Jade Forest offline next patch (update)

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With the next patch to the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria beta, we will be temporarily removing the Jade Forest zone. We’re going to be making improvements to the zone, and want to put the focus of testing on other areas during this time.

As a result, starting with this next beta patch (which is coming soon™), you will find that you are no longer able to enter Jade Forest. If you have any characters that are hanging out in Jade Forest when the zone is disabled, they will be automatically ported out to their hearthstone location. The hearthstone location will be set to the characters’ main city if required. Furthermore, characters that need experience to continue testing will be boosted to the appropriate XP and appropriate quest to continue testing in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

We expect Jade Forest to be offline for an extended period of time; we’ll provide further details as we progress with our updates to the zone. Thank you for testing Mists of Pandaria! http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/5590648487#1
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With the next patch to the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria beta, we will be temporarily removing the Jade Forest zone. We’re going to be making improvements to the zone, and want to put the focus of testing on other areas during this time.

As a result, starting with this next beta patch (which is coming soon™), you will find that you are no longer able to enter Jade Forest. If you have any characters that are hanging out in Jade Forest when the zone is disabled, they will be automatically ported out to the following locations:

Valley of the Four Winds (for Horde characters)
Krasarang Wilds (for Alliance characters)

Characters that need experience to continue testing can visit either Orgrimmar or Stormwind. In each faction city, there will be an NPC that provides a quest which will reward enough XP to boost your characters from 85 to 86, as well as send you to Valley of the Four Winds to continue questing from there.

We expect Jade Forest to be offline for an extended period of time; we’ll provide further details as we progress with our updates to the zone. Thank you for testing Mists of Pandaria! http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/5590648487
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I... don't like the sounds of that. Sounds like they aren't happy with it at all, and are bringing in the steam shovels and backhoes. Hope our beasts are still around. They'll probably be scaling back on their plans for something there. That seems to be the pattern when areas get rengineered...

Also sounds like any chance of late July launch is gone. Looking like September.
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According to Wowhead, Jade Forest is now offline.

http://www.wowhead.com/news=204018/news ... her-and-mo
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*clings to Calydonian*

I'm fascinated by this part of the process. I'm itching to know if it's design changes or just phasing/bug issues.

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OMG! Maybe I'll FINALLY be able to log on Mia! OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEEEAAAAASSSEEEE!

I... wont be able to visit Ping, though... ._.

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WHAT IF....

PING WAS TAMEABLE WHEN THE ZONE CAME BACK?

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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HE SO BETTER BEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Also, Jade Forest is still currently open. Not next patch yet, so if you want a pet from there go and get it now!!

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Kalliope wrote:*clings to Calydonian*

I'm fascinated by this part of the process. I'm itching to know if it's design changes or just phasing/bug issues.
I'm guessing design... taking the bulldozers to stuff they aren't happy with... be prepared for big changes, hopefully they don't remove too much.
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Tamed the Jade Cat and taking pics like crazy just in case they decide to turn it back into an Elemental making it not tameable.

And reading the update I do want to park a premade 85 Alli and Horde toon in Jade Forest to see what this quest will be that will boost the toons from 85 to 86. I mean with my schedule it took 2 and a half days to get through Jade Forest but with this quest it'll probably take maybe 30 to 60 minutes to level.
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Arwyn wrote:Tamed the Jade Cat and taking pics like crazy just in case they decide to turn it back into an Elemental making it not tameable.

And reading the update I do want to park a premade 85 Alli and Horde toon in Jade Forest to see what this quest will be that will boost the toons from 85 to 86. I mean with my schedule it took 2 and a half days to get through Jade Forest but with this quest it'll probably take maybe 30 to 60 minutes to level.
My guess is this quest will take you about 5 seconds to level up.

Quest giver: Ka Pao
Text: Hey, I heard you wanted to level up.
Objective: Talk to Ka Pao
Rewards: enough XP to level up to 86.
That's probably almost exactly what it's gonna be.
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Welp..Jade Forest is gone for now and to get there you need to talk to this helpful soul who appears by both Alliance and Horde Call to Arms Boards:

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When talking to him the good ol' captain presents this first text:

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With the follow up text being:

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Which basically means the good ol' captain single handily ruined the Jade Forest. *I can only wonder what the heck he was hauling that made the place uninhabitable.*

But after teleporting you meet his buddy on the other side:

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Whose 2 texts aren't so interesting:

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But after talking to him..poof..you hit level 86 with your character. And the process probably would take 5 seconds but just like the start of Beta, people enjoy blocking the guy so it takes a few extra seconds to get to him.

And oh yeah, the gear he's selling is the gear you would have picked up questing in the Jade Forest. Except he's making you buy them. But he's a pirate so you really wouldn't expect for him to do something with out getting some gold in return.
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HA, he's ADMIRAL Placeholder now! :lol: Yaaaaay! <3

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Arwyn wrote:Image
Which basically means the good ol' captain single handily ruined the Jade Forest. *I can only wonder what the heck he was hauling that made the place uninhabitable.*
Sounds like he should be draenei, not human :)
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GormanGhaste wrote:
Arwyn wrote:Image
Which basically means the good ol' captain single handily ruined the Jade Forest. *I can only wonder what the heck he was hauling that made the place uninhabitable.*
Sounds like he should be draenei, not human :)
LOL!

Oh that would be rich! Ahem...I mean wrong..so wrong. Just because the draenei have a past history of managing to crash two ships does not mean that they are bad drivers. It just means that two really really large land masses didn't have time to get out of their way which resulted in them crashing.
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OH MY GOD! Admiral Placeholder! I don't know who brought this up, but it makes me happy. Happy, happy, happy.

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Is this the part where you shake your cane? ;) Maybe the Draenei took Captain Placeholder's InterNether Piloting Correspondence Course!
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GormanGhaste wrote:
Is this the part where you shake your cane? ;) Maybe the Draenei took Captain Placeholder's InterNether Piloting Correspondence Course!
No, it's not, because he predates me too. ;) But I know my history, dammit! :lol:

Perhaps they did! :lol:

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Sigh...

I got tired of waiting until Blizzard would just add a non-Alliance turtle vendor, so I loaded up my alliance premade, since she at least starts with 5k.

Ported to Krasarang Wilds.
Hearthstone is STILL set to Jade Forest. You can guess how that goes.
Unless I bug mages to port me, I'm stuck in Pandaria.
Just what was Blizzard thinking!?

I'd mail the gold to an alt to go buy the turtles, but the alliance ones I have are all pre-20. :/

Baaaah, now I can't play beta, again... :(
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I started a brand new Alliance pandaren premade last night to buy a dragon turtle mount - she started in Stormwind. Maybe try making a new one?
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