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Barfish88

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Just bought 2 x WOTLK Expansion keys for R 760 will be delivered 30min-1h after the midnight release on the 13/11
 
Where did you make your purchase from? I have not pre-ordered at all, will do the old fashioned thing and go into a shop to buy it. If you only bought the keys, how are you going to do the install?
 
AFAIK those oversized 1.5g+ patches contained the xpac ... I could be wrong though.

Edit: There is a topic on this forum regarding the patches and the expansion. Bleh, I cannot find it and this Sat. link is slow today (bad weather).
 
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Yip, all you need is the keys, dvd that you buy takes you from 2.0 TBC to 3.0 WOTLK. I might be mistaken, but i have asked a tech from blizzard and am waiting for his response. If by a slim chance I need the disc I will have to do it the old fashioned way and download it :D. But when I upgraded to TBC i never had it install anything from disc.
 
I will wait to hear from you guys then, thanks.

Just incase, where did you buy the keys from Barfish? I don't think it's a good option for me to wait and try to do it through the official site on the day....I don't have the best of experiences when it comes to that site.
 
I doubt the full expansion were already downloaded in the patches. If I recall my beta client download were well over 2.5GB...
 
werries2 said:
I doubt the full expansion were already downloaded in the patches. If I recall my beta client download were well over 2.5GB...
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Beta client @ 2.5Gb and that was without the cinematics, which are also missing in the patch files btw. I hope it works for u tho, I still prefer having a disc backup, and plan on doing a full "clean" re-install then patch once I get my LK discs :D
 
I just read on blizz forums that a dude said his dvd drive is broken and if he could just add the new cd key and download the data somewhere and the blue response was that he would need to get the dvd in order to install and run the expansion
 
You are definitely going to need to download several more gig of data. Northrend itself was not in the 3.0.x patches, only the models for new armor, weapons, and mounts (etc).
 
Lol 7 gbs, what u smoking. at most it will be 2gb. I really hope it will get hosted locally :)
 
sadly his right 7 gig sounds about right since your main MPQ files will all change from 3.0. Plus those mpq files will not be avilable on the 13th blizz have already confirmed this. Hope this friend of yours has a ftp to dump the imgae for you.

// Edit I'm in Jhb if u need the image
 
Sovi said:
sadly his right 7 gig sounds about right since your main MPQ files will all change from 3.0. Plus those mpq files will not be avilable on the 13th blizz have already confirmed this. Hope this friend of yours has a ftp to dump the imgae for you.

// Edit I'm in Jhb if u need the image
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Thanks Sovi, I am getting the US Version of the game though. So I will have to get it the old fashioned way being torrent download (which is legal). And there is a nub who lives near me with a 4mb line just incase its 7gb.
 
KK, the latest 3.0.3 WOTLK beta is 2gb big. Ppl have tested using using their current wotlk beta on live servers and its working. So you looking at 2gb to take you from current wow to wotlk content. Unfortunatly the dvd will included all content from 2.0 TBC to Current. Making it huge. So gonna download the current 3.0.3 beta client and fix the reamlist file, Until i can get my paws on a retail disc set. :)
 
Barfish88 said:
KK, the latest 3.0.3 WOTLK beta is 2gb big. Ppl have tested using using their current wotlk beta on live servers and its working. So you looking at 2gb to take you from current wow to wotlk content. Unfortunatly the dvd will included all content from 2.0 TBC to Current. Making it huge. So gonna download the current 3.0.3 beta client and fix the reamlist file, Until i can get my paws on a retail disc set. :)
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There is a good chance that won't work as even the Beta client will require patching to be Wrath ready and Beta is now closed so there will be no more patches.

You're most likely going to have to wait till the 13th and download Wrath off a Torrent.

Thats what I did for BC and I could get the files the same day.
 
Maybe, but downloading a 2gb beta is better than downloading 7gb. will give it a shot though. Will still get the retail iso from torrent/news server download.
 
Hmm got some info about this, tech at blizzard say they are trying to get the digital upgrade up on the day of release. Also they will have a seperate download for ppl with 3.0.3 to get wotlk and not have to get the full client as they did with BC. Just hope its ready on the 13th
 
Getting the Beta will just waste 2gb of bandwidth. Sadly you won't be able to use those files for release.
 
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