World of Wacraft Patch 4.0
 

Patch 4.0 went live today. They changed a ton of stuff, down to the basic abilities used by most of the classes. Many casters can now use certain spells while running (even ones with cast bars), and the entire talent system has been refurbished.

Hows everyone liking the changes? I like what they've done to warrior tanking and fire spec a lot. Firestrike is now SPAMTASTIC.

Not online for me yet you jerk :mad:

Im still downloading it now, I only know about the changes they're making because they were on the Public Test Realm.

They deliver the magical nuke to all the landmasses yet?

The land, race/class combos, and other Cataclysm features won't be available until after the expansion is released. Right now they've just changed the mechanics of preexisting classes via changes to some base abilities and talent trees.

During the install, I keep seeing the words "Worgen" and "goblin" pop up in the files its processing. While Im sure they won't be playable and their home areas won't be up yet, if you have the means to go looking around through the program files you may be able to find all the models and stuff already there awaiting their use in the expansion.

EDIT: Guess what guys!? Its Teusday! Server maintainence LOL!

Judging by 3.0, all the data for Cataclysm is going live, with new areas (as in brand new areas, not old-and-torn-to-pieces areas) and races being locked by prompts that go something like "You need to upgrade to this expansion pack which hasn't been released yet".

you forgot?

I did forget. I was so excited for the patch that I totally forgot.

Actually, they have done said there will be a pre-release event about two weeks before the X-Pac hits where the actual race-class and world changes will be implemented. No purchase needed.

So look forward to it.

Patch soooo goooood.

Leveled a prot warrior from like 14-24 in around 4-5 hours by running through the dungeon finder lots. It seems most of the class changes while levelling implement main features of the class early on because of the way they changed talents to give important abilities at level 10 (but block access to other trees once you've selected one). Seems like it would be annoying, but being able to have abilities like Veangance, Shield Slam, etc at level 10 helps to remove that feeling that you're just playing this shitty low level thiiing while you level. Just started a new account (long story) so I don't have any 80s to play on yet, but at this rate I'll be there soon.