WoW Patch 2.4

Patch 2.4 is now available on the test realm. You can read the full release notes here

There's the usual collection of bug fixes plus a few changes of interest:

Sunwell Isle - This is a new area found north of Silvermoon City. Level 70 players will be able to fly there from the flight path just outside Silvermoon City.

Spell haste now reduces the global cooldown on spells to a minimum of 1 second

Spirit-Based Mana Regeneration. As your intellect rises you will regenerate more mana per point of spirit.

Points will be gained faster in weapon skills for levels 1 through 59.

There are changes for most classes. My favorite is that Warlocks can now summon players directly into instances. A pet peeve of mine with the Ritual of Summoning is that we had to leave the instance to get a replacement member into the instance.

PvP changes include diminishing returns on honor for kills is being eliminated and honor being available immediately. No more waiting until the next day for calculation.

A welcome change to Warsong Gulch is that when both flags are held, the flag carriers will receive 50% increased damage after 10 minutes and 100% increased damage after 15 minutes. Hopefully this will reduce the length of this battleground.

On the gold-making front there's new recipes “Charred Bear Kabobs” and “Juicy Bear Burgers”. These are created from meat found on level 48-56 bears. This will aid players in leveling up their cooking skill to 300 without fishing. Stock up on bear meat from these levels, there's sure to be a big demand when these recipes become available.

There's no mention of a release date from Blizzard.