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by Eliah Hecht 
Mar 31st 2009 at 4:00PM
As you all probably noticed, there was no patch 3.1 today. Evidently they're not doing testing Ulduar yet - three more hard mode tests are scheduled for tonight and tomorrow night.
On the North American PTR:
- Hodir (hard mode): tonight, 7 PM EDT
- Iron Council (hard mode): tomorrow night, April 1, 7 PM EDT. Daelo specifies that they want Steelbreaker done last.
On the European PTR:
- General Vezax (hard mode): tomorrow night, April 1, 7 PM CET
Shirts of Uber will once again be available to simulate the raid having Ulduar gear.
Do we conclude that they're more or less done testing normal-mode fights, and that therefore the patch is pretty close? Everyone seems to be thinking the patch will be here in the next few weeks. If I were to guess, I'd say two weeks from today.
I haven't been playing on the PTR much, so I don't know myself: how hard are these hard modes? If you were going to compare them in average difficulty with a pre-LK fight, what would it be?
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Zul Apr 2nd 2009 12:28AM
Your a bunch of idiots, I know ive tested them. I am in a competitive progression guild so I have to since I want to stick around. I am just wondering why Blizzard doesn't allow us to have any content foreign to us when live hits.
Slyght Mar 31st 2009 8:35PM
Sunwell went live 2 days after Easter last year, Zul'aman went live the week before Thanksgiving 2007, Black Temple went live the week before Memorial Day 2007.
Holidays in real life do not affect Blizzard's patch release schedule.
Wolfhunt Apr 2nd 2009 8:52AM
Well, i think you can't adress them as 'a bunch of idiots'.
What i found 'idiot style' is the fact that, even if you're part of a 'progression' raiding guild, you need to 'learn' the fights on the PTR so you can brag how good you are or how good your guild is ^^.
I've much more respect for those guilds that are progressing in a steady speed without any previous knowledge of the fights.
That said, the patch will be introduced on the 21th of April with a rescheduled Noblegarden event.