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bellinghman ([personal profile] bellinghman) wrote2007-05-23 09:44 am
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Today's update

So today, we see WoW 2.1. Roughly 385MB of update, with a details list longer than I've seen in absolutely ages.

ETA: I should clarify that, being 2.1, this is not a set of bugfixes - this is major extra content, the first since the release of Burning Crusade.
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[identity profile] bellinghman.livejournal.com 2007-05-23 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
I think I saw a 600+ MB patch going past a while back. That was after not doing any patches for about a year, and I think it pretty well just updated the entire image. Except that it can't be, because the game comes on 4 CDs, and unpacks from those, and Burning Crusade is another 4 CDs on top, and .... well, I just hope you have disc space.

I did a clean install onto a laptop the other day. 4 CDs of WoW, and then immediately installed the 4CDs of Burning Crusade on top, before letting it do any updates. Quite a lot of the BC addition was updates to the original WoW, so the offered update size on WoW+BC was much smaller than that on just WoW.

[identity profile] songster.livejournal.com 2007-05-23 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
The 600+ MB patch was an update of the entire client in preparation for the expansion - plus artwork for new races, new items etc - and is largely duplicated by stuff on the BC discs.

This one is two top end raid dungeons, a load of 5-man content, and a fundamental overhaul of how alchemy potions work and stack. There's also a load more changes in the background - the serverside patch for this one much be huge.

[identity profile] gmh.livejournal.com 2007-05-23 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
In related news: the prospecting rate doesn't seem to be 100%; I've gone through about 50 stacks of ore this morning and gotten about 40 gems.

And the Barrier Hills now have non-elite 70+ ogres wandering around mixed with elite 71 ogres.

Adamantite ore appears to have pretty much doubled in price on the AH - yay for reserve stocks of ore.

I'm currently doing most of the gems at a flat 45g start 50g buyout; they seem to be selling well, as most of the existing sellers seem to be trying to stick to pre-2.1 pricing.

[identity profile] songster.livejournal.com 2007-05-23 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
The 100% figure in the patch notes means you should get at least a green gem on every prospect - no more prospects that only give powder. It's not clear yet what the new rate of blue gems is. Used to be 60%, it's supposed to be substantially up from that.

Will see how prices settle this evening and the next few days before I start flooding the market. Don't push it down to 50g if you don't have to! Or I'll swallow your soul.

[identity profile] gmh.livejournal.com 2007-05-23 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
no more prospects that only give powder

Do you mean that every stack should have at least one green gem, or that every prospect (of 5 ore) should give you one gem?

I've had a fair old number of powder-only prospects today; not over an entire stack, though - and on average I get a greenie per prospect.

As for the pricing; I'm mainly trying to build up a cash reserve for when the new recipes hit the AH; I imagine they're going to be pricy.

[identity profile] songster.livejournal.com 2007-05-23 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
According to the patch notes, "Prospecting now always yields at least 1 gem". So you shouldn't be seeing any powder-only prospects. Coupled with the fact that you haven't seen a drastic change from pre-patch numbers of rare gems, I wonder if this is a change that didn't actually make it.

What's the vendor value of the uncommon gems now? It's supposed to drop to 25s.

[identity profile] gmh.livejournal.com 2007-05-23 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Vendor value has reduced to 25s; it may be that I was just a little unlucky with the ore I prospected this morning.
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