Posts with tag wow-patch-1.4

The WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?

Onwards we go through the tomes of World of Warcraft history. Today we come to patch 1.4, released May 2005, a short two months after patch 1.3. Patch 1.4 was the sort of patch we would be shocked to see nowadays: it contained no raid zones and no instances. It wasn't bare of content, though. Some highlights from this patch are:

• The implementation of the earliest iteration of the honor system
• Sweeping itemization changes in high end 5-man dungeons and raid zones
• The outdoor area of Andorhal was revamped from, quite literally, the ground up
• And the most controversial classic WoW change of them all: the succubus model was updated

Let's dig in. Just like our patch 1.3 discussion, our first page will be the patch notes (which are always massive) and the second page will be our in-depth look at the highlights.