Patch issues I'm having

#0 - Oct. 16, 2010, 4:06 a.m.
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(I'm not quite sure if this is the right forum for this)

Since installing/downloading the newest patch, I've had multiple issues, and can't find any topics about any of them.


1. Multiple error messages about add-ons.
As soon as I get on a toon, I get a few error messages about some add-on. Sometime a bit later, trying to sort through everything and find out what's been changed, a few more messages pop up. I haven't been paying too much attention to them, but now they're just annoying and I want them gone. I have no clue what to do about them, even though they say to click and copy them. I highlight the text, but I can only ever highlight a fraction of it and there's no way for me to copy them. I generally leave them alone when playing, since I can't do anything with them.

2. Messed-up Auction House.
The Auction House is just plain messed up for me. I see the normal auction house, but there's some big window sitting right on top of it. The window is somewhat transparent, and the text of both windows overlaps. There's no way for me to close the top window, but clicking on the 'x' of the normal auction house closes both windows.

3. Lag in Darkshore.
I saw a topic about lag earlier, but I can't ind it now. Only on my level 13 do I have lag. In Darkshore. I don't usually get lag. I usually either get a screen with some basic terrain graphics or get kicked off completely.

4. No more comparing item stats?
I used to be able to compare the stats of gear by mousing over the piece of gear and pressing the shift key. Now I have to manually compare my already-owned gear and the dungeon gear, frantically doing the math in my head while wondering what stats my class needs most, the timer dwindling as I practically have a seizure over deciding whether it's worth it to roll Need or not.

6. My custom macro disappeared.
Disappeared it did. Random mount macro, I do not have.

7. All of my Add-ons are 'out-of-date.'
I loaded the out of date add-ons on the toon selection page, but none of them want to work in the game.

8. What's the new best spec for a dungeoning DPS Death Knight?
I never know these kinds of things.


Is there any way to fix any of these?
#4 - Oct. 16, 2010, 4:28 a.m.
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A lot of your issues could be better addressed in other forums, Aquatic, though not all of them belong in a single forum, so I thought I'd respond to let you know where best to seek this information. >^.^<

For your issues regarding addons, more often than not, new patches can 'break' existing addons until those addons are updated by their respective authors. As such, we always advise running a full Reset UI at the beginning of a new patch and refraining from using addons until the ones you wish to utilize have been updated.

Reset UI
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/20377

Issues about addons and macros would best be addressed in our UI & Macros forum:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?sid=1&forumId=11114

I suspect many of your issues will be resolved by the Reset UI I suggested above.

Regarding the Lag you are experiencing, you are most likely to get the best, most accurate troubleshooting steps regarding performance in our Technical Support forum. While it could be possible that a Reset UI assists with this (and that should be the first step taken for most basic issues), if there is something greater at hand, our Technical Support Representatives and more tech-savvy posters may be able to assist you in those forums.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?sid=1&forumId=11110

Keep in mind we have a separate technical forum for players who use Macs:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?sid=1&forumId=11111

As for your questions regarding which specialization to use on your Death Knight, I suspect your first stop should be our Death Knight discussion forums, where you can converse with other Death Knight players about the changes and perhaps garner advice on how to pursue a good DPS talent specialization.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?sid=1&forumId=13673870

Think that about covers it for you. Best of luck to you, and I hope you are enjoying the new patch!