Veteran Account Mode, January 15th Hotfixes, 6.1 Profession Updates

posted 2015/01/15 at 2:53 PM by perculia

Blue Tweet TrackerVeteran Accounts6.1 PTR dataminingwith our guide6.1 Garrison developments

Bashiok

We’ve always had this kind of weird limitation where if you’ve never played WoW we let you play as much as you want, albeit in a very restricted Starter Edition account. However, if you have ever had a subscription--but don’t currently have one--we don’t even let you log in. In 6.1 we’ll effectively revert lapsed accounts into a Starter Edition “mode”, with all of the same restrictions. The one difference being that your sub-level 20 characters will be able to join a guild if any of your other characters are still in that guild.

The label for this mode internally is “Veteran”, and those are the strings that were datamined, but it’s unlikely to be a term we use to any great degree externally. It will simply be the default state for accounts that don’t currently have an active subscription.

Veteran Account GlobalstringsERR_GUILD_TRIAL_ACCOUNT_VETERAN:: Veteran Edition accounts cannot join guilds without an existing character in the guild.
CAP_REACHED_VETERAN:: Veteran Edition cap reached.
ERR_INVITE_RESTRICTED_VETERAN:: Veteran Edition accounts cannot invite characters into groups.
ERR_RESTRICTED_ACCOUNT_VETERAN:: Veteran Edition accounts cannot perform that action
CALENDAR_ERROR_MODERATOR_RESTRICTED_VETERAN:: Veteran Edition accounts cannot modify Calendar events.
MONEY_CAP_REACHED_VETERAN:: You already have the maximum amount of money on a Veteran Edition account. to upgrade your account!
ERR_PETITION_RESTRICTED_VETERAN:: Veteran Edition accounts may not sign guild charters.
ERR_RESTRICTED_ACCOUNT_LFG_LIST_VETERAN:: Veteran Edition accounts cannot use this feature.
SPELL_FAILED_VETERAN_TRIAL_ABOVE_SKILL_RANK_MAX:: Not available for trial accounts
CAPPED_MONEY_VETERAN:: Veteran Edition money cap reached.
ERR_YELL_RESTRICTED_VETERAN:: Veteran Edition accounts cannot yell.
ERR_CHAT_RESTRICTED_VETERAN:: Veteran Edition accounts cannot send unlimited tells. You must wait before you can send tells to more players.
CAPPED_LEVEL_VETERAN:: Veteran Edition level cap reached.
LEVEL_CAP_REACHED_VETERAN:: You have reached the maximum possible level on a Veteran Edition account. to upgrade your account!
CHAT_TRIAL_RESTRICTED_NOTICE_VETERAN:: Veteran Edition accounts cannot send messages to this channel.
ERR_FEATURE_RESTRICTED_VETERAN:: Feature not available for Veteran Edition accounts.
CHAT_RESTRICTED_VETERAN:: A Veteran Edition account may only send whispers to characters that have you on their friends list. |cffffd000|HurlIndex:2|h|h|rGarrison Campaign Clarifications

Crithto

I seem to have bugged out my very first garrison campaign. As far as I can tell, I got to the "These look familiar" quest, then went off to do other stuff and forgot about it. At some later time, I abandoned the quest along with several other quests, not realizing what it was. And Jr. Surveyor Dorn does not appear to exist any more to allow me to pick it up again.

Is this why all my buildings are still lvl 1 ive done tones of quest out in the world an i havnt found one thing to upgrade my buildings yet lol Oh an i just got to 96 if that means anything quested Tones an not able to find upgrade items at allWhat about a lvl 100 with a lvl 3 garry, that has received NO QUESTS at all for the ~8 weeks of being 100?January 15th Hotfixes

Rygarius

Class

Paladin Protection Reduced the damage of for Protection Paladins by 80%. Protection Paladins should primarily use for defensive value.
Seraphim now grants 750 of each stat for Protection Paladins (down from 1000).

Garrisons, Followers, and Outposts

Garrison Campaign Garrison Campaign quests can now be found in the quest log under the "Garrison Campaign" category.

Bug Fixes

Classes Warlock Fixed an issue in in which glyphs could cause crowd controlled (cc'd) targets to have Damage Over Time spells (DoTs) removed which would cause stored Soul Swap DoT's to be removed from Warlocks.

Garrisons

Invasions Corrected a bug in which Horde players weren't receiving credit toward the "It's an Invasion!" and "Invasion Specialist" Achievements for completing the introductory invasion quest.

Buildings

Mine: Miners now continue working after midnight instead of taking an unscheduled coffee break.

6.1 PTR Status

Zorbrix

1/15/15 Update:

In-game Character Copy is coming online, so try it out if you'd like to bring over a character to the PTR. You can access this in-game via the Character Selection screen once you've logged onto your PTR account
Garrison information is currently not copied over along with your character due to how it's saved on live retail realms, so if you copy a character right now they won't have a garrison on the PTR. We're working on a way to resolve this, but I don't have an ETA right now.

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1/12/15:
Hi folks,

Just wanted to share some early information regarding the 6.1 PTR.

Note: this information is subject to change as plans are implemented. I'll update this thread or make a new one as I receive more information.

PTR Accounts and realms are currently locked to Mists of Pandaria. Upgrading the PTR accounts to Warlords is a lengthy process so I don't have an exact ETA, but it's something we're actively working on.
In-game Character Copy is currently offline. The plan is still to use the in-game system as opposed to the old website version (which hasn't been functional since 5.4).
Characters were wiped after the 6.0.3 PTR realms were brought down last month, and cannot be retrieved at this time.

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Comment by PheribeI have a protection paladin, "great" changes T_T.Comment by ibechiefnerf to seraphim eh.... Thanks for buffing pallies and then nerfing them. Way to stay consistent.Comment by cspidermxMe and my Prot Pally think... "ouch"Comment by harpuiabladeIf you look at the Mythic parse damage from Prot Pally's you can see their single target dps was a league above other tanks, I think that justifies it enough.Comment by nurseferatuI'm still waiting for the fix to the bug that fails to award credit for visiting a friend's garrison. Have visited several, participated in invasions, and achieve still has not pinged.Comment by PhreezinI'm still waiting for the fix to the bug that fails to award credit for visiting a friend's garrison. Have visited several, participated in invasions, and achieve still has not pinged.Comment by MattHettIt may be because you need to enter it "on foot", I know I visited other garrisons plenty times, but haven't received that achievement until recently, how did that happen?

I was in friend's garrison, roleplaying, until at some point I had to go somewhere and log off, back on WoW 30 minutes later I was no longer in party and spawned at some distance outside the Garrison, I was invited back and simply rode to garrison (instead of changing instances), when I entered Garrison the achievement popped. I don't think it works as intended, but hey, at least this works.

Hope that helped.Comment by noobking87Mine: Miners now continue working after midnight instead of taking an unscheduled coffee break.Comment by ibechiefIf you look at the Mythic parse damage from Prot Pally's you can see their single target dps was a league above other tanks, I think that justifies it enough.Comment by Azyranerf to seraphim eh.... Thanks for buffing pallies and then nerfing them. Way to stay consistent.Comment by mysticalosMine: Miners now continue working after midnight instead of taking an unscheduled coffee break.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT_RnUuhAW4Comment by InterestReduced the damage of Seal of Truth for Protection Paladins by 80%. Protection Paladins should primarily use Seal of Insight for defensive value.veryyyyy familiarComment by snow529thanks god, I though dps on dk tank was pathetic enough after the blood boil nerf. welcome to the club prot pally!Comment by JoranBragiCan you please unnerf Holy Paladins? I am being left out of progression raids because I can't AOE heal with everyone else so my percentages are lower.Comment by voreoIm still curious about this veteran thing.

I hope you can at least still access battlenet friends and do stuff with them regardless of gametime or notComment by JStryker47Don't tell me how to play my paladin, Blizzard! And for $%^&'s sake, STOP WEAKENING US!Comment by MenardisDon't tell me how to play my paladin, Blizzard! And for $%^&'s sake, STOP WEAKENING US!Comment by TharThinBut.. they wanted every spec to be viable in pvp.. so why nerf seal of truth, prot pallas need dmg in pvp (atleast make the set bonusses damage related instead of what it is now)

being a brick doesnt make good pvp...Comment by Isaemarodcan someone clarify what are the veterans account is? that means all my toons are restricted to "veteran account" or a few toons? If is account then, what that means for twinks? 70 can finally do bgs? or 60 twinks? etc etc.
thanksComment by SoCalWoWGalcan someone clarify what are the veterans account is? that means all my toons are restricted to "veteran account" or a few toons? If is account then, what that means for twinks? 70 can finally do bgs? or 60 twinks? etc etc.
thanksif lapseonlyAll that your sub-level 20 characters will be able to join a guild if any of your other characters are still in that guild.
World of Warcraft® Starter EditionThe World of Warcraft® Starter Edition lets you access World of Warcraft for free—all you need is a Battle.net account and a broadband Internet connection.

Note: Each Battle.net account is limited to one World of Warcraft Starter Edition at a time.

Characters on Starter Edition game licenses have the following restrictions:
Can't play expansion-restricted content (new continents, etc).
Can't exceed level 20, 10 gold, and 100 trade skill ranks.
Can't participate in Pet Battles.
Can't chat in channels other than say and party.
Can't whisper another character unless they add you to their friends list.
Can't create or join guilds, invite players into a party, or create calendar invitations.
Can't disable experience gains.
Can't trade, mail, or use the Auction House.Can't use voice chat or Real ID.
Can't use value added services (character transfers, faction changes, etc).

Note: If a realm has a login queue, the system will prioritize players who have full licenses.

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