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The Test Realm notes for World of Warcraft’s 3.0.8 are now available. Updated Test Realm patch notes can be found here.

Since the notes are long, I’ll only review a few sections today, and come back to the rest in the next few days.

General

• Players may now create death knights on any realm once they reach level 55.
• Bonus Armor: The mechanics for items with bonus armor on them has changed (any cloth, leather, mail, or plate items with extra armor, or any other items with any armor). Bonus armor beyond the base armor of an item will no longer be multiplied by any talents or by the bonuses of Bear Form, Dire Bear Form, or Frost Presence.
• Racial restrictions on mounts have now been lifted. Night elves on mechanostriders? Tauren on raptors? You’re not seeing things.
• Tapping: All player spells which cause a creature to become aggressive to you will now also immediately cause the creature to be tapped.
• A new mailbox is now available at the Crows Tavern in the Dalaran Sewers.
• We have added over 60 new graveyards to Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms.
• The run speed in spirit form has been increased by 50%. Night Elves in Wisp form will now move at 75% speed.

%(@&@ you Blizzard. You realize how many people spent money on transfers, so they could create a DK on another server? You changed your minds a little too soon on that.

Other than that though? These are welcome changes (although no racial restrictions on mounts will admittedly be quite silly.) I’m glad we can run faster as ghosts, although I still believe it’s a retarded racial for Night Elves. More importantly will be that change to tapping. Although it still doesn’t solve the issue of using a timed spell on a target to open up, it does solve the Shadow Word: Pain and Warlock curse openings getting stolen.

Achievements

• The Loremaster of Kalimdor Achievement has had its quest amount reduced.
• The Winds of the North has had its requirements changed. This achievement is now earned by getting Exalted with the Alliance Vanguard or Horde Expedition.

Eh, nothing big here. I was more hoping for another 30 seconds on Rapid Defense. That sucker’s hard.

PvP

 Arenas

• All rage and runic power are set to 0 when an Arena begins and the preparation period is over.

Battlegrounds

Lake Wintergrasp

• Wintergrasp Commendations can now also be purchased for the low low price of 9 Wintergrasp Marks of Honor. Players can visit their respective Wintergrasp vendors and put those Marks of Honor to use!
• Elementals should now always despawn when the battle begins.
• Wintergrasp now extends further south so that more revenants can be reached.
• There are now three ranks in Wintergrasp: Recruit, Corporal, and First Lieutenant.
• Players will be eligible for participation rewards after two honorable kills.
• Players will receive increased honor with increased rank.
• Players will receive additional Marks of Honor at Corporal or higher rank.
• Players will receive corporal rank at 5 honorable kills instead of two.

Strand of the Ancients

Antipersonnel Turrets will now gain vehicle immunities, use falloff damage, and damage increased to 4000 + 200 per level to compensate for falloff.

Seaforium charges have been moved closer to the graveyards on the 2nd tier

 
Some nice changes here, particularly in Wintersgrasp. Also, we’re supposedly getting PvP items in 3.0.8, though I haven’t seen official looking lists yet. 

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