Patch 3.0.2 is upon us! The good news has pulled Boyd of Shadowsong out of his dreary hibernation and he posts yet again!
That's right folks, tomorrow we can expect a considerably long Maintenance period for our beloved World of Warcraft. They will be implementing patch 3.0.2 which will bring us many new things in preparation for WotLK.
Included in tomorrow's patch:
Inscription - With the Inscription profession, the player creates Glyphs that modify existing spells and abilities. Of course there will be more to create than just these glyphs. Check it out here. (This link may not work after the expansion. I will update it accordingly if I remember it.)
Quoted from WoWWiki:
Inscription will allow players to augment the cooldown, damage, or mechanics (stun, knockback, DoT, HoT, etc.) of a spell. It will have two aspects: augmentation of abilities and spells with the creation of a new type of item ("scrolls", for example, from ink, parchment, and other reagents). Every player will get a new spell book page to which they can add six glyphs — currently, three major and three minor.
New Arenas - Expect to see some new places to battle in WotLK for your 2-, 3-, and 5v5 teams!
Raidwide Buffs - At first glance this seems awesome, but be prepared for some major changes. If you haven't read up on it, then you need to follow this link and edumacate yourself. Otherwise you'll have a hard time understanding what the heck is going on for your first couple of raids.
In-Game Calendar - Finally Blizzard has developed a calendar and implemented it into their in-game UI. Head on over to WoW Insider and take a look at all the details.
Barbershops - That's right, get ready to change the way your characters look to a small degree. Tired of that same 'ole mohawk? Need to change your balding problem? Head on over to the barbershop (located in the capital cities) and change it up!
Stormwind Harbor - Okay, if you haven't seen Stormwind Harbor yet from the Beta or any screenshots, it's pretty darn big. I only checked it out once, but I do remember a long fall when I literally jumped straight down to the docks from Stormwind proper. This is the location of the boat that will take you to Northrend. Check out the gallery over at WoW Insider.
New Talents, Spells, and Abilities - There are far too many changes coming to all the talent trees and associated spells for me to mention here. Click on the WoW Insider link to the right to check out all their coverage of the changes. Click on the Wowhead link on the right and follow the links for their WotLK site and see changes there.
So that's it for now folks. I can't wait to see you in the expansion and I'll do my best to keep the blog rolling. I've been traveling for work so much lately that I haven't had the opportunity to really cover anything.
Thanks again to WoW Insider, Wowhead, and WoWWiki for providing us with their websites and allowing me to link to them. Of course anything I link to and all pictures I post are copyrighted to their respective hosts.
