3.0.8 - Patch hitting today?

I doubt it, usually when they implement patches you can log in while the servers are down and it will start patching. I just logged in now and got nothing on a patch.
 
I'm going to make a prediction then.

At least half of the Hunter nerfs will be removed/reversed within 3 months. Changes to pet scaling will be implemented in their place.
 
Today is not the big day. They still have to put dual-spec up on PTR before implementing it live and that is a crucial part of the 3.0.8.
 
I think this maintenance is more for the announced instance optimizations. In other words: server side.
 
I don't think there will be a patch today. I'm not sure but it wouldn't make much sense to put out a patch today when Christmas is only 2 days away. It would be disastrous to have something go wrong and not have the regular server maintenance staff to fix it.

If I were to guess, I'd guess that there would be a patch on January 5th, same day when the Winter Veil closes.
 
Terra said:
If I were to guess, I'd guess that there would be a patch on January 5th, same day when the Winter Veil closes.
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^^^

I'm with terra

"Dual-spec mechanics
We haven't finalized the design, because ideally we want to be able to get it on a PTR and have players try it out.

Our thought at the moment is that swapping specs (going from A to B) will truly be free in towns and possibly during the prep phase of PvP. In an instance it may cost a nominal fee (think reagent level). We want you to be able to do it when you want to do it, but we also don't want to slow things down if everyone is constantly flipping spec from fight to fight. But if it's free in town, then obviously it can't be more of a burden out of town than just hearthing and being summoned back is or nobody will use the remote option."

Thats it really, nothing on if its 3.0.* or 3.1
 
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I was pretty sure Dual-Spec was part of the content patch, i.e. 3.1/Ulduar. That may have changed though.
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They have said all along that dual spec is going to be in a content patch, they are trying to figure out if it will be in the next content patch or the next one after that.

Either way I am sure that patch with dual specs isn't going to suddenly arrive, it will be on PTR for a long time before we see it on live.
 
They should add to your talent page a way to 'confirm' your talents .. so if you accidently click in a talent you don't want, you don't have to pay to fucking change it.
 
godswill said:
They should add to your talent page a way to 'confirm' your talents .. so if you accidently click in a talent you don't want, you don't have to pay to fucking change it.
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It happens, I have dropped a extra 50g before after a accidental click.

Blue posts about dual spec
Will the current respec costs be reset or will they stay at the current 50g max?
If you mean will respec costs be changed permanently, no. If you mean will the costs be reset or will you get a free respec when this goes live, possibly.

How about the cost of our second spec? If the respec fee starts out at 10c or 1s (I forgot what it starts as) shouldn't our "main" respec fee be reset?
A respec should be a respec.

In regards to hunters and exotic pets. If I spec into the 51 point talent and I go to switch to survival how will I change pets? You said you wanted it to be somewhat easy to switch between specs but nothing trivial. Will we have a second pet that is automatically summoned when we switch specs? What about the extra four points our pet's talent trees have? How will those be taken away or replaced when changing specs?
We have a solution for pets, but we're not ready to announce it yet. You'll like it.

Are there any plans to make switching gear sets easier? Healers, tanks and dps roles usually carry more than one set of gear. It can take up a lot of bag space and can be rather annoying at times. Is there a way to have your gear automatically switch when you change specs?
Not automatically, but we're aware of the issue and dual spec would be a really opportune time to examine it.

How do you think dual specs will affect addons that modify the action bars? It seems like it will be a hit and miss. The addons will either become broken or no harm, no foul and the addons work as intended.
I'm sure the addon authors will figure out how to make them work with the new system. Things can sometimes be a little rocky just following a patch if you use a lot of addons.

Dual-spec mechanics
We haven't finalized the design, because ideally we want to be able to get it on a PTR and have players try it out.

Our thought at the moment is that swapping specs (going from A to B) will truly be free in towns and possibly during the prep phase of PvP. In an instance it may cost a nominal fee (think reagent level). We want you to be able to do it when you want to do it, but we also don't want to slow things down if everyone is constantly flipping spec from fight to fight. But if it's free in town, then obviously it can't be more of a burden out of town than just hearthing and being summoned back is or nobody will use the remote option.
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