3.0.8 Changes to Lake Wintergrasp

The latest patch notes for 3.0.8 are out. You can head over to MMO-Champion for the entire list but I wanted to focus on the notes about Lake Wintergrasp. Here they are:

Wintergrasp PvP vehicles have had their health increased.
Wintergrasp Tower cannons have had their health increased.
The Wintergrasp Fortress Exterior walls have had their health increased.
The Fortress Keep door now has had its health decreased.
The Orb is now instantly clickable.

I think there are more good changes than bad changes in that list. My only major pet peeve with Wintergrasp, a zone I’ve had nothing but a good time in since Wrath launched, was the weakness of the defense. I think the bump in health for the exterior walls and, more importantly, the tower cannons, is going to do a lot to balance out the sides on offense and defense. In my battlegroup, the defense always seems to be on the losing end of things.

My only problem with these changes is the switch to making the Orb instantly clickable behind a weaker door. That move seems to contradict their apparent wish to help the defense out. I’ve been in several games where they only reason the defense was able to squeak out a win was thanks to the timer on capturing the Orb. It’ll be interesting to see how these changes affect the control of Wintergrasp on my server when 3.0.8 goes live.