General •New daily quests targeting a random battleground each day. (UPDATED) •Healing Reduction effects now affect all Drain spells and abilities (i.e. Mortal Strike vs Drain Life) •Level 20-60 Quest EXP has been increased, while EXP to Level has been decreased •New Title - Champion of the Naaru: Awarded to those who complete the Tempest Keep attunement quest at level 70 •New Flying Mount added. Requires 2,000g and Exalted with Cenarion Expedition •New 10-Man Raid - Zul'Aman, Zul'Aman is complete and now only needs time on the PTR. •Heroic Badges drop from Zul'aman and Karazhan bosses •Guild Banks added to the game with patch 2.3 •New Arena Relics have been added for more talent specs, and existing Relics have been renamed to create a more consistent naming convention •1/3rd of +Healing will count as +Dmg
PvP •Battlegrounds now have a buff period upon entering, and upon being resurrected at the Spirit Healer (similar to Arenas) •New Battleground rewards: Boots, Belt, and Bracers
Mages •10% coefficient tax removed from Improved Fireball and Improved Frostbolt •New Spell - Ritual of Refreshment: Allows players to pick up food/water (Soulwell like) •Evocation now restores 15% of your total mana each 2 seconds •Arcane Meditation increased to 10/20/30% mana regeneration •Ice Barrier will receive additional benefit from +Dmg •Ice Barrier gains additional benefit from spell damage bonuses. However, the base absorb values of ranks 5 and 6 have been reduced.
Shamans •Lightning Overload now has a 4/8/12/16/20% chance to proc •Lightning Overload damage has been decreased by 50% •Lightning Overload now causes 0 threat •Mana Spring Totem now restores mana at a rate of 20 mana every 2 seconds •Water Shield now costs 0 mana to cast, and the mana per globe has been substantially increased •Water Shield's duration has been reduced to 1 minute, and grants mana for each globe left upon ending •Elemental Focus will now reduce the mana cost of your next two damage spells by 40% •Lightning Bolt casting time reduced to 2.5 seconds, and mana cost decreased •Chain Lightning casting time reduced to 2 seconds, and mana cost decreased •Lightning Mastery reduced to .1/.2/.3/.4/.5 seconds •May equip 2-Handed Axes and 2-Handed Maces without spending talent points •Frost Shock no longer has Diminishing Returns •Shamanistic Rage will reduce damage taken by 30% in addition to it's current effects •Spirit Weapons will reduce melee threat by 30% •Mental Quickness adds 10/20/30% to +Dmg and +Healing based on your total Attack Power, in addition to it's current effects
Druids •Cure Poison and Abolish Poison may now be cast in Tree of Life form •Remove Curse may now be cast in Moonkin form •Rebirth cooldown reduced to 20 minutes •Intensity increased to 10/20/30% mana regeneration
Warlocks •Ritual of Souls has had it's casting time significantly reduced
Warriors •Weapon Mastery has been changed to reduce the duration of Disarm effects by 25/50% (UPDATED) •Mace Specialization proc has been reduced •Mace Specialization Rage increased to 7 •Tactical Mastery now greatly increases threat from Mortal Strike and Bloodthirst while in Defensive Stance •Devastate now combines the effects of Sunder Armor into it's effect, and is affected by all talents and items that affect Sunder Armor
Priests •New Dwarf/Draenei ability - Chastise: Causes Holy damage and incapacitates target for 2 seconds (UPDATED) •Fear Ward will now be available to all Priests at level 20 (UPDATED) •Fear Ward duration reduced to 3 minutes, and cooldown increased to 3 minutes (UPDATED) •Power Word: Shield will gain additional benefit from spell damage and healing bonuses. Base absorb values for ranks 10, 11 and 12 have been reduced to compensate for this change. •Pain Suppresion may target Friendly targets •Pain Suppresion reduces Friendly target's threat by 5% •Pain Suppresion reduces Friendly target's damage taken by 40% •Pain Suppresion cooldown reduced to 2 minutes •Meditaion increased to 10/20/30% mana regeneration •Prayer of Healing gains additional benefit from +Dmg and +Healing •Circle of Healing gains additional benefit from +Dmg and +Healing •Circle of Healing's base healing has been reduced •Holy Nova (Healing only) gains additional benefit from +Dmg and +Healing
Paladins •Exorcism's mana cost has been lowered •Holy Wrath's mana cost has been lowered •Hammer of Wrath's mana cost has been lowered •Vengeance has been increased to 30 seconds •Improved Seal of the Crusader effect added to base abilitiy •Improved Seal of the Crusader now gives the effects of Sanctified Crusader •New Talent - Sanctified Seals: Increases your chance to critically hit with all spells and melee by 1/2/3%, and reduces the chance your Seals can be dispelled by 33/66/100% •Crusader Strike cooldown is being reduced to 6 seconds
Rogues •Fleet Footed increased to 15% speed increase •Deadly Throw travel speed is being significantly increased •Deadly Throw snare duration is being slightly increased by 1 second •Deadly Throw no longer triggers Ruthlessness •Ruthlessness now only affects melee Finishing Moves •Blind will no longer require a reagent. It will also be changed to a ranged physical attack, will share the same diminish category as Cyclone, and diminish in PvE as well as PvP. It will no longer be considered a poison. •Shadowstep may now be used while not in stealth •Shadowstep reduces threat caused by your next Ambush, Garrote, or Backstab by 50% •Shadowstep cooldown increased to 40 seconds •Dirty Deeds increases damage of special attacks by 10/20% against targets below 35% health
Hunters •Wyvern Sting is now instant cast •Arcane Shot (Rank 6+) will now dispel 1 Magic effect in addition to damage •Serpent Sting, Immolation Trap, and Explosive Trap gain additional damage based on Ranged Attack Power
Engineering New Recipe - New Field Repair Bot: Dropped(?) by Gan'arg Analyzers in Blade's Edge Mountains New Field Repair Bot is able to buy/sell Flying Mount added for Engineers. Regular and Epic version.
Fishing Fish Tracking may be learned from a journal, fished from crates New fish added near Karazhan and Zul'Aman
Cooking New Daily Quests New recipes added for fish found near Karazhan and Zul'Aman
Season 3 Arena Information Weapon Rating - 1850 Shoulder Rating - 2000
*Battlegrounds now have a buff period upon entering, and upon being resurrected at the Spirit Healer (similar to Arenas) Eh, after being rezzed? hmm, i guess mana cost free buffing for 5-10 sec ?
*New Flying Mount added. Requires 2,000g and Exalted with Cenarion Expedition GIEFFFFFF, i hope its 310% speed ! it should be.. i think. maybe.. /pray /starts saving.. oh wait i dont have to.! OK, Steamvault farm group, this weekend.
*+Healing bonus will give 33% of spell damage as well (1500 Healing bonus will give you 500 Spell damage) This is exellent for ALL healers, not just shamans like we thought initially.
*Spirit weapons reduces melee threat by 30% instead of 15%. Heh, much needed.
*Rebirth cooldown reduced to 20 minutes Extra battlerezzes nice.
*Mace Specialization proc has been reduced *Mace Specialization Rage increased to 7 PvP nerfed, PvE buffed. quite ok.
*Devastate now combines the effects of Sunder Armor into it's effect, and is affected by all talents and items that affect Sunder Armor Eh. ?
*New Talent - Sanctified Seals: Increases your chance to critically hit with all spells and melee by 1/2/3%, and reduces the chance your Seals can be dispelled by 33/66/100% *Crusader Strike cooldown is being lowered to 6 seconds. Seems a decent buff to paladins
*Deadly Throw traveling speed is being increased significantly, it will reach your target faster and the snare will last one second longer. Yay... a buff..
*Ruthlessness won't be triggered by Deadly Throw anymore, and Ruthlessness will be changed to only affect melee finishing moves as a whole. And a nerf.....
*Blind no longer requires a reagent, is changed to a physical attack, will share the same diminish category as cyclone, and will diminish in PvE as well as PvP OK, now i'm wondering if these patch notes are real....
*Arcane Shot (Rank 6+) will now dispel 1 Magic effect in addition to damage wtf o_O
*Serpent Sting, Immolation Trap, and Explosive Trap gain additional damage based on Ranged Attack Power ABOUT TIME !
*New Recipe - Field Repair Bot: Dropped(?) by Gan'arg Analyzers in Blade's Edge Mountains Already got it... or.. wha?
*Flying Mount added for Engineers. Regular and Epic version. OK, these are fake patch notes.... i think.. o_O maybe? i wonder how fast the mount will be...
*Fish Tracking may be learned from a journal, fished from crates Giev !
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I kinda hope they make it cost vortexes At least it could be 310% speed then, i rather suspect itll just be 280%. probably one of the ugly gnome flyers.
My guess is nethers for the normal and vortexes for the epic one. Apart from that loads of khorium, elementium and adamantite and I seriously hope it wont be butt ugly.
I am kinda unhappy with Shadowstep though. I liked my farming rogue with that ability and without cooldown. MEH. 40 Seconds is too long I reckon they will reduce it to 30 or 20 before the patch goes live. On Druids: Starting in the grassy plains of Mulgore or under the darkened boughs in Teldrassil, you'll notice one rather striking thing - you seem to suck. // Willferal's Profile
(1) New daily quests for battlegrounds have been added, they're dedicated to one specific battleground each day, are available to players of all levels, and reward experience, gold, and honor (Source) - great idea. (1) Many new macro inputs as well as druid 'cancelform' becoming an instant like 'dismount'. (Source) (1) Weapon Mastery has been changed to reduce the duration of Disarm effects by 25/50% (Source) - lolnerf (1) New Dwarf/Draenei ability - Chastise: Causes Holy damage and incapacitates target for 2 seconds (1) Fear Ward will now be available to all Priests at level 20 yay ! (1) Fear Ward duration reduced to 3 minutes, and cooldown increased to 3 minutes - booo..... (1) 20 and 24 Slots ammo pouches have been added (Source) - Yay (1) Mailboxes are upgraded to handle up to 12 items per mail. (Source) (1) Auction House scanning will receive its own API letting you scan the whole AH every 15 minutes with any addon. (Source) (1) Many new macro inputs as well as druid 'cancelform' becoming an instant like 'dismount'. (Source)
Yes and the one below FW makes it useless. I like it!
Also, gief vortexes for belt On Druids: Starting in the grassy plains of Mulgore or under the darkened boughs in Teldrassil, you'll notice one rather striking thing - you seem to suck. // Willferal's Profile
Shamans •Lightning Overload now has a 4/8/12/16/20% chance to proc •Lightning Overload damage has been decreased by 50% •Lightning Overload now causes 0 threat •Mana Spring Totem now restores mana at a rate of 20 mana every 2 seconds •Water Shield now costs 0 mana to cast, and the mana per globe has been substantially increased •Water Shield's duration has been reduced to 1 minute, and grants mana for each globe left upon ending •Elemental Focus will now reduce the mana cost of your next two damage spells by 40% •Lightning Bolt casting time reduced to 2.5 seconds, and mana cost decreased •Chain Lightning casting time reduced to 2 seconds, and mana cost decreased •Lightning Mastery reduced to .1/.2/.3/.4/.5 seconds •May equip 2-Handed Axes and 2-Handed Maces without spending talent points •Frost Shock no longer has Diminishing Returns •Shamanistic Rage will reduce damage taken by 30% in addition to it's current effects •Spirit Weapons will reduce melee threat by 30% •Mental Quickness adds 10/20/30% to +Dmg and +Healing based on your total Attack Power, in addition to it's current effects
This is a really nice buff to PvE shamans. All shamans will have 0,5 sec reduced cast time on lightning (nice for leotheras), The elemental shamans wont feel a difference, as the talents has been adjusted for the change. The clearcast is reduced from 100% to 2x40% mana savings, but mana cost of lightning bolt ans chain lightning reduced by default. Probably evens out in the end. And more threat reduction on melee. And Water Shield Spam for extra mana regen, its going to be really nice. Every inute returning mana from each unused charge.
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•Devastate now combines the effects of Sunder Armor into it's effect, and is affected by all talents and items that affect Sunder Armor
The way i understand this, is that devastate is becoming a replacement to Sunder Armor completly. Devastate(Rank 3) would then be able to do the following (at lvl 70):
Ragecost: (15-3-3)=9
Instant Attack, dealing 50% weapon damedge + 35
Applies Sunder Armor(rank 6): Armor Reduced by 520, stacking up to 5 time for 30 Seconds Generates a high Amount of Threat
Renews the duration of Sunder Armors on the target
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wrote ... +Healing bonus will give 33% of spell damage as well (1500 Healing bonus will give you 500 Spell damage)
Will work on warlock / mage gear, since mostly that has damage + healing on it.
I doubt it. I suppose they will change pure +healing items to give 1/3 % in damage, rather than just multiply all damage/healing *1.33. That way say the Spellpower enchant will still give 40 damage and healing and the greater healing one will give 81 healing and 27 spell damage. Which will make spell power of course better for dps and healing for healers while giving them the edge that allows them to actually kill things.
This is awesome for hybrid builds (Mana-mend/moonglow spec) and quite good for my resto self as well, esp. with the change of intensity (more mana regen!), which makes spirit stacking even better now.
[ Edited Thu Sep 27 2007, 11:24AM ] On Druids: Starting in the grassy plains of Mulgore or under the darkened boughs in Teldrassil, you'll notice one rather striking thing - you seem to suck. // Willferal's Profile
yes, "Spell Damedge & Healing" is a different property than "Healing". The effect will be applied to the "Healing"-property only. Image: http://www.zetbit.com/sig-1143566.jpg
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Shamans •Lightning Overload now has a 4/8/12/16/20% chance to proc Awesome Buff
•Lightning Overload damage has been decreased by 50% aww.. not 100% anymore
•Lightning Overload now causes 0 threat wohoo, threat reduction.
•Mana Spring Totem now restores mana at a rate of 20 mana every 2 seconds Tiny bit more mana regen (+17mp5)
•Water Shield now costs 0 mana to cast, and the mana per globe has been substantially increased Nice for PvP or AoE dmg from PvE bosses.
•Water Shield's duration has been reduced to 1 minute, and grants mana for each globe left upon ending dosent rellay matter.
•Elemental Focus will now reduce the mana cost of your next two damage spells by 40% from 1x100% to 1x60% to 2x40%, nice buff.
•Lightning Bolt casting time reduced to 2.5 seconds, and mana cost decreased omg.. lower cast time = lower + spell dmg bonus ;/. Nerf for elemental shammys /Cry
•Chain Lightning casting time reduced to 2 seconds, and mana cost decreased omg.. lower cast time = lower + spell dmg bonus ;/. Nerf for elemental shammys /Cry
I would think that the allaround buff/nerf results in bit less dmg, but more treat reduction.
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wrote ... •Water Shield's duration has been reduced to 1 minute, and grants mana for each globe left upon ending dosent rellay matter.
no actually, this means its "always" useful in pve. you dont need to get hit by it anymore.. but you always gain the mana http://thottbot.com/s33736 Basically it's a free.. 400-500 mana pe rminute. ~10 mp/5 or so, for no extra effort to the shamans.
Cast time below 3 sec means that lightning does indeed get less of an effect from spell damage.
