March 25th, 2008

WoW Players, Prepare For Patch 2.4.0!

Creating a successful MMORPG is a very hard task, but once you managed to get enough players in and get those money flowing, it's even harder to keep those players involved for months and years, so that's why most such games get regular updates, and WoW is no exception to the rule.

World of Warcraft

Entitled "Fury of the Sunwell", the 2.4.0 patch comes with the following new features:

-The Sunwell Isle is now available for play. This area includes a new quest hub and 5 and 25-player instances.

-The combined forces of Shattrath have launched an attack on the Isle of Quel'Danas, to confront Kael'thas and the Legion at the Sunwell and surrounding areas. Players will now be able to gain reputation with the Shattered Sun Offensive and participate in a new set of daily quests.

-A representative of the Keepers of Time has been spotted at the World's End Tavern in Shattrath. Players in good standing with the faction will be granted ease of passage to the Caverns of Time.

-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.

-Item Cast Spells: Many spells cast by items were being cast as if the caster were the same level as the item. Most of those will now be cast at the player's level, giving them a reasonable chance to miss, be dispelled, or be resisted.

-Resilience: Now reduces the magnitude of mana draining effects by the same amount that it reduces critical strike damage. The Tooltip has been revised to reflect this.

-Spirit-Based Mana Regeneration: This system has been adjusted so that as your intellect rises, you will regenerate more mana per point of spirit.

-Weapon Skill: Points will be gained faster in weapon skills for levels 1 through 59.

-The Daily Quest limit has been increased to 25.

-Non-self % based haste spells will no longer stack with each other.

As usual, all the details you need, and even more, are to be found on the official Blizzard Wow site, here.