PTR STRESS TEST – SEPT. 30 AT 12:00 NOON PDT AND 7:00 P.M. PDT
The World of Warcraft server team needs your help!
Please join us on the Anasterian and Benedictus PTR realms tomorrow, Wednesday September 30 at 12:00 Noon PDT and 7:00 p.m. PDT (3:00 p.m. EDT and 10:00 p.m. EDT) for a stress test. We’ve implemented some behind-the-scenes server updates in the Shadowlands expansion, and we’re looking to bring as many testers as possible onto those realms.
While the changes being tested will not be highly visible to you, they are quite meaningful to our game service. The Shadowlands Beta is already running these changes and we’ve had success testing them there, but never with as extremely high a number of testers on a single realm as we’d like to see.
The format of this test will be straightforward. Please log into the Anasterian or Benedictus PTR realms, create a character, and then enter the game and play however you like for as much time as you can spare us. We expect that we’ll be done with our data gathering after about 20-30 minutes. Due to the potentially extremely high load this will place on the game service, we recommend that you create or copy a character ahead of time. It’s possible that the realm will crash, and it’s also possible that we’ll disconnect players a few times to generate more load spikes. Please re-enter the game on your chosen character if you’re disconnected.
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More Realm Connections – 24 & 25 Sep 2020
During a scheduled maintenance period planned for 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. PDT (11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. EDT) on September 24, the following realm connection will be made:
- Exodar and Medivh will be connected to Alleria and Khadgar.
During a scheduled maintenance period planned for 3:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. AEST (1:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. AWST) on September 25, the following realm connection will be made:
- Saurfang will be connected to Caelestrasz and Nagrand.
Only the realms listed above will be offline during these maintenance periods, which may be completed before or after the predicted end time.
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Pirate’s Day 2020
Hoist sail and make way for Booty Bay because Pirate’s Day begins September 19!
BRING YOUR SEA SHANTY TO BOOTY BAY
Pirates have taken over the goblin town of Booty Bay and Captain DeMeza is recruiting any scurvy dog she can into her buccaneer ranks. Visit her or her henchmen in the capital cities if the pirate’s life is for you!
Feeling out of place in Booty Bay without a proper costume? Don’t worry. /Dance one little jig with the Dread Captain DeMeza and she’ll be impressed enough to press you into her crew and outfit you properly. If you get attached to your new look, you can do the quest You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat! Succeed, and you’ll get an Emergency Pirate Outfit (or five) for when Pirate’s Day is but a distant memory and your inner pirate is clawing to get out.
What good is a pirate without an avian companion on their shoulder? Captain DeMeza (for the exchange of a few shiny coins) can help you call forth a temporary companion named Petey to take with you wherever you sail.
From time to time the captain will shout for a brave party to take on a terror of the deeps–an elite shark known as Ol’Eary. Make sure you have a hearty crew with you or you could become just so much chum in the waters of the bay.
JOIN THE BEACH PARTY
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