Surprise! Patch 3.0.9

I wander off for a day or two and Blizzard launches a numbered patch. That’s not quite what I expected when I crawled out of bed today … but it’s also not unwelcome.

Unfortunately this is not patch 3.1, the next really big patch of class changes and the Ulduar dungeon and all. But 3.0.9 does contain the a bit of interim-unnerfing of Beast Mastery, hand in hand with some pet skill nerfs (that look fairly minor to me, but what do I know?).

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Patch 3.1: Hunter Highlights

Blizzard has just posted the third part of their info dump on upcoming class changes in Patch 3.1. Allow me to quote liberally from the post:

We are planning a lot of exciting content for patch 3.1.0, and we are doing a three-part preview series on upcoming class changes. This is the third in the series: Mages, Paladins, Hunters, and Death Knights. Please keep in mind, that this list is not at all comprehensive, and subject to change.

… snipping out all that boring non-hunter stuff …

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