Good chance that Tuesday's instance runs will need to be cancelled. It's hard to say whether the patch will be released tomorrow or next week, but Blizzard DID say that they intended on releasing the patch before the 4th of July, and just this morning Tigole (community rep) posted this:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-dungeons&t=565883&p=1&tmp=1#post565883%22

A quick and simple thanks to everyone who helped test patch 1.11 on the Public Test Realms. It's amazing to see that we all share the same dedication for making this game great. With the nature of the MMORPG and quick-turnaround patching, we can never promise that things will be flawless. But we'll do our best to fix bugs as quickly as possible and show expediency with any tuning issues that might arise.

Just so you know, our internal testing efforts are ongoing. Our QA raid team has spent many hours on every encounter in Naxxramas. Now, they're focused on Sapphiron and Kel'Thuzad -- the encounters which saw the least amount of testing on the PTR's (unless you count death touch hacking your way through the dungeon =P). Even after patch 1.11 goes live, our internal team will continue to work on the unbeaten encounters in Naxx to ensure the best possible tuning. It's always hard to get cutting edge content perfect, but we'll do our best to be responsive should any problems rise to the surface.

No promises as to when the patch is going live, but if I were you, I'd start working on that Argent Dawn rep by tomorrow -- either that or pillage the guild bank while the pillaging is good.

Your presence on the PTR's was greatly appreciated.

I dropped 46 g on some arcane crystals for attunement on my hunter -_- If you're a miner, stockpile those crystals for purposes of price gouging :o Everyone who's not exalted with AD is gonna need'em.

Patch is now official.

"We will be extending our normally scheduled maintenance tomorrow by approximately two hours beginning at 3:00 AM PDT in order to apply the latest content patch. That's right, I said it -- we're patching tomorrow. Hurry, read this message before it's deleted! The truth must be told!"

So what's the deal on this "attunement" you speak of?

To get into Naxx you have to pay the Argent Dawn. The payment varies depending on your rep with AD.

On the test server it was:

Exalted: Pay nothing
Revered: Nexus Crystals and Arcane Crystals
Friendly: Nexus Crystals, Arcane Crystals, Righteous Orb and gold

I'm hoping that's a one-time payment for attunement, and not every time you want to go? Damm, I've got a long way to go to hit Exalted...

One time. Just like getting attuned for MC or BWL.

I bought a few Arcane and Nexus Crystals last night. Hopefully I can gouge some 1337 radiers this weekend!

Damn it all. I still need 3 crystals for my force reactive disk. Perhaps I should dump the 5 I have and wait for the prices to return to normal. Ughh!

Let me know what you decide, if you hang on to them I'll do some mining in the mornings once I'm back from CA and try to get the last three for you.

I admit it is mostly because I REALLY WANT TO SEE SOMEONE USING THE SHIELD.

Yeah, it has been so much work farming mats I'll end up paying whatever goofy prices there are; I can't give up now. It is nearly impossible to get rich thorium veins over the last month. It seems with the patch coming, the competition for the veins has been insane.

Yeah, it has been so much work farming mats I'll end up paying whatever goofy prices there are; I can't give up now. It is nearly impossible to get rich thorium veins over the last month. It seems with the patch coming, the competition for the veins has been insane.


It's about to get way worse - my favorite place was always Un'goro for farming those rich thorium veins, and now that there is a flight path there it's going to be in full swing.

The ones that pop WAY up in Azshara are usually open in the morning, because the only people there are farming felcloth, and usually they're botting and aren't interested in the veins. (ONOZ I GIVE AWAY MY SEKRIT.)

What does "botting" mean, Ing?

PS I AM FARMING FELCLOTH

You have to pay gold at Revered as well. 2 Arcane Crystals, 1 Nexus, and 30 gs. This is what I'll have to shell out on my hoontar, since she's Revered (and a looong way from exalted). For honored, you need 5 Arc Crystals, 2 Nexus, 1 Righteous Orb, and 60 gs. If you're Friendly or below I don't believe they'll let you into the place.

Viraj, a bot is a character controlled by a script and not an actual player. They're usually used to farm some type of item (as Ing says).