[Kasonic]

Pretty sure they're real...really, there's only ever been one example of fake notes with any sort of credibility, and they were pretty obvious(the one that buffed druids), AFAIK.

There is some fruity stuff though.

--Alternate Itemization

We have re-evaluated itemization for classes outside of their traditional roles in parties and raids. Previously, certain talent builds and playstyles were limited by their available itemization because it was not viable to add a great deal of drops that benefited only one segment of a certain class. In this patch, we have introduced many new items and new sets with stats and bonuses that cater towards alternate playstyles.

Um...if you've been doing instances since the latest item revamp you'll see there's plenty of DPS warrior/Paladin/feral/elemental gear around. What the fuck does this mean?

The mechanics of rage generation has been re-evaluated to bring the scaling of Warriors from levels 1-60 and beyond more in line with that of the other classes. Previously, Warriors gained rage from dealing damage based on a formula that took into account damage dealt and character level. Warriors will now generate a flat amount of rage per hit based on a new formula that takes into account the type of weapon (two-handed, mainhand, or offhand) and character level. Warriors from 1-60 should see more reliable rage generation, while Warriors with endgame itemization will see their rage generation brought down to more manageable levels. We have deemed this change necessary to preserve game balance as we move towards the release of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade and the increased level cap that will arrive with it.

Woot, yet another unprovoked nerf of warriors. Hopefully everything becomes twice as hard to tank or something as suddenly a naked warrior with a worn dagger generates as much rage as your tank in full T3. Awesome.

Disenchanting now requires Expert Enchanting for rare items, and Artisan Enchanting for items of epic quality or higher.

Not only silly, but what are you going to tell lowbie enchanters trying to disenchant shit from WC or SFK?

Token systems have been implemented in Molten Core and Blackwing Lair. Tier 1 and Tier 2 Class Armor sets are now acquired like the Tier 3 sets are through turn-in quests. Bosses that previously dropped the armor have had their loot tables revised. In addition, new items that appeal to a greater variety of playstyles have been added to ALL raid instances as both quest rewards and drops!

The first part: Seems extremely drastic, but a good change. I'm surprised they even bothered.

The second part: The fuck? Does this mean even more feral gear?

Meeting stones no longer automatically search for party members. Instead, joining a meeting stone for a dungeon now adds you to an interactive list (sorted by name, level, class, etc) of players looking for a group. Groups can be formed by contacting players through this interface. The meeting stone queues for all dungeons can now be accessed from any meeting stone in the world.

Yay!