A few days ago I noticed a blue response to an off the wall thread in the official forums that asked for “ghetto hearthing” to be nerfed. The thread was, of course, started by a mage that claimed that the exploiting of the free hearth cost him/her gold because people didn’t need ports anymore…
Eyonix responded with what seemly looked like a sarcastic way of blowing off the subject:

Eyonix
But then mages who hate being asked for ports will make rant posts demanding we bring back ghetto hearthing.

Mages like to yell.

Well apparently …

Still lots of 3.1 info to sort through, but a very exciting change to dual spec was announced today by CM Zarhym. Apparently the level requirement will be lowered to 40, lexicon requirement removed, and will only take a 5 second, out of combat, cast time to swap.

Zarhym
Dual specialization isn’t something everyone needs. It’s a perk we’re adding into the game, and it’s initially going to require an investment. If you can’t afford dual specializations for 10 different characters, you might not actually need all 10 of your characters to …

Tieler of Feathermoon sent word that he, amazingly enough, blew up the Ebon Hold target dummy. I have never been on a dummy long enough to even notice the health move, much less kill it, so I’m not sure if this is a common feat. Either way it was cool and midly funny so I thought I would share. Tieler did mention that he “checked the dummy about 30 min later and it was still blown up”.

The 3.1 PTR has finally dropped and below is a current list of DK changes and then further below that will be the rest of the patch notes. You can see all of the class changes over at MMOC.
Here are some of the random highlights:

Dual spec to cost 1,000 gold.
You can now queue to battlegrounds from any location. (no more ghetto ports?)

Death Knight Changes

General

Blood Boil’s damage increased to make up for Pestilence no longer doing damage.
Blood Boil now does some damage to undiseased targets and extra damage to diseased …

More blue info was leaked tonight about an upcoming event on the PTR, The Argent Tournament, will be tested once the PTR is up (if ever!). Below is the info:

Zarhym
In patch 3.1, a new world event titled “The Argent Tournament” will be coming to Northrend! This tournament will be live on the 3.1 PTR and open for testing, though certain aspects are still in development. Players will find a host of new features here, including:

The ability to prove your worth to a capital city of your choosing through our new …