Lavastorm and new instances?

[shadowgate]

<p>Ok, been away on vacation for a week and a half but before I left they said that content of update #51 and #52 where going to swap order but I can't see anything in test notes or in the test forums about the Lavastorm or the new x2 and x4 raids being on test. Did I miss something? If these aren't even on test yet I take it the new update #51 isn't going in anytime soon unless they are testing this almost exclusively internally. Anyone heard anything or did I miss something! <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Dareena]

<p>Parting the GU 51 fixes were pushed through on time as a Hotfix.  Then the Fighter revamp was wrapped into the GU 52 Elements of Corruption and they were to be released on the next GU.  To my knowledge, they haven't released the new LS content onto Test yet.  Though the devs did commment that they didn't plan on delaying the new content due to the delay of the Fighter subject.  So with that in mind, the LS content should likely hit Test soon.</p>

[Eveningsong]

<p>GU 51 was postponed, and no nothing new has been added to Test since the end of January, but most of what is there currently is a good part of what will be coming in GU51 already.  Presumably there will be something patched soon (tm) though, as they have definitely indicated that they'll be testing the x2 stuff ahead of time, and presumably they'll test the Lavastorm quests, etc. the same as they did the Everfrost revamp. </p>

[timetravelling]

<p>Sorry it's taking so long for folks on Test!</p><p>I think there's a test build being built right now, I'm hoping it'll get updated tonight! With all of the new update stuff, and you'll finally be able to try out the new x2 and x4 =)</p>

[Burnout]

<p><span ><p><em>Ward of Elements</em></p> <p>A brand new level 80 two-group raid instance has been added! This zone is balanced for players without a proliferation of raid gear, and should provide an exciting challenge to any group of 12! The first six bosses can be tackled in any order, and provide fantastic fabled loot with brand new armor sets upgraded from the tier 2 void shard sets, complete with new appearances! You can find it in Lavastorm beneath the Hollow Tower and Deep Forge.</p><p>testpatchnotes - seems the x4 didn't make it on test yet....</p></span></p>

[Eveningsong]

<p>Things do tend to trickle to Test a bit at a time.  At least they got the first instance in <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.  There's some other pretty cool stuff too according to the patch notes, can't wait to check it out!  /watches the clock tick slowly through the work day...</p>

[Ashtar]

<p>Nice. Might need to testcopy and go take a look. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Vak</p>

[Slowin]

<p>Currently no way of zoning into the x2 raid zone since there is a large barrier in front of it that no one has discovered how to remove.. and after searching around for over an hour i'm tired of wasting my time on test.  Was looking forward to testing the new raid zone too.</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>Slowin wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Currently no way of zoning into the x2 raid zone since there is a large barrier in front of it that no one has discovered how to remove.. and after searching around for over an hour i'm tired of wasting my time on test.  Was looking forward to testing the new raid zone too.</p></blockquote><p>Dev was on test-copy tonight. Apparently you can't get in without using a Beta Buffer, and the Beta Buffer was not in yet. However, he did offer to zone people direct in if they got a full x2 raid together... Did not know how that went as I logged off not long after that.</p>

[timetravelling]

<p>The barrier: removed by the questlines</p><p>The default zone-in: disabled at this time, will probably re-enable soon.</p><p>To zone-in: Speak to Moosh <is being helpful> to get 200 AAs, lvl 80, and a set of legendary-ish gear, then speak to the fire elemental to be zoned in. These NPCs do not spawn by default, but I will make sure they get spawned up on top of the elevator.</p><p>The x4: The zone-in is currently disabled on test, as there is still quite a bit of polish to come with it</p>

[shadowgate]

<p>So has anyone be in to give first impressions?</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>shadowgate wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>So has anyone be in to give first impressions?</p></blockquote><p>Doupt it because you could not get in last night(Without Dev help) and it looks like they just added the ablity to get in an hour or so prior to your post. I would wait until say, Sunday befor first impression posts start comming out.</p>