2.3 next week, according to WoW Taiwan
by Eliah Hecht 
Nov 6th 2007 at 2:42PM
Well, that's sooner than expected. The official World of Warcraft website for Taiwan is announcing, as far as I can tell via Google Translate, that patch 2.3 is going to be released on the 15th in Taiwan. Presumably, that would mean it's coming out on the 13th in North America -- that's a week from today. This is what Google comes up with:"World of Warcraft" in Taiwan for the forthcoming age! To celebrate the "World of Warcraft" operating in Taiwan for two years, Blizzard Entertainment specially for Taiwan players in the game are now held in the colorful "????Festival." People expect 2.3 version also will be November 15 (4) maintenance and Taiwan after the players met, "World of Warcraft" dual program installation package tomorrow (7), the province's convenience store channel synchronous devices.
If anyone reads Chinese, could you head over to the site and see if it is, indeed, predicting the patch in merely a week? Edit: The mysterious M below confirms that the site says the patch is coming out on the 15th in Taiwan. Woot! Edit 2: confirmed. Also, what's that festival about? Party time!
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[via Blizzplanet]
Filed under: Patches, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Tolthalan Nov 6th 2007 2:53PM
The fact that this came right after the previous blog post is hilarious.
Hybrys Nov 6th 2007 2:56PM
Yeah, the whole two weeks idea is a common misconception. They don't need to give two weeks for the PATCH, they have to give two weeks for the SEASONS 2 END. Which means they can do what they did with 2.1, and deploy it, then turn on S2 a few weeks after.
idkanything Nov 6th 2007 2:58PM
*hits refresh 200 times per minutes till someone translates*
M Nov 6th 2007 2:58PM
I took a look of the Taiwan WoW webpage.
The firework party is to celebrate 2-year anniversary of WoW Taiwan. And it is for Taiwanese players only.
And according to the article, 2.3 will be released (at least in Taiwan) next week.
MacKoroni Nov 6th 2007 2:59PM
Am I the only one who is, yes, looking forward to 2.3 but not wetting myself and theorizing what date it's being released? We'll get some time soon...jesus.
Angry Joe Nov 6th 2007 3:02PM
Eliah 1 x 0 Mike.
Markymark Nov 6th 2007 10:07PM
Lol i guess i'l wait to lvl my alts untill 2.3
infection Nov 6th 2007 3:23PM
Has anyone figured out what will be in 2.3?
@2 is saying season 2 end won't be with 2.3. So is season 1 gear going to be with 2.3, or will it also only come out when season 2 ends. What about AV changes? Will that be 2.3 or S2 end.......
So many different stories being told.
Eliah Hecht Nov 6th 2007 3:30PM
Infection: Obviously since the final patch notes aren't out yet we can't be sure, but I'd predict S1 gear will stay until S3 gets "switched on". AV changes should be active as soon as 2.3 goes live, as well as Zul'Aman, leveling changes, and all the rest.
Paul Nov 6th 2007 3:34PM
So... is it now time to start completing quests but not turning them in so that you can get the bonus exp righ after th patch? :)
Dustin Larsen Nov 6th 2007 6:21PM
花火 means "fireworks", so it's referring to some sort of fireworks festival. Chinese New Year is a bit far off, isn't it?
Eliah Hecht Nov 6th 2007 3:38PM
Paul: Actually, what I'm going to do is stay completely away from my 20–60 characters until the patch hits. The reason is that not only is quest XP getting a boost for 30–60, but XP per level is being reduced for 20–60. When the patch goes live, your relative position in the level is going to be "translated" -- that is, if you were 50% through level 21, you'll still be 50% through level 21 after the patch. But in numerical terms, since the XP per level is getting reduced (by 20%), you will lose 20% of your post-level 20 XP, to keep your position the same. Which means any XP you earn before the patch will end up getting taxed by 20%, if you're in the appropriate level range.
Hybrys Nov 6th 2007 3:54PM
Heh. Thanks for answering for me, Eliah.
Yes, all changes will go live EXCEPT S1 being honor gear, S3 being available for arena points, and Glad ranks/birds being given out.
David Miller Nov 6th 2007 4:07PM
That announcement doesn't say 2.3 is coming the state you all read into. It says there is a patch coming which introduces a celebratory event in-game for Taiwanese players to celebrate the anniversary of the game launching in that country.
It DOES go on to say ...
"Not only that, the 2.3 version of the Association of Banks will have, helicopters and other practical and interesting sexual function, waiting for the player to explore the next January 1."
/sigh
nearlysober Nov 6th 2007 4:16PM
"Interesting sexual function"?!
Now I'm REALLY excited for 2.3!!!
nearlysober Nov 6th 2007 4:18PM
"Interesting sexual function"?!
Now I'm REALLY excited for 2.3!!!
Tutunkommon Nov 6th 2007 6:28PM
This surprises me, actually, given the poor functionality I am experiencing with the guild vault. Items vanishing without a trace, unable to configure withdrawal levels for various guild rankings, etc. I hope they get it ironed out before it goes live. As it is, I will either need to spend several hundred gold to setup various access levels, or still have to maintain at least one bank toon to interface to the vault.
Musashi Blaker Nov 6th 2007 4:34PM
that festival 花火 means hana bi which in japanese means fireworks not just new years. so it could be a new fireworks festival, could also be just for the taiwanese version of the game.
Pentavilla Nov 6th 2007 4:44PM
Funny, the google translation is way off the mark.
不僅如此，2.3版本中還會有公會銀行、直升機等實用性及有趣性的功能，等著玩家未來一一去發掘。
Roughly translate to: "There's more, patch 2.3 will include guild bank, and helicoptor such interesting and fun functions awaiting players to explore"
Learn2Read Chinese... /sigh
Eliah Hecht Nov 6th 2007 4:43PM
But what about the January 1 bit?