Sang Grail

It has been a while since I found a patch worth posting on, but 3.3.3 and those that follow will definately be world enders.

Patch 3.3.3 went up on the PTR about a week ago and the notes are full of changes and adjustments getting made before the whole world blows up.

*Random battleground system for you PvPers out there. It is planned on working like the random dungeon finder with bonus honor if you win the battleground. Also in the PvP realm, Honor marks are going the way of the dodo. Items that previously require the marks will be adjusted to the new honor and/or rating system. I dont have anyone on the ptr so im not sure of new prices on anything.

*Culling of Stratholme - we can skip the pleasantries and get to massacreing those infected villagers even faster because we can now skip the initial dialogue in this instance. Sadly…Arthas is still as overbearing as always.

*Class changes - As always i dont get into the specific class changes, I leave all the theorycrafting to you guys. There are a few buff and nerfs all around but the big notice is the buff to DK tanking.

*Frozo the Renowned - No it’s not Bozo the clown’s iligetimate child from the drunken night in Miami. Frozo will be helping you clear out your banks by exchanging that giant stack of Frozen Orbs for things that are more usefull.  Included in his wares are Crusader and Runed orbs, All the Eternal elements, Frost Lotus and a nice “left out in the snowstorm wet” mount for our Tailors - a Frosty Flying Carpet

*Mechanostriders get buffed with….wait…seriously?!?….ok…they have a new sound *shrug*

*Profession changes - woe to the moneymaker (there are a ton of changes here)

• Recipies with runed orbs have had their mats reduced
• Monsterbelly Appetite daily fishing quest no longer wants you to go to the Great Sea….just walk to VH and fish in the moat.
• Inscription - recipies that needed 2 inks only need one …aparently you have learned to write shorthand
• Mining - Titansteel is off cooldown…watch the price drop like a riding mount off the Dalaran landing area.
• Tailoring - Glacial bag - now on a 7 day cooldown…but Moonshroud, Ebonweave and Spellweave are off cooldown.

*The auction house is getting revamped with a lot of options that were available in Auctionlite and Auctioneer - Mass stack listing and right clicking to make auctions

*Random Dungeons - the Deserter Buff has been upped to 30 min from 15 and is no longer a debuff. Vote kicks will now allow you to give a reason to the others in the group for why you initiate a kick.  Finally the most interesting part of this one….Holiday bosses will no longer be sitting waiting for us in the regular instance. You will have to use the RDF to que up for the holiday dungeon and you will get a loot bag that might drop the rare items…generic drops will still drop off the boss.

Other than that, random UI changes and edits.

OK…I have to note it and will not delve too much into it until more info is dropped. Patch 3.3.5 HAS been announced. We will be getting another raid under Wyrmrest Temple. Halion the Twilight Destroyer and his lackeys Baltharus the Warborn, General Zarithrian and Saviana Ragefire.

For a final note…It has come to my attention that I must do something that does not sit well with me. All gnomes are getting an eviction notice. You must begin to pack you belongings and prepare to be punted into another place of residence. Failure to comply with this notice will alert the dwarven counsel that you are more than willing to be bound, gagged and used for the annual ice crown winter games as a curling stone. All gnome humor aside, quests and achievements have been datamined that point towards the gnomes using all the windex they can find and finally reclaiming their confusing city.

Its beginning to look like the end of the world as we know it rocks.