What is the Royal Apothecary server in PTR?
What is the Royal Apothecary server on the PTR in World of Warcraft? A lot of players have been asking about it and were wondering why there were six level one characters on it and no one else. Well, when we first saw it, we were discussing the possibilities of the people at Blizzard conducting experiments on a Gnome-Tauren hybrid.
Thankfully, as the discussion became increasingly disturbing, Hortus from Blizzard’s QA gave some information on the server. “This server is being used for a special project, I would not suggest accessing it with the wowtest client as it is set up on a different build and there may be stability problems.” A special project…that piqued the interest of other players on the forum even more. Blizzard poster/Moderator Tigerclaw further clarified the existence of the server.
I think some new server-side hardware / software configurations are being tested, nothing relating to 2.1.2. It’s not running the same build as the proper 2.1.2 server and is not being kept in sync, so crashes and other oddities can occur if you log on there with your PTR build.
That said, I would have to stick with the Gnome-Tauren hybrid theory and a great cover-up scheme by Blizzard on this genetic experiment. Seriously though, they’re probably doing exactly what Tigerclaw said and outside interference may actually slow down their progress, so logging into the server may not be the best move on any player’s part. Be sure to keep checking back here for more updates on World of Warcraft.
Via WoW Forums
What is the Royal Apothecary server on the PTR in World of Warcraft? A lot of players have been asking about it and were wondering why there were six level one characters on it and no one else. Well, when we first saw it, we were discussing the possibilities of the people at Blizzard conducting experiments on a Gnome-Tauren hybrid.
Thankfully, as the discussion became increasingly disturbing, Hortus from Blizzard’s QA gave some information on the server. “This server is being used for a special project, I would not suggest accessing it with the wowtest client as it is set up on a different build and there may be stability problems.” A special project…that piqued the interest of other players on the forum even more. Blizzard poster/Moderator Tigerclaw further clarified the existence of the server.
I think some new server-side hardware / software configurations are being tested, nothing relating to 2.1.2. It’s not running the same build as the proper 2.1.2 server and is not being kept in sync, so crashes and other oddities can occur if you log on there with your PTR build.
That said, I would have to stick with the Gnome-Tauren hybrid theory and a great cover-up scheme by Blizzard on this genetic experiment. Seriously though, they’re probably doing exactly what Tigerclaw said and outside interference may actually slow down their progress, so logging into the server may not be the best move on any player’s part. Be sure to keep checking back here for more updates on World of Warcraft.
Via WoW Forums
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