by Elizabeth Harper 
Feb 24th 2009 at 3:00PM
Want more news from the 3.1 PTR? Patch 3.1 brings us Ulduar, dual specs, significant changes to all the classes, and more! We've got you covered from top to bottom with our Guide to Patch 3.1.Filed under: Patches, Screenshots, Galleries, Battlegrounds
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Darkmoon Faire (Terokkar) | 11/1 - 11/7 |
| Call to Arms: Arathi Basin | 11/6 - 11/9 |
| Call to Arms: Eye of the Storm | 11/13-11/16 |
| Call to Arms: Alterac Valley | 11/20-11/23 |
| Pilgrim's Bounty | 11/22-11/28 |
| Call to Arms: Warsong Gulch | 11/27-11/30 |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
spidoman Feb 24th 2009 3:06PM
Soo happy about colorblind mode! As a colorblind person the blue vs. purple was always insanely frustrating, always had to go to wowhead to find out the item level.
h8rain Feb 24th 2009 4:10PM
At first I saw the patch notes about color blind mode, thought "wat wut?". I am excited Blizzard is taking the time to help what is probably a small user base.
Anyone know if the Color Blind mode does anything to the profession screens (crafting or the tooltip for gathering)?? That is an another one where the red/orange/green/grey is a horrid combo for me personally.
I hope they expand this more. I know it would take more work, but some encounters, colorblind people have a distinct disadvantage. The mage that splits aparts in Nexxus, the gas clouds on Grubblous(?) in Naxx are a couple examples.
BTW Thank you Blizz for fixing the OS "void" zones. and please keep up the good work.
Quickshiv Feb 24th 2009 4:53PM
I would also like to say thanks for color blind mode. Blue v purple has always frustrated me as well.
Frederik Feb 24th 2009 6:08PM
Yes, h8rain, there is also a colorblind indicator in the profession pane. In parentheses there are "+" signs indicating whether or not you can expect a skillup from crafting. For example, an orange craftable item while have (+++) after its name to indicate that it will result in a skillup.
Ichthus Feb 24th 2009 8:33PM
Yeah, there are little + next to things in the Profession windows. the more + next to something, the better it is. I'd give colors, but I'm colorblind. The quest log has the recommended level next to it in brackets.
I would have gotten some screenshots for this article if I had noticed them. I was too excited about the fact I could finally tell the difference between rares and epics at a glance.
Tim gibson Feb 24th 2009 5:09PM
If my account is frozen can i get on PTR or do i need to go and by a card to get on. I don't want to get a card atm i am bored with doing Naxx25 every week was gonna wait till witchever came first
Patch 3.1
or
Children's week for the achievements.
RogueJedi86 Feb 24th 2009 5:48PM
Gotta have an active account. No free rides, sorry.
mr_deadpool Feb 25th 2009 11:04PM
you can do PTR with a frozen account... I know, because I am.
Tim gibson Feb 26th 2009 8:33PM
Mr deadpool ur the man. thanks i am so gonna try toget on it than
Cadrack Feb 24th 2009 3:09PM
I'm curious - when you exit the BG does it drop you straight back to the place where you took the queue, as opposed to a major city? That would make sense, but some clarification on that would be great.
Tinox Apr 15th 2009 7:07AM
Yeah, I was wondering about that too. If it did, then Blizz would justbe allowing everyone to do a BG port from anywhere.
elizabeth Feb 24th 2009 3:18PM
Since no one seems to be running battlegrounds on the PTR yet, that's unclear, I'm afraid.
JDM Feb 24th 2009 4:11PM
I would assume it would drop you back to where you entered from, like the user above noted, if it ported you back to a battlemaster, it'd be overused as a free hearth.
Morkeliph Feb 24th 2009 3:11PM
So...when you queue up for a BG away from a city, where does it spit you out when the BG is over? Say I queue up out of Winterspring, where will I be after I exit the BG?
Rich Feb 24th 2009 3:16PM
Nice changes to LFG
But being added to more than 3 things would be nice. 5 would be a better number.
Todd Feb 24th 2009 3:22PM
I'd be happy if LFG just allows for the searching and joining of older instances. Sometimes you do you want to do an old BC instance, but kinda lame that the LFG tool isn't even helpful in this respect.
Fuseitana Feb 24th 2009 3:24PM
Does the Equipment Manager only work with gear in your on person bags, or can it be in the bank? And if so, do you have to be at the bank when you switch?
lexic0n Feb 24th 2009 4:33PM
I was wondering the same thing. Does anyone know the answer to this?
BulletzBill Feb 24th 2009 4:14PM
I would assume you have to be actually carrying all the gear in your bags to switch to that set. And if all or some of the items are not with you you probably will just get red warning text that you can't switch that set and nothing else will happen.
Wouldn't make much sense from a literal game world perspective if you could change into gear that was stored miles (zones) away from you. :-P
BulletzBill Feb 24th 2009 4:17PM
But then again, storing things in a bank in one city, then retrieving it in another doesn't make much sense either... so I guess that kinda invalidates my reasoning lol.