It's official: 2.3 set for the 13th
by Eliah Hecht 
Nov 6th 2007 at 9:42PM
Well, here it is, official word that patch 2.3 is scheduled to go live in North America on November 13th, one week from today. Season 3 is set to start on November 20th, so here's your two-week notice. That means 2.3 will be live for a week before S3 is. The PTR was just updated tonight with a new build containing unknown changes; I guess it must not have required very much testing. Just posted in the official forums by Drysc:While testing continues and a delay could possibly change these dates, we are currently planning to start Season 3 on November 20 once the realms come back up from their weekly maintenance. This means that Season 2 will come to a close when the realms come down for maintenance on November 20. During that maintenance the final standings are taken and the end of season rewards are distributed.
The start date for Season 3 is purposefully planned to be one week later than the release of patch 2.3, which is currently scheduled for November 13. We will be closely monitoring the testing of the 2.3 patch, and if it looks like it won't make the November 13 date, we will announce a delay.
This confirms earlier news pulled from the WoW Taiwan site. Guess it's time to lay off the alts (at least until Tuesday) and get farming Sporeggar rep.
Filed under: Patches, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Markymark Nov 6th 2007 10:08PM
Eep could 2.3 coming out so soon.... /dusts off old WoW account.
FelDork Nov 6th 2007 10:06PM
I can't wait! :)
crusherkid Nov 7th 2007 9:21AM
woot woooooooooooooooooot next week!!!!
Luis Nov 6th 2007 10:56PM
Yay
ringu0 Nov 6th 2007 10:22PM
Grats elemental shaman on "long deserved" and "well tested" "buff".
Luis D. Nov 6th 2007 10:31PM
So when can we buy Season 1 Arena gear with honor points? When the patch hits or when Season 3 starts?
klink-o Nov 6th 2007 10:55PM
Woot! F**k you heroics, I'm goin' back to Karazhan!
Ace Nov 6th 2007 11:43PM
Sweet! I'm glad I stuck with my subtlety rogue. Can't wait to see my tree buffed and try it out in BGs!
Max Nov 7th 2007 12:15AM
This is kind of bitter sweet. I'm glad there's some new content coming out. Yay for that. But shit...I was hoping I'd have more time to prepare for ZA and maybe gather some arena points, so I don't walk into Season 3 completely out of my league.
Kevin Nov 7th 2007 12:33AM
Whoever wrote today's article saying 2.3 won't come out till December looks like a tool.
jay Nov 7th 2007 2:29AM
GIGGITYGIGGITYGIGGITYGIGGITY
Zandir - ER Nov 7th 2007 3:39AM
Nice, cant wait --> gief Ritual of Refreshment
René Nov 7th 2007 5:17AM
So it's Nov 14th for all us European players then?
Eliah Hecht Nov 7th 2007 8:25AM
René: I'd say that's a pretty safe bet, yes. Especially now that it's been confirmed ;) http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=1511942526&postId=15115368918&sid=1#0
René Nov 7th 2007 9:36AM
This is great. I'm really looking forward to this patch. I always wanted to roll Priest or Paladin, but I always dreaded the tedious solo phase with those classes. Should be much easier after 2.3.
Naix Nov 7th 2007 9:36AM
You are not PREPARED!
niko Nov 7th 2007 10:06AM
#16, it's more like:
My *AddOns* ARE NOT PREPARED!
daniel Nov 7th 2007 10:16AM
42 more mp5 on my holy priest thank you very much :D
Rowvina Nov 7th 2007 10:42AM
if everyone is resurecting their Alts, sounds like I need to start stocking up on lvl 20-60 armour and weapons for resale at the AH... that should pay for my Flying Mount
PeeWee Nov 7th 2007 11:36AM
@19
Remember that quest rewards and bossdrops are buffed like friggin' hell. Check out Embrace of the Viper (http://www.wowhead.com/?itemset=162). What confuses me is that Chain of the Scarlet Crusade (http://www.wowhead.com/?itemset=163) did not recieve any buffs at all. Or any other items from the Scarlet Monastery at all, for that matter. I must be blind, then. The Fang-set got a huge buff, at least.
End of the line is, green drops aren't very attractive any longer, since a) people will out-level them to fast and b) it's easy to get much better items by running an instance, and getting boosted by a lvl 60+ isn't that hard. Especially if you run several accounts *smiles innocently*