2.4 Changes final compilation [Beta]

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A lot of people asked about it, and now that the PTR is almost finished we can assume that most of the things listed below won't change.

• This is a beta, please post a comment if you see anything missing/wrong.
• It doesn't mean that the patch is released this week, Blizzard didn't confirm anything.

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1. Instances
1.1. Sunwell Plateau (25 Players)
1.2. New Tier 6 Armor Parts
1.3. Armor and Weapons model preview
1.4. Magister's Terrace (5 Players)
2. New Badge Rewards
2.1. Epic gems
2.2. Droprate changes
2.3. G'eras items
2.4. Sunwell Isle items
3. PvP
3.1. Arena Season 4 Gear
3.2. Arena Tier 0.5 Set
3.3. Daily quests
3.4. New mounts4. Factions
4.1. Shattered Sun Offensive
5. Professions
5.1. Alchemy
5.2. Blacksmithing
5.3. Leatherworking
5.4. Tailoring
5.5. Engineering
5.6. Jewelcrafting
5.7. Enchanting
5.8. Fishing
5.9. Mining
5.10. Cooking
6. Item changes
6.1. Various item changes
6.2. Paladin Retribution sets changes
7. Patch notes

Instances

<span id="post_swplat" />Sunwell Plateau (25 Players)
Note on Kil'jaeden loot : Nobody killed him yet, however he will most likely be the only one dropping ilvl 164 items. You can already check a few of them at the Sunwell vendor but I'll only list the 3 that really look like they drop from Kil'jaeden himself (based on their itemID mostly).
Note on the "Pre-PTR Leak" : A lot of weapons stats have been leaked through this Sunwell Loot screenshot released before the PTR, so far nothing changed and you probably want to check it for items that aren't listed below yet.
Note: Not all these items drop directly. Some of them are gained by exchanging one of the drops and a [item=34664] for a new item from the Shattered Sun Offensive vendor on the Sunwell Isle. These items are tagged with a (*).


Kil'jaeden
[html]Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury (Bow)
Apolyon, the Soul-render (2H Sword)
Helm of Burning Righteousness (Plate)
Helm of Uther's Resolve (*) (Plate)
Crown of Anasterian (Plate)
Crown of Dath'remar (*) (Plate)
Cowl of Gul'dan (Mail)
Shroud of Chieftain Ner'zhul (*) (Mail)
Duplicitous Guise (Leather)
Mask of the Fury Hunter (*) (Leather)
Cover of Ursol the Wise (Leather)