World of Warcraft patch 3.1.1 coming this week, talent point refund, bugfixes (World of Warcraft)

Patch 3.1.1 for World of Warcraft is coming this week, and it's gonna be just a minor bugfix patch. But to address the problem with the dual talent specialization system, players will have their talent points reset.

Official Patch notes for 3.1.1

General

• In order to address issues with the dual talent specialization system, all players will have their talents points refunded. Players who have purchased dual talent specializations will have both specializations reset. Glyphs will not be affected by this reset.

Bugs

• Characters who are not of the same race or class are once again able to view each others' professions linked in chat.
• Fixed an issue in which player and pet nameplates were appearing larger than normal.
• Thrall ;s throne has been adjusted back to its proper size and the base replaced. He will no longer need to defy gravity.
• Fixed an issue with a display error on druid leather helms.
• Corrected an issue for GeForce2/ATI 7 series card users that would result in critical errors for select actions in game. As a result certain projected textures, like spell effects and targeting circles, will no longer render on some terrain objects.

Achievements

• Corrected an issue preventing players from earning the achievement, Storming Stormwind. Players who were not properly awarded this achievement for completing the objective should retroactively be granted completion.

Demonology

• Fel Synergy (Rank 1): Corrected the tooltip to now display the proper healing amount.

Dungeons and Raids
Caverns of Time: Culling of Stratholme

• Fixed an issue with the outside map not appearing correctly.
• Fixed an issue where an incorrect skin was being applied to certain classes/races when the Human Illusion buff is cast upon them.

Ulduar

• The mob packs in the XT-002 Deconstructor encounter can now be engaged separately and are no longer linked.

You may refer to the source link below for unofficial changes and other relevant info for this patch.

Source: wow.qj.net

Dyack: EVE Online 'unparalleled' compared to World of Warcraft
Do spaceships and mining for minerals on distant planetoids beat the unparalleled synergy of orcs, humans and night elves? In the eyes of Silicon Knights founder Denis Dyack it does. During an interview conducted by videogaming247, Dyack weighed both Blizzard's World of Warcraft and CCP Games' EVE Online on what he considered the superior MMO game.

Dyack admitted to trying out WoW for nearly a month when he told himself, "You know, I've got to stop this". He then came the conclusion that compared to EVE Online, the latter had more depth in terms of content and gameplay. Here's a quote from Dyack regarding his opinion on the Sci-Fi MMO game:

I was really, really big into EVE Online. I love EVE Online, and actually for me personally I actually think it s a better game. I know it s a lot harder core, but the depth of it s unparalleled and I love it. But I have to stop, force myself to stop playing those games because it takes so much time.

He was also relieved about finally finishing the development for Too Human. He said that this meant he now has time to play games of all sorts. Anyway, that apparently is his two cents regarding what he considers the better MMO title.

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Source: wow.qj.net