If Blizzard cared to it would be trivial to have Warden send a red flag when the WoW client tries to connect to an unofficial realm.
They don't care, however, since it doesn't affect the live realms in the slightest. They're not going to ban you for occasionally messing around on a private server.
Actually, it's a pretty significant buff. The old version may have been useful in aoe, but it sucked for single target damage. That 100% crit from arcane explosion was almost certainly unintended, anyway. The new version provides a significant dps increase against single targets that scales with your crit chance.
25-man Razuvious mage tanked
Dec 21st 2008 5:27PM (WoW)Blizzard legal targets private servers
Dec 5th 2008 8:52PM (WoW)They don't care, however, since it doesn't affect the live realms in the slightest. They're not going to ban you for occasionally messing around on a private server.
Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 0 - Wrath Collector's Edition boxes
Nov 13th 2008 9:10AM (WoW)WoW fall down go boom [Updated x2]
Nov 8th 2008 7:14PM (WoW)Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 7 - 60-day game time card
Nov 6th 2008 5:31PM (WoW)Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 7 - Wrath Collector's Edition box
Nov 6th 2008 9:01AM (WoW)Mage changes in Wrath beta build 8885
Aug 30th 2008 5:00PM (WoW)Joystiq's official Super Smash Bros. Brawl friend codes über-list
Mar 12th 2008 9:16PM (Joystiq)Now back to lurking I go.
New Smash Bros. Brawl intro video looks amazing
Dec 21st 2007 9:40AM (Joystiq)New Smash Bros. Brawl intro video looks amazing
Dec 21st 2007 9:34AM (Joystiq)