New Realm (Westfall) and Patch 1.22

04-05-2008, 01:33 AM

I'm suprised no one's posted about this yet, but anyways Blizzard has introduced a new patch. Basically just log onto any server (I think, I did it with Northrend), then exit and select your sever again, Westfall will be there. Westfall is a BETA realm that is used by Blizzard to test new patches and will probably be taken down in another 2-3 weeks(Thanks to MackieeE for the information).

You can log in, but when you do you have to download a BETA patch, v 1.22. I read the change log a bit, nothing too new, though you now have the option to always display health bars above units (no spamming ALT ftw!). I did not look in the WE yet.

Be warned, if you DL the BETA patch, you cannot access the other severs, unless you re-DL the old patch. Which is okay because blizzard makes it so that if you try to log on to say, Azeroth, it will automatically download the patch that transfers back, neither patch is that large.

But yeah interesting news, here's a screenshot for all you doubters:

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04-05-2008, 01:38 AM	#2
Rising_Dusk	That's pretty freakin' awesome, actually. Delves into the world of Westfall

04-05-2008, 01:58 AM	#3
moyack	It seems we mod too much and we don't play too much :P I'll give a test...

04-05-2008, 02:20 AM

MackieeE

Hello, I thought i would post a bit about the Patch to catch you modders up, i'm a lurker here in WC3Campaigns, love the cinematics!

Anyway, After 1.4 years of unpatched Warcraft 3, it was time that Warcraft 3 had some tweaks to the Melee game, 1v1. The patch itself only involes 9 very small changes to the game to better balance.

Westfall has in the past been used to Beta Test any new Patches before Public release on (Europe, East & West). It'll only be open for another 2-3 weeks after feedback on the balance changes, then it'll go live on the normal servers, thus Westfall will be taken down. It's a single purpose server, to beta test changes. The last time it was up was around 2003/04 when new heroes were introduced.

The Server of Westfall is said to be located in California.

04-05-2008, 02:53 AM

Vexorian

The changes seem unimpressive unless there's hidden stuff in the WE

Code:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  WARCRAFT III: THE FROZEN THRONE VERSION HISTORY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Patch 1.22
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

FEATURES

- There is now a replay auto-save feature in the options menu.  Replays
   are automatically saved to the "replay" folder.
- Added an option to always show unit and building health bars.
- You can now enable and disable the display of minimap signals
   from players and other observers using chat commands: 
   /showminimapsignals and /hideminimapsignals.

BALANCE CHANGES

HUMAN
- Scout Tower repair rate changed from 12 to 20.
- Knight damage increased: Attack cooldown changed from 1.50 to
   1.40 and base damage increased from 25 to 28 (Average damage is 34).

UNDEAD
- Increased Ziggurat base armor from 1 to 5.
- Reduced the build time of the Necropolis from 120 to 100.

NIGHT ELF
- Reduce the Orb of venom poison duration from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
- Increase the experience gain from Dryads from Level 2 (40xp) to 
   Level 3 (60 xp).

FIXES

- The cooldown on unlimited usable items (example: the staff of 
   preservation) now persists after the item is dropped or traded.
- When you unburrow a Crypt Fiend, its auto-cast will no longer be toggled
   off.
- An exploit bug in which items could lose their cooldowns when transferred
   between heroes has been fixed.

Edit: nothing new in common.j

04-05-2008, 03:14 AM	#6
darkwulfv	Cool, option for permanent health bars. It's about time.

04-05-2008, 03:20 AM	#7
Ignitedstar	Yay! I don't have to hold "alt" 24/7 anymore!

04-05-2008, 03:35 AM	#8
Gorman	MackieeE, thanks for that information man, very interesting! its good to see that Blizzard appears to care about WC3 a bit... EDIT: patch: 1.22.0.6316, i dont think its quite finished yet

04-05-2008, 03:37 AM

Vexorian

Quote:

beta

04-05-2008, 03:47 AM	#10
Gorman	Yes, vex, so they may add more stuff on then just what u said- "The changes seem unimpressive unless there's hidden stuff in the WE"

04-05-2008, 04:00 AM	#11
burningice95	I'm glad to see that they took all of the feedback from the massive thread in their forum that has tons of things people would like to see in WE, and included lots of updates for WE in this patch. Oh wait...

04-05-2008, 04:17 AM

#12

Vexorian

Nevermind that thread, they should have implemented what I made Anitarf post.

I mean seriously, I asked them to do simple things like allowing you to disable the terrain editor, and syntax checker. Not to mention returning opengl editor support which was DELIBERATELY removed from a previous patch.

But lame blizzard just ignored the thread whatsoever and let some bnet lowlives troll it. Then the silly post autoremove in the forum took it away (They probably save 6 MB a month thanks to this!)

I got proof anyways: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache...tmp%3D1+opengl

04-05-2008, 05:42 AM	#13
Gorman	"Karune has been notified. It was brought up at our last meeting and deemed irrelevant. Please do not make any more suggestions." ouch, vex u got served.

04-05-2008, 05:51 AM

#14

Ammorth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gorman

"Karune has been notified. It was brought up at our last meeting and deemed irrelevant. Please do not make any more suggestions."

ouch, vex u got served.

If you notice, the person wasn't a blue so it's unlikely he actually works for blizzard or attended any so-called meetings.

04-05-2008, 07:50 AM	#15
Fulla	Ah, was hoping Orc would get a buff.