by bintangkecil on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 | Deals, Game Hints & Review

World of Warcraft Patch 3.3 is out today. It’s the last content patch for the game’s latest expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. That means we’ll be seeing more and more Cataclysm news and speculation from here on out. (I think I’ll be rolling a Worgen Rogue or Druid, not sure yet.)

In honor of the release of Patch 3.3 for World of Warcraft, Blizzard released a new trailer today. It sets up the storyline for Icecrown Citadel, the new dungeon included in the patch.

Icecrown Citadel is the home of Arthas, the fallen prince whose justice is finally at hand. His enemies, both from the Alliance and Horde, have assembled at his gate to end his reign for good. Before the fateful battle, Arthas receives some fatherly advice…but considering how his dad died, it’s not very friendly advice.

The highlights of Patch 3.3 are as follows:

• Icecrown Citadel instance— take that, Lich King!

• Three more five-man instances

• Cross-server Looking For Group (which means when you PUG you’ll be paired off with people from servers other than your own, which should make PUGing approximately 3 million times better, especially for lower level characters)

Professions

* Enchanting
o Enchant Weapon - Black Magic: This enchantment now sometimes increases haste rating for the caster rather than inflicting the caster’s target with a damage-over-time effect. It is also now triggered by landing any harmful spell rather than inflicting damage with a spell.
o Enchant Weapon - Unholy: This enchantment now inflicts Shadow damage in addition to its original effect.
* First Aid
o The training costs for most bandages have been reduced.
* Fishing
o The all-new Kalu’ak Fishing Derby, a test of fishing skill with a healthy dash of luck, has come to Northrend! Every Saturday beginning at 2 PM players can try to catch the elusive Blacktip Shark. Elder Clearwater sits in Dalaran for one hour awaiting the return of the quickest, most experienced fisher to bring him this shark. This champion fisher will be rewarded in-kind for returning with the first catch. Those who aren’t able to return with the first catch will still receive just reward for getting the Blacktip Shark to Elder Clearwater before he takes his leave. It is said that these sharks’ favorite meal are the bite-sized Pygmy Suckerfish. Perhaps a hook in their waters will do the trick.
* Mining
o Enchanted Thorium: This ability now uses the Mining skill and is learned from trainers at a skill level of 250.

Quests

* Weekly raid quests are now available from Archmage Lan’dalock in Dalaran. Every Tuesday at 3 AM the Council of Six will choose a different strategic target that must die from either: The Obsidian Sanctum, Naxxramas, The Eye of Eternity, Ulduar, Trial of the Crusader, or Icecrown Citadel.
* For the various Icecrown Bomber quests at Aldur’thar: The Desolation Gate, players can now choose to eject from their bomber seats mid-run. If you do so, a rescue vehicle will transport your character back to the safety of your infra-green platform.
* Azure Drakes and Dragons will now attack back when attacked by characters not riding Wyrmrest Defenders.
* Brittle Revenants, quest creatures fought for the Sons of Hodir daily quest “Hot and Cold,” no longer cast Shield Slam.

The full list of patch notes for 3.3 can be found here.

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