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Thu, Jun 18, 2009 Posted By: Wridel

The first draft of the Patch 3.2 notes is now online, and the PTR will be opening soon. This is going to be a very exciting patch and I thought I'd point out some of the coolest things I found in the notes:

Quest creatures and objects will now show on the player's world map.

BAM! No more QuestHelper

A customizable totem bar will now be available for shaman allowing the storing of 4 different totems. These totems can be placed on the ground at once in one global cooldown for the combined mana cost of all 4 totems.

This will make totems so much easier to handle. You'll be able to make up to three totem sets and switch between them on the fly.

Any dungeons that previously dropped Emblems of Heroism or Valor, such as Naxxramas or Heroic Halls of Stone, will now drop Emblems of Conquest instead. Emblems of Conquest can still be converted to Valor or Heroism.

It's patch 2.4 all over again. This is causing much QQ on forums, those that have cleared Ulduar are PISSED that everyone else will be able to do it too. ;)

There is a now a 20 minute timer on Warsong Gulch. After that time, the team with the most flag captures wins. If this would result in a tie, the team that captured the first flag wins. If neither side has captured a flag, then the game ends in a tie.

No more WSG turtles!

Players will now be awarded experience for completing objectives and actions that yield honor in Battlegrounds (honorable kills not included).

Players who do not wish to gain experience through PvP can visit Behsten in Stormwind or Slahtz in Orgrimmar - both located near the Battlemasters in either city - and turn off all experience accumulation for the cost of 10 gold. Disabling experience gains will prevent a player from gaining experience through any means available in the game.

Players with experience gains turned off who compete in Battlegrounds will face off only against other players with experience gains turned off.

Major change in the twinking atmosphere. Now you can level to 19/29/39, lock yourself in and run as many dungeons as you need to get the gear necessary. The down side is that you're locked into BGs with other people who are doing the same thing, so twinks wont necessarily dominate.

New druid art for cat and bear forms has been added. There are now five unique color schemes for each form and faction. Changing hair color (night elves) or skin tone (tauren) via the barbershop will change the look of one's cat and bear forms.

If you haven't heard about this, it's pretty awesome. The new character models look excellent and will give a whole new level of customization for druids.

The other big change is to the mounts system, which I posted about on the front page. Flying mounts are now learnable at level 60 and have been buffed to 150% movement speed.