[3.3.5] Vote Kick function changed

June 8, 2010 By DanO

Blizzard announced that In WoW Patch 3.3.5 the Vote Kick feature in the Dungeon Finder will lose its cooldown. But not for everyone. If you kick too many people, the cooldown will remain for you. Official statement:

We have found that most players using the Dungeon Finder don’t use the Vote Kick feature or abandon groups very often. For these players, we are removing the cooldown on voting to kick players from a dungeon party. In contrast, those players who tend to kick players or abandon groups more frequently will notice that the Vote Kick feature maintains its cooldown. The goal here is to make sure players who are generally patient can make use of the Vote Kick feature when they really need it, without giving a more powerful tool to those who try to kick others or abandon dungeon groups very frequently.

This functionality will adjust itself as a player’s behavior while using the Dungeon Finder changes.

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[3.3.5 PTR] Troll starter zone pre-quest preview on Test Realm

June 7, 2010 By DanO

In the Cataclysm expansion, the troll race will get their own starter zone. A questline is being introduced early, in WoW Patch 3.3.5, to introduce the new area. Zalazane's Fall is available now on the 3.3.5 PTR and WoW.com has a preview.

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[3.3.5] Ruby Sanctum raid not going live with patch

June 6, 2010 By DanO

Blizzard announced that due to Battle.net integration across the various international World of Warcraft regions, the Ruby Sanctum raid won't go live until a week after WoW Patch 3.3.5 goes live to ensure that international players get access to the raid at the same time as North American players. Official statement:

Due to the fact that we will be delaying the release of patch 3.3.5 in Europe, Korea and Taiwan in order to ensure the patch process in all regions is as smooth as possible, the Ruby Sanctum will not immediately be available on North American realms upon the release of the patch. Once patch 3.3.5 has been released in North America and we are confident about a time when we can open up Ruby Sanctum, we will provide an update here on the forums.

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[3.3.5] RealID previewed on the PTR

May 14, 2010 By DanO

The writers at WoW.com logged on to the WoW Patch 3.3.5 test server to try out the new Battle.net RealID functions. They wrote up their impressions as well as posted a gallery of new UI elements.

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[3.3.5] Notes hit test server for WoW Patch 3.3.5

May 10, 2010 By DanO

WoW Patch 3.3.5 has hit the PTR tonight and the Ruby Sanctum is ready for testing along with the new RealID functions and many changes to the UI.

General

  • The Ruby Sanctum, an all-new 10- and 25-player raid featuring normal and Heroic difficulties, is now available for testing! Players will find the dungeon entrance below Wyrmrest Temple in Dragonblight.
  • Copied Test Realm characters are not copied with their achievement history in order to better facilitate the character copy process.

User Interface

  • Chat Frame
    • Players can now right-click on any chat type (Whisper, Trade, General, Party, Raid, etc.) and choose the Pop Out Chat option. This will move that chat type to a separate tab in the Chat frame which can be undocked and moved anywhere on the screen.
      • Using the Pop Out Chat option on a Whisper will place the conversation with that player in a separate tab.
      • Any time a conversation with another player is put into its own tab, the tab will glow when a new message is received.
    • Hovering over the Chat Frame and using the mouse wheel will allow players to scroll through chat text.
    • Players can select Classic Mode under Interface Options to keep the Chat Frame functionality closer to what it was prior to patch 3.3.5.
    • The Simple Chat User Interface option has been removed.
  • Friends List
    • A new icon has been added to the top left of the Chat Frame which will open up the Friends list.
    • In addition to its current functionality, the Friends List will now allow players to add Battle.net accounts (Real ID). Players will have to confirm that they are friends in order for a Real ID to be added. Once Real ID friends, players can communicate cross-game, cross-faction and cross-realm.
    • A new Pending tab has been added where players can accept or decline a Real ID friend request, or select the Report Spam or Block Communications buttons.
    • Players can now select from three statuses which will be visible to their friends: Available, Away and Busy.
    • A Broadcast window has been added to the top of the frame. Players can use this to broadcast a message to all of their Real ID friends online. This message will also be displayed under the broadcaster's Real ID information in each friend's list.
  • For additional notes on Lua and XML changes please visit the UI & Macros Forum: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?sid=1&forumId=11114
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