Thoughts on 2.4
Well as usual I’ll be listing the patch notes when they are released and live, but I thought it would be fun to pick and choose some of my favorite upcoming changes and list exactly why I think they’ll be of benefit to the average player. I can’t possibly go through each individual change of course, but I’ll do my best:
1. New Badge Gear I always seem to run into the problem of having plenty of badges but nothing to do with said badges. This will soon be alleviated by the addition of brand spanking new badge gear that is top-quality stuff! I think this will go a long way in helping players that prefer smaller-group content progress in a meaningful way, and that’s especially true for the new weapons. For a complete list, you can check out the link here.
2. New 5-man Instance and Dailies It’s fairly rare once an expansion has been released for new 5 man instanced to pop up. These instances tend to be a bit more innovative than their lower-level counterparts. I really enjoyed Dire Maul North when it was first released, for example, because it gave players objectives aside from the “kill trash, kill boss” formula. I really hope that the new 5-man sunwell instance offers new and innovative gameplay as well! For full information on the new dungeon, Magister’s Terrace, check out the link here.
3. Spell Haste Affects Global Cooldown Primarily, I play caster classes, and when spell haste was first introduced, I thought of the stat as more of a novelty. My spells flying a little faster admittedly *was* interesting, but not really so important that I’d be willing to give up my precious +spell hit (for raids) or other important stats in it’s place. With the upcoming change to have haste also reduce the global cooldown on spells, I’m very excited to see what kinds of different specs and gearsets I can tweak to make a new unique way to DPS/heal. I’m also curious to see what, if any, impact this change will have in player versus player settings.
There’s so much more with the patch of course, but hopefully that shines a little light on the upcoming patch and what it has in store for us. Personally, I can’t wait!
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