Updates
Fixes, additions, and improvements shipped to IceDNicco.
Play now deletes Cache\WDB (NPC gossip, quests, items) so the client picks up realm locale and SQL changes. Toggle it off in Settings → Launcher if you want a faster first login. Quit the tray icon, then update to 1.7.20.
Some NPC gossip bodies stayed English on a Russian client even though translations existed. The server was reading broadcast_text, not npc_text_locale, and the client cached the old English packet. Those texts (Terentis in Darkshore and the rest of that set) now use a new TextID with a proper broadcast_text locale. Relog; if the English line is still cached, delete the client Cache / WDB folder.
Progress, turn-in and greeting text that used to fall back to English on a Russian client is filled. Most stock WotLK/TBC lines came from the YTDB ruRU pack (existing translations were not overwritten). Remaining Northrend/Outland gaps, Westfall greetings and leftover gossip buttons now have Russian and Ukrainian. Custom IceDNicco NPC talk is localized too.
Turning in Thelsamar Blood Sausages no longer shows English on a Russian or other localized client. Progress and reward gossip is filled for ruRU, Ukrainian, zhTW and koKR. The Russian accept text now matches WotLK (bear meat, boar intestines, spider ichor) instead of the old 8-meat version.
The auction house restocks more often and lists cloth, leather, ore, herbs, enchanting, inscription, gems, cooking and engineering parts for every profession. Lots rotate in 15 minutes to 3 hours. The buyer bot can purchase your listings, but only below the bot price, never above vendor, and never more than 15 gold per item — dumping junk will not print gold.
Bots no longer trade, mail, or take raid loot. You cannot trade or mail high-ilvl gear to your alts. Only one character per account may be inside a raid, and the lockout is shared on the account. AoE loot is off in groups for now so a 25-man cannot be vacuumed.
Player ladders now show portraits, spec trees, honor and last seen, with class and faction filters. Armory compare highlights the stronger side, last seen uses Kyiv time, and you can copy the character link. Cabinet character cards show portrait, ilvl and last logout; shop history uses status pills.
Guild pages now list each member like a mini-armory card: spec tree, average item level, honor, last logout, and a class portrait. The header also shows the guild average item level and founding date.
Character pages now show last logout, honor in the header, equipment icons on first paint, and achievement categories even when DBC data is missing. The activity feed includes all recent achievements. Compare sits above the paperdoll and also lists honor and time played. Achievements can be searched; socket tooltips use the gem or socket color.
The armory now splits Character / Progress / Achievements / Social. Talent and glyph icons, colored sockets, recent achievements by category, an activity feed (M+ / BG / raids), personal BG history, mounts, companions, titles, transmog previews, and ?vs= character compare.
The armory now lists combat stats (after logout), professions, glyphs, enchants and gems, played time, title, reputations, hunter pets, and a full talent calculator. New ladders: item level, achievement points, ICC/Ruby Sanctum progress, and personal battleground score.
Summoned bots now equip upgrades they loot in dungeons, raids, and PvP. That is fair — they earned it with you. They still spawn and init at rare (~item level 200); nobody can gift them free ICC BiS.
Random and summoned bots are capped at rare quality (~item level 200). They will not auto-equip raid epics, and players cannot init bots above their own gear. Raids, dungeons, and PvP stay a player challenge — bots fill the group, they do not faceroll it.
Random bots that wandered (flights / walking RPG) into a zone far above their level are sent back to a starter town or faction capital. Grouped bots and real players are unchanged.
The realm now restarts every day at 05:00 Kyiv time. Players see the usual planned-restart countdown in their language first — it is not a crash. Staff can change the time or press Restart now in Admin → Server settings.
