Re: 1.8 Patch notes (<- teh real onez)

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:53:06 +0200, "Christian Stauffer"
<wildcard666@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Instant Attacks
>The mechanics of most instant melee attacks have been modified to improve item
>balance.
<snip specifics>

About time they did something like this.

>You can now repurchase up to 12 items that you have sold to a vendor. There is
>now a buyback tab on all merchants that you can select to repurchase the last 12
>items you sold since you last logged in. When your character leaves the game,
>this list of items will be cleared, so if you have accidentally sold something,
>don't wait to buy it back. Buy it back immediately.

Ditto :)

>Anathema, Benediction, Thunderstrike, and Shadowstrike will now remember the
>enchantments and durability data they possessed when they transform.

Yay!! Now this is a happy change. :)

>The effect of the Admiral's Hat has been changed. You can now click the
>Admiral's Hat to provide yourself with an aura that gives you and your nearby
>party members a stamina increase. Taking the hat off will remove the effect. The
>Headmaster's Charge item has also been changed in a similar manner.

Meh, I guess this makes the hat more like it was supposed to be, but
it is also a pretty big nerf - nobody wants to fight with that hat on.

It might make the staff better though since people (warlocks mostly)
actually want to use it for the stamina.

>Added level 50 class quests for the Warrior, Shaman, Paladin, and Warlock.
>Trainers in the major cities will let you know where to start your quest.
>A few new quests have been added in Tanaris. Head over to Steamwheedle Port to
>see if you can help out.

Hmm, help my memory out here - does this mean that all classes have
level 50 class quests now? Aren't mages still missing out?

>You now receive Core Leather when you skin Magmadar.

Nice.

>To speed up game loading and reduce memory usage, several portions of the UI
>have been converted to add-ons. These are completely transparent to the player,
>but custom add-ons may need to be updated.

Hmm, ok...?

>The Reputation tab will now display on mouseover exactly how many reputation
>points you need to attain the next reputation level with that faction.
>When you gain reputation, the combat log message will now display the numeric
>value of how much reputation you gained as well as the previous relative
>message.

Nice, was about time. :)

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Regards
Simon Nejmann
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