Classic Update - March 1

[Thumped-sargeras]

Progressive itemization is crucial or character/raid progression is compromised

Blizzard decided to hold off on Dire Maul’s release until Phase 2 after vocal community feedback; in their own words: ..we recognize that Dire Maul is in a different category. Some of the loot that’s attainable from Dire Maul is so good that it would affect progression through those early raids. Additionally, they decided to gate easily obtained, extremely powerful items that were added in patch 1.10 until Phase 5: We’ve gone back and reconstructed many of the most heavily affected drop tables a…