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Changes to the Arena system in WotLK

Blizzard poster Zarhym has listed the up coming changes to the PvP Arena system for WotLK:
Upon the launch of WotLK all arena teams as well as ratings will be wiped and arena charter NPCs disabled.
Players will find they are still able to access the Arena system at level 70 for rated matches. However, [...]

Upcoming changes to Death Knight tanking

Blizzard poster Ghostcrawler has made a detailed post regarding DK tanking. Highlights include:
the death knight really suffers when attacks fail to land, especially opening attacks. Having a Plague Strike dodged or parried can throw off an entire rotation, eventually leading to bad Obliterates because both diseases weren’t up at the same time. Missing attacks is [...]

WotLK will be a DVD only release

Blizzard Poster Vaneras has stated on the official forums that Wrath of the Lich King will be available on DVD only. The previous 2 instalments have been released on both CD and DVD. Those without a DVD drive will either need to upgrade or wait for the digital download to become available after [...]

Latest WotLK Beta build (8982) changes

Mmo-champion has a list of changes in the latest beta build.
You can read the full list here.

Tabards and Quest Item changes

Blizzard poster Tigole has given us some hints on further bag space reducing methods that are in the pipeline. Tabards will not be getting the same over haul as pets and mounts but a new Tabard vendor in Dalaran will be selling cheap replacements.
In his own words:
There really is no reason to hang on [...]

Honor and Marks reset for WotLK confirmed.

No real surprises here. Blizzard poster Eyonix has confirmed today that both honor points and honor marks will be reset with the launch of WotLK.
As a small compensation there will be “few upgrades” “special rewards” in the next content patch (3.0.2) which you can spend the remainder of your honor points on.
You can read the [...]

Wrath of the Lich King Mounts detailed

Mmo-champion has an article up listing most of the new mounts available in WotLK
No real details on how to obtain most of them (yet) however.
You can check them out along with screen shots here.

Engineering changes in latest Beta push

Wowinsider is reporting that there have been a number of “fun” items released for spanner wielders.
Whilst the much anticipated motor cycle has not yet made an appearance there are a couple of notable new items.
Miners, Skinners and blacksmiths get to save a potential bag slot with the new Bladed Pickaxe and Hammer Pick which combine [...]