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Patch 2.4 Details Galore! |
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Written by Antheus
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Friday, 08 February 2008 |
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There's been quite a bit of information released in the past couple of days about some of the changes coming patch 2.4. We've told you about the Alterac Valley changes and Class-specific changes already, but here's a summary of some more the lovely tidbits that have been recently announced (after the jump)...
General
- Characters will now retain talented spell ranks so when they retalent they do not have to relearn the spells from trainers.
- Spell Haste: Spell haste now reduces the global cooldown on spells, down to a minimum of 1 second. This change does not apply to melee and ranged abilities.
Items
- Players will now be able to purchase level 70 Superior quality PvP items from reputation vendors.
- Items intended for Retribution Paladins have had their stats adjusted. Retribution Paladins should see an increase in dps as a result.
- Players can now only carry 80 Conjured Manna Biscuits at a time.
UI Changes
- Some very big changes to the combat log. Check out this thread for details .
- Also there will be a revamped in-game Interface Options screen, which will have an impact on existing and future UI mods. Check out this thread for details.
Cooking
- 2 new recipes available at 250 that use bear meat, removing the dependance on fishing to level cooking to 300. Details can be found here .
Enchanting
- Added a recipe to convert a void crystal into two large prismatic shards.
Fishing
- New Fishing Daily Quests! Visit the mysterious old man fishing at Silmyr Lake outside of Shattrath City to discover what treasures he has to offer.
Dungeons and Raids
- All 25- player raid bosses that drop set tokens will now drop and additional token!
- Gems obtained through Heroic difficulty instances are no longer Unique-equipped.
- Loot dropped by Doomlord Kazzak and Doomwalker has been changed to Bind on Equip. In addition, the cash dropped by these bosses has been significantly increased.
- Scale of the Sands reputation will now be awarded in Hyjal at a much higher rate.
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