14 DAY TRIAL // “At last. In the Fall of the Lich King content update (3.3), the great doors of Icecrown Citadel will be forced open,” an update on the official World of Warcraft website reads. The newest patch is now available for free download for Mac and Windows gamers alike.
“The mightiest heroes of the Horde and Alliance will confront and finally defeat Arthas, the Lich King -- but the lord of the Scourge will not easily part with his sword, his life, or his frozen kingdom,” the announcement goes.
According to Blizzard Entertainment, the update delivers a raid and winged five-player dungeon alongside numerous interface improvements, like detailed quest tracking and instant cross-realm dungeons. Fans will also be greeted by new quests and achievements. Specific info on each change is to be found on this page, Blizzard says. For our readers, we have posted what Blizzard refers to as “general” changes. To download the latest WoW patch, simply scroll down to the bottom of this piece and hit the blue link.
General
· Icecrown Citadel: Three separate 5-player dungeons – The Forge of Souls, Pit of Saron, and Halls of Reflection – containing all new challenges and missions of discovery, await players in normal and Heroic modes. 10- and 25-player challenges await players in Icecrown Citadel. Only when all challenges have been overcome in the raid dungeon can players unlock hard modes for individual bosses. For more information on how the Icecrown Citadel raid content will be made available, please visit our Dungeons & Raids forum · Character Creation: The descriptions for races, classes, and race/class combinations have been improved to provide new players with a better idea of the roles and advantages of each class and race. · Dazed: Creatures attacking a player from behind can no longer cause players level 1-5 to be dazed, and have a reduced chance to cause players level 6-10 to be dazed. · Knockbacks no longer dismount players. If on a flying mount, you will be knocked back a short distance before being able to resume flying. · The existing /welcome emote now greets/welcomes targets (character says “hello”), while the new /yw is for saying “you're welcome.” · Many of the tail sweeps with knockback effects will no longer hit players’ pets. · Level 1 characters no longer start with food or water in their inventory. · Attack is now called Auto Attack. The tooltip has been changed to reflect that the player will continue automatically attacking a target. · Meeting Stones: To use any Meeting Stone, it is only required that the character’s minimum level be 15. There is no maximum character level requirement for any Meeting Stone.