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Ruby Sanctum Loot, Cataclysm Screenshots, Blue posts

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Ruby Sanctum Loot Table Update
There was another wave of PTR testing at the end of the week and new items have been discovered, no heroic items yet but it looks like everyone will get something from the 25-man loot table! Baltharus' Gift, Scion's Treads, Twilight Scale Shoulders, Saviana's Tribute, Surrogate Belt, Umbrage Armbands, Returning Footfalls have been added to the lists.

25-Man Loot Table

lvl Type Spec Slot Item
271 Plate Melee.DPS Feet Apocalypse’s Advance
271 Plate Spell Feet Foreshadow Steps
271 Plate Tanking Feet Treads of Impending Resurrection
271 Mail Phys.DPS Feet Returning Footfalls
271 Mail Spell Waist Split Shape Belt
271 Leather Phys.DPS Wrist Umbrage Armbands
271 Leather Spell Wrist Phaseshifter’s Bracers
271 Cloth Spell Wrist Bracers of Fiery Night
271 Cloak Spell Back Cloak of Burning Dusk
271 Neck Melee.DPS Neck Penumbra Pendant
271 Finger Phys.DPS Finger Signet of Twilight
271 Finger Spell MP5 Finger Ring of Phased Regeneration
271 Trinket Phys.DPS Trinket Sharpened Twilight Scale
271 Trinket Tanking Trinket Petrified Twilight Scale
271 Trinket Spell DPS Trinket Charred Twilight Scale
271 Trinket Healing Trinket Glowing Twilight Scale

10-Man Loot Table

lvl Type Spec Slot Item
258 Plate Melee.DPS Wrist Bracers of the Heir
258 Plate Tanking Feet Scion’s Treads
258 Plate Spell Waist Surrogate Belt
258 Mail Phys.DPS Shoulder Twilight Scale Shoulders
258 Leather Phys.DPS Chest Gloaming Sark
258 Leather Spell Hands Changeling Gloves
258 Cloth Spell Hit Waist Misbegotten Belt
258 Cloak Spell MP5 Back Abduction’s Cover
258 Finger Melee.DPS Finger Zarithrian’s Offering
258 Finger Spell Hit Finger Saviana’s Tribute
258 Neck Phys.DPS Neck Baltharus’ Gift

Cataclysm Screenshots of the Day
4 screenshots of the day (Friday / Saturday / Sunday / Monday) have been added to the Official Site!


Tanaris – Gadgetzan

Thousand Needles – Speed Barge

Blasted Lands – Tainted Forest

Stonetalon Mountains – The Charred Vale

Blue posts

Quote from Blizzard staff
Lowering the GCD
Lowering the GCD is as close to anything on the never list. We will possibly do it for hunters, but that is because their resource system is going to prevent them from ever spamming multiple buttons at once (in the same way rogues have a lower GCD). Even with rage normalization there are going to be times when a warrior is at 100 rage and can unload with multiple attacks at once. The GCD is there for a reason, partially for game balance and partially to keep the server – client communication from getting gummed up.  (Source)

Mandatory Talents
If talents aren't mandatory (for PvE or PvP) then they are considered marginal. If your talent decisions don't actually matter, then that feature becomes a lot less compelling. You could advocate I suppose a design where each individual talent point is even with every other, but given the enormou…