Cataclysm Alpha Patch Notes :)

[XFiFiX]

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- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm: Friends and Family Alpha
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Welcome to the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Friends and Family Alpha. The list below contains information on the current available content available for testing and general information. This information is subject to change.

General
- Mastery bonuses have now been implemented in the talent trees of all classes.
- The tertiary mastery bonuses for Death Knights, Feral Combat Druids, and Warriors are now presence, form, or stance-specific.

World Environment Zones
- The following revamped classic zones are available for testing: Tirisfal Glades, Silverpine Forest, Hillsbrad, Arathi Highlands, Hinterlands, Western Plaguelands, and Eastern Plaguelands.
- The following Cataclysm zones are available for testing: Sunken City of Vashj'ir and Deepholm.
- Terrain phasing is now active in the final portions of the Goblin and Worgen starting zones.
- All quests are now active in the Duskhaven quest hub.
- Temporary underwater mounts are purchasable from your racial mount vendor for use in Sunken City of Vashj'ir.
- Teleporters to Westfall and Badlands can be found in Stormwind, Ironforge, Undercity, and Orgrimmar.

Dungeons
- The following dungeons are available for testing:
Westfall: Deadmines (15-1
Badlands: Echomok Cavern (39-42)
Badlands: Hall of the Keepers (43-46)
Badlands: The Stone Vault (45-4
Skywall: Hand of Auran (80-82)
Sunken City of Vashh'ir: Abyssal Maw (81-83)
Deepholm: Stonemother Sanctum (81-83)

Classes
- All classes are available for play. Spells and talents will be available for testing past level 80 for the following classes: Druid, Priest, Shaman, Warlock

Professions
- The following tradeskills are available to train up to 525: Cooking, First Aid, Herbalism, Mining, and Skinning.
- The Archeology secondary tradeskill is now available and can be learned from trainers in Orgrimmar and Ironforge.

Source: GameSpot Forums - World of Warcraft - Cataclysm alpha patch notes

Seems legit to me, seeing as some of that information wasn't said at Blizzcon. Anyways, enjoy. Client should be leaked soon.

EDIT: Probably fake, considering theres no proof that an alpha started AND the "source" wow.com had admitted to just messing with people. >.<

[The Maffyx]

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- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm: Friends and Family Alpha
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Welcome to the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Friends and Family Alpha. The list below contains information on the current available content available for testing and general information. This information is subject to change.

General
- Mastery bonuses have now been implemented in the talent trees of all classes.
- The tertiary mastery bonuses for Death Knights, Feral Combat Druids, and Warriors are now presence, form, or stance-specific.

World Environment Zones
- The following revamped classic zones are available for testing: Tirisfal Glades, Silverpine Forest, Hillsbrad, Arathi Highlands, Hinterlands, Western Plaguelands, and Eastern Plaguelands.
- The following Cataclysm zones are available for testing: Sunken City of Vashj'ir and Deepholm.
- Terrain phasing is now active in the final portions of the Goblin and Worgen starting zones.
- All quests are now active in the Duskhaven quest hub.
- Temporary underwater mounts are purchasable from your racial mount vendor for use in Sunken City of Vashj'ir.
- Teleporters to Westfall and Badlands can be found in Stormwind, Ironforge, Undercity, and Orgrimmar.

Dungeons
- The following dungeons are available for testing:
Westfall: Deadmines (15-1
Badlands: Echomok Cavern (39-42)
Badlands: Hall of the Keepers (43-46)
Badlands: The Stone Vault (45-4
Skywall: Hand of Auran (80-82)
Sunken City of Vashh'ir: Abyssal Maw (81-83)
Deepholm: Stonemother Sanctum (81-83)

Classes
- All classes are available for play. Spells and talents will be available for testing past level 80 for the following classes: Druid, Priest, Shaman, Warlock

Professions
- The following tradeskills are available to train up to 525: Cooking, First Aid, Herbalism, Mining, and Skinning.
- The Archeology secondary tradeskill is now available and can be learned from trainers in Orgrimmar and Ironforge.

Source: GameSpot Forums - World of Warcraft - Cataclysm alpha patch notes

Seems legit to me, seeing as some of that information wasn't said at Blizzcon. Anyways, enjoy. Client should be leaked soon.

I wouldn't consider a user post to be a source to be honest.

[michael93]

Might want to fix those smiley's


Anyways, anyone know if the alpha will be available for players? And if so, when?

[The Maffyx]

Might want to fix those smiley's


Anyways, anyone know if the alpha will be available for players? And if so, when?

Alphas usually are only friends and family, unless you somehow get a private source of it then most likely you won't get to play it.

[XFiFiX]

Alphas usually are only friends and family, unless you somehow get a private source of it then most likely you won't get to play it.

You're wrong there. Think back to the Wotlk and TBC Alphas.. hmmm..
Leaked like hell within 2 days, lol. It may just take a little longer with this one though, you never know. We'll have it though; and the minute we do, we'll rip it to shreds with modelviewer and sandboxes, lol

EDIT: Also, if it seems false, think about this : It actually has legit sounding information that hasn't been announced, 100% proper spelling/grammar, and... you know you want it to be true. lol

[The Maffyx]

You're wrong there. Think back to the Wotlk and TBC Alphas.. hmmm..
Leaked like hell within 2 days, lol. It may just take a little longer with this one though, you never know. We'll have it though; and the minute we do, we'll rip it to shreds with modelviewer and sandboxes, lol

EDIT: Also, if it seems false, think about this : It actually has legit sounding information that hasn't been announced, 100% proper spelling/grammar, and... you know you want it to be true. lol

I mean honestly I don't care I probably won't play it anyways, just saying with good grammar/spelling/imagination can write that.

[Don'tTazeMeBro]

tbh seems like something I could write if I were trying to fake something. Most of that is common knowledge / easy to fake. I could go into more detail if you'd like?

[XFiFiX]

No, it's fine. I was just trying to share but this site has turned into one huge qqmoar flamefest. Oh well, your loss.

[Bareno]

It could be legit, as the old wotlk-beta realmlist

"set realmlist 12.129.236.126"

Works, kinda, when I log in with an old TBC account not merged with battle.net shows an blank realmlist. Which may mean they have an hidden realm that normal non F&F people may not see.

EDIT: Also, the only choice on "Choose your perferred location" is called "Development".

[vvvat]

Bareno, wotlk-beta realmlist it is just ptr realmlist

[Don'tTazeMeBro]

Pro tip, go read MMO champ. This stuff is fake. Sorry dude.

[s0rs]

Note the spelling mistake: "Vashh'ir", which should be "Vash'ir"... assuming this was copied and pasted from somewhere official, Blizzard doesn't make that sort of spelling mistake :P

[XFiFiX]

Alphas usually are only friends and family, unless you somehow get a private source of it then most likely you won't get to play it.

Note the spelling mistake: "Vashh'ir", which should be "Vash'ir"... assuming this was copied and pasted from somewhere official, Blizzard doesn't make that sort of spelling mistake :P

Actually, that was my bad, I was fixing the emoticons and accidentally put an H instead of a J.

[lolwutque]

Fake.

tooshooortttt

[XFiFiX]

Fake.

tooshooortttt

They probably are, considering I doubt the very existence of an alpha atm.