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Deathwing Battle Coming To WoW In New Patch

A newly announced patch for World of Warcraft will add a Cataclysm end battle with the fearsome dragon Deathwing, as well as some new armor and storage abilities.

According to a report on Kotaku, The patch (4.3) allows players to test their mettle against Deathwing. It also includes new five-player dungeons and a new raid.

Players can also use Ethereal abilities to transmogrify armor. Basically, this allows you to combine the armor that you like the best visually with your most powerful armor. Blizzard lead designer Tom Chilton told Kotaku this ability was being added because so many sets of lower-powered armor aren't being used anymore. As a result, many high level players were all wearing the same sets of high level armor. This will hopefully allow more flexibility for players who want a distinct look, but don't want to wear less powerful armor.

Another new feature is "Void storage," which lets players store extra items in a Ethereal dimension. This gived players anywhere from 100 to 150 new item slots. However, all items stored in the Void will lose their enchantments, gems, and identity of the person who crafted it. According to the Kotaku report, this was actually a result of a technical issue.

The patch also updates the WoW user interface and implements a new "Raid Finder," which – as the name suggests – makes it easier to find a raiding party.

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  • Sounds cool, still not going back to WoW. Hope they have fun with that though.
  • Wow.... I Think i'm going to use pre-tbc gear from now on again...
  • Cool for those that still play, but I am more then over this game...I just can't get excited anymore for WoW...

  • could be fun... but ill stick with RIFT
  • WoW is still a bit boring, waiting for next expansion - Mists of Pandaria
  • Well heres something to get excited about.Ive been looking forward to this for awhile

  • Well, I just canceled my subscription. Oh well...

  • the deathwing fight??????that was quick....well I guess this is how activition destroys a company.
  • Oh well, I won't be getting back in to wow any time soon.

  • transmogrifying sounds pretty cool, because blizzard kinda been running out of ideas for the armor sets....
  • This sounds like an update I like.

  • Transmogrify! I like.

  • "Players can also use Ethereal abilities to transmogrify armor. Basically, this allows you to combine the armor that you like the best visually with your most powerful armor. Blizzard lead designer Tom Chilton told Kotaku this ability was being added because so many sets of lower-powered armor aren't being used anymore. As a result, many high level players were all wearing the same sets of high level armor. This will hopefully allow more flexibility for players who want a distinct look, but don't want to wear less powerful armor."

    Been asking for this for a looong time...I might get back into this game again. o_____O I want to look like Dungeon Set/Tier Gear again with Cata stats.
  • That transmogrify armor thing sounds really cool. Why wear some kind of crazy, spiky, glowy stuff when you can just simplify it with a tuxedo? I would gladly get into WoW again if it meant I could defeat Deathwing in a frilly pink dress.
  • "Players can also use Ethereal abilities to transmogrify armor. Basically, this allows you to combine the armor that you like the best visually with your most powerful armor." This concept works really well with Rift. It's about time WoW followed suit.
  • I might buy another month just so I can "punch that dragon in the face!"

  • I like this idea of using the gear I like. Glad I saved up my T2.

  • how about you make it so that guilds don't get better gear than casual gamers then you might get your casual subscribers back
  • I loved world of warcraft, but it's over. We can all feel the developers trying to pump every last dime out of its fanbase and it's time to move on to something fresh. I wouldn't mind a new world of warcraft, but the graphics are dated and there's way too many moves per class. I really enjoyed wotlk, but that's over and the dorky dragon doesn't do it for me
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