WoWClassicUI

Your Classic UI, Upgraded.

Tag: PTR

  • Burning Crusade Classic Phase 3 PTR: Black Temple and Hyjal Testing Aug 14–17

    Burning Crusade Classic Phase 3 PTR: Black Temple and Hyjal Testing Aug 14–17

    Blizzard has opened the Burning Crusade Classic Phase 3 PTR, with Black Temple and The Battle for Mount Hyjal scheduled for raid testing from August 14 through August 17. If you’ve been waiting to shake down your raid UI in Illidan and Archimonde’s houses, this is your weekend. Details come from Blizzard’s Phase 3 PTR development notes, with additional coverage on Wowhead’s update.

    Phase 3 itself is planned to go live on August 27 at 3:00 p.m. PDT / 6:00 p.m. EDT, per Blizzard’s notes linked above.

    What’s included in Phase 3 (per Blizzard)

    According to the PTR development notes, Phase 3 brings:

    • New raids: Black Temple (Illidan) and The Battle for Mount Hyjal (Archimonde).
    • New daily faction and quest hub: The Netherwing in Shadowmoon Valley.
    • Arena Season 3, with new rewards and updated progression.
    • Epic gems.

    Raid testing schedule

    Blizzard plans to enable PTR raid testing at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, August 14, with testing concluding at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, August 17. These windows and the participating raids (Black Temple and Mount Hyjal) are reiterated in Wowhead’s post and the Blizzard raid-testing note.

    Note: Blizzard’s raid-testing times above were posted without a timezone. The Phase 3 launch time was specified as 3:00 p.m. PDT / 6:00 p.m. EDT in the same forum thread.

    For this raid test, Blizzard is also trying out Haste and Destruction potions that can be obtained with Marks of Illidari from Phase 3 raids, alongside the usual flask redemptions. That detail comes directly from the raid-testing update.

    Quick UI prep if you’re hopping onto PTR

    This is a good window to sanity-check your raid setup in Outland-scale encounters. Keep it simple: make sure your boss mods are enabled, your raid frames show the debuffs you actually care about, your cooldown tracking is readable, and your logging/benchmark tools are toggled on. If you’re planning to play with the potion redemptions, consider surfacing your Marks of Illidari count somewhere visible so you don’t have to dig for it between pulls.

    If Blizzard posts further changes to test or adjusts the schedule, we’ll update this note. For now, the authoritative details are in the Phase 3 PTR development notes.

  • TBC Anniversary Phase 3 PTR Is Live — Service Systems Only

    TBC Anniversary Phase 3 PTR Is Live — Service Systems Only

    TBC Anniversary Phase 3 PTR Is Live — Service Systems Only

    Blizzard has opened the Burning Crusade Classic 2.5.6 Public Test Realm for the Anniversary Phase 3, with the scope limited to service systems. In the official forum note, Blizzard states there are no gameplay-impacting changes in this build and specifically asks addon authors to jump in and make sure their work still behaves as expected (Blue Tracker post).

    Wowhead’s coverage echoes this and clarifies that you should not expect things like new raid access, new gear, or consumables in this round of testing (Wowhead: TBC Anniversary Phase 3 PTR).

    Note: This PTR is about underlying service systems. Blizzard did not list gameplay features for testing, so players looking for new content won’t find any here (yet).

    Why this matters for addon authors

    When Blizzard calls out service-system updates, it’s a nudge for UI developers to sanity-check load paths, SavedVariables interactions, and any code that leans on client-provided services. Blizzard hasn’t detailed which pieces changed, so the safest path is to run your addon on the PTR and look for early errors or odd behavior before these updates roll to live.

    A quick testing pass you can do today

    • Log into the PTR with only your addon enabled first, then add dependencies and commonly co-installed addons to spot conflicts.
    • Watch for load-time Lua errors and taint warnings; exercise core features (frames opening, chat hooks, tooltips, slash commands).
    • Confirm SavedVariables read/write cleanly across sessions; check for unexpected resets or nil data.
    • Test basic flows that touch UI panels (Character, Spellbook, Talent, Auction, Mail) your addon interacts with.
    • Keep a clean WTF/Interface copy for PTR so you can reproduce issues without live-realm noise.

    If you maintain a public addon, this is also a good moment to add a PTR branch or tag, note findings in your changelog, and invite users to try that build.

    We’ll keep an eye on Blizzard’s thread and update if testing scope changes. For now, treat this as a compatibility sweep: quick to run, valuable to finish. You can follow the official PTR note here: The Burning Crusade Classic 2.5.6 PTR (Blue Tracker).

  • Siege of Orgrimmar Raid Test on MoP Classic PTR – Notes, Vendors, Glyphs, and Known Issues

    Siege of Orgrimmar Raid Test on MoP Classic PTR – Notes, Vendors, Glyphs, and Known Issues

    Siege of Orgrimmar Raid Test on MoP Classic PTR – Notes, Vendors, Glyphs, and Known Issues

    The Siege of Orgrimmar raid is open for testing on the Mists of Pandaria Classic PTR. Blizzard’s current playtest window runs from 10:00 a.m. PDT on Friday, May 22 through 8:00 a.m. PDT on Monday, May 25, according to the official PTR development notes. For a quick digest, you can also read Wowhead’s coverage of the test and notes.

    PTR vendors have been added and now offer Legendary cloaks and Timeless Coins. These vendors are located near the vendors who offer Heroic Siege gear in each faction’s shrine. If you’re hopping in to check late-tier gearing and trinket interactions, this makes setup faster.

    Many glyphs that were previously unavailable before 5.5.4 are now available for testing on a Glyphataur NPC. If you’re refining your spec or UI layouts around key glyph swaps, this is a good moment to verify how they feel in raid pulls.

    A teleportation NPC has been added inside Siege of Orgrimmar to send your raid to any boss you choose. Blizzard recommends completing the raid in the original intended order, as jumping around could surface issues that haven’t been discovered yet.

    PTR convenience: During this test, raids reset daily. Boss lockouts clear each day (instead of weekly) to make repeated attempts easier.

    Known issues to watch

    Siegemaster Blackfuse: The encounter may still crash. It doesn’t happen 100% of the time, and Blizzard hasn’t been able to reproduce specific steps internally yet. They’ve asked playtesters to help generate more crash logs to track the cause (see the development notes for the latest status).

    This PTR cycle is part of patch 5.5.4 for Mists of Pandaria Classic. Blizzard’s thread notes that the patch will introduce the Timeless Isle zone and the Proving Grounds scenarios alongside Siege of Orgrimmar testing.

    If you’re planning to test, start with your normal raid order, use the new vendors to get geared, and give the Glyphataur a look for any builds you want to validate. For the full, current details, refer to Blizzard’s official PTR development notes, and for a readable overview see Wowhead’s news post.