Patch 2.4 Notes

[Monkey]

I'm not going to bother speculating about the impact of the Sunwell badge vendor until we've actually seen what items he might sell, and for what price. It does make me think of all those PVE players who formed Arena teams for the sole purpose of getting the Arena weapons.

Agreed. I think there's a lot of range left in Drysc's comments--The vendor may just sell enough tasty goodies to give you a fighting chance in Black Temple and Hyjal without obliviating any reason to run them.

Let's keep this in perspective: Hyjal and Black Temple represent very significant chunks of the Warcraft storyline, probably the most significant in all of the Burning Crusade. Illidan is even the central boss to the expansion cinematic. Helping people get there by giving them a few pieces of T6 quality gear is going to improve the game.

Put another way: Not to get all RP on you guys, but isn't Illidan the reason we went to Outland in the first place?