WoW: Voice chat only comming to some servers… the first week
Blizzard community team member Drysc made a post yesterday letting us know that only some servers will get the new voice chat the first week, all the rest will get them the following week
In the upcoming patch we will be introducing voice chat, which allows players to talk to each other in-game with the use of a microphone. To ensure that we provide the quality play experience we’re committed to, we will be ramping up the voice chat feature in multiple stages. Currently we are scheduling voice chat to be available on patch day for a limited number of realms. While all realms will still receive the 2.2 patch, and all the content and changes therein, only some realms will have voice chat enabled at the start. We plan to then enable voice chat for the remaining realms the following week. This ramp up release will help us to test the voice chat feature in a live realm environment before enabling it on all realms.
To read more about the upcoming Voice Chat feature, click here: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=1272012664&sid=1
And here is the server list…
The initial set of realms that will have voice chat enabled on patch day:
Aerie Peak
Altar of Storms
Alterac Mountains
Andorhal
Anetheron
Anvilmar
Archimonde
Arygos
Black Dragonflight
Blackwing Lair
Dalaran
Dalvengyr
Deathwing
Demon Soul
Dentarg
Doomhammer
Duskwood
Executus
Gnomeregan
Haomarush
Icecrown
Jaedenar
Kel’Thuzad
Khadgar
Lethon
Mal’Ganis
Norgannon
Onyxia
Scilla
Sentinels
Steamwheedle Cartel
Tanaris
The Venture Co
Thrall
Turalyon
Uldaman
Undermine
Ysera
Ysondre
ZuluhedAll other realms are scheduled to have voice chat enabled the week following the patch release week.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=1602361123&sid=1
And another note to add…
Voice chat doesn’t run through the game servers. This test is of the voice chat servers themselves, not the game realms. If there’s an issue voice chat won’t be available, the realms themselves shouldn’t be affected. In any case, that’s what this initial set of realms is to test, how voice chat handles and interacts with the realms on a wider scale.