WoW Patch 3.1: Inside Ulduar
It's been just two hours since we first heard Blizzard would be opening Ulduar for testing, and after a rocky start (filled with crashes of all shapes and sizes) we're in game and collecting screenshots. If you can't get into Ulduar yourself, why not take a moment to peruse our gallery? (And, yes, before you even ask: spoilers inside. Don't click if you don't want to see!)
Patch 3.1 brings us Ulduar, dual specs, significant changes to all the classes, and more! We've got you covered from top to bottom with our Guide to Patch 3.1.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
slartibart Feb 26th 2009 8:44PM
Thanks for braving the crashes to bring us all these, can't wait to get in there!
Saving the fights and mechanics for a surprise; but I don't mind checking out the pics at all.
Thiosion Feb 26th 2009 8:46PM
Broxigar is down.
We've tried Hodir ONCE. He does a ground freeze spell, and an Intense Cold-like spell, and "Flash Freeze", as well as cave-ins.
Thiosion Feb 26th 2009 8:58PM
Update(s):
Hide behind anvils to avoid ground freeze, a la Saph Ice Block LoS, except they're stationary and you need to keep moving. Just strafe back and forth a tiny bit.
Brox is back up, but Northrend is down and everyone in Ulduar has been ported to Dalaran.
mike Feb 26th 2009 9:30PM
Just curious, what is the addon that is being used in the screenshots?
Steve Feb 26th 2009 9:50PM
that UI looks very sharp , where do i get it? :P
Iarwain Feb 26th 2009 9:53PM
I was wondering about that, I think its discord or something, I just suck at setting stuff like that up.
Dan Feb 26th 2009 10:20PM
/want
naota Feb 26th 2009 10:28PM
yes. awesome UI. what is it??
Dan Feb 26th 2009 10:52PM
FOUND IT!
SpartanUI
/bow
elizabeth Feb 26th 2009 11:33PM
These shots are from Matt Low who is using SpartainUI. You can download it from Curse here if you'd like to try it for yourself!
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/spartan-ui.aspx
Zhyreios Feb 26th 2009 10:29PM
Great, now I have to brave a 2k queue to just step into Ulduar, lag and all -.-
Velmarn Feb 26th 2009 10:50PM
My guild just wrapped up our attempts on the PTR for Hodir, we got some good tries in and we finished our last 25 attempt with 63%.
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2536/wowscrnshot022609193848.jpg
Destromath / Divine
Matchu Feb 26th 2009 10:55PM
Couple of guilds I was watching have worked out how not to die to the frost attacks but the dps is just slow. He's got around 35 mill hp on heroic and there's a lot of movement involved.
ShadyMike Feb 27th 2009 12:22AM
Cant see pictures around Wynona Judds Advertisement. Funny too, its about her losing weight and yet she still manages to block the entire screenshots. Get yer adverts under control.
Neveryone Feb 27th 2009 12:45AM
You can see part of the picture... Before she lost weight she covered the whole thing. Give her some credit. lolz
shadowshiftr Feb 27th 2009 1:05AM
25man attempt video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHolruROKFA
also screenshots
http://www.lifeofexile.com/wow/ulduar/screens/
Azron Feb 27th 2009 7:53AM
Ummm, I hope Ulduar is not going to be like warsong or alteric valley...I do not understand the blizzard logic of allowing said BG's to allow 40 horde to fight against 15 alliance, why the HELL do they not cap the players in these BG's?...THIS is exactly why no one ewants to play those BG's, it's retarded and so is blizzard, they MUST be retarded, all we are doing is handing them a win!...wtf?...maybe blizzard thinks that the horde are not good enough to beat us, so they allow the horde to have 3 to 1 odds so that each alliance has to kill three people, wtf are you thinking blizzard, that is so retarded, wtf is wrong with you ppl anywayz? huh?...i wish a blizzard employee had the BALLS to answer me. go ahead i dare you...email me bliz employee and explain to me why the hell you allow 40 to 15 in a BG? why is it not capped? why? i am blizzard i am RETARDED and i don't know any better.
Bart Feb 27th 2009 10:14AM
Are you on crack?
Ulduar is not a battleground its a raid instance.
These forums are starting to remind me more and more of the WoW general forums.
Vlatch Feb 27th 2009 9:27AM
It seems to me that you have to go about killing him in two ways. Be sure to stand on the ice patches he drops from the ceiling when he's casting his freezing block, or stand near a cozy fire.
The freezing blows damage buff is going to make this fight much more manageable. To me, this seems like a fight that's about coordinated movement more than anything else.
Bckwrds Feb 28th 2009 8:23PM
Uh, your gallery has this reallllly annoying add for Kohls that totally blocks the view of the images. But, when you roll over it a little -X- to close thing appears. Turns out that you can only click the -X- to close button if you are within the roll over area, but the -X- to close button is outside the roll over area. Making the add... totally impossible to close.
It went something like this.
----EPIC ULDUAR PICTURE-----
----SPECIAL DEALS ON ALL CLOTHING----
Can we fix that please?