{"id":7990,"date":"2010-10-12T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"world-of-warcraft-patch-4-0-1-prepares-for-cataclysm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/7990-world-of-warcraft-patch-4-0-1-prepares-for-cataclysm","title":{"rendered":"World of Warcraft patch 4.0.1 prepares for Cataclysm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has announced that it will release a WoW patch this week that will update class mechanics and overhaul the talent tree in preparation for the next expansion, Cataclysm, which is due for release on December 7.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the talent tree system will change from a 71-point system to a 41-point system. Players will only be able to spend points in a single talent tree until they have spent 31 points. The Glyphs system is also being overhauled.<\/p>\n<p>Further big tweaks are set to change things up, for example, hunters with no longer require ammo to use ranged weapons, and Warlocks are losing soul shards.<\/p>\n<p>Eye-candy fans will also be able to enjoy Cataclysm&rsquo;s shiny new water graphics engine.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.worldofwarcraft.com\/thread.html?topicId=27189089049&amp;sid=1\" target=\"_blank\">full patch notes<\/a>&nbsp;for a detailed look at the massive number of changes that are coming with this patch. The patch is expected to be live within the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/precataclysmwater_151348307.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Pre-Cataclysm Water\" title=\"Pre-Cataclysm Water\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pre-Cataclysm WoW water<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/cataclysm_water_896217122.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cataclysm Water\" title=\"Cataclysm Water\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Post-Cataclysm WoW water<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Discuss the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/8397-WoW-Cataclysm-7th-December\" target=\"_self\" title=\"World of WarCraft patch 4.0.1 changes\">World of WarCraft patch 4.0.1 changes<\/a> on the MyGaming forum.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7990 gallery-columns-0 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/7990-world-of-warcraft-patch-4-0-1-prepares-for-cataclysm\/attachment\/cataclysm_water_896217122-jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/cataclysm_water_896217122-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/7990-world-of-warcraft-patch-4-0-1-prepares-for-cataclysm\/attachment\/precataclysmwater_151348307-jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/precataclysmwater_151348307-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game changing patch prepares for next WoW expansion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}