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There has been some confusion regarding the changes to Arena Team and Personal rating calculations in patch 2.4.2 for those players with 100% participation on their team so we’d like to clarify how the system works now.
The adjustment to a team’s personal rating can vary based on the average personal rating of the other team [...]

Hands down the only reason for this is to make the prospect of hybrid elemental/enhancement shaman very unpopular. In the patch notes it was stated that many Main Hand only weapons would be changed to one-handed which means they could be wielded in either the main or the off-hand. I would venture to say this [...]

So this is just for the Hutners out there. Blizzard clearly doesn’t have to explain themselves when they make a class change, hell most of the time they don’t and say something like “The developers felt this change had to go through and we don’t have any plans at this time to XYZ”
However with the [...]

I haven’t seen this anywhere else and maybe it’s old news but this is the first I’ve seen of it. There is now an NPC in Shattrath aligned with the Shattered Sun Offensive, he’s near the portal to the Sunwell Isle and he sells the new Heroic Badge loot that once could only be obtainable [...]

To help clear up any misunderstandings here is a list of all the undocumented changes that have gone through with Patch 2.4.2
Hunter

Scare beast isn’t instant and still have its 1.5sec cast time, even if the tooltip still says “Instant” this is an intended change and the tooltip will be reverted back to 1.5 sec [...]

Not sure if this made it to the mainstream let alone how many of my readers are fighting M’uru right now, but here’s some information released today.
We’ve changed the Negative Energy spells cast by M’uru and Entropius to no longer cause spell interruption on the target. This should ease the frustration of the encounter [...]

Actually it’s quiet all over Azeroth and then some right now. Extended maintenance has proven that Patch 2.4.2 is now live and you may download it at your leisure. It’s been a busy morning around here though contrary to the lack of any posting so far.
Got a pretty decent lineup for you today to the [...]

Tomorrow is Tuesday and that means maintenance is on the horizon. However, this time it’s a little different because for the most part all of the PTR stuff is done and they might be applying patch 2.4.2.
It does seem a little unlikely though since Arena Season 4 is probably going to fall suit with patch [...]

SK-Gaming got the World first kill on M’uru earlier and they finally released their video footage of the fight. It’s from the point of view of two raiders;
Valandu & Morphling (hell yeah enhancement shaman)

Size - 431Mb
Runtime - 9 Minutes
Resolution - 1680×1050
Tracklist
Grendel - One Eight Zero (Life Cried Remix)
It’s a Dream - DJ [...]

Due to popular demand, here are the exact posts that went up yesterday regarding the PTR and their up and down status. Or is it down and then up?
At about 1:30PM Eastern I see this. We will be taking the 2.4.2 PTR down shortly and ending the 2.4.2 PTR phase. Thank you to everyone [...]

Congratulations Exodus from US- Kel’thuzad server. You guys made it happen and once again we see tons of Shaman and yes, another Enhancement shaman there kicking ass in the bleeding edge of WoW raiding. So I want to rub it in the face of a few more nay sayers that always told me Shaman were [...]

Let me catch you all up on what happened between 2:00PM yesterday and 9:00AM today.

PTRs went down, then back up again. The collective lemmings of the press went bat shit bonkers over this but really it’s no big deal. Start swooning when Hortus makes a post saying “Thank you…” about the testing going down for [...]

May 4th on the EU-Vek’nilash server, SK-Gaming managed to get the world first kill of M’uru, the fifth boss of Sunwell Plateau. Only Kil’jaeden remains but we’ll have to wait for the opening of the last door of the instance in a few weeks. I have to admit that it gave me the warm fuzzies [...]

First up we have a little bonehead maneuver on the part of Blizzard. I don’t like to point out when they utterly fail at something but I believe in my heart of hearts that this is an error that really, a blind retarded chimp with only one leg skiing down the black diamonds could have [...]

It’s the ugly part of the Arenas. One more importantly that was unavoidable for Blizzard. Most readers know my stance on the complete joke and enormous let down the Arenas have been for me and many other players. But at least Blizzard is showing the capability to learn from it’s mistakes and take a factor [...]

Here is the last part of the whole Arena Season 4 guide. Once more with FEELING! Information about personal rating requirement, season 3 gear, season 2 gear, and how the arena changes are going to effect everything.
I really don’t understand why Blizzard is trying to turn the arenas in WoW into a freaking e-sport. [...]

Once more I want to give a little disclaimer that what you see is on the Public Test Realms. They are PTR stats and could be changed at anytime before the release on live realms. Prices are the same as current season 3 items. Personal rating requirements aren’t on the items, but will be here [...]

Ok folks a big thank you to the many sources I have managed to pull this from. To avoid a long massive page of scrolling I’ll be breaking this up into 3 parts. The first (this one) will showcase the actual armor sets themselves, the honor gear, and the price for all items.
Here are the [...]

More information coming in a few minutes, just fixing up some links.
With the new 2.4.2 build we have turned on Arena Season Four vendors for the PTR. You can find them in Area 52.
Please enjoy and post any bugs you encounter here in the PTR Forums.  (src)

Just a quickie update for those that may have missed it.
Void Shatter (skill: 360) requiring Runed Eterium Rod (Skill: 375) is a bug that is being fixed in patch 2.4.2.  (src)

There are tons of leaked items on the PTR files that WOWDB has managed to snag. There have been mishaps left and right of GMs giving out season 4 gear instead of Season 1 to players around the world. So when exactly will we be seeing the 4th and final Arena season for the Burning [...]

This comes directly from mmo-champions, it seems like a minor change but hopefully we’ll see more in the way of these effects when Patch 2.4.2 goes live. These two daggers had their red glow removed from the game which I think is good, that way specific enchants can be seen. Currently the badge vendor healing [...]

Go get em tiger! M’uru is now open and available. All guilds who managed to defeat the Eredar Twins will be able to access the next to last boss of Sunwell Plateau known as M’uru. This boss had very little testing on PTR and no guilds managed to bring him down (not even close to [...]

Here are a few highlights on the PTRs today.
We would like to request some focused testing on a bug that we believe to be fixed in 2.4.2
Using a macro with several instant cast spells can break targeting and the Escape key.
This is most often reported as happening with hunter kill command macros.
Please test your [...]

The horse has not only been dead for a while, but the beatings have been so sever we had to kill another one so most hunters could finish getting their cracks at it. Incoming Hortus!
There was not a change to the way Growl scales with hunter AP, the bug fix eliminated growl scaling with [...]

This is about the ONLY time I wish I had kept my Blacksmithing and my Dragonstrike instead of taking up Leatherworking for bang beat drums and sexy armor kits.

All BOP Weapons have been changed and aren’t unique anymore! That’s a nice change alone, but if you took the time to read the 2.4.2 Patch Notes [...]

There’s a pretty big argument going on that the face of PVP has been changed forever and I agree. I posted about it much earlier but here are some more details reitterated for the sake of anybody who might have missed it. I like my PVP, I like world PVP and fighting in the battlegrounds. [...]

Not the delicious treat, but the new mount. It got some recolors! I’m not sure if it’s even going to make it into the game but you know, more horse mounts that look terribad on male draenei are alway welcome around here! Either way you slice it at least it’s something new and interesting to [...]

In lieu of all the other changes to the arena coming up in Patch 2.4.2 they have added another rule. If a team does not enter an arena match that is starting they will lose points equal to the amount that would have been deducted if they had played and lost. This change makes it [...]

A while back there were some issues with hunter pets and their aggro building since a Boar’s charge ability was causing high threat and then instant casting growls right after. All the confusion aside it seems Blizzard has fixed A LOT of bugs in Patch 2.4.2
Growl was scaling incorrectly before so it’s been changed to [...]