Expansion Requirements?

[JamesWilliams]

Anyone heard anything about the new expansion's requirements and how it will effect rig requirements to 5box?

[Fursphere]

brb getting my crystal ball out of storage....

[Svpernova09]

/me shakes magic 8 ball



"You'll need more"

[Coltimar]

Wrong forum for help. Mod please move questions seeking answers to another site.

[Svpernova09]

Wrong forum for help. Mod please move questions seeking answers to another site.

Well he *is* asking about requirements and multiboxing, since he posted in hardware, I'd assume he means hardware. If I moved this to the new user/ support forum, it'll probably get diluted with ZOMGCATACLYSMRELEASEDATES. So I'm happy to leave this here for the moment.

[Fursphere]

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/

Specifically:

Will there be any updates to the graphics and changes to the minimum system requirements?

Yes, there will be incremental tweaks and updates to the graphics engine in this expansion. For example, we’ve made improvements to the way that water is rendered. We’ll announce the exact system requirements closer to the expansion’s release.

(cut and paste from FAQ)

Now you know just as much as the other 11,000,000 players know. (welcome to the inner circle of secert squirel stuff)

[Aenar]

welcome to the inner circle

Noooo! Don't release information about the Secret Squirrel Society!

As far as system requirements, my thinking is you can compare it to Dalaran.
If you can run 5 box through dalaran without studder or skipping, then you're likely golden for the expansion.
If you can run 5 box through dalaran with a few hiccups, but can single-box through dalaran without studder or skipping, then you're ok - you may experience some graphic lag in major cities or scripted events but otherwise play should be smooth.
If you studder or skip in dalaran single-box, you're likely in trouble for multiboxing the expansion.

I know Dalaran is unique for the amount of people crammed in one area, plus the fact its almost a whole zone floating above another zone with causes the server twice as much resources compared to less active zones. And dalaran has a lot of details graphics, or small objects (cups on tables & players' armor for example). A lot of stuff in one place. I figure the expansion won't have so much crammed into one space but updated graphics will still take more PC resources then anything else in WotLK. I don't PvP, but maybe Wintergrasp is a better example - idk.

[MiRai]

There will be no Sanctuary cities like Dalaran or Shattrath in Cataclysm as confirmed by Zarhym last month.

We don't have plans for a sanctuary city in the likes of Shattrath or Dalaran for Cataclysm. For the most part players will be working out of their current faction capitals to keep in the spirit of bringing life back to the old world Azeroth.

Taken from:
http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/22418...s-in-cata.html