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All of the latest Mists of Pandaria newsPatch 3.3.5 PTR Patch Notes
by Adam Holisky 
May 10th 2010 at 6:05PM
- The new Real ID system / Cross-server, cross-game, cross-faction friend chat / Battle.net 2.0 is active for testing on the PTR.
- There is a new "pop out" option for chat channels, placing them in their own tab of the chat window.
- The new "pop out" option can also apply for whisper conversations with an individual player.
The full notes after the break.
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General
- The Ruby Sanctum, an all-new 10- and 25-player raid featuring normal and Heroic difficulties, is now available for testing! Players will find the dungeon entrance below Wyrmrest Temple in Dragonblight.
- Copied Test Realm characters are not copied with their achievement history in order to better facilitate the character copy process.
User Interface
- Chat Frame
- Players can now right-click on any chat type (Whisper, Trade, General, Party, Raid, etc.) and choose the Pop Out Chat option. This will move that chat type to a separate tab in the Chat frame which can be undocked and moved anywhere on the screen.
- Using the Pop Out Chat option on a Whisper will place the conversation with that player in a separate tab.
- Any time a conversation with another player is put into its own tab, the tab will glow when a new message is received.
- Hovering over the Chat Frame and using the mouse wheel will allow players to scroll through chat text.
- Players can select Classic Mode under Interface Options to keep the Chat Frame functionality closer to what it was prior to patch 3.3.5.
- The Simple Chat User Interface option has been removed.
- Players can now right-click on any chat type (Whisper, Trade, General, Party, Raid, etc.) and choose the Pop Out Chat option. This will move that chat type to a separate tab in the Chat frame which can be undocked and moved anywhere on the screen.
- Friends List
- A new icon has been added to the top left of the Chat Frame which will open up the Friends list.
- In addition to its current functionality, the Friends List will now allow players to add Battle.net accounts (Real ID). Players will have to confirm that they are friends in order for a Real ID to be added. Once Real ID friends, players can communicate cross-game, cross-faction and cross-realm.
- A new Pending tab has been added where players can accept or decline a Real ID friend request, or select the Report Spam or Block Communications buttons.
- Players can now select from three statuses which will be visible to their friends: Available, Away and Busy.
- A Broadcast window has been added to the top of the frame. Players can use this to broadcast a message to all of their Real ID friends online. This message will also be displayed under the broadcaster's Real ID information in each friend's list.
- For additional notes on Lua and XML changes please visit the UI & Macros Forum: http://f
orums.worldofwarcraft .com/board.html?sid=1 &forumId=1111 4
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 6)
Michelle May 17th 2010 11:31AM
@ANeM I love it when you speak geek. :D
Joshua May 18th 2010 7:25AM
O.o I dont even see this on the official site..
Hollow Leviathan May 10th 2010 8:01PM
You will if you click on the source link at the bottom of the blue quote.
Nick May 10th 2010 6:18PM
Wow. I like popout whisper!
mybestdefense May 10th 2010 6:18PM
I didn't expect the cross-game chat to come before Cata. This will certainly be interesting :)
JoeHelfrich May 10th 2010 7:47PM
It was originally announced in connection with Starcraft 2, so it's got to be in all the live games by then. Really, the only way any guilds are going to be able to raid after SC2 launches is if they can nag their players from inside WoW.
Artificial May 10th 2010 8:03PM
"Really, the only way any guilds are going to be able to raid after SC2 launches is if they can nag their players from inside WoW."
QFT. En Taro Tassadar!
Cephas May 10th 2010 9:11PM
@JoeHelfrich If you want to get technical, we didn't know for sure if Battle.net integration was coming before Cataclysm until this April: http://www.wow.com/2010/04/28/battle-net-integration-before-cataclysm/
Daex May 10th 2010 6:17PM
Real ID looks really neat. My friends are all obsessed with Diablo, so I guess I'll finally get to chat with them sometimes (lol).
TJ May 10th 2010 6:18PM
New chat options look nice. Any time I can uninstall an addon is a good time.
Derick May 10th 2010 6:42PM
This is how I feel. I love when Blizz integrates really good addons into the game. Still, I'll probably continue to use Prat after the patch (and the necessary update to the addon).
Neuropox May 10th 2010 6:18PM
interesting it appears no class changes.... huh go figure
Deathknighty May 10th 2010 6:22PM
The balance was perfect,
All was in harmony,
No one of any class,
Was being trollish and moany.
Oh wait...
sankto May 10th 2010 6:25PM
Everything is in perfect balance. Then... KABOOM, CATACLYSM.
PvtDeth May 10th 2010 6:52PM
Go to wowwiki and look at the undocumented changes on any given patch. I would 90% guarantee there will be at least some class changes.
With a patch big enough to release a whole new one-shot raid, I'd bet there will be some profession changes and miscellaneous other stuff, too
Ricardo May 10th 2010 6:21PM
But, where patch 3.3.4 is?
Eamara May 10th 2010 6:30PM
They skip numbers all the time. There won't be a 3.3.4.
Paul May 10th 2010 6:31PM
Probably the same place as 3.3.1
They don't release everything to the public, but I'm sure someone'll come along and explain what the third number within a patch build string actually means.
Edge May 10th 2010 6:46PM
What about patch 3.3.3.1!!!???
NekoDaimyo May 10th 2010 6:57PM
Not that we'll see publicly, any way.