Patch Notes for 2.0.1

I have to admit, it was smart of them to pre-load the patch onto people's systems. The patch was 492MB, and when I pulled it up this morning I only had the last 2MB left to download.

Yeah with all the new Druid talents I have no idea how I am going to respec. And I hope I have most of the 0.5 gig patch downloaded or else it will be a long night.

I'm looking forward to this patch. While I'm not exactly sure how the change to rage generation is supposed to work, I'm pretty sure most of the outrage (no pun intended) is mostly just WoW forum drama. Much like the weapon speed normalization change, it will probably only affect about 5% of your total potential damage.

I'm all patched up and ready to go, though I don't know if I'll get on tonight when the servers come up.

I'm comming back after a 2 month absence. If you know me you know I pvp more than anything and I knew I didn't have time to rank up with the patch comming. Now that it's here, time to earn that rank 14 gear. If your a pvper give me a shout (lookin at you Donan) and we'll group up.

PS: Really looking forward to the new LFG tool. Pugs will still be 99% tarded, but at least you'll be able to find people without spaming in LookingForGroup channel every minute.

Anyone know a site with a 41 point talent calculator? The official site and Thottbot both have the old one.

Edit: Nevermind. They're here in the Burning Crusade info screens
DoubleEdit: And wow, they're really different. Good brain candy for work

wowhead.com has the best talent calculators, imho. They have both, and they load fast.

Damn I can't figure it out till I get home, my works proxy is killing me with restricting 'game' related content.

Hahaha, I like the fact Blizzard is still trying to pretend it's unexpected. How many people out there are surprised by this?

Almost makes me wish I played again. Hmmm... the game is still installed... hmmmm...

It was so hard going back to playing a hunter without the auto attack changes during the beta.

Hunters play really nice now.

I wonder if these changes include the massive changes to agility and ranged attack power that are planned? I saw that 1 agi = 1 rap but I didnt see anywhere the change that ranged items are going to have their dps increased and the ranged hunter skills were going to be increased in damage and cost more mana.

I logged in this morning, to see a few of the changes, and to test out the water elemental. After a quick fight (which is all I got in before the server restart), I can say that the water elemental does add a significant amount of firepower, but it will only be of great help in a tough fight that would take longer than 45 seconds without it. Against easier foes, it's not worth the trouble, unless you're AoE'ing. I can see this being worth it in boss fights, just for it's extra frostbolt DPS alone.

There were a few interface changes that I'm actually quite happy about. Here's some screenshots:

Just nice to have your chances to crit laid out for you.

This was an extremely nice change for us healers/casters.

I remember when I first became a private, I wished there was a way to only display my name, without my title. Seems my wish came true without even asking. Most of the time, I probably won't bother showing my title.

And, again, just a nice little display of what it does for me.

Hopefully I'll be able to check out some of the changes with my other characters tonight, if they ever get the servers running right.

Can anyone recommend a mod that provides stackable, movable toolbars? I've been using BibMod for so long I've forgotten what else is out there, and I don't think BibMod is going to be updated wit the new patch. I'm drowning here!

I love Silencing Shot (the new hunter 41-pt talent). That's all I've had a chance to play with yet.

The auto-autoshoot switching takes some getting used to. I keep toggling it off on accident.

Im thinking I'll like the new honor system. Honor points as currency lets me pick and choose the interesting bits of armor, etc that I want. I'll have to check and see how many points my 2 Warsong wins and 69 kills was worth to see just how long it would take to earn some of the better stuff.

I definately like laying traps in combat. Being able to intercept a flag runner or defend a flag runner by dropping the frost trap no matter who might decide to target me is a big boon to my side. Outside of PVP, its fun to drop the explosive trap when I've pulled the aggro off my pet. Freeze trap on the fly in a situation where I get an unwanted add is a thing of beauty.

Improved Hunter's Mark now adds a percentage to melee attack power as well, so my pet, or members of a party attacking the marked mob will hit it harder. Nice.