Patch 3.0.2 is Coming
Patch 3.0.2 - the precursor to Wrath of the Lich King - is due today.
Wow-Insider has a good summary of the coming changes. I’ve summarised the most interesting changes in the list below:
- New talent trees and new skills. You can now spec down to the new 51 point talents leading to some seriously unbalanced talent trees
- New profession - inscription
- Like many recent games, unlockable achievements are being added - 5 of which can be attained before WotLK.
- World changes in Azeroth. I won’t say much more for the un-spoiled, but take a look around North West Stormwind and also out into Hillsbrad near the Lordamere Internment Camp
- Calendar added to the UI - hopefully this will be the end of needing to use the GEM addon - dependent on the quality of the group features in the new functionality.
- Haircuts. Although this old dwarf wants to know if they’ve got any magic hair restorer - otherwise a haircut won’t be much use!
- For the PVP fans - new arenas - Dalaran & Orgrimmar
- In game threat-meter - again this may be the end of a popular addon - this time Omen, but again depends on the quality of the replacement
- More bag space! - vanity pets, mounts, badges of justice and battleground marks no longer use up bag space (/hooray)