Blizzard poster Zarhym has listed the up coming changes to the PvP Arena system for WotLK:
He then goes on to say that
New items, titles, and end-of-season rewards will be offered to the most successful teams at level 80. … Players at level 80 will also have the opportunity to compete in two new Arenas featuring challenging new layouts, terrain hazards, and moving obstacles.
You can read the full post here.
Blizzard poster Ghostcrawler has made a detailed post regarding DK tanking. Highlights include:
the death knight really suffers when attacks fail to land, especially opening attacks. Having a Plague Strike dodged or parried can throw off an entire rotation, eventually leading to bad Obliterates because both diseases weren’t up at the same time. Missing attacks is a fact of life for all tanks since it’s hard to stack +hit and +expertise along with mitigation stats. However, existing tank classes have mechanics to let them “burn off rage” (or mana) to make up for those bad strings. The DK plays more like a rogue who can’t get enough combo points in play. This had a deadly effect on DK threat generation, which just didn’t compete with that of other tanks.
He then goes on to list 5 key changes to DK abilities:
You can read the full post with some more explanations on the above changes here.
Blizzard poster Bornakk has announced that the previously mentioned wipe to PvP honor and points will no longer happen.
We had hoped that the introduction of some new Honor rewards in the upcoming patch would give players a great opportunity to spend any of their remaining Honor. However, many players would still be surprised by an Honor and token reset as it isn’t something we’ve done in the past. As such, we’ve decided to not reset Honor or tokens upon the release of Wrath of the Lich King.
You can read the full post here.
Blizzard poster Eyonix announced that Arena Season 4 will be ending when patch 3.0.2 goes live (Due any time now).
… the current arena season will end in respect to the ladder upon the release of our next major patch. What this means is, we’ll be taking a snapshot of the current season’s ladder just before the realms are taken down for patch maintenance, and our normal process will commence to determine who is eligible for the end-of-season rewards. Teams and ratings will not be wiped at that time, and will carry forward allowing players to earn points each week (and buy gear) until the launch of the expansion on November 13th
You can read the full announcement here.
Blizzard Poster Vaneras has stated on the official forums that Wrath of the Lich King will be available on DVD only. The previous 2 instalments have been released on both CD and DVD. Those without a DVD drive will either need to upgrade or wait for the digital download to become available after release.
Mmo-champion has a list of changes in the latest beta build.
You can read the full list here.
As reported yesterday the list of new honor items has been announced by Blizzard poster Vaneras.
Along with the items is a change to Gems:
Please note that Gems that have been acquired through Honor will no longer be unique-equipped after the release of Patch 3.0.2. Also, they will no longer Bind on Pickup.
You can read the full list of new items here.
Blizzard Poster Thundgot has announced that there will be free character migrations for players on realms Burning Legion, Kazzak, Stormscale to realms Karazhan and Vek’nilash
The migration period is from September 24th to September 30th and as Thundgot points out:
Please note that this migration may be closed at any time should a destination realm’s population rise too high.
So get in quick if you’re looking for a new home.
Blizzard poster Tigole has given us some hints on further bag space reducing methods that are in the pipeline. Tabards will not be getting the same over haul as pets and mounts but a new Tabard vendor in Dalaran will be selling cheap replacements.
In his own words:
There really is no reason to hang on to them unless you’re wearing them.
Quest and attunement items from old world content are also being re-worked, albeit the changes will not be available when WotLK launches.
We have plans for these items (and getting them out of your bags). Unfortunately, we won’t be able to get to it in time for Wrath of the Lich King, but we do want to eventually address how these work.
No real surprises here. Blizzard poster Eyonix has confirmed today that both honor points and honor marks will be reset with the launch of WotLK.
As a small compensation there will be “few upgrades” “special rewards” in the next content patch (3.0.2) which you can spend the remainder of your honor points on.
You can read the full post here.