Arctic Grizzly - Being Cool

1337 GMail!

Yes... Yes i am... Or my mail is. Or something. Well this wins the most pointless post anyway ;)

No more taming Polar Bear Cubs.

It would have been a classic pet! :)

"Polar Bear Cub -- This wasn't intended to be a tamable pet, and it looked ridiculous."

Source

Also on the Pet leveling front:
Pet leveling changes
We just recently increased the pet level rate. Pets needed 1/16th of hunter experience to gain a level, but don't benefit from quests or rest. Those two account for a lot of experience, especially at higher levels (where quest content tends to be denser).

We changed the experience needed for 1/10th. You should notice a big jump in pet level rates. I am not sure if that change got in the most recent data push. (Source)

End of season 4 is almost here.

That seemed like a very short season! They recon that It will end on the 14th October, and the new content (massive) patch will be out at the same time. So no more Greens vs S4 gear matches, supposedly.

Quote from: Nethaera (Source)
"We’re currently planning to end the fourth Arena season on October 14, 2008, and as always -- this date could easily change. This Arena Season is only ending in respect to the ladder, meaning we'll be taking a snapshot of the season's ladder and then go through our normal process to determine who is eligible for the end-of-season rewards. This process should take approximately one week. It's very important for players who feel that they may be eligible for the arena-specific title and/or Armored Nether Drake to refrain from transferring their character to another realm between the date outlined above, and when the end-of-season rewards are physically awarded.

Upon the end of this Arena Season, teams and ratings will not be wiped, and will carry forward allowing players to earn points each week and purchase gear until the launch of the expansion (November 13, 2008)."

The problem with that is that all the new talent tree's will be released and we will still be 10 points short of filling them in. So people will get a small preview of what the new skills are going to be, but will not really be able to use them to their full extent until Level 80. Guess we cant have it all at once

Spirit Beasts!

Well hunters may not be getting much in the way of skillz... Kinda. But least we get "Spirit Beasts" :)

Looks like a cat, but with glowing bits...

Mmm.. Glowy.

Source Manias Arcania & BRK

No More Honor Reset! /yay

Quote from: Bornakk (Source)

"We had hoped that the introduction of some new Honor rewards in the upcoming patch would give players a great opportunity to spend any of their remaining Honor. However, many players would still be surprised by an Honor and token reset as it isn’t something we’ve done in the past. As such, we've decided to not reset Honor or tokens upon the release of Wrath of the Lich King. Players who save their Honor will be able to spend it on level 80 rewards, although those rewards will be significantly more expensive than their level 70 counterparts. "

Pitty i already spent all mine, Dam it! Argh... Oh well i spose that the items will be good for another, 3 levels or so. /yay.

Also Blizzard have released yet more Class Changes in WotLK Beta - Build 9014.

MMO Champion - Class Changes

A few cool hunter changes:

Aimed shot mana cost reduced from 11% of base mana to 8%. Casting time changed from 2.5 sec to instant. Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 10 seconds. Damage reduced to about 25% of the old value. (Lowered from 1570 to 408 for Rank 9)

*New Spell* - Fires a Black Arrow at the target, slowing the target's movement speed by 70%. While the movement speed effect holds, the damage done by your ranged shots are increased by 15% on the target. Lasts for 6 sec. (6% of base mana, 5-35 yd range, Instant cast, 12 sec cooldown)