Only selected servers get Voice Chat on patch day
by Robin Torres 
Sep 13th 2007 at 9:00AM
Blizzard CM Drysc announced that the Voice Chat feature will be implemented onto the live realms in stages and that only a select few will have integrated Voice Chat enabled when Patch 2.2 is released. All realms will be getting all other features of Patch 2.2, but some of the realms will have to wait until the following week for Voice Chat to be enabled.Drysc goes on to say that Voice Chat will be on separate servers from the actual game realms:
Voice chat doesn't run through the game servers. This test is of the voice chat servers themselves, not the game realms. If there's an issue voice chat won't be available, the realms themselves shouldn't be affected. In any case, that's what this initial set of realms is to test, how voice chat handles and interacts with the realms on a wider scale.
I don't know if this means we are getting Patch 2.2 on Tuesday 9/18 or not, but I do know that I won't have Voice Chat to play with on my main realm until the week after its release.
Check out our hands on look at Voice Chat and look for the list of realms getting Voice Chat first after the jump.
The initial set of realms that will have voice chat enabled on patch day:
Aerie Peak
Altar of Storms
Alterac Mountains
Andorhal
Anetheron
Anvilmar
Archimonde
Arygos
Black Dragonflight
Blackwing Lair
Dalaran
Dalvengyr
Deathwing
Demon Soul
Dentarg
Doomhammer
Duskwood
Executus
Gnomeregan
Haomarush
Icecrown
Jaedenar
Kel'Thuzad
Khadgar
Lethon
Mal'Ganis
Norgannon
Onyxia
Scilla
Sentinels
Steamwheedle Cartel
Tanaris
The Venture Co
Thrall
Turalyon
Uldaman
Undermine
Ysera
Ysondre
Zuluhed
All other realms are scheduled to have voice chat enabled the week following the patch release week.
Filed under: Patches, Blizzard, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
jpn Sep 13th 2007 9:05AM
yay for undermine!
Ryan Sep 13th 2007 9:05AM
So a new content patch with no new content, WTG Blizz!
Morrigän Sep 13th 2007 9:12AM
Norgannon! \o/
And @2, complain more? Geez.
Goldwolf Sep 13th 2007 9:18AM
Hahaha! Jaedenar wins again!
jpn Sep 13th 2007 9:23AM
who says patches have to include content?
dekulink Sep 13th 2007 9:26AM
For those realms who aren't getting voice chat right away (like mine) realize that we aren't the ones who have to test it, so it's not all bad.
We probably won't be faced with the initial problems these realms will.
Memzer Sep 13th 2007 9:36AM
Out of interest what is the population like on these realms?
Looks like voice chat is only going out to moderate-low population realms.
Jack Kelly Sep 13th 2007 11:25AM
Who cares.
I'll be playing TF2 all day long anyway.
Tridus Sep 13th 2007 9:46AM
This isn't a content patch. Content patches have big banners on the WoW website pointing out the new content. Do you see that?
This is the "we need to roll out a new sound engine to fix all kinds of problems in Vista, and we're throwing in voice chat too" patch.
I swear people complain without even knowing what they're complaining about these days.
Arras Sep 13th 2007 9:47AM
who cares about which servers are getting voice chat and which aren't? I wanna know who WI's voice chat babe is! hubba hubba hubba
Christian Stricker Sep 13th 2007 9:47AM
What about European realms?
Hollywood Ron Sep 13th 2007 9:55AM
I agree with Arras. She's a cutie.
Grimmtooth Sep 13th 2007 10:45AM
Interestingly, the 2.2 patch has already downloaded to my client, and is now (one assumes) awaiting the command from its digital overlord to deploy. So I'm guessing next Tuesday is the day.
Fizzl Sep 13th 2007 10:09AM
9 + 11
My first guess would be random person employed by plantronics
Kiros Sep 13th 2007 10:42AM
DALVENGYR!
Heike Sep 13th 2007 10:43AM
@7
At least at a glance, it looks like it's a couple of battlegroups, with their mixed arrays. Doomhammer is on there, and it's one of the original servers - crowded enough that it had the threat of a forced server split hanging over it's head a seven, eight months ago.
Kbunch Sep 13th 2007 10:46AM
I am pretty excited about the integrated VoIP. I think it will be used in pugs alot more then WoW insider thinks. LoTRO had VoIP at launch and was just as hard to setup as the wow interface and most pugs were using them when I left the game 2 months ago. It sure made it alot easier PUG. I even saw some pugs in LoTRO require the use of VoIP.
killer_twinkie Sep 13th 2007 11:05AM
Yay. Go Undermine!
Addie Sep 13th 2007 10:56AM
Preliminary downloading isn't always a sign of impending patch day. They send ahead the stuff that's really ready - it could be a lot or a little. That said, I'm hoping for soon too.
Dprice Sep 13th 2007 1:29PM
Who's got two thumbs and doesnt know the difference between a content patch and a regular patch?
Ryan - Poster #2