In the fantasy MMO World of Warcraft, the date for the so-called pre-patch is now set. 6.02 will be released on October 14. It will prepare for the expansion Warlords of Draenor.
The Dark Portal in the Blasted Lands has turned blood red and a true flood of strangely looking orcs has poured out. The invasion of the Iron Horde has begun, says a post that is currently only available in English.
It was already suspected, but a definitive date was missing until now. Now it’s here: On October 14, “Iron Tide”, the pre-patch for Warlords of Draenor, will be released. The patch serves as a kind of bridge between the current World of Warcraft and the WoW that the MMO will become with the Warlords of Draenor expansion.
These pre-patches have historically served to help players become familiar with their heroes again. Often players return to the world of Azeroth after a longer break as the expansion approaches, and they need some time to acclimatize again.
Upper Blackrock Spire as a 5-man instance for level 90 players in World of Warcraft
The World of Warcraft Patch 6.02 has been playable on the test server for a while. With it, the revised skills will be introduced, talent trees will change, and some further changes will give players a taste of Warlords of Draenor: the so-called item squish is also expected.
In addition, Blizzard is adding an event dungeon. Starting October 14, players will once again venture into Upper Blackrock Spire (UBRS), where a vanguard of the Iron Horde has settled. The 5-man instance is designed for players at level 90 and will only be playable for a limited time.
The 6.02 patch includes the following:
- Character stats have been reduced to smaller and easier-to-grasp numbers. It is important to mention that this is not a nerf, as the values of opponents have also been decreased.
- New talents for level 100 and new Draenor bonuses for levels 91 to 99 have been added.
- The Garrison is a new feature in Draenor that allows you to build bases and recruit followers to send on missions.
- We have synchronized the functions of agility, strength, and intelligence.
- Hit rating and weapon skill have been removed since they are no longer needed to reliably land hits!
- We have adjusted the rhythm of healing to allow for more tactical decisions in terms of effectiveness and throughput for single-target and group heals. Additionally, the effect of passive and automatically applied healing has been reduced to highlight player choices and strategies.
- The racial abilities have been adjusted so that all races perform similarly well in combat.
- Some abilities have been removed from all classes, mainly redundant and rarely used abilities. The goal is to limit the proliferation of abilities and key bindings.
- The amount of crowd control in the game (especially in PvP) has been drastically reduced. We have removed many crowd control abilities and consolidated different categories of diminishing returns.
- Several common buffs and debuffs have been combined or removed if redundant.
- All characters now automatically learn some important major glyphs upon level-up.
We have reduced the amount of instant healing in the game by giving various instant healing spells cast times. - Vengeance has been redesigned and renamed “Resolve”. Resolve no longer increases damage dealt but instead increases self-healing and absorption shields triggered by the tank based on incoming damage.
- The requirements for character alignment on some key abilities have been relaxed or removed.
- The mana costs of resurrection spells have been reduced to facilitate recovery after a defeat.
- Professions are no longer tied to abilities that positively impact combat.
There are a variety of class-specific changes as well as new masteries. You can read details about those in the class-specific sections below.
(Source: Blizzard)
