There were significant changes regarding factions in patch 3.3. There was the addition of the Ashen Verdict, an alliance between the
Knights of the Ebon Blade and the
Argent Crusade. Players gain reputation mainly by killing bosses and trash in the Icecrown Citadel raid. The benefits of doing this include a ring that is upgradable at higher reputation levels. The rings have recently been data-mined by
MMO-Champion:
Death Knights,
Paladins, and
Warriors friendly with the
Ashen Verdict can
begin the questline that allows them to obtain
Shadowmourne, the
new legendary axe. Of course, only a few players will actually be able to obtain Shadowmourne due to its high cost and the requirements of gathering rare shards from
Icecrown Citadel bosses and other expensive materials. Various professions have
learnable recipes that can be purchased
Primordial Saronite, the new Crusader Orb-type item. Additionally, players that grind all the way to exalted earn the achievement
Ashen Verdict. There are no dailies; the only way to grind reputation is to raid Icecrown Citadel.
There are some other significant reputation changes besides the addition of the Ashen Verdict. Perhaps the biggest change is that commendation badges are purchasable with
Emblems of Triumph. You can pick up a one-time use item that increases your reputation with either
The Argent Crusade,
Knights of the Ebon Blade,
Kirin Tor,
Wyrmrest Accord, or
Sons of Hodir by 520 from
your local Emblem of Triumph vendor. Those Sons of Hodir shoulder enchants are now BoA and can be sent to alts, so you if you want exalted with them purely for the shoulder enchants, you only need to do it on one character. Additionally, all of those reputations plus the Horde Expedition and the Alliance Vanguard have had their gains increased by 30%.
One major undocumented change is that level 80 dungeons and all Wrath heroics now give reputation with the
Horde Expedition or
Alliance Vanguard when not wearing a tabard, as opposed to the
Warsong Offensive or
Valiance Expedition prior to patch 3.3. This means that its much easier to get exalted this those factions. Gaining reputation with those factions also gives reputation to all of their subfactions, such as
The Taunka,
The Hand of Vengeance,
Warsong Offensive, and
The Sunreavers (and Alliance equivalents).
Anyone got
The Exalted yet?
Heartbourne
There were significant changes regarding factions in patch 3.3. There was the addition of the Ashen Verdict, an alliance between the Knights of the Ebon Blade and the Argent Crusade. Players gain reputation mainly by killing bosses and trash in the Icecrown Citadel raid. The benefits of doing this include a ring that is upgradable at higher reputation levels. The rings have recently been data-mined by MMO-Champion:
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