Boy these CMs are really sneaky. You'd think they all play rogues the way they sneak new Burning Crusade information in the strangest places on the official forums. Most of the questions that show up get answered with "nothing like that is planned at this time." But every once in a while, a player will ask a question about the expansion, and those CMs whip out something we've never heard before. Here's what's new lately.

• On BC raid timers, we've already heard that all the current dungeon times will remain the same. But now Tseric says that Karazhan, even though only a ten man instance, will likely be on a weeklong timer. Just because of the size, Tseric says "players may want more time saved to allow progression."
• A player simply asks what the expansion is, and Tseric throws out these gems: LFG system preview coming next week, Alchemy to specialize into transmutation or potions, and the potion specialization will allow for multipotion formulas.
• Weather will also be in BC, but it'll be.. different. The "netherstorms," we hear, are quite breathtaking.
• More hunter stable slots are not likely, but there will be a change in the stable mechanism. "We might be changing the way taming works, so that beast training can be used without actually having to tame and stable a pet. This could then allow Hunters to store an actual pet in that previously empty slot, effectively increasing the stable size," says Tseric. Your guess is as good as ours as to how exactly that would work.
• No sign, of course, of the Hunter talents yet. Sorry, I looked everywhere.

The devs must just give Tseric a list of stuff to reveal throughout the day, because I don't see how any of these threads might cause him to release exclusive information. Ok, well maybe the weather one, and I can't wait for that LFG system preview next week either. You never know, Blizzard may finish the expansion before the end of the year yet.

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