Jason Frovich

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• Arena Water Nerfed! - Blizzard has decided to change how drinking in arenas works. When players sit to drink now they receive a full tick of mana every 2 seconds, so every 2 seconds you would be awarded 480 mana plus your out of combat regeneration rate. When 2.4 is released players will need to sit longer in order to gain the same amount of mana. Here is how the ticks will break down:
  Tick #1 after 2 seconds - 0%, you will get no mana back after 2 seconds.
  Tick #2 after 4 seconds - Normal + extra 66%, you will get 797 Mana back plus your normal regeneration rate out of combat.
  Tick #3 after 6 seconds - Normal + extra 33%, you will get 639 Mana back. For a total of 1436 mana after 6 seconds from the water.
  So essentially after 6 seconds you will have gained an equal amount to the pre-nerf water, this is just to guard against players drinking 20 or 30 times per match for only 2 seconds and making matches last 20+ minutes!
• Tier 6 Set Piece Stats Reworked - Blizzard dropped about half of the Stamina on the new Tier 6 pieces found in the Sunwell for more damage stats. This is a much welcomed change by most raiding members, as many of them already have very high stamina and would much rather add more damage, damage mitigation, or healing to their set pieces.
• Midsummer Festival Changes Announced - Some very nice changes will be implemented to this year’s midsummer festival. First there will be a “Headless Horseman” (Remember the boss in Scarlet Monastery Graveyard) type boss found in Slave Pens. The ability to summon him will be linked to a daily quest so a typical group should be able to summon him 5 times. He will drop some pretty nice epic loot for all classes, and is an extremely fun and interesting fight. If you want to check the fight out he is up on the PTR right now, so get your practice in so you won’t lose your summon chances on live servers!
• Sunwell Crafted Recipes Materials Changed - Just as Blizzard normally does when the new crafted loot was released the materials list was insanely low. Those materials have been updated and players will now find them much more difficult to craft. However, the items are of Black Temple and above quality and players will still strive to craft them as they are often best in slot items!
• Global Arena Tournament Announced - Blizzard has unveiled their plans for a Worldwide Arena Tournament, the tournament will be played on special servers for those who enroll. Characters will be premade and given top tier PvP gear so that all players are on an equal playing field. Players will be divided into regions at first, and the top four teams from each region will then advance to the Global Invitational World Championship which is at a time and place yet to be announced. Entry fee is $20 per team, but regional champions will win $15,000 and the world champion prize is $75,000!
• Hyjal / Black Temple Jewelcrafting Recipes from Shattered Sun Rep in 2.4- All recipes from Black Temple and Mount Hyjal epic gems will now be available for players through Shattered Sun Offensive. One complication, at least for right now, is very few epic gems will be available for those unable to clear high level raid instances such as Sunwell, Hyjal, or Black Temple. More news should be forthcoming on this topic in the next few days.