Cataclysm Launch Date

GarethBah

Well, the new PvP season launces on the 14th of December, and a GM has confirmed that the season will launch a week after Cataclysm, so i guess 7th December, what do you guys think:D

Dr Bob

Also , this
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=169603
(take it with a pinch of salt though)

TheDoc

I think we will find out a week before, until then I'm not beleiving ****.

Have a pre-order with Gamestop and they are completely in the dark like, so I'd say a week before launch we will find out, as it was with every expansion before

Gunmonkey

Well its been confirmed by Acti-Blizzard for a 7th of December release. Posts on Kotaku and Eurogamer saying they got the nod direct from A-B.

So whos getting the special edition?

GarethBah

I normally just got for the standard version :-o, il see how much money ive got at the time tho

GHOST MGG2

I really hope to hell they have ironed out all the bugs before release...
This is the most bugged beta i have ever been involved with...its unreal,
i really think they bit off more than they could chew this time around.

degrassinoel

World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm - Collector's Edition Includes:

Art of the Cataclysm art book, featuring 176 pages of never-before-seen images from the archives of the Blizzard Entertainment cinematics department and development teams, as well as progressive visuals from multiple stages of development

Exclusive in-game pet: he may not be a breaker of worlds just yet, but Lil' Deathwing will still proudly accompany heroes on their struggle to save Azeroth from his much, much larger counterpart

Behind-the-scenes DVD with over an hour of developer interviews and commentaries, as well as a special Warcraft retrospective examining the rich gaming history of the Warcraft universe

Soundtrack featuring 10 epic new tracks from Cataclysm, including exclusive bonus tracks

Special-edition mouse pad depicting Deathwing menacing the ravaged continents of Azeroth

World of Warcraft Trading Card Game cards, including a 60-card starter deck from the Wrathgate series, two extended-art cards, and two Collector's Edition-exclusive hero cards, marking the first appearance of goblin and worgen heroes in the TCG

for twice the price i dont think its worth it.

Dr Bob

degrassinoel wrote: »

for twice the price i dont think its worth it.

If I could pick up a copy launch day I'd go for it.
last time I preordered a collectors edition , (Tbc in 'Game' Ilac centre) I was told ..naah sorry, we were given none,sure have a regular one instead", this was after I was 2nd in the queue going in and got to see a game employee duck under the shutter a few minutes before they opened , who t then proceeded to saunter out a collectors box under his arm

Notorious

luas_dublin wrote: »

If I could pick up a copy launch day I'd go for it.
last time I preordered a collectors edition , (Tbc in 'Game' Ilac centre) I was told ..naah sorry, we were given none,sure have a regular one instead", this was after I was 2nd in the queue going in and got to see a game employee duck under the shutter a few minutes before they opened , who t then proceeded to saunter out a collectors box under his arm

Things have changed in Game now though. If you order a collectors edition, they'll get one in for you. If you pay a deposit on it, you'll be guaranteed a copy (that's not always possible though). Otherwise you'd have to collect it in-store on the release date.

Overheal

THE END IS NIGH! THE WORLD IS F*CKED.

GarethBah

Im going to order it from play.com and have it the daybefore its in shops so i can have it installed and ready to go at 12am or whatever it is :d

Corinthian

GarethBah wrote: »

Im going to order it from play.com and have it the daybefore its in shops so i can have it installed and ready to go at 12am or whatever it is :d

I pre-ordered Wrath of the Lich King from play, and didn't receive it until a few days after release

Dr Bob

Notorious wrote: »

Things have changed in Game now though. If you order a collectors edition, they'll get one in for you. If you pay a deposit on it, you'll be guaranteed a copy (that's not always possible though). Otherwise you'd have to collect it in-store on the release date.

good to know , cheers

Kiith

I'm going to stroll into a shop at around 5pm the day its released and pick one off the shelf.

nix

I'm not going to get cata

Go me!!!

GHOST MGG2

Overheal wrote: »

THE END IS NIGH! THE WORLD IS F*CKED.

That guy that got you fired in work overheal...it looks like he is posting on your account again:-p

Cuddlesworth

GarethBah wrote: »

Im going to order it from play.com and have it the daybefore its in shops so i can have it installed and ready to go at 12am or whatever it is :d

Good luck with that. Expect to see it a few weeks after release.

Nehaxak

Far as I know, you'll be able to purchase it online and download it direct via the blizzard store.

TheUsual

They are taking their sweet time in launching it.
Shoud have been last year. I can't see what the huge difference will be in this version. Okay some graphics and quests but the game itself is the same.

Overheal

TheUsual wrote: »

They are taking their sweet time in launching it.
Shoud have been last year.

How do you figure? They only announced it in August last year. Alphas were this May. Exactly what would they have had to release?

tman

GarethBah wrote: »

Im going to order it from play.com and have it the daybefore its in shops so i can have it installed and ready to go at 12am or whatever it is :d

Unless you live in the UK, I'd forget about that idea straight away!
I live in London and get stuff the day before release day from Play, but when I lived in Ireland it was usually anywhere between a full working week and 2 AFTER release date.

turiel

tman wrote: »

Unless you live in the UK, I'd forget about that idea straight away!
I live in London and get stuff the day before release day from Play, but when I lived in Ireland it was usually anywhere between a full working week and 2 AFTER release date.

I second this, I ordered Civ5 2 weeks ago and am still waiting for it.

TheUsual

Overheal wrote: »

How do you figure? They only announced it in August last year. Alphas were this May. Exactly what would they have had to release?

12 months to release a game ???? Are you mental ??

This is not a new game, just an update to an existing game that we are talking about. Crazy. :rolleyes:

MR.VICE PRESIDENT

07-12-10

Tbh I don't think Im going too be getting it myself ..

Looks good do.

Kiith

I'm actually really looking forward to it. Can't wait to see the old world redesigned, and am looking forward to finally levelling a Druid. I've avoided any of the screenshots of the new zones, and assuming they keep the quests to Wrath levels, then it should be good fun.

2 Espressi

TheUsual wrote: »

12 months to release a game ???? Are you mental ??

This is not a new game, just an update to an existing game that we are talking about. Crazy. :rolleyes:

In fairness, it's a pretty big update, there's 5 GB of code sitting in my updates folder at the moment, that's a lot of code. And that's just in preparation for the expansion. There have been revisions to every part of the game, not just "some graphics and quests".

I'm not sure how familiar you are with software development lifecycles and roadmaps, but I don't think they'd have done it any sooner. Even as it is, I reckon we're still going to see lots of bugfixes and patches after the release, going on what I've seen in the Beta and Ptr forums.

I'm also looking forward to the new changes in 4.0, though not as much as some:

Columc

TheUsual wrote: »

12 months to release a game ???? Are you mental ??

This is not a new game, just an update to an existing game that we are talking about. Crazy. :rolleyes:

The time frame is quite good. Blizzard is known of not releasing a game that isnt finished.

You have no idea the amount of effort and time it takes to create a game. Sure How long has it taken blizzard to release SC2, and they said they were working on it for a few years befor they even annouce it.

Blizzard are still working on a new IP MMO that hasnt even been annouced. Sure even in 2008 they annouced Diablo 3. and they were working on that since 2003-2004

Unless you actualy work in the game development industry and have a brief idea on the work that puts into it, Don't comment on how slow they release games. Its complelty diffrent then playing it and thinking "hey this is **** I could do better"


On Topic: Can't wait for 7th of Dec.. However its smack down at the start of my exams, so hopfully my exam time table wont be too bad.

Overheal

TheUsual wrote: »

12 months to release a game ???? Are you mental ??

This is not a new game, just an update to an existing game that we are talking about. Crazy. :rolleyes:

You seem slightly confused between update, content patch, full blown expansion (Outland, Northrend) and a complete Overhaul of the original game world, plus new Expansion zones, Gameplay mechanic changes, and the whole nine yards.

But whatever, Im sure when you see the thing you'll know where the time went.

TheDoc

Going to ring Gamestop tomorrow and check their price, if its a case its €50, swords has a few options and there is usually a little price drop on stuff.

SC2 was €50 in Gamestop on release morning and was down to €40 by lunch

lazygit

Question!

is it worth stocking up on 25 completed level 80 quests and then running around and handing them in on release day?

Kiith

If all your interested in is getting to 85 as soon as possible, then probably.

copeyhagen

really in 2 minds about playing cata when it comes out. yeh would like to see the graphical changes and changes to the old world, but i know that once its been out about 6 months its gonna be the same repetitive, boring, horrible grind of a game that it is now. it feels more like a chore than a game:
"have to log on and do my dailies"
"have to log on and do my weeklies"
"have to log on and check auction house"
etc tc

then the tedious queues for everything. what kind of a game should you have to queue 15 minutes to do a bit of pvp, or 15 mnutes to do a heroic.

the only reason i resubbed while i was off with my broken collar bone was to start doing pvp only, to see if that could excite me. re subbed, logged in, queue for first available random bg. queue time, 18 minutes... FOOK OFF
thats not a game, blizz manages the game poorly, everything should be instant, regardless of realm (have been on about 5 relams and these are the shortist queues i have seen)
rant over!!

Overheal

lazygit wrote: »

Question!

is it worth stocking up on 25 completed level 80 quests and then running around and handing them in on release day?

Kiith wrote: »

If all your interested in is getting to 85 as soon as possible, then probably.

Halt!

Blue Post:

Although we’ve revealed some details of the conversion process (https://forums.wow-europe.com/thread...74620794&sid=1), many of you have asked how many Justice and Valor Points bosses and daily dungeons will actually award. This list is incomplete, and the values may still change, but it covers the majority of the content we’ve been asked about.

• Lich King Heroic dungeon boss -- 16 Justice Points
• Lich King daily normal dungeon -- 12 Justice Points
• Lich King daily Heroic dungeon -- 23 Justice Points
• Lich King raid boss -- 23 Justice Points

• Cataclysm Heroic dungeon boss -- 75 Justice Points
• Cataclysm daily normal dungeon -- 75 Justice Points
• Cataclysm daily Heroic dungeon -- 75 Valor Points
• Cataclysm 10-player raid boss -- 75 Valor Points
• Cataclysm 25-player raid boss -- 105 Valor Points

It’s important to note that once you outgrow content, by leveling past it by a predetermined amount, you’ll no longer gain points. The ‘outgrown’ level for end-game Wrath of the Lich King content is likely to be level 81. Once you level beyond Lich King content you’ll still be able to enter the dungeons, kill bosses, and see their drops, but they will not award you with points. This same principle applies to all content that provides Justice Points, including content from The Burning Crusade.

Dustaz

Overheal wrote: »

Halt!

Blue Post:

Err, That blue post has nothing to do with what you quoted.

The guy wanted to know if its worth stocking up on completed quests to hand in.

You quoted a post about Justice points which are gained from dungeons and raids.



So in short, yes, if you have 25 completed quests ready for the expansion, it will give you a bump before you start on the new content.

However, with the previous 2 expansions, the experience needed to level and the experience gained from quests has shot up each time, meaning that the 25 quests you have stored up probably only count as 10 new quests. So its not going to get you a full level or anything. Having said that, it wont hurt so theres no harm in doing it.

Overheal

I guess my point was that if he wants to blast up to 81 he won't collect any JP while he's still raiding icc and such.

Dustaz

I doubt anyone will be doing icc once the expansion launches.

Level like crazy > hit 85 > raid new stuff.

Kiith

Screw getting to 85. It's straight to the new low level content with my Worgen Druid for me. I think i'm actually going to start grinding mats for whatever professions i'm going to take up. Have a nice healthy head start with them, since my gold levels are embarrassingly low.

Overheal

Dustaz wrote: »

I doubt anyone will be doing icc once the expansion launches.

Level like crazy > hit 85 > raid new stuff.

nope, kill him now or dont kill him.

personally im halfway to Glory of the Ulduar Raider for a 310 mount and Starcaller title. Screw the LK.