Blizzard have announced that the pre-expansion patch has now gone live on the PTR (Public Test Realm), meaning that anyone can pop along and have a look (and test) the changes arriving soon. The general consensus of opinion is that usually once something has gone onto the test realm, it usually takes 3-4 weeks before it arrives on live (although if there are major problems with it, it may take longer). So we have only a few weeks left before we may be seeing this new update. Most guesses for launch of this patch seem to be around the 13th July.
The full patch notes can be seen on the Blizzard blog post here: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/20151959/legion-pre-expansion-patch-ptr-notes-15-06-2016
The basics are as follows:
- The Wardrobe and updated transmogrification system will arrive
- PvP currency and gear will change, along with "equalisation" of gear in set PvP environments.
- Some secondary stats will be removed/changed.
- Dual Spec options removed - you can pick any spec you want, a bit like hunter pets - restrictions apply.
- Glyphs removed. Some glyph effects will be added to spellbooks/combined with spells or changed to vanity items.
- Additional items have been changed to toys, and can be added to the toy box.
- Changes to graphics and UI, including three settings higher than the current "Ultra" and changes to nameplates.
- Gold hoarders rejoice - you can now hold more!
- Additional character slot available, taking us to a maximum of 12 characters per realm (24 on our connected realms!!).
- A whole bunch of class changes (don't know specifics yet, and won't panic about it until closer to the time!).
I think I might have to pop onto the test realm and test out my graphics!
