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Q u o t e:
“Due to the fact that this patch as a flaw requiring you to have the Burning Crusade installed, which was not intended, no one can log until the patch itself is hotfixed.

Unfortunately, the fact that it is Sunday and that the majority or our offices are closed, a patch to resolve this issue will be slow in coming. Be assured that we are doing everything we can to fix this issue, and we will also properly credit all accounts affected by this.

There is currently no time frame for when the fix will happen.”

-Tseric

Weekend patch. All signs point to it being barely tested. Give excuse that it’s Sunday so they are off. Two days before a major expansion is launched and you are patching your game, everyone should be working.

Edit: I didn’t notice the grammar error in that post. People claimed it was real and was deleted, but since then it appears someone made it up. Still, patching this way on Sunday morning is BS.

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The original design of some items didn’t take into account the need for them to be unique and powerful, but only within a specific level range. Their ability to scale creates a dangerous situation when attempting to create future content or balance player interaction. It worked fine to some degree in the current game, but as we move on to higher levels those items need to be cycled out appropriately. Item scaling becomes increasingly dangerous as the level cap raises as we’re no longer designing the game for the items in a specific expansion or level range, but for all of the items ever made that fall into this category. It can quickly get out of control and create a sort of itemization and balancing quagmire (giggity giggity goo).

It was an inevitable change, but there are going to be tons of new items in your future and soon enough you’ll be saying “Tidal Charm Schmidal Charm “, or maybe something less stupid sounding.

[ Post edited by Drysc ]