6 new Auction Houses

[Toucan]

Check it out :- http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/

Blizzard has announced they will be adding Auction house to Stormwind City and Darnassus in the upcoming 1.9 patch, the Auction house's will be linked and work as one, this is an attempt to reduce lag in Ironforge.
Also auction houses will be added to The Undercity and Thunderbluff witch will also be linked to the Ogrimar Ah and work as one auction house.
There are also 2 new neutral auction houses to be added at Booty Bay and Everlook witch will also be linked and work as one.

In the same announcement they have stated that from the release of the 1.9 patch the looking for group chat channels and trade chat channels of Ironforge, Stormwind City and Darnasus will all be linked, likewise the same chat channels in Ogrimar will be linked with The Undercity and Thunderbluff.

[Geno]

Thank God. The only thing I'm worried about is when you're in the trade channel, if you say "Looking for XXX" or something, and then someone says "Oh, I have it." "Where are you?" "Undercity." "Oh... I'm in Thunder Bluff."

Tell me... What's going to happen then? Please... That's going to be the biggest problem.

Also, when are they incorporating the Paladin switch? I heard they're re-working how Paladin blessings and such work, as well as their mana situation. Can someone shed light on that, or is it still too early?

~Larry "Geno" Meyers

[Graeme]

Ah, finally Blizzard is fixing this ^_^. They mentioned this fix, oh, I don't know, half a year ago :P. It's about time the other cities became lively again. I really miss the days of beta when Stormwind was the alliance hotspot and the undercity was the place to be for the horde.

Anyway, <3 <3 Blizzard for reducing lag in the major cities. However, as Geno stated . . . the linked trade channels seem like a waste of time. Linked group//'LFM for instance' channels will be a great addition though!

[bluemicrobyte]

At first I was opposed to this because it would have reduced the amount of people who hear the trade and LFG channels, but now that I've been informed that those channels will be linked I think this well definately improve the crowdingness (even though it wasn't a problem for me after upgrading my comptuer :P)

[Nostradamus]

Yes! No more major lag in Ironforge. I guess this will raise the risk of being in Stormwind because (on my server) it is seen as the biggest target by the hordies.

[killer-penguin]

Thank God. The only thing I'm worried about is when you're in the trade channel, if you say "Looking for XXX" or something, and then someone says "Oh, I have it." "Where are you?" "Undercity." "Oh... I'm in Thunder Bluff."

Tell me... What's going to happen then? Please... That's going to be the biggest problem.

Also, when are they incorporating the Paladin switch? I heard they're re-working how Paladin blessings and such work, as well as their mana situation. Can someone shed light on that, or is it still too early?

~Larry "Geno" Meyers

I suggest trade 'pipes.' Players go to either side of them, and you /target the person you want to trade with (or type it in a box that pops up) then for a small fee (say like 10s) you can shoot the item you want to trade across the map! Pneumatic tubes ftw!

[Ender]

I can't wait for this to happen. My friends will love it. When they go to the Auction House at peak hours it can take them sometimes 20 minutes to load. Crazy.

[Seal]

other notable features in the patch:
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[Incantrix]

Check it out :- http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/

Blizzard has announced they will be adding Auction house to Stormwind City and Darnassus in the upcoming 1.9 patch, the Auction house's will be linked and work as one, this is an attempt to reduce lag in Ironforge.
Also auction houses will be added to The Undercity and Thunderbluff witch will also be linked to the Ogrimar Ah and work as one auction house.
There are also 2 new neutral auction houses to be added at Booty Bay and Everlook witch will also be linked and work as one.

In the same announcement they have stated that from the release of the 1.9 patch the looking for group chat channels and trade chat channels of Ironforge, Stormwind City and Darnasus will all be linked, likewise the same chat channels in Ogrimar will be linked with The Undercity and Thunderbluff.

This could totally change the way traffic works in WoW. Think about it. I know that I, for one, almost always visit Org every time I log in, and really, I treat it as the place to start every session. Now that you can go to any city for the AH, and you don't have to go anywhere to LFG, people are going to be much more spread out.

This also might make it possible/easier to raid certain places too... =D I hear that IF raids ususally fail more because of lag than because of any sort of coordination on the part of the alliance.

Of course, now you won't be able to go to Org (or IF) and see just about every high lvl item currently out there.

[Toucan]

Of course, now you won't be able to go to Org (or IF) and see just about every high lvl item currently out there.

Yes you will buddy.
Though now you will be able to see at SW, Darn or IF, the AH's will be linked.

[Incantrix]

Yes you will buddy.
Though now you will be able to see at SW, Darn or IF, the AH's will be linked.

I meant, all the lvl 60s with epic gear won't all be crowded in one place, so I cant just walk into the AH or to the mail box and see like 8 full epic sets standing right next to each other.