Alliance or Horde, the hotfixes being applied to Blizzard's World of Warcraft should prove to be relevant. We caught wind of a thread from the WoW Forums which has the important updates for the week ending March 30, and players of the popular MMORPG can also learn about dynamic spawning. Hit that jump to find what we're talking about.

Blizzard poster Nethaera has posted some clarifications on the changes to Pain Suppression on the official World of Warcraft forums. Issues had arisen concerning the change in Pain Suppression's effectiveness to 40 percent. Here's Nethaera's whole post verbatim:

The change to Pain Suppression is something that has been a subject of debate for some time. Previously when players wanted it to be castable on others, it was mentioned that 65% of a damage reduction was just too much. This change makes it possible to cast it on others and still get significant benefit out of it.

Don't forget that there is also an additional benefit of having Pain Suppression in that you get a 65% dispel resist for 8 seconds, if you have Silent Resolve, that's an 85% spell resist while it's in use.

The threat reduction also can be of benefit for getting that edge off of a DPSer when you need to and at the same, time is still very viable to throw on a main tank if they have enough aggro. We just didn't want it to feel as if the only person that a Priest would be casting it on would be a main tank.

For those wondering, Pain Suppression is a talent acquired in the Priest Discipline tree. This buff originally reduced all damage taken by 65% and increased the Priest's resistance to dispel mechanics by 65% for a duration of 8 seconds.

The latest PTR patch notes mention that the Pain Suppression discipline talent is now usable on friendly targets, instantly reduces the target's threat by 5% and reduces damage taken by 40%. Its cooldown has also been reduced from 3 minutes to 2 minutes.

 

Over at the World of Warcraft European forums, some questions are brewing regarding some Arena Tournament rules. Shadowish brought up two valid inquiries that you guys may also find useful. First, he asks why some countries with WoW-selling retailers are not eligible to participate. The guy is from Israel and it seems he to wants to join the Arena Tournament.

His second question is about Section C of the Arena Tournament. He said (verbatim):

this part is abit counfusing here there are a few places stated as not eligable but the reason they are writen is becsue they are a part of the eligable countries? Also if I do play on an eligable region like an EU english server does this mean that I can participate or am I still unable becsue my country isn't in the list of places blizzard stated that its leagal residants can participate?

Thank heavens that Ommra and his dancing Tigerlily-lookalike avatar is on deck to answer these questions. The Blizzard poster said that:

While we would like all World of Warcraft players to be able to take part in the Arena Tournament, there are various legal factors leading to residents of some countries, states, and territories not being eligible to participate. These factors include but are not necessarily limited to:

• Requirement to have purchased a copy of a game and/or pay a monthly fee to participate
• Limits on the monetary value of the prize offered
• Requirement that a contest sponsor (Blizzard, in this case) have a company presence within the borders of the country, state, or territory in which the participants reside

For more information on who is eligible for the Arena Tournament, please visit the Ruleset page. We appreciate your understanding in those cases when eligibility has been limited due to these or other factors, and we will continue to work to include as many countries as possible in all of our competitions.