleyes:

NotMe

You don't even need to google the torrent file.. just look in "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Cache" and you'll find "BackgroundDownload.torrent" and you can open that in Azureus or whatever and download the patch. Much quicker

Ivan

DarthWraak wrote:

LOL @ Blizzard. You would think that they are making enough money to host the dam patches. But no, lets not waste our bandwidth and let our paying customers distribute it torrent style. :rolleyes:

Yeah, stupid Blizzard not providing bandwidth for 7.5 million people to download a 600mb+ file once every couple of months. Who do they think they are?

[/sarcasm]

Jim

anonymous_joe wrote:

I think so.

Only seen it **** up once, someone accidentally hit the audience (hunters :rolleyes: ) and by then no-one could be arsed to reset.

Multishot ftl.

ZorbaTehZ

DarthWraak wrote:

LOL @ Blizzard. You would think that they are making enough money to host the dam patches. But no, lets not waste our bandwidth and let our paying customers distribute it torrent style. :rolleyes:

LOLOLOLOL

DarthWraak

I've been pwned

*hangs head in shame and walks away*

zoro

http://www.unreal.ie/download/non-unreal/WoW/WOW-1.12.x-to-2.0.1-engb-patch-3.zip

Unreal.ie ROCKS

Fenix

It really does, fastest d/l speed ive had.. ever. :eek:

tuxy

Ivan wrote:

Yeah, stupid Blizzard not providing bandwidth for 7.5 million people to download a 600mb+ file once every couple of months. Who do they think they are?

[/sarcasm]

You would think the more customers they have, the more bandwidth they could afford?

Thordon

The druid patch notes are apparently wrong, we have older versions of the listed abilities -_-

On bandwidth: There is actually a peer on the downloader listed as 'Direct HTTP download', so they do supply some of the bandwidth themselves. Torrenting is healthier for the internet anyway

Thordon

Edit: Oops, double post

tuxy

Thordon wrote:

On bandwidth: There is actually a peer on the downloader listed as 'Direct HTTP download', so they do supply some of the bandwidth themselves. Torrenting is healthier for the internet anyway

Of course they do it has to be seeded in the first place.

Explain how torrent is healthier for the net. Remember most home broadband works by contention ratio and bit torrent makes so many connections it can really congest a network, so its very bad. The only upside i can see is the cost. But like i said shouldn't blizzard be able to afford hosting it with so my customers?

Ivan

Blizzard is also a business, a business has to make money. There is also infrastructure/bandwidth for normal play, to pay for. The more players the more servers they have to provide and pay to maintain.

It is ludicrous to expect a company to fork out that much money for that much bandwidth. Not to mention the fact that their servers would grind to a halt on patch day when several million people all try to download the one patch file at the same time, ala the account management servers.

Its a simple matter of practicalities... but how and ever...

patch day today, I personally cant wait!

Splinter

yup, meant to be goign out tonight but due to a combo of being lazy and anticipated i shall stay in and have a look at the new patch ohhh hurry up work...

cance

w00t patch day!

felguard, 41 points of extreme ownage. YAY!

had an argument with the mage in our guild last night how the new water pet will give the mages the upper hand on locks.... seems some ppl dont know locks can banish demons and elementals

i hear the new lfg channel is good, but you cant organise world events, like city runs etc.

plus the arena npc's have been pulled for the minute due to an issue.

oh and rogues now do the pee pee dance apparantly

http://www.wowinsider.com/2006/12/05/201-issues-in-2-0-1/

the fun it seems, continues

Orion

There's a third part to this patch now it seems.

Available at http://www.unreal.ie/download/non-unreal/WoW/WOW-partial-3.mpq-engb-2-0-1.zip

Downloads page is http://www.unreal.ie/?q=downloads&dir=/non-unreal/WoW if there's any problems with the direct link.

Splinter

hmm appears priests are none too happy with the patch....

Splinter

Macros42 wrote:

There's a third part to this patch now it seems.

Available at http://www.unreal.ie/download/non-unreal/WoW/WOW-partial-3.mpq-engb-2-0-1.zip

Downloads page is http://www.unreal.ie/?q=downloads&dir=/non-unreal/WoW if there's any problems with the direct link.

any update on whats in the 3rd patch/?

Ivan

splinter wrote:

any update on whats in the 3rd patch/?

I just started up wow and downloaded a 5 mb file, which I can only presume activated/decrypted the rest of the previously downloaded patch and am installing now... Its taking its sweet time though, so I really hope there isnt more to come yet

oh and

splinter wrote:

hmm appears priests are none too happy with the patch....

Why?

zoro

Just an update,

The WoW patch has been removed because of leeching whores with download accelerators raping the webserver.

No more WoW downloads will be hosted on this site. (unreal.ie)
Daniel

Orion

Sorry guys but the number of downloads were absolutely killing unreal.ie and other related sites. So we had to pull our mirror.

All is not lost though - those lovely germans are hosting them too:
http://wowsource.4players.de/wow-patch-2-0-1.php

There are now 4 files - partial1, 2 and 3 and a -final file which is only 1mb. I've installed them all and it's working fine. Well it would be if the servers were up :rolleyes:

[edit]Make sure you get the engb version not the de version

anonymous_joe

Rogue abilities are pretty outdated too...

Dcully

I just used the autodownload,took about an hour for a 650 mb file or so.
Does this include the 4 partial files?

As with most people im stuck on retrieving chars screen then when i log on a char it goes back to retrieving screen again.
LOL @ Blizzard yet again,they are getting close to EA and their laughable patching and issues.

Sconsey

here's another mirror for the full patch.....I'm getting 128Kb/s off the Irish server which is relatively fast I guess

http://www.gamershell.com/download_16751.shtml

DRakE

Outland still not working ((

Fenix

DRakE wrote:

Outland still not working ((

Burning legion the same, although i'm starting to notice some of the offline servers pop back up... gifv!

rainbow kirby

Apparently we have the un-nerfed Crusader Strike. Screw that holy respec, 10/0/41 ftw. Plus my respec cost is, as far as I know, only 5g if it doesn't work out for me!

JackieChan

I'm having no luck with the servers. The one I can get in to is an RP and keep getting booted out.
Anyone able to log in to Lightbringer? All I get is 'Retrieving character list' and it hangs

Scuba_Scoper

JackieChan wrote:

Anyone able to log in to Lightbringer? All I get is 'Retrieving character list' and it hangs

Have managed to get onto Wildhammer once this afternoon at 4:30pm. But clicking did nothing. Could not cast,mount or assign talent points. Had to kill the program in the end as even logging out was not working. Back to the retrieving character screen.

Just think of the problems that will arise when you install tbc.

If Carlsberg did patch day,it sure as fook wouldn't be like Blizz

JackieChan

Will Blizzard allocate any credit for the time lost.
With the extended maintenance and follow on issues its not been possible to play since midnight last night?

kinkstr

They have done before when patching goes on for to long.

tman

the newbs populating my alt server right now are amusing:p
a level 2 challenged my level 11 to a duel for some strange reason...

skywalker_208

took me 3 hours to download this patch today, 697MB! Azune server still down now at 8pm..

Although this is an excellant game.. i sometimes wonder if it is worth paying a monthly fee of 12 for.. I did have to spend 40 or so on it in the first place..

didnt this happen at the last patch too? loadsa servers were down for 24 hours etc....

skywalker_208

front page has been updates again to say it wont be back till midnight!!

Ivan

skywalker_208 wrote:

took me 3 hours to download this patch today, 697MB! Azune server still down now at 8pm..

Although this is an excellant game.. i sometimes wonder if it is worth paying a monthly fee of 12 for.. I did have to spend 40 or so on it in the first place..

didnt this happen at the last patch too? loadsa servers were down for 24 hours etc....

You would have been granted free tmie for any serious down time, like we are experiencing now...

sunzz

Just to let you peeps know found this download link, gives full speed for both patches. enjoy!

http://www.nordichorde.com/patches/WoW-1.12.x-to-2.0.1-enGB-patch.zip
http://www.nordichorde.com/patches/WoW-1.12.x-to-2.0.1-enGB-patch-PT2.zip