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yesterday was the Big Day in Europe and after a half hour of patching and hours of waiting I could log in and make a sightseeing tour through Stromwind Post Patch 3.0.2.
Despite the usual Patch Day Server Crashes, it was a fun visit.
The Breakdown:
- Stormwind Harbor is awesome. It's really huge and feels like really living harbor. The Gryphon Tour through the harbor was also a nice feature to introduce the whole place. The Boat to Auberdine seemed to be bugged yesterday, but again it was Patch Day.
- The Optical Tricks of the old Stormwind are gone. As already addressed by some people you can now see mountains from the Inner City. However, this wasn't enough for me and I wanted to check if the also have fixed the "Hovering Catherdral". (Explaination: A few seconds before you enter SW with a gryphon you could look for a short moment into the city with everything gone and the upper part of the catherdral "hovering" in the air. You can also see it totally in this Sandbox Video at 3:20). I flew from IF to SW and guess what? You could see now everything, the Hovering Catherdral is also history.
Oh, and the Hall of Champions (PVP Vendors) isn't instanced anymore.
- The City looks a bit more beautiful. Some textures are a bit more colorful and sharper. Some buildings have more polygons now. If you look really carefully you can actually see that Blizzard really has rebuild the city stone by stone for the Addon. Really good work.<!-- / message --><!-- edit note -->
Despite the usual Patch Day Server Crashes, it was a fun visit.
The Breakdown:
- Stormwind Harbor is awesome. It's really huge and feels like really living harbor. The Gryphon Tour through the harbor was also a nice feature to introduce the whole place. The Boat to Auberdine seemed to be bugged yesterday, but again it was Patch Day.
- The Optical Tricks of the old Stormwind are gone. As already addressed by some people you can now see mountains from the Inner City. However, this wasn't enough for me and I wanted to check if the also have fixed the "Hovering Catherdral". (Explaination: A few seconds before you enter SW with a gryphon you could look for a short moment into the city with everything gone and the upper part of the catherdral "hovering" in the air. You can also see it totally in this Sandbox Video at 3:20). I flew from IF to SW and guess what? You could see now everything, the Hovering Catherdral is also history.
Oh, and the Hall of Champions (PVP Vendors) isn't instanced anymore.
- The City looks a bit more beautiful. Some textures are a bit more colorful and sharper. Some buildings have more polygons now. If you look really carefully you can actually see that Blizzard really has rebuild the city stone by stone for the Addon. Really good work.<!-- / message --><!-- edit note -->
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