3.3 is looking awesome. The new bosses we’ve seen on PTR are looking innovative and challenging (albeit, Blizzard have said they’re not trying to make Icecrown as daunting as Sunwell).

We’ll see Unholy DKs going back to a traditional deep spec, but necrosis has lost its value in that spec. Current EJ theory is seeing either Dark Death or Disease glyphs being top; I personally would prefer to use Disease, and for AOE it’s the winner. Runeforge Gossip wrote how to use disease glyph. He also likes the scourge strike change to having mix of shadow and physical damage.

The changes around levelling alts were a little surprising for me. Hodir enchants being bind on account, for example, and increases in how quickly you gain rep from other groups in Northrend. I suspect Blizzard just bundled some Cataclysm changes into 3.3, which as a whole will make it easier to level new character from L1 all the way to L85.

Racial changes are available now too. Being a new class, mostly I expect DKs to remain on their current races (not like we can really claim to be bored of it), although I have had a question on switching to Night Elf from Human just for tanking.

I’m levelling a new DK now, and picked a Tauren for their awesomeness of size.

The Emblem changes in 3.3 mean we can get some wonderful raid-quality loot from heroic 5-mans, and the new LFG system will make that even easier, and helps old guys like me gear up their new mains.

But do you miss using crowd control in there? 2fps talked about cc. I like having cc, since it creates a bit more complexity for the tank, but am glad it’s not as crazy as in the L60 days.

A new blogger is on the scene too, Hinen writes on dps and whilst a new blog, it’s very active and worth visiting. His post on the Bleeding Hearts addon is relevant if you want to roll the best diseases.

The Knights of the Ebon Blade are a band of defunct Death Knights lead by Highlord Darion Mograine. It is a faction based around our class and even now the effect of of other classes gaining KotEB is still unknown. We do know that Faction Championing was released with the lastest build (8885):

• Ebon Champion– You champion the cause of the Knights of the Ebon Blade.  All reputation gains while in level 80 dungeons will be applied to your standing with them.

So, could the above tabard be the Champion tabard for KotEB? Could it be a tabard for Acherus: The Ebon Hold? One thing’s for certain, it’s Death Knight related.

Kuorag found the image on WotLKwiki and posted the, until now, unnoticed tabard.

Since long before I can remember, Hemet Nesingwary has had me brutally slaughter countless animals. Granted I haven’t and won’t do much complaining about it, because lets be honest, the exp and rewards he gives have been awesome. Now the Druids are striking back. D.E.H.T.A (also known as Druids for the Ethical and Humane Treatment of Animals) have set up a base in Northrend and a rewarding the Hero that can slay this evil stump of a dwarf.

D.E.H.T.A’s area in the Borean Tundra apparently gives debuffs for the killing of animals:

And rewards those that help their cause:

*Update* sources say the following:

The buff from D.E.H.T.A. is for turning in 15 ears of Nessingwary mobs. There are many “Loot Crazed Hunter” and “Nessingwary Divers” in the area that drop them and you can turn them in at any time.

This is specualation on my part, but it appears the ultimate goal your receive from D.E.H.T.A is to kill Hemet himself!
*update*

The wanted poster is actually a sign underneath a statue of Hemet in the middle of the D.E.H.T.A. camp.

(Note: Most of the above is an assumption on my part. The actual use of the debuff and buff and even the wanted poster is unknown. You can take the 3 images for what they are worth.)