Who's in for the arena battle?
by Amanda Dean 
Mar 7th 2008 at 5:00PM
So I'm stoked about the upcoming arena tournament. I will be involved in the stress testing worldwide arena event on Sunday. It's a chance to play with World of Warcraft PvP enthusiasts from around the world. The event will take place on the tournament test realm from 12pm to 3pm PST Sunday, March 9. For our worldwide readers that's GMT – 8.
If you're planning on being involved in this epic event, you'll need to plan ahead. If you haven't been on the test realms, you will have to download several patches. Even though the gear is free of charge, but getting it takes some time and patience. The battle will take place on Sunday, but you should get your character ready today or Saturday if you want to be ready.
I don't expect everything to go perfectly. My experience with the TTR has been that it is laggy, but manageable. I'll be there. Who will I be seeing on Sunday?
Filed under: Realm News, Patches, Events, Blizzard, PvP, Arena
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Siedre Mar 7th 2008 5:05PM
You'll see me there. My character is already made. Mikala, horde Druid. Good luck!
Pål Mar 7th 2008 5:23PM
I've been on the TTR for a few days now. I haven't played the actual Arena much, but I've been around exploring the game world to see if I could find something else that was wrong. They really did remove all other content - even Netherwing Ledge was empty (Druids get their flight form, the only way to fly on the TTR). And even though they've disabled turning PvP on manually, you can still turn it on by entering one of the other faction's cities. And if you go to the other faction's starting zones, you'll find that all NPCs are still friendly to you. The goblins sell items to you based on your faction (my Tauren couldn't get the tiger I wanted), and the class trainers are willing to help you, but the teleporters will still teleport you to other starting zones for the other faction. I've tested things like that there, and I'm sure others have too.
And of course I've been having fun with the essentially free gear. But it isn't as fun as it sounds, because the only opponents you can use it on have equally good gear themselves, unless they've chosen not to. I guess being powerful is only fun when other people aren't.
Pål Mar 7th 2008 5:25PM
Of course, I never managed to get to the actual point. No, I won't be participating in the arena tournament tomorrow.
Yes, I do talk a bit too much...
Azureblood Mar 7th 2008 5:24PM
lol there's so much lag.
it takes forever just to buy one thing.
i was standing there rapid clicking soul shard
and i didn't get any till a few minutes later >_>
but you'll see me there!