The last 3 months we are working with the project wowcircle tightly engaged in the development of the core under the client version 5.4.8, for players it may not seem so difficult, because now we support 5.4.2, and 5.4.8 in comparison with changes not so much, but it not.
Each new client build, changed numbers and the structure of all opcodes, it is on their full analysis and research for each new version takes up to 6 months, but because it is this time we decided to work on the base version 5.4.8 with wowcircle, this process has gone we have a little bit faster.

So after only 3 months of work, we can start OBT 5.4.8, which has already found 97% of all opcodes compared to 5.4.2, for finish need to find 3% and to implement new functions, namely, Archeology and Battle Pets, also for release will be fixed a lot of spell/instances, we did not sit around these months, as many thought.

At the expense of the partnership with the above server, we are working only on the base version 5.4.8, before the release, and then re-working separately, such cooperation is necessary because it is our competitors a long time work together.

Tasks for the OBT is simple: need checking the current bug reports, actual or no for 548, you can check in the main spells, another things(instances) was not change, they are planned in the middle of the month.
About everything else except spells please do not write anything at least until the release 5.4.8, because all these reports already on wowcircle (there OBT started a little earlier) and duplicate them makes no sense.

Please, bug reports from the current realms 5.4.2 no longer write and concentrate on checking their relevance to 5.4.8.

Time of OBT: tentatively to be completed in late August, after which the first update to 5.4.8 for x10, and a week later the Fun and x100.

Section for discussion: http://forum.pandawow.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=223

Features of OBT:

- Start with 90 lvl.
- Items of current pvp season can be purchased for free.
- Some currencies available at character creation.
- Also available characters from OBT 5.4.2.
- Commands are not available.
- After finish OBT, this realm will be deleted.

How to connect:

- Make a copy of the current client to a new folder, because playing from 1 client on 2 versions at once is not recommended, it can be a problem because of the differences in them.
- In the directory with a new client, delete the folder Cache.
- Download Launcher 5.4.8: link / mirror
- Put it in a folder with a new client and run the launcher(64 or 32 bit, for mac in progress).