3.1 Huge notes!

World of Warcraft PTR Patch 3.1.0

 

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The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.wow-europe.com/en/patchnotes/

 

General

 

All Ground Mounts may now swim without dismounting the rider. Flying Mounts still may NOT, and will dismount the rider upon entering water.

Ulduar is now available for limited testing. Please visit the Public Test Realms for more details. http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=11572

Players at maximum level will now be able to visit their trainer to pay a one-time fee and access the dual talent spec feature.

A new Gear Manager feature has been added. Players will now be able to save gear sets for easy gear switching.

 

PvP

Battlegrounds

 

Players will now be able to queue for battlegrounds from any location.

Seaforium Barrels can be looted while mounted, can now be seen from anywhere in the zone, and can now be found at the Central Graveyard.

Teleporters can now be used while mounted and can now be seen from anywhere in the zone

 

Classes: General

 

Hysteria, Tricks of the Trade, Enrage, Wrecking Crew, Death Wish, Arcane Power, Owlkin Frenzy, Beast Within, Avenging Wrath and Hysteria damage bonuses no longer stack together.

 

Death Knight

 

Blood Boil’s damage increased to make up for Pestilence no longer doing damage.

Blood Boil now does some damage to undiseased targets and extra damage to diseased targets. Its radius has been decreased.

Blood Plague: Now lasts 15 seconds untalented.

Death Pact: This heal cannot be a critical.

Frost Fever: Now lasts 15 seconds untalented.

Pestilence does no damage and has only one rank.

Plague Strike and Blood Plague no longer remove hots. Plague Strike’s damage increased quite a bit to compensate.

Raise Ally has a >15 min cooldown to keep it out of Arena.

Raise Dead: Duration lowered to 60 sec. and cooldown lowered to 3 min. The cooldown on this ability now begins when the pet dies rather than when it is summoned.

Rune of Cinderglacier now procs per minute instead of a 5% chance.

Rune of Razorfrost now affects Frost damage done by the DK only, but stacks up to 10%.

Strangulate no longer does damage and has been reduced to 1 rank.

 

Talents

 

Blood

 

Blood Aura: Replaced with Improved Blood Presence. This allows the deathknight to keep the healing from damage done bonus of Blood Presence in any presence, and increases healing received while in Blood Presence.

Blood-Gorged now grants armor penetration instead of expertise.

Bloody Strikes now increases Blood Boil damage instead of Pestilence.

Bloodworms now heal more.

Dancing Rune Weapon: Fixed a bug making it trigger an unusual number of effects from the weapon equipped by the Death Knight. In addition, it will now only echo Death Knight spells whose primary purpose is dealing damage. Also corrected a bug making the effect last 8 seconds longer than intended.

Scent of Blood will now proc on a dodge, parry or taking damage, and internal cooldown lowered to 10 from 20 sec.

Sudden Doom now procs a free Death Coil instead of requiring you to push the button. Ranks reduced from 5 to 3.

 

Frost

 

The following talents have moved in the Frost tree: Runic Power Mastery, Glacier Rot, Killing Machine, Chilblains, and Endless Winter.

Black Ice now grants 2/4/6/8/10% Shadow damage in addition to the Frost damage.

Black Ice: Frost Damage bonus lowered to 4/8/12/16/20%

Blood of the North is 3 ranks instead of 5 for the same effect.

Chillblains: Now a 15/30/50% movement speed debuff (up from 30%). Moved to position currently occupied by Glacier Rot.

Endless Winter: Moved to position currently occupied by Chillblains.

Frost Aura: Replaced with Improved Frost Presence. Allows the deathknight to keep the health bonus of Frost Presence in any presence, and decreases magic damage taken while in Frost Presence.

Glacier Rot: Third rank added, and damage bonus increased to 7/13/20. Moved to position currently occupied by Endless Winter.

Howling Blast: Swapped positions with Hungering Cold in the talent tree (HB is now at 51, and HC is now at 31). In addition, the damage bonus for targets with Frost Fever is now only 20%.

Icy Talons - This talent how has a new icon.

Runic Power Mastery down to 2 ranks.

 

Unholy

 

Blood-caked Blade: Now has a 3 second cooldown on the effect.

Desecration: This talent now has a 100% chance to be triggered. Additional points in the talent increase the damage bonus and snare magnitude instead of increasing the chance.

Epidemic: Epidemic now has 3 ranks (adding an additional 3 sec of disease duration). Magic Suppression is 3 ranks (down from 5) for 2/4/6% magic damage reduction.

Master of Ghouls: Now also reduces the cooldown on Raise Dead by 60 sec.

Necrosis: Can now only be triggered by main hand attacks.

New talent: Improved Death Strike. Increases Death Strike damage by 10/20.

Night of the Dead: Redesigned to grant a flat reduction on cooldown to Raise Dead and Army of the Dead instead of a reduction from using abilities.

Outbreak bonus for Scourge Strike lowered to 10/20/30%.

Scourge Strike: Damage increased.

Unholy Aura: Replaced with Improved Unholy Presence. Allows the Deathknight to keep the movement speed bonus of Unholy Presence in any presence, and increases rune regeneration rate while in Unholy Presence.

Unholy Blight and Gargoyle have swapped places in the Unholy tree. Gargoyle is the new Unholy 51 talent.

 

Druid

 

Abolish Poison: Now ticks every 3 sec, up from every 2. Now lasts 12 sec., up from 8.

 

Talents

 

Balance

 

Owlkin Frenzy is now properly considered an Enrage effect. Now also does not trigger from spell hits, only physical ranged and melee attacks.

 

Feral

 

New Talent: Primal Gore: Grants the periodic damage from your Rake, Lacerate and Rip abilities the ability to critically hit.

Savage Roar is now considered an Enrage effect.

 

Restoration

 

Living Seed: This talent now accounts for your ineffective healing, rather than effective.

Improved Mark of the Wild: Now also increases all of your total attributes by 1/2%.

New Talent: Improved Barkskin: Increases the damage reduction granted by your Barkskin spell by 5/10%, and increases your resistance to Dispel mechanics by an additional 30/60% while under the effect of Barkskin.

Replenish: This talent is now re-named "Revitalize" and now also works with Wild Growth.

Tree of Life: You can now use Nature's Grasp and Thorns while within this form.

 

Hunter

 

Frost Trap: If the target who triggers Frost Trap is immune to its effect, the Frost Trap area effect will no longer be triggered.

 

Talents

 

Beast Mastery

 

Improved Aspect of the Hawk now has a new spell effect.

Improved Wing Clip: This talent has been removed.

 

Marksmanship

 

Piercing Shots re-designed: Your critical Aimed, Steady and Chimera Shots cause the target to bleed for 10/20/30% of the damage dealt over 8 sec.

Ranged Weapon Specialization: Points reduced from 5 to 3, 1/3/5%.

Wild Quiver: Chance increased to 4/8/12%, up from 4/7/10%. Damage increased from 50% of an auto shot, to 80%.

 

Survival

 

Hunting Party: This talent has been reduced to 3-points, and now increases your total Agility by an additional 1/2/3%.

Lock and Load re-designed: You now have a 33/66/100% chance when you trap a target with Freezing Trap, Freezing Arrow or Frost Trap and a 2/4/6% chance when you deal periodic damage with your Immolation Trap or Black Arrow to cause your next 2 Arcane Shot or Explosive Shot spells to trigger no cooldown, cost no mana and consume no ammo. This now has a new spell effect and sound.

New Talent: Trap Launcher: When activated, your next Trap will be launched instantly at the enemy target. 1 minute cooldown.

T.N.T. re-designed: Increases the damage done by your Explosive Shot, Explosive Trap and Immolation Trap by 2/4/6%, and gives your Explosive Shot a 33/66/100% chance to refresh the duration of your Immolation Trap effect on the target.

Trap Mastery: This talent has been moved up to tier-2, up from tier-9.

Wyvern Sting duration increased from 12 sec to 30 sec. PvP duration reduced from 10 sec to 6 sec.

 

Pets

 

Roar of Sacrifice can be used on the hunter only.

Stampede (rhino) only affects 1 target, but adds a 25% bleed damage debuff (that does not stack with Mangle etc.) in addition to its knockback.

 

Mage

 

Arcane Blast stacking effect is no longer considered a Magic effect and will not be dispelled.

 

Talents

 

Frost

 

Improved Water Elemental: Renamed Enduring Winter. Instead of the Water Elemental increasing mana regeneration for the Mage’s party, casting Frostbolt now has a 33/66/100% chance to provide the Replenishment buff to up to 10 people in the Mage’s party or raid.

 

Paladin

 

Auras will now persist through death.

Blessing of Kings is now trainable at level 20. Removed from talent trees.

 

Talents

 

Protection

 

New Talent Divinity:Tier 1 protection talent, increases healing done by and to you by 1/2/3/4/5%.

Sacred Duty (Protection) rank 1 now increases Stamina by 4%.

 

Retribution

 

Benediction (Retribution) now affects Hand of Reckoning.

Fanaticism reduced to 3 ranks for 6/12/18% bonus and 10/20/30% threat reduction.

Repentance no longer resets the Paladin's melee swing timer.

Righteous Vengeance reduced to 3 ranks for 10/20/30%.

 

Priest

 

Abolish Disease: Now cleanses a disease every 3 sec, down from 5. Duration reduced from 20 seconds, down to 12 sec.

Devouring Plague: This spell now has a new icon.

Divine Spirit is now trainable at level 31.

Holy Nova: Mana cost reduced approximately 20%.

Hymn of Hope: This spell has been removed.

Improved Holy Concentration removed.

Prayer of Healing: This spell now heals the target's party, rather than being limited to just your direct party.

Shadowfiend: Health scaling increased. Now receives 30% of the master's spell power. Mana return increased to 5%, up from 4%. The Shadowfiend now receives mana when its melee attacks land, rather than when it deals damage. Movement speed normalized to player movement speed. Tooltip revised.

 

Talents

 

Discipline

 

Divine Aegis - Divine Aegis effects will now stack, however the amount absorbed cannot exceed 125*level (of the target).

Grace: Duration increased to 15 seconds, but now is only limited to one target.

Improved Power: Word Fortitude - Now also increases your total Stamina by 2/4%.

New Talent: Soul Warding: Reduces the cooldown of your Power Word: Shield ability by 4 sec., and reduces the mana cost of your Power Word: Shield by 30%.

Penance: Damage increased approximately 30%.This spell can now be cast on yourself.

Power Infusion: This effect now has a new spell effect and sound.

Reflective Shield:This talent has been removed.

Unbreakable Will:Increased from 3/6/9/12/15% to 6/12/18/24/30%.

 

Holy

 

Circle of Healing: Healing increased by approximately 40%.

Holy Concentration re-designed: Mana regeneration is increased by 16/32/50% for 8 sec after you critically heal with Flash Heal, Greater Heal, Binding Heal or Renew.

New Talent: Empowered Renew: Your Renew spell gains an additional 5/10/15% of your bonus healing effects, and your Renew will instantly heal the target for 5/10/15% of the total periodic effect.

Serendipity re-designed: When you heal with Binding Heal or Flash Heal, the cast time of your next Greater Heal or Prayer of Healing spell is reduced by 6/12/20%. Stacks up to 3 times. Lasts 20 sec.

Test of Faith: No longer increases critical effect chance of your heals, but healing done on targets lower than 50% health is increased from 2/4/6 to 4/8/12%.

 

Shadow

 

Blackout: This talent has been removed.

Darkness: This talent is now in tier-1, moved up from tier-6.

Dispersion: Now clears all snare and movement impairing effects and makes you immune to them while dispersed.

New Talent: Improved Devouring Plague (Shadow): Increases the periodic damage done by your Devouring Plague by 5/10/15%, and when you cast Devouring Plague you instantly deal damage equal to 5/10/15% of its total periodic effect.

Shadowform: Bonus damage from critical strike chance removed and replaced by the ability of those periodic damage spells to generate critical strikes.

Silence: Range increased to 30 yards.

Vampiric Embrace duration increased to 5 minutes, up from 1 minute. PvP duration is now 60 seconds. Cooldown removed.

 

Rogue

 

Talents

 

Assassination

 

Hunger For Blood: No longer stacks. Damage bonus changed to 15% for a single application. Requires a bleed effect active on the Rogue’s target. No longer removes bleeds from the Rogue.

 

Combat

 

Adrenaline Rush cooldown reduced to 3 min.

Killing Spree: Now also increases all damage done by the Rogue while active by 20%.

 

Savage Combat improved to 2/4% increased damage against poisoned targets.

Lightning Reflexes reduced to 3 ranks for 2/4/6% dodge and 4/7/10% melee haste.

 

Subtlety

 

Shadow Dance now opens a new action bar when used.

 

Shaman

 

Bloodlust/Heroism: Cooldown reduced to 5 minutes, but Sated and Exhausted now last 10 minutes.

Poison Cleansing Totem and Disease Cleansing Totem have been merged into "Cleansing Totem." Cleansing Totem pulses every 3 sec, down from 5.

 

Talents

 

Enhancement

 

Lava Lash now has a new icon.

New Talent: Frozen Power: Increases the damage done by your Frostbrand Weapon if it is enchanted on your main-hand weapon by 10/20%, and your Frost Shock has a 50/100% chance to root the target in Ice for 5 sec. when used on targets at or further than 15 yards from you.

Spirit Weapons: Now reduces all threat generated by 30%, not just physical attacks.

Stormstrike charges have been increased by 2, and cooldown reduced by 2 sec.

Improved Stormstrike re-designed: When you Stormstrike, you have a 50/100% chance to immediately grant you 20% of your base mana.

Toughness: No longer increases your armor. Instead, this talent now increases your total Stamina by 2/4/6/8/10%.

Unleashed Rage - Reduced to 3 points, down from 5. Each point now also increases your total Agility by 1/2/3%.

 

Elemental

 

New Talent: Booming Echoes- Reduces the cooldown of your Flame Shock and Frost Shock spells by an additional 1/2 sec., and increases the direct damage done by your Flame Shock and Frost Shock spells by an additional 10/20%.

 

Restoration

 

Ancestral Awakening: This talent now accounts for your ineffective healing, rather than effective.

Cleanse Spirit now has a new icon.

Riptide: This spell has a new icon.

 

Warlock

 

Curse of the Elements (Rank 5) - Increased to 13% spell damage, up from 10%.

Curse of Recklessness has been removed.

Curse of Weakness - Now also reduces the armor of the target by 5%.

Enslave Demon: Spell haste penalty reduced by 10%, Melee haste penalty reduced by 10%.

Warlocks now innately have an increased 10% spell hit chance on the Enslave Demon spell.

Fire Shield (Imp): You can now cast this ability on raid members, rather than party members.

Ritual of Summoning: The summoning of the initial portal is now instant cast, down from 5 seconds.

 

Talents

 

Affliction

 

Eradication re-designed: Eradication: When you deal damage with Corruption, you have a 2/4/6% chance to gain the Eradication effect. The Eradication effect increases the critical strike chance of your Shadow Bolt spell by 30%. Each critical strike reduces the critical strike bonus by 10%. Lasts 30 sec.

Haunt: Now only increases your shadow damage-over-time on the target. (No longer includes non-Shadow damage over time spells.)

Malediction: No longer increases the effect of Curse of the Elements.

Pandemic: This talent has been reduced to a 1-point talent, now grants your Corruption and Unstable Affliction the capability to critically hit.

Shadow Embrace: Now only increases the damage done by your shadow damage periodic spells.

Siphon Life: The Siphon Life spell has been removed. Siphon Life now causes your Corruption spell to instantly heal you for 40% of the damage done.

Suppression: Now increases spell hit for all of your spells.

 

Demonology

 

Demonic Empathy has been removed.

Demonic Empowerment: This talent spell now has a unique spell effect and sound.

Demonic Sacrifice:This talent has been removed.

Fel Synergy has been moved to tier-1. No longer increases Intellect, Stamina and damage of your summoned demon.

Improved Enslave Demon talent removed.

Mana Feed: This talent is now a 1-point talent, down from 3-points. Now is the 21-point talent in Demonology. Now grants 100% mana return to your pet, up from 33/66/100%.

New Talent: Molten Skin: Reduces all damage taken by 2/4/6%.

New Talent: Decimation: When you Shadowbolt or Incinerate a target that is at or below 35% health, your next Soulfire cast time is reduced by 30/60% and costs no shard. Lasts 10 sec.

New Talent: Nemesis: Reduces the cooldown of your Demonic Empowerment, Metamorphosis, Soulstone and Fel Domination spells by 10/20/30%.

 

Destruction

 

Aftermath re-designed: Increases the periodic damage done by your Immolate by 3/6%, and your Conflagrate has a 50/100% chance to daze the target for 5 sec.

Backlash has been moved up to tier-5, up from tier-7. Now requires Intensity (pre-req).

Cataclysm: Now reduces the mana cost of Destruction spells by 4/7/10%. No longer increases the chance to hit.

Conflagrate: Spell now works similar to Swiftmend, consuming an Immolate or Shadowflame effect on the target and dealing damage based on the strength of that effect. Reduced to a single rank.

Improved Immolate: Now increases the damage done by your Immolate by 10/20/30%, rather than just the direct damage.

Improved Shadow Bolt: Now increases the damage done by your Shadow Bolt spell by 1/2/3/4/5%, and causes your target to be vulnerable to spell damage, increasing spell critical strike chance against that target by 1/2/3/4/5%. Effect lasts 30 sec.

Improved Soul Leech: Now has a 50/100% chance to proc Replenishment.

Master Conjuror: Increased from 15/30% up to 150/300%.

Molten Core: This talent has been moved to Demonology (Tier 8 ).

Pyroclasm re-designed: Now increases your Shadow and Fire spell power by 2/4/6% when you critically hit with Searing Pain or Conflagrate. Lasts 10 sec. Also moved down to tier 7, down from tier-5.

 

Warrior

 

Talents

 

Arms

 

Blood Frenzy improved to 2/4% increased damage.

Heroic Throw missile speed increased.

 

Professions

 

Alchemy

 

Blackmouth Oil and Fire Oil no longer require a vial.

Increased the health granted by the Flask of Stoneblood.

The Mercurial Stone is no longer required as a tool for alchemists. It is instead a green quality bind-on-equip trinket.

 

Blacksmithing

 

Most of the recipes in the 1-300 skill range of blacksmithing have had their stats updated to be more useful.

Added a new recipe for the Titansteel Spellblade.

Titanium Plating now reduces the duration of disarm effects by 50% as well as increasing your block value.

 

Cooking

 

Grub now sells the Dig Rat Stew recipe to players who completed the quest.

Prospector Khazgorm, found in Bael Modan in southern Barrens, now sells the recipe for Dig Rat Stew to the Alliance.

 

Enchanting

 

Added a recipe for enchanting staves with spell power.

Several recipes in the 250-300 skill range have been rebalanced.

 

Jewelcrafting

 

Added a new recipe to cut black diamonds.

 

Leatherworking

 

Shadowskin Gloves and Dusky Boots no longer require Shadowcat Hide to create, but instead require an equal quantity of Shadow Silk. Shadowcat Hides can no longer be obtained from skinning.

 

Quests

 

The fight event for the "Grim(oire) Business" quest at Vim'gol's Circle in the Blade's Edge Mountains now only requires one character to stand within a fire circle in order to summon Vim'gol the Vile. However, it still takes five characters, one in each of the fire circles, in order to interrupt Vim'gol the Vile's Unholy Growth cast.

 

Dungeons and Raids

 

Eye of Eternity

 

Malygos will now properly delay before breathing after a Vortex on Heroic difficulty.

 

Naxxramas

 

The Chains of Kel'Thuzad will no longer reset the raid's threat.

The Portal of Shadows created by Shade of Naxxramas will only persist for a maximum of one minute.

Players with pets who attempt to use the Obedience Crystals in Naxxramas will have their pets dismissed automatically so they may possess an Understudy.

 

User Interface

 

New Advanced features for quest tracking are now available. Players will need to activate this option within the Interface panel.

A new Color Blind option is available under the Interface panel.

For additional notes on Lua and XML changes please visit the UI & Macros forum.

 

Items

 

Glyphs

 

Glyph of Blood Boil: Now only applies a snare to diseased targets.

Glyph of Holy Light: Can no longer crit and has had its range updated.

Glyph of Mocking Blow correctly increases damage of the ability by 25%.

Glyph of Shocking's tooltip has been corrected.

Glyph of Sprint no longer reduces the duration.

Darkmoon Cards of the North will now take three seconds per card to create.

Divine Hymn will now trigger Illustration of the Dragon Soul.

Frozen Scepter of Necromancy now sounds like other maces.

Heavy Junkboxes will no longer have deprecated poison materials.

Magic Dust now has a 10 second PvP duration.

Old Naxxramas Shoulder Enchants will now soulbind items.

Outrider's Lammellar Legguards and Sentinel's Mail Leggings have had their costs reduced to the correct value.

Pack of Endless Pockets can now be mailed.

Patroller's Pack now sounds like a bag.

PvP Trinkets will now break Shackle Undead.

Several beverages missing from the "Beverages Consumed" statistic have been added.

Several foods missing from the Food Eaten statistic have been added.

Thunder Capacitor again requires four charges.

Thunder Capacitor's cooldown functions.

White Tickbird Hatchling is now classified as a Pet.

 

Bug Fixes

 

Dartol's Rod of Transformation has had its tooltip corrected.

Mace of Unyielding Life is correctly a 2H weapon.

Many Northrend maces now make correct noises when sheathed and unsheathed.

Many items with 110 attack power now correctly grant 110 ranged attack power.

Oracle Talisman of Ablution's spell data has been clarified.

Personal Rating Requirements for offhand Deadly Gladiator items should now display correctly.

Several Hateful and Deadly plate helms were over budget and have been corrected.

Yaaarrrr! now has a detailed tooltip.

Tremor Totem: Now correctly pulses every 3 sec, up from 1 sec.

Undocumented but better notes imo:

 

Death Knight

 

Blood

Skills

 

Pestilence is now 1 rank. It now spreads existing Blood Plague and Frost Fever infections from your target to all other enemies within 10 yards. (Previously dealt damage)

Strangulate no longer deals damage.

Blood Boil damage increased, but its range has been reduced.

Death Pact's heal can no longer crit.

Blood Strike now instantly strikes the enemy, causing 40% weapon damage plus 305.6, increased by 12.5% per disease on the target at rank 6. (Previously caused 50% weapon damage plus 191, and an additional 95.5 bonus damage per disease)

Heart Strike now

instantly strikes the target and his nearest ally, causing 50% weapon damage plus 368, increased by 10% per disease on the target at rank 6. (Previously caused 60% weapon damage plus 220.8, and an additional 110.4 bonus damage per disease)

Talents

 

Blood Gorged (Tier 10) no longer grants expertise. Instead your attacks ignore up to 2/4/6/8/10% of the targets armor.

Heart Strike (Tier 9) now strikes the target and his nearest ally, causing 50% weapon damage plus 125, increased by 10% per disease on the target.

Might of Morgraine (Tier 9) now increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Blood Boil, Blood Strike, Death Strike, Heart Strike, and Obliterate abilities by 10/20/30%. (Previously was 15/30/45%)

Sudden Doom (Tier 8 ) is now a 3 point talent and now has a 5/10/15% chance to launch a free Death Coil at your target. (Previously gave a 4/8/12/16/20% chance to make the next death coil cost no runic power and guaranteed it to crit)

Blood Aura (Tier 7) renamed Improved Blood Presence and now while in Frost Presence or Unholy Presence, you retain 4% healing from Blood Presence, and healing done to you is increased by 10% in Blood Presence.

Bloody Strikes (Tier 5) now increases the damage of Blood Strike and Heart Strike by 15/30/45%, and increases the damage of Blood Boil by 20/40/60%.

Scent of Blood (Tier 2) now can proc off dodging, parrying or taking direct damage.

*New Talent* Improved Death Strike, Tier 8, 2 talent points - Increases the damage of your Death Strike by 15/30%.

 

Frost

Skills

 

Icy Touch now causes Frost Fever to last 15 secs.

Talents

 

Hungering Cold and Howling Blast have switched places in the talent tree.

Howling Blast (Tier 11) now deals 50% additional damage to targets infected with Frost Fever. (Previously dealt double damage)

Unbreakable Armor (Tier 8 ) now Reinforces your armor with a thick coat of ice, reducing physical damage from all attacks by 0.05 and increasing your strength by 25% for 20 sec. The amount of damage reduced increases as your armor increases. (Previously just increased armor by 25%, strength by 10%, and parry by 5%)

Blood of the North (Tier 8 ) now affects Frost Strike as well as Blood Strike.

Chillblains (Tier 7) now reduces movement speed by 15/30/45%. (Previously 10/20/30%)

Endless Winter moved from Tier 6 to Tier 4.

Chill of the Grave moved from Tier 5 to Tier 4.

Runic Power Mastery moved to Tier 1 and is now a 2 point talent. Increases your maximum Runic Power by 15/30. (Previously 3 point talent that increased runic power by 10/20/30)

Black Ice (Tier 2) increases your frost damage by 4/8/12/16/20%. (Previously 6/12/18/24/30%)

Glacier Rot moved from Tier 1 to Tier 5 and is now a 3 point talent. Now diseased enemies take 7/13/20% more damage from your Icy Touch, Howling Blast and Frost Strike. (Previously 5/10%)

 

Unholy

Skills

 

Plague Strike now deals 50% weapon damage plus 189 and infects the target with Blood Plague, a disease dealing Shadow damage over time. (No longer removes a HoT)

Raise Dead cooldown reduced from 5 minutes to 3 minutes. The ghoul now only lasts for 1 minute.

Talents

 

Unholy Blight moved from Tier 11 to Tier 5.

Scourge Strike (Tier 9) now deals 55% of weapon damage as Shadow damage plus 185.63, increased 9% per each of your diseases on the target. (Previously dealt 60% of weapon damage as Shadow damage plus 81, and an additional 40.5 bonus damage per disease.)

Night of the Dead (Tier 8 ) now reduces the cooldown on Raise Dead by 45/90 sec and Army of the Deat by 5/10 min. (Previously reduced cooldown when you hit the target)

Desecration (Tier 7) now causes all Plague Strikes to cause the desecrated ground effect. Targets in the area are slowed by 10/20/30/40/50% by the grasping arms of the dead while you cause 1/2/3/4/5% additional damage while standing on the unholy ground. Lasts 12 sec.

Anti-Magic Zone (Tier 7) no longer requires a rune to activate.

Unholy Aura (Tier 7) renamed Improved Unholy Presence and changed to: While in Blood Presence or Frost Presence, you retain 8/15% increased movement speed from Unholy Presence, and your runes finish their cooldowns 5/10% faster in Unholy Presence.

Magic Supression (Tier 6) is now a 3 point talent and You take 2/4/6% less damage from all magic. In addition, your Anti-Magic Shell absorbs an additional 8/16/25% of spell damage. (Previously a 5 point talent)

Master of Ghouls moved from Tier 6 to Tier 4. It now also reduces the cooldown of your Raise Dead spell by 60 sec.

Summon Gargoyle moved from Tier 5 to Tier 11.

Blood-Caked Blade (Tier 4) now has a 3 sec internal cooldown.

Shadow of Death removed from the game.

Outbreak (Tier 3) no longer affects Blood Boil. It now affects Plague Strike and Scourge Strike.

Necrosis (Tier 3) now only affects main hand auto attacks. (Previously affected all auto-attacks)

Virulence moved from Tier 2 to Tier 1.

Morbidity moved from Tier 1 to Tier 2.

*New Talent* Ghoul Frenzy, Tier 6, 1 point talent - Grants your pet 25% haste for 15 sec and heals it for 30% of its health over the duration. 1 Unholy Rune. 45 Yard range. Channeled. 30 sec cooldown.

 

Druid

 

Balance

Skills

 

Faerie Fire now decreases armor by 5%. (Previously decreased armor by a set amount)

Talents

 

Owlkin Frenzy (Tier 8 ) now procs off physical melee and ranged attacks. (Previously was triggered by all attacks)

 

Feral Combat

Skills

 

Faerie Fire now decreases armor by 5%. (Previously decreased armor by a set amount)

Savage Roar changed to increase physical damage done by 30%. (Previously increased attack power by 40%)

Maim now stuns the target instead of incapacitate.

*New Spell* Savage Defense, 1 rank, level 40 - Each time you deal a melee critical strike, you gain Savage Defense, reducing the damage taken from the next physical attack that strikes you by 25% of your attack power.

Talents

 

Survival of the Fittest (Tier 6) now increases your armor contribution from cloth and leather items in Bear Form and Dire Bear Form by 11/22/33%. (Previously 22/44/66%)

Predatory Strikes (Tier 4) now increases now includes Moonkin Form in its effect.

*New Talent* Primal Gore, Tier 10, 1 point talent - Grants the periodic damage from your Rake, Lacerate and Rip abilities the ability to critically hit.

 

Restoration

Skills

 

Abolish Poison now ticks every 3 secs for 12 secs. (Previously ticked every 2 secs for 8 secs)

Talents

 

Replenish (Tier 9) renamed Revitalize.

Improved Regrowth (Tier 6) renamed Nature's Bounty. Increases the critical effect chance of your Regrowth and Nourish spells by 5/10/15/20/25%. (Previously increased just regrowth crit by 10/20/30/40/50%)

Intensity (Tier 3) now allows 17/33/50% of mana regeneration to continue while casting. (Previously 10/20/30%)

Improved Mark of the Wild (Tier 1) now also increases all of your total attributes by 1/2%.

*New Talent* Improved Barkskin, Tier 10, 2 point talent - Increases the damage reduction granted by your Barkskin spell by 5/10%, and increases resistance to Dispel mechanics by 30/60% while under the effect of Barkskin.

 

Hunter

Beast Mastery

Skills

 

*New Skill* Call Stabled Pet - A pet of your choice busts out of its stable and joins you no matter where you are, replacing your current pet. Cannot be used in combat. Instant. 30 min cooldown. Requires Level 80.

 

Marksmanship

Skills

 

Kill Shot no longer has a minimum range. It can now be used in melee range.

Talents

 

Wild Quiver (Tier 9) now increases your chance to shoot an additional shot when doing damage with your auto shot, dealing 80% Nature damage, by 4/8/12%. (Previously it dealt 50% nature damage and had a 4/7/10% chance.)

Piercing Shots (Tier 7) Your critical Aimed, Steady and Chimera Shots cause the target to bleed for 10/20/30% of the damage dealt over 8 sec. (Previously triggered 2/4/6% armor ignore).

Ranged Weapon Specialization (Tier 6) is now a 3 point talent, increasing damage with ranged weapons by 1/3/5%. (Previously a 5 point talent increasing damage by 1/2/3/4/5%)

 

Survival

Skills

 

Disengage cooldown increased to 30 secs. (Previously was 25 secs)

Talents

 

Hunting Party (Tier 10) is now a 3 point talent, increasing agility by 1/2/3% and your Arcane Shot, Explosive Shot and Steady Shot critical strikes have a 33/66/100% chance to grant up to 10 party or raid members mana regeneration equal to 0.25% of the maximum mana per second. Lasts for 15 sec.

Trap Mastery moved from Tier 9 to Tier 2 and is now a 3 point talent. Increases the duration of Frost and Freezing trap by 10/20/30%, Periodic damage of Immolation and Explosive trap by 10/20/30%, and number of snakes summoned by Snake Trap by 30%. (Previously was just 1 point)

*New Talent* Black Arrow (Tier 9) - Fires a Black Arrow at the target, increasing all damage done by you to the target by 6% and dealing [ 10% of RAP + 785 ] Shadow damage over 15 sec. Costs 6% base mana. 5-35 yard range. Instant Cast. 30 sec cooldown.

Sniper Training (Tier 9) has been changed to increase the critical strike chance of your Kill Shot ability by 5/10/15%, and while standing still for 6 sec., you gain Sniper Training increasing the damage done by your Steady Shot, Aimed Shot, Black Arrow and Explosive Shot by 2/4/6% Lasts 15 sec. (Previously increased damage and critical strike chance based on your range to the target)

Wyvern Sting (Tier 7) now lasts 30 sec on the target. (Previously lasted 12 sec)

T.N.T. (Tier 4) now increases the damage done by your Explosive Shot, Explosive Trap and Immolation Trap by 2%. (Previously increased critical strike chance of explosive shot and and gave it a chance to stun the target)

Lock and Load (Tier 4) now has a 33/66/100% chance to proc off Freezing Shot, Freezing Trap, and Frost Trap, and a 3/7/10% chance to proc off the periodic damage of Immolation Trap and Black Arrow. (Previously worked on all traps and included serpent sting)

Improved Wing Clip has been removed from the game.

 

Mage

Arcane

Skills

 

Mage Armor has been increased to allow 50% of your mana regneration to continue while casting. (Previously 30%)

*New Spell* Polymorph Rabbit - Transforms the enemy into a harmless rabbit, forcing it to scamper around for up to 50 sec. While wandering, the rabbit cannot attack or cast spells but will regenerate very quickly. Any damage will transform the target back into its normal form. Only one target can be polymorphed at a time. Only works on Beasts, Humanoids and Critters.

Talents

 

Arcane Meditation (Tier 4) Allows 17/33/50% of your mana regeneration to continue while casting. (Previously 10/20/30%)

 

Fire

Talents

 

Burnout (Tier 10) now only affects Fire Spells. (Previously affected all spells)

Pyromaniac (Tier 7) now allows 17/33/50% of your mana regeneration to continue while casting. (Previously 10/20/30%)

 

Frost

Talents

 

Improved Water Elemental (Tier 9) has been renamed Enduring Winter. It now increases the duration of your Summon Water Elemental spell by 5 sec and your Frostbolt spell has a 33/66/100% chance to grant the Replenishment effect to up to 10 party or raid members mana regeneration equal to 0.25% of their maximum mana per second for 15 sec.

 

Paladin

 

All Paladin auras have had their tooltip changed to note that they work on the entire raid, not just the party.

 

Holy

Skills

 

Exorcism can now be used on all targets, but is now a guaranteed critical strike vs Undead and Demon type mobs.

Judgement of Light now procs off spells as well. (Previously only "attacks" would trigger this)

Talents

 

Purifying Power (Tier 6) now reduces the cooldown of your Exorcism and Holy Wrath spells by 17/33%. (Previously increased the critical strike chance of those spells by 10/20%)

Pure of Heart (Tier 5) now reduces Curse, Poison, and Disease effects by 15/30%. (Previously was 25/50% but did not include poisons)

Blessed Hands has been moved from Tier 5 to Tier 4 and now reduces the mana cost of Hand of Freedom, Hand of Sacrifice and Hand of Salvation by 15/30% and cooldowns by 10/20%.

Improved Concentration Aura's (Tier 4) reduced silence/interrupt effect now works while any aura is active.

 

Protection

Skills

 

Shield of Righteousness now deals 130% of block value + 520 at the highest rank. It no longer causes a high amount of threat. (Previously increased damage by a set amount)

Blessing of Kings is now a baseline ability. Trainable at level 20.

Talents

 

Shield of the Templar (Tier 10) no longer increases the damage of your Holy Shield, Avenger's Shield and Shield of Righteousness spells. Instead it gives your Avenger's Shield a 33/66/100% chance to silence targets hit by it for 3 sec.

Judgements of the Just (Tier 10) now reduces the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice by 10 sec, increases the duration of your Seal of Justice effect by 0.5 sec, in addition to its previous effect.

Avenger's Shield's (Tier 9) damage has been increased across all ranks.

Guarded by the Light (Tier 9) now reduces spell damage taken by 3% and gives a 50% chance to refresh the duration of your Divine Plea when you hit an enemy. (Previously reduced the mana cost of your Holy Shield, Avenger's Shield and Shield of Righteousness spells by 15%.)

Holy Shield's (Tier 7) damage slightly increased across all ranks.

Ardent Defender (Tier 7) is now a 3 point talent, reducing damage taken by 10/20/30%. (Previously was a 5 point talent)

Sacred Duty (Tier 6) increases stamina by 4% now. (Previously was 3%)

One-Handed Weapon Specialization is now a 3 point talent, increasing damage done with 1 handers by 4/7/10%. (Previously was a 5 point talent)

Blessing of Sanctuary (Tier 5) now only grants 2% of maximum displayed mana when the target blocks, parries, or dodges a melee attack. (Previously granted 10 rage or 20 runic power or 2% max mana)

Divine Guardian (Tier 4) now has been changed to redirect damage "(up to a maximum of 150/300% of the Paladin's health)." (Previously had no limit)

Improved Devotion Aura (Tier 4) now increases the amount healed on any target affected by any of your Auras by 2%. (Previously only worked with Devotion Aura active)

Improved Hammer of Justice (Tier 4) is now a 2 point talent, reducing the cooldown of Hammer of Justice by 10/20 sec. (Previously had a 3rd rank that reduced cooldown by 30 secs)

 

Retribution

Talents

 

Righteous Vengeance (Tier 10) is now a 3 point talent. When your Judgement and Divine Storm spells deal a critical strike, your target will take 10/20/30% additional damage over 8 sec. (Previously a 5 point talent)

Fanaticism (Tier 8 ) is now a 3 point talent and now increases the critical strike chance of all Judgements capable of a critical hit by 6/12/18% and reduces threat caused by all actions by 10/20/30% except when under the effects of Righteous Fury. (Previously a 5 point talent)

Improved Retribution Aura has been removed from the game.

Improved Retribution Aura's effect has been merged into Sanctified Retribution (Tier 5).

Divine Purpose has been moved from Tier 5 to Tier 6.

 

Priest

Discipline

Skills

 

Divine Spirit is now a baseline spell.

Talents

 

Penance (Tier 11) Damage increased slightly across all ranks.

Grace (Tier 9) now lasts 15 sec. (Previously lasted 8 sec)

Rapture (Tier 8 ) revamped. Now a 3 point talent. When your Power Word: Shield is completely absorbed or dispelled you are instantly energized with 1.5% of your total mana, and you have a 33% chance to energize your shielded target with 2% total mana, 8 rage, 16 energy or 32 runic power. This effect cannot occur once every 12 seconds.

Focused Will (Tier 7) now increases spell critical strike chance by 1/2/3% in addition to its previous effect.

Reflective Shield has been moved from Tier 7 to Tier 5. It is now a 2 point talent and causes 22/45% of the damage you absorb with Power Word: Shield to reflect back at the attacker.

Enlightenment (Tier 6) is now a 3 point talent and now increases your total Spirit by 2/4/6% and increases your spell haste by 2/4/6%. (Previously a 5 point talent)

Meditation (Tier 3) now increases mana regeneration by 17/33/50%. (Previously 10/20/30%)

Improved Power Word: Fortitude (Tier 2) now also increases your personal stamina by 2/4%.

Unbreakable Will (Tier 1) now reduces the duration of Stun, Fear, and Silence effects done to you by an additional 6/12/18/24/30%. (Previously 3/6/9/12/15%)

*New Talent* Improved Flash Heal, Tier 7, 3 point talent - Reduces the mana cost of your Flash Heal by 5/10/15%, and increases the critical effect chance of your Flash Heal by 4/7/10% on friendly targets at or below 50% health.

*New Talent* Soul Warding, Tier 5, 1 point talent - Reduces the cooldown of your Power Word: Shield ability by 4 sec, and reduces the mana cost of your Power Word: Shield by 30%.

 

Holy

Skills

 

Prayer of Healing is now a targeted spell that heals the target's party.

Holy Nova mana cost reduced from 27% base mana to 22% base mana.

Talents

 

Circle of Healing (Tier 9) healing increased across all ranks.

Test of Faith (Tier 9) now increases healing by 4/8/12% on friendly targets at or below 50% health.

Serendipity (Tier 8 ) changed to: When you heal with Binding Heal or Flash Heal, the cast time of your next Greater Heal or Prayer of Healing spell is reduced by 6/12/20%. Stacks up to 3 times. Lasts 20 sec.

Holy Concentration (Tier 7) changed to: Your mana regeneration is increased by 16/32/50% for 8 sec after you critically heal with Flash Heal, Greater Heal, Binding Heal or Renew. (Previously had a chance to grant clearcasting effect)

Blessed Resilience (Tier 7) increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 1/2/3% along with its previous effect.

Improved Holy Concentration (Tier 9) removed from the game.

*New Talent* Empowered Renew, Tier 9, 3 point talent - Your Renew spell gains an additional 5/10/15% of your bonus healing effects, and your Renew will instantly heal the target for 5/10/15% of the total periodic effect.

 

Shadow

Skills

 

Shadowfiend now creates a shadowy fiend to attack the target. Caster receives 5% mana when the Shadowfiend attacks. Damage taken by area of effect attacks is reduced, and the Shadowfiend has a reduced chance to be hit by spells and melee attacks. Lasts 15 sec.

Talents

 

Dispersion (Tier 11) now clears all snare and movement impairing effects when cast, and makes you immune to them while dispersed.

Shadowform (Tier 7) now gives your Shadow Word: Pain, Devouring Plague, and Vampiric Touch spells the ability to critically hit.

Darkness moved from Tier 6 to Tier 1.

Silence (Tier 5) range increased to 30 yards. (Previously was 20 yards)

Vampiric Embrace (Tier 5) now lasts 5 mins. (Previously lasted 1 min)

Spirit Tap (Tier 1) now increases mana regeneration while casting by 87%. (Previously 50%)

Improved Spirit Tap (Tier 1) increases mana regeneration while casting by 17/33%. (Previously 10/20%)

*New Talent* Improved Devouring Plague, Tier 6, 3 point talent - Increases the periodic damage done by your Devouring Plague by 5/10/15%, and when you cast Devouring Plague you instantly deal damage equal to 5/10/15% of its total periodic effect.

 

Rogue

Assassination

Skills

 

Envenom now gives an additional 15% chance to apply Deadly Poison and a 75% increased frequency of applying Instant Poison for 1 sec plus an additional 1 sec per combo point. (Previously gave a 15% chance to apply both deadly and instant poison)

Expose Armor now reduces armor by 20%, lasting longer per combo point.

Talents

 

Hunger For Blood (Tier 11) changed to: Enrages you, increasing all damage caused by 15%. Requires a bleed effect to be active on the target. Lasts 30 sec. (Previously increased damage by 5%)

Improved Poisons (Tier 4) changed to increases the chance to apply Deadly Poison to your target by 2/4/6/8/10% and the frequency of applying Instant Poison to your target by 10/20/30/40/50%. (Previously increased chance to apply Deadly and Instant poison by 2/4/6/8/10%)

 

Combat

Talents

 

Savage Combat (Tier 9) now increases damage caused against poison enemies by 4%. (Previously increased damage by 1%)

Adrenaline Rush (Tier 7) cooldown reduced from 5 minutes to 3 minutes.

Lightning Reflexes (Tier 4) is now a 3 point talent and Increases your Dodge chance by 2/4/6% and gives you 4/7/10% melee haste. (Previously just increased dodge by 1/2/3/4/5%)

 

Shaman

Elemental

Skills

 

Fire Nova Totem's mana cost has been reduced.

Talents

 

*New Talent* Booming Echoes, Tier 8, 2 point talent - Reduces the cooldown of your Flame Shock and Frost Shock spells by an additional 1/2 sec., and increases the direct damage done by your Flame Shock and Frost Shock spells by an additional 10/20%.

 

Enhancement

Skills

 

Bloodlust and Heroism now puts a debuff on you preventing you from using gaining the benefits of them for 10 mins. They now have a 5 min cooldown. (Previously had a 5 min debuff with a 10 min cooldown)

Talents

 

Improved Stormstrike (Tier 8 ) now has a 50/100% chance to grant you 20% of your base mana when you Stormstrike.

Stormstrike (Tier 7) now affects the next 4 nature attacks but only lasts 10 secs now. (Previously only affected 2 attacks and lasted 12 secs)

Unleashed Rage (Tier 6) is now a 3 point talent. It now passively increases your agility by 1/2/3% in addition to causing your critical hits with melee attacks to increase all party and raid members' attack power by 4/7/10% if within 45 yards of the Shaman. Lasts 10 sec.

Spirit Weapons (Tier 5) now reduces all threat, just not melee threat.

Toughness (Tier 4) now increases stamina by 2/4/6/8/10% instead of increasing armor value.

*New Talent* Frozen Power, Tier 6, 2 point talent - Increases the damage done by your Frostbrand Weapon if it is enchanted on your main-hand weapon by 10/20%, and your Frost Shock has a 50/100% chance to root the target in Ice for 5 sec. when used on targets at or further than 15 yards from you.

 

Restoration

Skills

 

Poison Cleansing Totem and Disease Cleansing Totem have been merged into 1 totem.

 

Warlock

Affliction

Skills

 

Curse of Elements Rank 5 now increases spell damage taken by the target by 13% (Previously 10%)

Curse of Recklessness has been removed from the game.

Curse of Weakness now reduces armor by 5% along with its previous effect.

 

Talents

 

Pandemic (Tier 9) is now a 1 point talent. It now grants the periodic damage from your Corruption and Unstable Affliction spells the ability to critically hit.

Malediction (Tier 8 ) now increases spell damage by 1/2/3%. (Previously also increased the effect of curse of elements)

Eradication (Tier 7) has been changed to: When you deal damage with Corruption, you have a 2/4/6% chance to gain the Eradication effect. The Eradication effect increases the critical strike chance of your Shadow Bolt spell by 30%. Each critical strike reduces the critical strike bonus by 10%. Lasts 30 sec.

Shadow Embrace (Tier 5) now increases Shadow Periodic damage. (Previously increased all periodic damage)

Siphon Life (Tier 5) is no longer a spell. It is a passive talent that When you deal damage with your Corruption spell, you are instantly healed for 40% of the damage done.

Frailty has been renamed Improved Curse of Weakness (Tier 2).

Supression (Tier 1) now increases chance to hit with all spells. (Previously only affected affliction spells)

 

Demonology

Skills

 

Enslave Demon penalties have been reduced. While enslaved, the time between the demon's attacks is increased by 30% and its casting speed is slowed by 20%. (Previously attack speed was increased by 40% and casting speed slowed by 30%)

 

Talents

 

Fel Synergy has been moved from Tier 8 to Tier 1. You have a 50/100% chance to heal your pet for 50/30% of the amount of damage done by you.

Mana Feed is now a 1 point talent and has been moved from Tier 6 to Tier 5. Your demon now gains 100% of the mana you gain when you gain mana from Drain Mana or Life Tap spells

Master Conjuror (Tier 5) now increases the combat ratings gained from your conjured Firestone and Spellstone by 150/300%. (Previously 15/30%)

Demonic Embrace (tier 1) is now a 3 point talent. Increases your total stamina by 4/7/10%. (Previously 2/4/6/8/10%)

Demonic Empathy has been removed from the game.

Demonic Sacrifice has been removed from the game.

Improved Enslave Demon has been removed from the game.

*New Talent* Nemesis, Tier 9, 3 point talent - Reduces the cooldown of your Demonic Empowerment, Metamorphosis, Soulstone and Fel Domination spells by 10/20/30%.

*New Talent* Decimation, Tier 8, 2 point talent - When you Shadowbolt or Incinerate a target that is at or below 35% health, the cast time of your next Soulfire is reduced by 30/60%. Lasts 10 sec.

*New Talent* Molten Core, Tier 6, 3 point talent - Your Shadow spells and damage over time effects have a 5/10/15% chance to increase the damage of your Fire spells by 10% for 12 sec.

 

Destruction

Talents

 

Improved Soul Leech (Tier 8 ) now has a replenishment effect along with its previous effect.

Conflagrate (Tier 7) is now 1 rank. It consumes an Immolate or Shadowflame effect on the enemy target to instantly deal damage equal to 15 sec of your Immolate or 8 sec of your Shadowflame.

Backlash has been moved from Tier 7 to Tier 5.

Pyroclasm has been moved from Tier 5 to Tier 7 and is now a 3 point talent. It now states when you critically strike with Searing Pain or Conflagrate, your Fire and Shadow spell damage is increased by 2/4/6% for 10 sec.

Improved Immolate (Tier 5) now increases all damage done by Immolate. (Previously only increased the initial damage)

Aftermath (Tier 2) now increases the periodic damage done by your Immolate by 3/6%, and your Conflagrate has a 50/100% chance to daze the target for 5 sec.

Cataclysm (Tier 2) now reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 4/7/10%. (Previously increased hit chance with destruction spells and reduced mana cost by 1/2/3%)

Improved Shadow Bolt (Tier 1) changed to Increases the damage done by your Shadow Bolt spell by 1/2/3/4/5%, and your Shadow Bolt causes your target to be vulnerable to spell damage, increasing spell critical strike chance against that target by 1/2/3/4/5%. Effect lasts 30 sec.

Molten Core moved to demonology.

*New Talent* Molten Skin, Tier 2, 3 point talent - Reduces all damage taken by 2/4/6%.

 

Warrior

Arms

Talents

 

Wrecking Crew (Tier 10) now states that it no longer stacks with enrage.

Blood Frenzy (Tier 9) now increases all physical damage done to the target by 2/4%. (Previously was 1/2%)

 

Fury

Talents

 

Titan's Grip (Tier 11) now reduces physical damage you deal by 10%.

 

Protection

Skills

 

Sunder Armor now reduces target's armor by 4% per application. Stacks up to 5. (Previously reduced armor by a set amount)

So Dk tanks get nerfed again. They really need to just give us a tanking tree, I'm sick with getting nerfed for pvp. Now Black Ice and Howling Blast do even less damage! So with those changes and the pestilence change I'm one terrible aoe tank now. Thanks Blizz! I'm just glad we have an AoE taunt to make up for this <_<

Blessing of Sanctuary (Tier 5) now only grants 2% of maximum displayed mana when the target blocks, parries, or dodges a melee attack. (Previously granted 10 rage or 20 runic power or 2% max mana) .... WTF? this is now useless on all none mana users...

 

 

Divine Guardian (Tier 4) now has been changed to redirect damage "(up to a maximum of 150/300% of the Paladin's health)." (Previously had no limit)... I'm guessing this is the max overall damage that can be redirected, so when popped my I have 90,000 damage redirected to me... I can't think of a time where I would ever reach that amount in a 12 second period, but... whatever...

 

 

So they make kings Baseline and give us, New Talent Divinity:Tier 1 protection talent, increases healing done by and to you by 1/2/3/4/5%..... I just don't know if I'd want this... and every Holy pally will want it. I was hopeing for something a bit more... prot oriented, and I'm still waiting for our 11 point talent.

 

All in all... not to impressed with the prot changes, not as much as I thought I would be. They made Prot more viable for PvP... and only helped us a little bit with PvE.

 

 

I did not go prot to have shit changed to be better in PvP.

and they didn't like people being immune to disarm, yet they give us a bunch of ways to reduce the time on disarm, and now they add

Titanium Plating now reduces the duration of disarm effects by 50% as well as increasing your block value.

 

Why does my shield plating reduce my disarm time?...

New thing: Argent tournament

 

In patch 3.1, a new world event titled “The Argent Tournament” will be coming to Northrend! This tournament will be live on the 3.1 PTR and open for testing, though certain aspects are still in development. Players will find a host of new features here, including:

 

The ability to prove your worth to a capital city of your choosing through our new mounted combat system (still in development)

 

New daily quests to construct the great Argent Crusade coliseum for glorious battles to come

 

All new rewards - new items, titles, banners, tabards, pets, mounts, and more

 

All new achievements

 

Many more festivities, and more to come in future content updates!

 

Players will find the Argent Tournament in Icecrown. Speaking to any Northrend flight master will get you on track to prove your worth to the Argent Crusade, your faction’s leaders, and all denizens of Azeroth!

 

I assume that is where you can get all of these:

 

Pets:

Alarming Clockbot - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Alarming Clockbot.

Ammen Vale Lashling - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Ammen Vale lashling.

Argent Gruntling - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Argent Crusade gruntling.

Argent Squire - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Argent Crusade squire.

Curious Gorloc Hatchling - Right Click to call or shoo away a Curious Gorloc Hatchling.

Curious Wolvar Pup - Right Click to call or shoo away a Curious Wolvar Pup.

Dun Morogh Cub - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Dun Morogh Cub.

Durotar Scorpion - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Durotar scorpion.

Elwynn Lamb - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Elwynn lamb.

Enchanted Broom - Right Click to summon and dismiss your enchanted broom.

Mechanopeep - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Mechanopeep.

Mulgore Hatchling - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Mulgore hatchling.

Murkimus the Gladiator - Right Click to summon and dismiss Murkimus the Gladiator.

Plump Turkey - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Plump Turkey.

Sen'jin Fetish - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Sen'jin fetish.

Spring Rabbit - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Spring Rabbit.

Strand Crawler - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Darkspear Strand crawler.

Teldrassil Sproutling - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Teldrassil Sproutling.

Tirisfal Batling - Right Click to summon and dismiss your Tirisfal batling.

 

Mounts:

Aquatic Riding Ray - Summons and dismisses an Aquatic Riding Ray. This is an aquatic mount. (100% speed water mount)

Forsaken Warhorse - Summons and dismisses a rideable Forsaken Warhorse. This is a very fast mount.

Great Azuremyst Elekk - Summons and dismisses a rideable Great Azuremyst Elekk. This is a very fast mount.

Great Mulgore Kodo - Summons and dismisses a rideable Great Mulgore Kodo. This is a very fast mount.

Swift Darnassian Mistsaber - Summons and dismisses a rideable Swift Darnassian Mistaber. This is a very fast mount.

Swift Ironforge Ram - Summons and dismisses a rideable Swift Ironforge Ram. This is a very fast mount.

Swift Orgrimmar Wolf - Summons and dismisses a rideable Swift Orgrimmar Wolf. This is a very fast mount.

Swift Sen'jin Raptor - Summons and dismisses a rideable Swift Sen'jin Raptor. This is a very fast mount.

Swift Silvermoon Hawkstrider - Summons and dismisses a rideable Swift Silvermoon Hawkstrider. This is a very fast mount.

Swift Stormwind Steed - Summons and dismisses a rideable Swift Stormwind Steed. This is a very fast mount.

Turbostrider - Summons and dismisses a rideable Turbostrider. This is a very fast mount.

 

 

A water mount?.... hmmm... intresting. The tournement thing could be cool, like a jousting set up. Just wondering how they will do it.

So I'm not seeing the 20% dmg bonus for Killing Spree that I have seen and heard so much about. An extra 20% dmg for 3 seconds every 2 minutes WOULD be kinda OP. >.>

DL: Blessing of Sanctuary still reduces damage taken by 3% for those other tanks I suppose, but yeah, the nerf to make it only optimized for tankadins is perplexing. On the whole, a balance chance in our favor I suppose!

 

Hymn of Hope: I hardly knew thee!

 

Empowered Renew: Rawrrrrr!!! <3

 

50% in-combat mana regen?!

 

Frost Mages = the new mana batteries?

 

(Subt) Rogues: Shadow Dance opening a new action bar (for stealth-only actions) will be much appreciated.

 

I'd be interested in hearing more about "Advanced quest tracking". A questhelper that doesn't grind the machine to a halt would be great. (Tabbing out to look up quest item coordinates on Wowhead is just dumb!)

Edited February 24, 2009 by Fatherpeteus

I remember how they were saying they wanted to add to Blessing of Sanc to make it benefit the Prot pallie who cast it more then other tanks... but to me it's a nerf that other tanks will feel more . I really loved it before, very beneficial for anyone, now I just can't appretiate it as much, it got a nerf , now it's the same thing but less, instead of osing but gaining something.

 

 

 

But i'm just complaining cause I'm prot pallie focused =P

Ok that is quite enough pvp nerfs please...

Some other neat things.. Check out the new tabbards. The Darnassus one is pretty hot, imo:

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/february/310_factiontabard.jpg

 

Banners.. Dont know what for, but eh! SW one looks awesome, and of course the dwarf one uses clothing line clips to hold it together.

 

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/february/310_factionbanner.jpg

 

Also check out this Gem from the discipline tree - we have a talent that makes it so we have a higher % chance to crit heal someone if they have weakened soul on them. Makes sense, and it was fine. Now they added this to the same talent in Disc.. I hope Bre gets it!:

now also give you a 100% chance to reduce all damage taken by 3% for 20 sec to all friendly party and raid targets when you Power Word: Sheild a friendly target.

 

Thats sorta neat - since it lasts 20 sec, its pretty much a raid wide -3% dmg mitigation all the time. xD

*New Talent* Soul Warding, Tier 5, 1 point talent - Reduces the cooldown of your Power Word: Shield ability by 4 sec, and reduces the mana cost of your Power Word: Shield by 30%.

 

That's the new disc talent that is replacing Divine Spirit, Soul Warding is crap imo >.<

 

 

It makes PWShield have no cooldown. Totally awesome, not crap.

 

Also those tabbards you can buy (for now) cross faction. I'd love to get the org. one.

 

xD

 

 

 

 

It makes PWShield have no cooldown. Totally awesome, not crap.

 

I'd love to get the org. one.

 

xD

 

PWShield have no cool down? Damn

 

Anyways, I'll try and get that tabard & wear the tabard for you xD

Here's a list from Wowhead of new items released in 3.1: http://ptr.wowhead.com/?items&filter=c...=1;crv=0#0+12+1

 

Of interest - Some new high-level leatherworking and BS patterns, a 32-slot herb bag, and a +81 spell power to *staff* enchant that could help to make a high-end 2h caster weapon measure up to MH + OH. Oh yeah, and tier 8 tokens, and some new high-level (i-level 226, like heroic KT or Malygos drops) badge gear from "Emblems of Conquest" (I guess we will get those in Ulduar).

Stuff is changing as we approach patch day (I guess?)

http://www.wowhead.com/?patchnotes=3.1.0-ptr

 

Armor Penetration Rating: All classes now receive 25% more benefit from Armor Penetration Rating.

Haste Rating: Shamans, Paladins, Druids, and Death Knights now receive 30% more melee haste from Haste Rating.

Should make a significant change to best-in-slot gear ratings calculations!

 

New! Spirit: The amount of mana regeneration granted by this stat has been reduced by 40%.

Ow - Did Father's whole gear setup just get gimped? Just as I got to the point of being pretty well good for mana through the more intensive fights...

 

Taunts: All player or pet-generated taunts now have a shared diminish category

Could make Razuvious interesting?!

 

 

Too bad armor penetration is still horribad for hunters.