Darkmoon Faire Fortune, Patch 4.0.3a content, Blue Posts, Fan Art

[Boubouille]

If you missed it, make sure you check Yesterday's Dev Chat

What's in Patch 4.0.3a
Sammew posted an interesting list of the features you should and should not expect in Patch 4.0.3a on the official forums. Zarhym also jumped in, and announced a 20% reduction to the XP required to gain levels from 71 to 80.

What is not in:

• Creating worgen/goblin characters
• Worgen/Goblin start zones
• Archeology
• Professions past 450 (Illustrious Grand Master)
• Guild leveling
• Guild achievements
• Eastern Kingdoms/Kalimdor flight
• New Zones (80+)

What is in:

• Portals in Dalaran Removed
• Class trainers in Dalaran where portals once were
• New race-class combinations (excluding worgen/goblin)
• New Gnome/Troll starting areas
• Changes to existing zones
• New cata load screens
• New cata intro cinematic
• New cata login screen
• New music
• City Quartermasters, with rep tabards
• Bug fixes
• Class balancing
• Druids, paladins, priests, and shaman will have their talent trees reset
• Experience required to gain levels 71 through 80 is being reduced by 20%
• New tamable hunter pets (Monkey, fox, dog, and beetle, as well as new skins for exsisting pet classes. Complete list here thanks to www.wow-petopia.com)

Good thread, Sammew. Aside from content, also included in the upcoming patch are several class balance changes and bug fixes. Due to several talent revisions for select classes, druids, paladins, priests, and shaman will have their talent trees reset.

Experience required to gain levels 71 through 80 is being reduced by 20%.

You'll also get the Cataclysm introductory cinematic and new login screen.

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Blue Posts

Stood in the Fire Feat of Strength
It'll be virtually impossible to predict when and where he'll show up. Deathwing does what he wants. Waiting in a random zone for him to show up is not going to be very effective. It could literally take days for him to hit the zone you're in. (Source)

Official Forums
All forums are now read only. We'll see you over at the new site! (Source)

Onyxian Whelpling
It was a pet rewarded to any characters that logged on during the 5th year anniversary. While some special pets are account-wide and mailed on new character creation, the Onyxian Whelpling was not one of them. (Source)

Loremaster in Cataclysm
We hope to release more details about Loremaster tomorrow. Stay tuned! (Source)

Death Knight (Forums / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Horn of Winter
The behavior you're describing is the result of a bug which will be fixed in the next patch prior to the release of Cataclysm. You will again be able to toot your own horn to gain runic power, you just won't get the Attack Power benefit if a similar buff is already present. (Source)

Fan Art
A new Fan Art has been added to the official site.

[ZaneBusby]

Woah! Portals in dal removed already?! Do not like! >:\

[Kitanii]

Oh boy. No more Portals in Dalaran and still no flying in the old zones. Meeh.

[Deleted]

Cool! That Feat of Strength - Stood in the Fire :]

[Shakatoss]

awesome!

[Eixel]

No portals and no flying in old world! QQ :P

Love the Fan Art!

[Vasz]

"Experience required to gain levels 71 through 80 is being reduced by 20%"

woo hoo!

[ChildeRoland]

Though I'd like the FoS, as someone else said, do you really want to have a achi that said you stood in the fire as a serious raider? (a)

[Deleted]

mages might earn a minor fortune by patch...

[Dudejoss]

woop i am loving the xp difference for 71-80 loosk like the wait i did paid off

[SkodLife]

4.0.3a...

My body is ready.

[bethofwow]

Woah! Portals in dal removed already?! Do not like! >:\

The two major reasons people needed to portal from Dalaran to a major city, auction house and class trainers, have been added to the city. So really, those portals have become pointless.

[Olumdril]

So, what IS a good way to get [Stood in the Fire]? Considering the time frame we've got I'd hate not getting it.

Also, does anyone know if 4.0.3a will have any new achievements available? I need something to pass the time! Everything I've read about it so far includes announcements about guild achievements not being in there, but I want to know about personal achievements!

[Arca]

New race-class combinations (excluding worgen/goblin)

Yeah !

[friggo]

i didnt see anything about achievements, are the cataclysm achievements added (thinking of loremaster)

[bethofwow]

i didnt see anything about achievements, are the cataclysm achievements added (thinking of loremaster)

On the ptr, the new Loremaster system was on there(i.e the individual zone quest number) so I'm guessing so.

[anubra]

haha got hunter on the discover your destiny test and i am playing a hunter <3

[Strafer]

Im getting chills..im nervous

[Deleted]

Surprisingly I got Warrior in the personality test (playing warrior as a main since BC).

[Specops]

Druids, paladins, priests, and shaman will have their talent trees reset

Someone mind explaining why just these selected classes? What am I missing here? :3