MMORPG across the globe recently received some exciting news US based Blizzard Entertainment is making patch 3.0.2 (pre-Wrath of the Lich King patch) available today. Users trying to access the game received a message stating that about WOW downtime which began at 2:00 AM PDT and ends 2:00 PM PDT.

The release of patch 3.0.2 brings a whole list of goodies for WOW lovers to sample. The talents for each class have been changed so players will have all their talents reimbursed to them, enjoy your free talent respec. A concern of many Wrath of the Lich King beta players is the talent points.

A new threat meter has been added, along with an in game calendar (perfect for guilds who do raids.) A new profession has been added, Inscription, I hope you’ve been stocking up on herbs so you can make money in the WOW auction house. Additionally, players can now change their characters hairstyles so go to the closest city and check in at the barbershop for a completely new look.

Logging onto my WOW account this morning I noticed that the Burning Crusade background has been removed, and it’s now replaced with the Wrath of the Lich King. Additionally, in game users will see lot’s of changes are underway in preparation for Warth of the Lich King. In game players will see new locations added like Stormwind Harbor in addition users will see new towers added outside of Origrimmer and Trisfal Glades.

Several of the Wrath of the Lich King beta testers have complained that their classes have been gimped in this upcoming expansion although some of the talents I’m not particularly within the classes I play (priest, mage, druid, and hunter) I realize that it’s not set in stone. The WOW development team is still working on balancing talents for all classes so we can expect to see changes within the next patches before and after the release of Wrath of the Lich King.

If you’re new to WOW or coming back from a long break log onto WOW and sign up for the 10 day free trial. It’s available for Mac and Windows users. Users wanting to check out the current 3.0.2 patch log you can do so by logging onto WOW’s public test realm and viewing the updated WOW 3.0.2 patch notes.

Wrath of the Lich King is the third expansion in the extremely popular World of Warcraft series will be available on November 13, 2008. Blizzard Entertainment is also the creator of popular gaming series Diablo and Starcraft.

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