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World of Warcraft Client Patch 4.0.1 

Cataclysm Systems Patch 

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will be in stores on December 7, 2010 and the time has come to prep for the official launch by implementing its first major patch. Players can experience many major game and user interface systems updates in the first official patch for the upcoming third expansion, patch 4.0.1. 

General 

Cataclysm Launcher Update 
The new Cataclysm Launcher allows you to stream game data while you play. This will reduce the time you spend downloading, installing, and patching World of Warcraft. We'd like to get your feedback on the toolset and gameplay experience. Please head to the forums here for additional information. 
Reforging 
Players can now visit special Reforging NPCs in capital cities located near Enchanting trainers. 40% of any one secondary stat on an item can be allocated to add a new secondary stat to the item. The stat being added cannot already exist on the item. An item cannot have more than one reforged stat at a time, though the Reforging of an item can be undone and changed. 
Dungeons & Raids 

Flexible Raid Lock System 
Icecrown Citadel and Ruby Sanctum now use the new Flexible Raid Lock system. This system provides the opportunity for a character to defeat each raid zone's encounters once a week. A character may now complete the encounters during the week with different raids of either 10 or 25 players. 
Learn more about this feature by visiting our official forums here. 
Icecrown Citadel 
The Chill of the Throne effect has been removed. 
Currency 

PvE Currency Changes 
All Emblems of Frost and Emblems of Triumph have been converted to new Justice Points. 
Any dungeon or raid which awarded these emblems will reward Justice Points instead. Anything below Emblems of Triumph, including badges from The Burning Crusade dungeon and raid content, have been converted into gold and sent to players via the in-game mail system. 
Any bosses players defeat that are level-appropriate to them award Justice Points. 
All items that previously cost emblems or badges of any type now cost Justice Points. 
Higher-tier Valor Points will be awarded to players who kill dungeon and raid bosses in the latest tier of PvE content after the launch of Cataclysm. 
PvP Currency Changes 
All Arena Points, Honor Points, Battleground Marks of Honor, Stone Keeper's Shards, Venture Coins, and Spirit Shards have been converted into new Honor Points. 
Honor Points will be awarded instead of these currencies, with the exception of Arena Points. 
Higher-tier Conquest Points will be awarded to players competing in each of the latest Arena or Rated Battleground seasons after the launch of Cataclysm. 
For more information on the changes to the currencies and conversion rates for each type, please visit our Cataclysm forum. 
Classes: General 

Many class talents, spells, and abilities have been overhauled, added, or removed. 
All spell and ability tooltips will now display damage averages rather than minimum and maximum damage potential. This feature is on by default but can be changed via the Display settings under User Interface options. 
Ammo has been removed from the game. 
The character levels at which classes gain new spells and abilities have changed. 
Many item and class stats have been changed or removed. 
Mastery rating has been added as a new stat which provides unique benefits for characters based on class and talent specialization. Mastery rating does not currently exist on items in the game, however, Reforging can be used to add Mastery rating as a secondary stat to existing items. 
Rage has been normalized. 
Spells and abilities no longer have multiple ranks and now scale with character level.