Sorry for being so excited, but I just saw on mmo-champion.com this thread where, besides the new features/nerfs/drama the new patch will bring, some of the new drops/reputation loot it will bring. The list might not be entirely accurate but the guys there weren’t wrong before so I trust them.

I’m just going to cover that which interests me like plate items, JC designs and Enchanting recipes. For the whole thingy, go to the link provided above.

One thing I noticed right away is that they put Tanking items for Paladins. With INT this time! I mean, why put such a wonderful item like Chestguard of the Stoic Guardian and not give it INT? Sure, it’s still imba, but getting the badge rewards dropped my mana pool to ~5k which is sort of bad for the average grinding/questing Protection Paladin.

Not anymore! Check out the screen shot below (click to enlarge):

Also, 2.4 brings us a new faction: Shattered Sun Offensive. The rewards, below. They look yummy, especially the meta gems designs and the enchanting formula. *big grin*

Speaking of Jewelcrafting, some new gems are introduced. Apparently spell haste will play a big role in the future. All that remains is to see where/which mobs drop them.

Personally, I’m very excited about patch 2.4. Why? Because:

• new zone;
• two new instances, a 5-man and a 25-man;
• more daily quests and limit increased to 25;
• passage from Shattrath directly to Caverns of Time;
• characters will now retain talented spell ranks so when they retalent they do not have to relearn the spells from trainers;
• players will now be able to purchase level 70 Superior quality PvP items from reputation vendors - this is cool, I always wanted to try out Retribution, but was kind of lazy to farm the Battleground for honor;

Oh well, hope 2.4 because available soon also on the live servers. Until then, enjoy your game!