Breakfast Topic: Favorite patch
by Dan O'Halloran 
Nov 25th 2007 at 8:00AM
In honor of the 3rd Anniversary of the North American launch of WoW, we devoted almost the entire WoW Insider Show yesterday to talking about all the highlights since launch. We went patch by patch and talked about what we remembered from each. It was great fun to relive the memories.For those of you who don't listen to our weekly podcast on WoW Radio every Saturday at 3:30pm EST, it will be downloadable tomorrow or Tuesday. In the meantime, I thought it would be great to take a poll to find out what your favorite patch was since launch.
I'm intentionally leaving out the original game launch and Burning Crusade launch.
| 1.2 Maraudon, Gurubashi Arena Event | |
|---|---|
| 1.3 Dire Maul, More Action Bars, Outdoor Dragon Raid Targets | |
| 1.4 PvP Honor System, Elemental Invasions | |
| 1.5 Alterac Valley & Warsong Gulch | |
| 1.6 Blackwing Lair, Darkmoon Faire | |
| 1.7 Zul'Gurub, Arathi Basin | |
| 1.8 Dragons of Nightmare, Silithus, Druid Revamp | |
| 1.9 Ahn'Qiraj, Linked Auction Houses, Paladin Revamp | |
| 1.10 Weather Effects, Priest Revamp | |
| 1.11 Naxxramas, Keyrings, T3 Armor | |
| 1.12 Cross Realm Battlegrounds, World PvP, Rogue Revamp | |
| 2.1 Black Temple, Druid Epic Flight Form, Nether Drake | |
| 2.2 Integrated Voice Chat, Mac Movie Capture | |
| 2.3 Zul'Aman, Guild Banks, Increased Leveling |
Vote on the above and tell us why below!
Filed under: Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Podcasting, Breakfast Topics
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
ColonelChris Nov 25th 2007 8:27AM
Patch 2.02 is missing (new honor system, new TBC mechanics). That was probably the patch I yearned for most, because of the honor points.
nobbie Nov 25th 2007 8:37AM
Naxxramas patch - the best instance instance ever ;)
Mats Nov 25th 2007 8:39AM
I have to say this latest patch. Been wanting guild banks for such a long time, also faster leveling for alts is the greatest.
All in all, this last patch feels like a mini-expansion.
Gogey Nov 25th 2007 8:45AM
I was around since about 1.8 (And the only reason I know this is because they revamped my level 7 druid :( ), so I can't speak for before that, but 1.12 was my favorite patch. The cross-realm battlegrounds were amazing for pvpers. Waiting 2 hours for AV? Pfft, thing of the past!
And of course, they made it so your mini-pets wouldn't die. Best change ever imo!
Taintedmage Nov 25th 2007 8:52AM
The patch where the new honor system was put in. You know the one where HW gear became honor buyable that was my favorite. Might of also had where the added the new TBC talents IDK.
Chris Nov 25th 2007 8:49AM
There have been some ups and downs. The whole faction versus faction resource race for AQ was really fun, but with the linked auction houses, it kinda made the bigger cities like Ironforge empty. Patch 1.11 was extremely fun when it hit too, but only the elite of elite guilds were ever able to get into Naxx. I would honestly say this latest patch has been the most WoW defining moment, since now it won't be that mind-numbing of a grind to 70 on my alts.
Karmaa Nov 25th 2007 9:05AM
2.3 hands down
as a mage and rogue I absolutely loved 2.3
Guild banks, faster leveling, subtely tree buff, the refreshment table and new evocation, New daily honor and badge quests, cooking quests, awesome badge rewards
but the thing that surprised me the most is that...
none of my mods broke, sometimes I got a little error with cartographer, but that was the only mod that was bugged! All the other patches always screwed over all my mods, but not 2.3! Basically I found nothing that irked me with this patch, which is why it's my favourite
dmoon Nov 30th 2007 12:13PM
AQ4o was just awesome it was the first time in game history I felt it was a community working for the same goal (war effort). To get the gates to open. Was really cool. Hence why i voted 1.9 Ahn'Qiraj, Linked Auction Houses, Paladin Revamp.
Juneau Nov 25th 2007 10:24AM
Love 2.3, the leveling increase is wonderful, and the buff to Retribution Pallys. Also, like someone else said, none of my mods broke!
Fletch Nov 25th 2007 10:46PM
It's kind of hard to beat the improved mid level content, in my opinion.
Linkerman Nov 25th 2007 10:55AM
i would say i like 2.2 because it gave us voice chat without vent or ts it also gave us the headless horseman event and most important of all it gave us brewfest man i had so much fun getting drunk and capturing wolpertingers good time those were
Freak Nov 25th 2007 11:37AM
2.3 has everything I want in a patch...new instance, tons of new gear, and almost every class got a buff. (Ummm. Except for my warlock.) Even better, first patch without major UI breakage that I can remember.
Mr. Pink Nov 25th 2007 11:47AM
1.10 was pretty good with the new weather effects which adds more immersion to the game, then obviously 2.3 because it gives all levels something
Akarat Nov 25th 2007 11:59AM
After seeing all the changes made to the game it's hard to imagine going back.
Baluki Nov 25th 2007 12:30PM
I know it's the most recent, but 2.3 really is the best patch as far as I can tell. Not only did it give us TONS of adjustments and fixes that we've been wanting for a long time, but it gave us the awesome Zul'Aman, which seems to be the coolest dungeon in the game (though I've never been in).
Wake Nov 25th 2007 12:35PM
While I have enjoyed WoW greatly since then, nothing beat rushing off to my death against the Horde protecting cities. Just goes to show that players came make their own content at times when they run out of prescribed activities (quests, raids, battleground, what-not).
Paul Nov 25th 2007 12:51PM
I know it's fresh in everyone's minds, but i still think 2.3 really was the best patch.
my favorite part of it was dustwallow marsh- instead of the horrible dive into stranglethorn hell, you have a 34-40 zone you can escape too ever other level with outland-esque content that flows smoothly from one quest to the next.
now if only they would revamp all the other zones to be like that...
Elra Nov 26th 2007 1:04AM
ahn'qiraj event, hands down. so much effort for so little. and i even missed that damn mount. boo.
twh Nov 25th 2007 2:03PM
1.9 wasn't a paladin revamp, it was a gutting of the talent trees and the thing which forced the class to the back of raids for the next year.
Dan Nov 25th 2007 2:18PM
If I could I'd vote for the cluster from 1.5 - 1.7 (and maybe even 1.8 and 1.9). That's a group of patches that introduced game changing new content that virtually everyone got to experience in the long run. Anyone remember the length of time between those patches?