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Season 3 Start Date Announced
November 6th, 2007 by Magog ·
Forget about Veterans Day and Thanksgiving, the important November dates around here have just been announced:
November 13: Patch 2.3
November 20: Arena Season 3
Here’s blue:
“While testing continues and a delay could possibly change these dates, we are currently planning to start Season 3 on November 20 once the realms come back up from their weekly maintenance. This means that Season 2 will come to a close when the realms come down for maintenance on November 20. During that maintenance the final standings are taken and the end of season rewards are distributed.
The start date for Season 3 is purposefully planned to be one week later than the release of patch 2.3, which is currently scheduled for November 13. We will be closely monitoring the testing of the 2.3 patch, and if it looks like it won’t make the November 13 date, we will announce a delay.
With the end of the current season all previous recipients of the end of season titles will have them removed, and the titles will be redistributed for participation in Season 2. A unique armored swift nether drake, visually distinguishable from the Season 1 reward, will be awarded to the top 0.5% of teams. We’ve recently added new requirements for a team to be counted when determining the top 0.5%, which can be found here: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=2649798359&sid=1
FAQ
Q: Can I keep my title from Season 1 even if I haven’t participated in Season 2?
A: No, the seasonal titles are intended to be a reward for performance in the previous season. Similar to a sports title or award, it’s handed off or moved to different players/teams as their performance rises or declines throughout the seasons.
Q: What happens to my Nether Drake?
A: You will keep your Swift Nether Drake, and a new visually distinguishable Swift Nether Drake will be given to the top 0.5% of teams for their efforts in Season 2.
Q: So I’ve heard something about items having rating requirements?
A: Yes, the Season 3 weapons will have a personal rating requirement of 1850, and the shoulders will have a personal rating requirement of 2000.
Q: What is a “Personal Rating”?
A: We’re introducing an additional rating system with the start of Season 3 that will only track your personal games played, which you’ll be able to see through the in-game PvP interface. This rating will be used to determine the ability to buy specific items, and also to determine eligibility for the end of season rewards. The personal rating rises and declines using the same formula as the arena team rating, but only in games that you participate in. If you switch teams the rating will be reset to a default 1500. The personal rating is only used for the initial purchase of specific items, and isn’t required that you maintain a rating to use them.
Q: What happens to the Season 1 and 2 items?
A: The Season 2 items will be priced the same as Season 1 is now, and the Season 1 items are moving to the honor system, purchasable with honor points and Battleground marks.
Q: What happens to my rating when Season 2 ends?
A: Ratings for all teams are reset to the default 1500 for the new season. You still keep your arena points though, they aren’t diminished or removed.
Q: When does Season 2 officially end?
A: Barring a delay, when the realms come down for maintenance on November 20.
Q: How sure are you that 2.3 will make a November 13 release?
A: Pretty sure, but there’s always the possibility for a delay. Due to the upcoming holidays any necessary delays to the release of the patch may require us to delay Season 3 into the start of December. We’re trying very hard to avoid that.
Q: Why isn’t Season 3 beginning with the release of the patch?
A: To help us focus on both a major content patch release, and start of a new season, we’re separating them by one week.”
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November 6th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
wooohoooooo
Finally the day has come, lets get ready!!!!
November 6th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Waiting for WotLK.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
LOL GET THIS i got some annual leave from 14th Nov - 26th november…. HAHA…. man I must be sad.. People are asking me where I’m going on my holiday, I told them Alteric Valley and they just laughed..
November 6th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
too bad I’m level 21 right now =[
November 7th, 2007 at 4:51 am
Cant wait to farm when the new patch comes out, should also make arena interesting
November 7th, 2007 at 8:19 am
WEE, all that honor grinding, finally goig to be able to spend my pts
November 7th, 2007 at 8:19 am
Was it Ming who predicted 20:th? Nice guess imo
November 7th, 2007 at 8:31 am
Only 40k more honor to grind. O.o I guess I’ll be busy this weekend. Anyone know what bg honor weekend is coming up?
Magog: Here are the next three…
Nov 09 = Arathi Basin weekend
Nov 16 = Eye of the Storm weekend
Nov 23 = Alterac Valley weekend
November 7th, 2007 at 9:13 am
at last………
better start on them honor points now ~. ~
November 7th, 2007 at 10:45 am
got me 52k…eeeeeeee!
i’ll get some vindicators and the scrub mh mace, i have the apex mace in the bank
ill probably go combat maces and switch to swords when its necessary since i have the s2 and latros
but im gonna be a bonkin’ son of a buck, cannot wait
November 7th, 2007 at 11:02 am
Am I the only one that thinks its retarded to release a major PVP balance patch with only one week left in Season 2?
Then again I guess most top teams won’t even be queueing.
It still seems incredibly stupid tho.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
you bring up a good point. It’s going to be interesting for all the teams scrambling for their last minute ratings
November 7th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Might just be me and my thinking but i would suggest that the Arean changes both for season 1 going honor and season 2 reduced prices won’t change until the 20th Nov … Hence you wont see noob groups in full season 1 arena gear trying to surge up the arena ladder
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