Love it or hate it, the World of Warcraft v4.3 patch has arrived and brought with it more changes than you can proverbially shake a stick at. In today's WoW Factor, we take a look at the profound changes that v4.3 has brought to the world's most well-known MMO. Check it out and then leave your thoughts in the latest update in the comments.

Patch 4.3 is officially upon us patrons of World of Warcraft and with it vast amounts of new things to do! These are exciting times for WoW players as they take part in myriad activities ranging from resuscitating old gear via transmogrification, playing around at the Darkmoon Faire, working towards new tier pieces, or even battling against the demented Deathwing himself! Despite the fact that the contents of this patch were privy to all with an internet connection and a modicum of internet-based navigational skill there isn't too much left to surprise players even after they get their hands on the much vaunted “last patch before the Pandaria expansion”. Except for the spoilerific Deathwing cut-scenes that is!

Read more of Joe Sanicky's The WoW Factor: 4.3 Changes Everything.

Glad i don't play this game anymore. SWTOR ftw

As a long term WOW player who is also going to play SWTOR, its still not enough to halt its decline when up against increasing competition. The problem with WOW is that after 7 years people are simply bored of it now. 

The patch changed nothing.  Adding another gear teir + new dailies doesnt change whats wrong with the game

Wait, wait, wait.  Did this article say 4.3 is the last content patch before Mists of Pandaria?  So...I have to wait a year or more for more content?  Seriously? Then why is there a monthly sub for this game, again?  Please tell me this is just conjecture and not actual fact.

Originally posted by elocke

Wait, wait, wait.  Did this article say 4.3 is the last content patch before Mists of Pandaria?  So...I have to wait a year or more for more content?  Seriously? Then why is there a monthly sub for this game, again?  Please tell me this is just conjecture and not actual fact.

 

I agree

what I dont like about 4.3

with Cata, all under level 60 outdoor heroic quests were changed to solo player

with 4.3, the same was done for BC / LK content  -- there are no more heroic outdoor quests

http://www.wowwiki.com/Patch_4.3.0

the only heroic quests under level 80 you will find in dungeons now

WOW was never hard, but removing more challenge reduces the fun

why are you both waiting a year or more for more content in a game that you dont play?

Originally posted by elocke

Wait, wait, wait.  Did this article say 4.3 is the last content patch before Mists of Pandaria?

patch 4.4 world event is still due

http://www.wowpedia.org/Patch_4.4.0

Originally posted by Muppetier

why are you both waiting a year or more for more content in a game that you dont play?

A little something called get Diablo 3 and a mount for one year's sub to WoW.  That's why.

Originally posted by Nadia

Originally posted by elocke

Wait, wait, wait.  Did this article say 4.3 is the last content patch before Mists of Pandaria?

patch 4.4 world event is still due

http://www.wowpedia.org/Patch_4.4.0

Talk about cryptic.  "which should be released with a "meaningful difference" in the release timeline compared to previous expansions."  What does that even mean?  Does that mean MoP will actually launch by like Spring this time instead of next December?  If so, then whew, ok, I can deal with that, still sucks that Blizzard doesn't patch their game like Trion does, but ok.

Originally posted by elocke

Originally posted by Muppetier

why are you both waiting a year or more for more content in a game that you dont play?

A little something called get Diablo 3 and a mount for one year's sub to WoW.  That's why.

Wait ... you are telling me people actually fell for that one?

V_V

Originally posted by DarkPony

Originally posted by elocke

Originally posted by Muppetier

why are you both waiting a year or more for more content in a game that you dont play?

A little something called get Diablo 3 and a mount for one year's sub to WoW.  That's why.

Wait ... you are telling me people actually fell for that one?

V_V

To be fair, I didn't choose to accept it lightly.  I looked back at how often I sub/resub to WoW and it just makes sense to take a deal like that when I would be hopping in and out of WoW like I have been in the last 7 years.  Might as well get something for it.

wait did you just say you got suckered into paying 180 dollars for diablo 3.  im pretty sure its gonna be around 60 bucks but you payed 180 for it. 

Originally posted by hardicon

 

wait did you just say you got suckered into paying 180 dollars for diablo 3.  im pretty sure its gonna be around 60 bucks but you payed 180 for it. 

Not all at once and I AM playing casually here and there, depending on my gaming mood each day, so I'm still getting to play WoW.  I feel much worse about having spent that much money last year on Earthrise, Xyson and Mortal Online than I ever will or have about the sub fee for WoW.

the game is unplayable.  a treadmill.  blizz has missed the FUNDEMENTAL essence of modern marketing.  Variety.  There is not the BEST tomato sauce.  there are 7 best tomato sauces....extra chuncky, spicy, mushroom, extra garlicy, etc.  But with WoW, you get the same thing from every server.  There are two play styles.  Raiding, which is only about memorizing a plan and pushing a button.  Or pvp which is aboput collecting points in sterile little arenas.  THEY DESTROYED the worlds they created.

Imagine if a PvE server had roving bosses that appeared in Outlands or Elwynn or Sithius.  And that the best gear available came from these bosses.

Imagine if PvP servers had world pvp events.  Capture Gadgetzhan or secure north Stranglethorn.  And that the best gear available came from these events.

Imagine if RP servers had constant RP events that only through knowledge of lore, not the ablity to spam a button, gave rewards....the best gear available.

I never raid, let alone do heroic dungeons, but I Qed for heroics last night.  Haven't played in months.  Everythging is different, have no idea what rotation to use (which is disgusting that gameplay is broken down into a regimented set of actions repeated over and over----sounds like SCHOOL to me).  I got booted because my dps was weak.  I was booted because I didn't push the buttons they wanted me to push in the order they wanted me to push them.  THIS is the failure of WoW.

Originally posted by hardicon

 

wait did you just say you got suckered into paying 180 dollars for diablo 3.  im pretty sure its gonna be around 60 bucks but you payed 180 for it. 

I plan to play WoW for the next year anyway, so Diablo is free. my subscription didnt miss a second since 2006.

Originally posted by Kamandi777

the game is unplayable.  a treadmill.  blizz has missed the FUNDEMENTAL essence of modern marketing.  Variety.  There is not the BEST tomato sauce.  there are 7 best tomato sauces....extra chuncky, spicy, mushroom, extra garlicy, etc.  But with WoW, you get the same thing from every server.  There are two play styles.  Raiding, which is only about memorizing a plan and pushing a button.  Or pvp which is aboput collecting points in sterile little arenas.  THEY DESTROYED the worlds they created.

 

Imagine if a PvE server had roving bosses that appeared in Outlands or Elwynn or Sithius.  And that the best gear available came from these bosses.

 

Imagine if PvP servers had world pvp events.  Capture Gadgetzhan or secure north Stranglethorn.  And that the best gear available came from these events.

 

Imagine if RP servers had constant RP events that only through knowledge of lore, not the ablity to spam a button, gave rewards....the best gear available.

 

I never raid, let alone do heroic dungeons, but I Qed for heroics last night.  Haven't played in months.  Everythging is different, have no idea what rotation to use (which is disgusting that gameplay is broken down into a regimented set of actions repeated over and over----sounds like SCHOOL to me).  I got booted because my dps was weak.  I was booted because I didn't push the buttons they wanted me to push in the order they wanted me to push them.  THIS is the failure of WoW.

That's not WoW, that's PEOPLE.  I've had that issue in Lotro, EQ2, WAR, AoC, FFXI and so on.

Mists of Pandaria is coming out Q2 2012 you scrub. Have you never seen Blizzard release an expansion?