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The latest patch 5.4 newsThe Queue: Alexander Q. Ziebart, I owe you
by Michael Sacco 
Nov 14th 2010 at 12:00PM
What, he gets to use my full name but I can't use his? Thanks for covering for me yesterday, Alex. Red-eye flights suck.
Raful asked:
I don't know if this have been answered before, but will the honor and justice points that we get at level 80 be reset when we're at 85?
They won't reset, though the cap of 4,000 may be lifted when Cataclysm launches, since that's only like ... an item and a half, with badge gear prices at 85 in mind.
Cocoboom asked:
Which features can worgen change in the barbershop?
They can change hair style, ears/facial hair, and pelt color.
Scott asked:
I've noticed on my battlegroup that we have a lot new realms appearing in BGs as well as dungeons. Did Blizzard finally open up the cross-ream stuff to be larger then just our BGs? Or am I just seeing things?
Battleground and dungeon finder matchmaking is now region-wide instead of battlegroup-wide. You should have a much larger pool of available players to vote-kick from PUGs now.
jbg asked:
In addition to tabards for worgen and goblin rep, will we also be able to do cloth turn-ins like for old city reps?
All cloth turn-in NPCs have been removed from the game as of Cataclysm, so no.
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Reader Comments (Page 5 of 10)
Drakkenfyre Nov 14th 2010 2:43PM
Looks like I am wrong. Good to know we won't be forced to grind the shit out of bosses just for one thing.
Evil Midnight Lurker Nov 14th 2010 12:48PM
I know the goblins and worgen won't be setting up at the Tournament, but will there be some way to earn "of Gilneas" and "of Kezan" (or whatever) titles?
icepyro Nov 14th 2010 1:06PM
I don't see the titles listed in wowhead, but I really don't know. I do know you can still get to exalted with these factions using tabards (answered in yesterday's Queue).
Knob Nov 14th 2010 12:55PM
"They won't reset, though the cap of 4000 may be lifted when Cataclysm launches, since that's only like ... an item and a half, with badge gear prices at 85 in mind."
Umm, that is the point of the cap. So you can't buy everything at once.
staffan.johansson Nov 14th 2010 2:03PM
Exactly. The idea all along have been to have the high-value points (Valor and Conquest) being limited by the rate at which you can acquire them (both because they're harder to get and because there is an actual weekly cap), while the low-value points (Justice and Honor) can be gained as fast as you want, but with a cap on how much you can have at any one time.
Herman Nov 14th 2010 2:04PM
i fail to see your reasoning. you would get to 85 and not buy anything til you had enough to buy every badge piece at once? why?
Drakkenfyre Nov 14th 2010 2:43PM
Herman, they don't want people stockpiling points the entire way, and suddenly buy everything at once. They had the same thing in Burning Crusade. The Honor cap was lower than a full set of gear would cost you.
Knob Nov 14th 2010 3:20PM
Anyone remember the Badge of Justice rush when Sunwell was introduced? People with a quadzillion badges of justice bought everything at once while the rest felt obligated to run Karazhan to get badges. That's what Blizzard wants to nullify; the hoarding.
The cap also means that raiders don't necessarily have to run the daily heroic dungeon everyday because they'll probably reach the valour point cap by just doing raids (especially 25m raids). All in all, less obligation to grind instances.
Macpain Nov 14th 2010 12:57PM
What happened to the huge changes in racials we were supposed to se in Cataclysm?
I love my forsaken warlock, but as things are I will have a hard time not switching races in Cataclysm.
Goblins get 1% extra haste, Orcs have the sp boost and pet damage, trolls have the haste boost, and forsaken... well... we can hold our breath longer underwater! /cheer
Scuac Nov 14th 2010 1:15PM
Just wait until you get into the new underwater zones in Cataclysm.
Cephas Nov 14th 2010 1:26PM
Regarding what Scuac said, the first quest you do in Vashj'ir lets you breathe underwater while in Vashj'ir. So, yeah... enjoy how OP you'll be for that one quest.
Shrikesnest Nov 14th 2010 2:06PM
You have Will Of The Forsaken, though. That's pretty awesome.
cheebamech Nov 14th 2010 3:31PM
wotf is a sad shadow of its former self (imo making Forsaken the worst possible race choice right now) ... /sigh and my main is undead...
Vazpucci Nov 14th 2010 1:01PM
Aw!!! Cloth rep is gone....*silently jumps for joy*
What has come of Blackfathom Depths in Cata? Is it split into wings like some others?
Drakkenfyre Nov 14th 2010 2:43PM
Why would it require splitting? It wasn't a very big instance.
The ones that were split were the ones that were insanely huge. Mauradon is literally three instances long, and is divided into such on the LFG. BRD could take 5-6 hours to clear with a level-appropriate group when it came out.
Sunken Temple is getting one part of it removed because it's long, and confusing. Wailing Caverns is getting trimmed because it double-backed on itself and twisted around so much, it was very easy to get lost, and a pain to completely clear unless you knew exactly where everything was.
JKWood Nov 14th 2010 3:14PM
OP is either thinking of Blackfathom Deeps, in which case you're correct, or Blackrock Depths, in which case... probably.
Skarn Nov 14th 2010 3:22PM
I don't think they are splitting Blackrock Depths up, but they are adding teleporters.
intorachel Nov 14th 2010 1:15PM
Are the Scarlet guys about in Cata? I just love killing those guys
MusedMoose Nov 14th 2010 1:18PM
I don't want to spoil it for you, but I can say this: according to what I heard on the podcast, the four Scarlet Monastery dungeons are linked by the quests you get at the beginning of each dungeon, so by doing them in order of difficulty, you get a mini-storyline of what happens to the Scarlets. And it ain't pretty. ^_^
I, too, love killing Scarlets any chance I get. I think that you and I both are going to enjoy watching what happens to them. Bwa ha ha!
TheBigFatMuffinMan Nov 14th 2010 1:13PM
Are the city rep tabards in the game yet, and if so, where can I buy them?