Concerning Cataclysm

[SachikoMaeda]

Testing may be open to players...

But players can't really do anything without the rest of the commands implemented. Or portals... Or maybe a temporary .tele command so we can aid GMs in finding issues.

[Nikodemos]

I suggest asking a gm to bump your testing toon's level and spawn you a flying mount. This allows you to test a number of regions through a number of methods without adjusting the priority level of the current workload... by the way forgot to ask that earlier, I'm still online if any of you greens happen to pop in.

[Zetchryn]

Hmm... Interesting. This definitely leads to a few interesting things, since a character I was going to have to ask about special profiles for will now become a normal character (a Worgen). This definitely has promise. Though I have to say I'm going to be wary about this for a bit.

Oh, btw, I'm back from my week of craziness xD

[Aethon]

So...
I've been testing the Worgens. I seem to be stuck at the "Evacuate the Merchant square." Every door I tried said: "Invalid target"

(Worgen Hunter.)

EDIT.: Enemy worgens also seem to walk under the texture/inside houses in this phase.

EDIT2: Not sure if this problem was already discussed. If yes, then just ignore this post. =)

[Grogloki]

I was wondering about gifted items. Such as the winters v stuff? Will we be able to request those items back for the toon they were recieved on? Or will they just be gone lol. Not a big deal just curious xP probably answered this earlier on or whatever but yea lol there it is.

[Zhaei]

Can I inquire what the stance will be on Worgen and Goblin DKs? Also, on that note, the stance on non-Gilnean Worgen and non-Kezanian Goblins?

[Rigley]

Can I inquire what the stance will be on Worgen and Goblin DKs? Also, on that note, the stance on non-Gilnean Worgen and non-Kezanian Goblins?

We will not have any restrictions on worgen and goblin DKs at all; Goblins make complete sense (mercs), and though the justification for worgen is eeeeeeeeeeh (in my opinion), we won't penalize anything of it.

-To my knowledge- there will be nothing wrong with non-Gilnean or Kezanian Worgen or Goblins, as there are valid explanations for both. None of the above will be a special profile, as far as I know.

[Grakor456]

I was wondering about gifted items. Such as the winters v stuff? Will we be able to request those items back for the toon they were recieved on? Or will they just be gone lol. Not a big deal just curious xP probably answered this earlier on or whatever but yea lol there it is.

If it's anything like the last major restart, Winter's Veil items won't be refunded but can be asked for again next holiday season.

However, that's just how it was handled last time. Kretol may decide to do something different this time, especially if the move to Cata is sooner rather than later. Obviously, it would be ideal if people had enough time to enjoy their gifts. Ultimately, the decision is up to Kretol.

[Noble]

Is there any sort of test RP going on at all on the Cata server?

[Grakor456]

No RP going on yet, just a lot of fixing. And yes, we're aware that Worgen, Goblin, and DK characters are essentially unplayable at the moment. We haven't gotten around to putting in work-arounds for them yet.

[muhaha8]

I have a question regarding Goblins!

If you want to be part of the still neutral Goblin faction, would this be possible?

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat depends.

Really, it just depends on what Kret wants in regards to this. He may wish to keep factions the same for sake of ease. However, as always you can join the Steamwheedle Cartel ICly and be a neutral character; just no decision on if that would be reflected in-game or not mechanically yet.

* muhaha8 swoops in.

Kret and I tried to set this up on Ranzel once upon a time. It didn't work well. At all. So I doubt it'd happen again.

Also, Cata is good to see.

* muhaha8 flies off into the sunset.

[stompkins]

Definetly a welcome change in my mind, may bring some of our vet's back for another round of rp, good luck to the team, I know it won't be the easiest of tasks.

It may of been asked else-where, but I didn't see it posted here.

-What can the players do to 'help' in any form? I'm sure there's a great deal of us that want to see this go through, even without powers to help directly.

-Retcon's can always be tricky, is there a certain fashion that these have been handled in the past? There's some characters who've made enemies of the world in whole, that would be better off resetting in the creators opinion, how would we go about doing such?

-Will there be a new torrent posted for us users who just torrented the full game from the website, for easier use? - May not of used the best wording here, basically there's a torrent here : http://www.conquestofthehorde.com/Thread...3-5a-12340 == Will there be a new one posted for Cata's patch?

[Reigen]

Definetly a welcome change in my mind, may bring some of our vet's back for another round of rp, good luck to the team, I know it won't be the easiest of tasks.

It may of been asked else-where, but I didn't see it posted here.

-What can the players do to 'help' in any form? I'm sure there's a great deal of us that want to see this go through, even without powers to help directly.

-Retcon's can always be tricky, is there a certain fashion that these have been handled in the past? There's some characters who've made enemies of the world in whole, that would be better off resetting in the creators opinion, how would we go about doing such?

-Will there be a new torrent posted for us users who just torrented the full game from the website, for easier use? - May not of used the best wording here, basically there's a torrent here : http://www.conquestofthehorde.com/Thread...3-5a-12340 == Will there be a new one posted for Cata's patch?

Beyond seeking out bugs and reporting them, there is not all that much a player can do at this very moment.

Retcons WILL NOT be required, just in case anyone is saying otherwise. If you wish to retcon something, you should inform everyone involved with the character of the changes being made well in advanced to the switch-over. It is also a good idea if the character is already approved to post the changed profile up ASAP. We will give about a weeks warning before we make the switch so everyone can prepare.

When we switch to cata, the new torrent link will be put up in that location for the cata patch we are on.

[Nikodemos]

Alrighty Stompkins, here goes.

1. Testing is open for the Cata Core by the player base, I would note that while nearly all of the questing is bugged, you can be of assistance testing for the stability of functions that affect the players' ability to RP on the new Core. (You will wish to go into the Account Management portion of the forum and set one of your accounts to a Cata account for best performance. Be sure to set this back before returning to WotLK.) Give the Testing, Testing thread a glance to see what others have already puzzled through.

2. It is my understanding that we will be handling retcons in a similar fashion to that as we always have. I will offer the reminder that this switch will not involve a lore restart and such retcons would be up to the discression of the individual player. I would advise noting if a profile contains updates to an existing approved profile, as this significantly speeds up the process for those who are checking it. Most minor alterations will likely just require a PD thread however, but given the expected workload, an alternative method may or may not be devised.

3. There is a link to a stable stand-alone client on the first page of the Testing thread. It may take some time to download but it is ready to go upon retrieval and requires no further installation. Just move it where you wish and replace the Realmlist.wtf with the CotH version.

Hope that answers some of your questions.

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Stealthed by Raygun, pfft.

[Aphetoros]

Is a 13 minute difference really stealth? ;P