我们已经知道2.4的诸多消息了，但是在这之前……
2.3.3！
OK，我们知道了！这将在2.3.3被修复。
Quote from: Slouken
Ah, got it, thanks! This is fixed for 2.3.3.
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http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=2518903044&postId=35473195092&sid=1#159]
——看来“2.4PTR年内出现”成了个大笑话；BLZ也意识到他们的2.4补丁太早发布的话，很可能拖不到WotLK发售了。我觉得2.4PTR能在元宵节前上线就已经不错啦！由此推论，4月份上2.4，5月份太阳井通关，9月份2.4周期结束，美服WotLK也许能赶在暑期结束前上市吧。CWOW？我又没有舅舅。
不过反过来，2.4越晚上线，我们的The7和Stars的装备不是更能和nihilum，curse拉近距离吗？且不论那些“人民币买T5”之类的恶心事儿，看看在同一条RAID起跑线上我们的宅男/女们的实力吧。
专业升级
考虑到“采矿”技能在300点之前的几点会很困难，在之后的补丁中我们将会让这些技能的升级过程更加简单和平滑。按照这个思想，有些专业已经做出了相应的修改；我们会继续对“采矿”作出类似的修改，保证让你不会因为“不能采集某地的矿产”而回到之前的地图反复地farm，而中断你的升级过程。我们知道，这样的FARM工作既不必要，也没有什么乐趣可言。
一般来说，这些修改包括“提高某些矿石所能提升技能的上限”，这样你就可以在升级的过程中一直保持“技能可升级”的状态，让你的专业技能能伴随你的等级一同提高，直到你完成了某地的任务链，而不得不去到下一个区域为止。
Professions leveling
It seems that the 2.4 will make leveling some professions easier, especially the gathering ones. (and cooking !)
Quote from: Drysc (Source)
Concerning there being some leveling bumps for mining nearing the end of pre-BC, it's planned to be smoothed out along with other professions. Some professions have already seen changes in this regard, and we're certainly planning to continue them so that there's no need to stop leveling, go back and a zone, and do circuits until you're caught up. That really shouldn't be necessary, and yes, isn't fun.
In general those changes mean lengthening the amount of time each type of ore would give skill ups, so that you can consistently get skillups or even go a bit beyond where you should be for your level before you have to move on, smoothing the transitions.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3547667556&postId=35472289072&sid=1#128 ——2.4继续了“快速升1～60级”的理念，这下子连同专业技能也要一起加速了！我还记得为了升采矿的最后15点，在燃烧平原转了近10圈的痛苦生活呢。
