speedpop said:Yeah a few realms do need to get merged. Slapping on a Recommended status on the server means nothing in the long run. The server that my Shaman was on is slowly dying, from becoming one of the biggest PVP servers and 1:1 ratio with Horde vs Alliance.. then most of the old players quitting or transferring off a few months after Burning Crusade.
Booyah.-Damage coefficient reduction on Improved Bolts removed
-Water/Muffin dispenser called Ritual of Refreshment
=W= said:some interesting 2.3 stuff so far (list compiled from SA)
General
-New Flying Mount added. Requires 2,000g and Exalted with Cenarion Expedition
-New 10-Man Raid - Zul'Aman!
-Guild Banks!
-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
-Level 20-60 Quest EXP has been increased, while EXP to Level has been decreased
Mages
-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 (Rank 5, 6) have had their base absorb lowered
-Damage coefficient reduction on Improved Bolts removed
-Water/Muffin dispenser called Ritual of Refreshment
Shamans
-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
-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
Druids
-Intensity increased to 10/20/30% mana regeneration
-Rebirth CD reduced to 20 mins
Warlocks
-Ritual of Souls has had it's casting time significantly reduced
Warriors
-Arms/Fury Warriors will get an addition to Tactical Mastery that will help them be more viable as tanks or off-tanks. Talent will grant greatly increased threat from Mortal Strike and Bloodthirst while in Defensive stance.
-Healing reduction effects affect all drain spells and abilities (i.e., Mortal Strike will affect Drain Life)
-Reduced chance for Mace Specialization to occur, but will provide 7 rage instead of 6.
Priests
-Power Word: Shield will receive additional benefit from +Dmg and +Healing
-Power Word: Shield (Rank 10, 11, 12) have had their base absorb lowered
-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
-Fear Ward available to all priests at level 20. 3 minute duration. 3 minute CD.
Paladins
-Crusader Strike cooldown is being reduced to 6 seconds
-Improved Seal of the Crusader is now baseline
-Sanctified Crusader has been moved where Imp SOTC was
-New talent: Sanctified Seals, increases chance to crit with spells and melee by 1/2/3% and reduces the chance your Seals can be dispelled by 33/66/100%
Rogues
-Deadly Throw travel speed is being significantly increased
-Deadly Throw snare duration is being slightly increased (1 second?)
-Blind no longer requires a reagent
-Blind is now a physical attack
-Blind now shares the Diminishing Returns of Cyclone
-Blind is now affected by Diminishing Returns in PvE
-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
Fleet Footed changed to 15% bonus movement speed instead of 8%
Hunters
-Serpent Sting, Immolation Trap, and Explosive Trap gain additional damage based on Ranged Attack Power
-Wyvern Sting will be instant cast
-Arcane Shot will dispel 1 magic effect in addition to normal damage
Dwarves and Dranei
-To replace Fear Ward, they will get a new ability called Chastise which will cause Holy damage and incapacitate the target for 2 seconds
Engineering
-Flying Mount added for Engineers. Regular and Epic version.
-New field repair bot? Some sort of reference to it "hawking wares"
Fishing
-Fish Tracking may be learned from a journal, fished from crates
-New fish added near Karazhan and Zul'Aman
Cooking
-New recipes added for fish found near Karazhan and Zul'Aman
Looks that way, although that offensive holy damage/incapacitate is nothing to sneeze at.border said:Dwarf priests are losing Fear Ward? (Or more accurately, everyone is getting it)
A reagentless blind? Might as well call it eye gouge or something. :lolFF_VIII said:Wow, that's some nice buffs for Rogues.
if shadowstep can be used to get rid of traps and snares like improved sprint, then it's almost decent, but 40 sec cd is ridiculous and still places it firmly in the category of "not worth it"FF_VIII said:Wow, that's some nice buffs for Rogues.
Not really. Subtlety sucks for anything else than 2v2 and duels. Blind is so broken with the reagent cost (can't even buy it from vendors), the cooldown and how easily people can break or remove it.FF_VIII said:Wow, that's some nice buffs for Rogues.
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=983739070&pageNo=1&sid=2#19ManaByte said:I couldn't find a blue post that confirmed the 2,000g cost for the CX flying mount; only that it was a Hippogrif that flew at the normal 280 speed. Nothing about the cost.
Hunters
-Serpent Sting, Immolation Trap, and Explosive Trap gain additional damage based on Ranged Attack Power
-Wyvern Sting will be instant cast
-Arcane Shot will dispel 1 magic effect in addition to normal damage
border said:What happened to the Broom Mount that was in a number of pictures? Is it in this new patch? I was thinking it would be a part of the new Hallow's End festivities....
General
* (3) Auction's duration have been changed to 12, 24 or 48 hours. Also deposit prices for all duration will be the same.
* (3) You can now ctrl+click recipes to get a preview of the crafted item in the dressing room.
* (3) All items of the auction house will be sorted server side, basically it means that when you'll try to sort a particular item by price, it will sort it through all page, not only the current one.
* Healing Reduction effects now affect all Drain spells and abilities (i.e. Mortal Strike will affect Drain Life) (Source)
* Level 20-60 Quest EXP has been increased, while EXP to Level has been decreased (Source)
* Guild Banks are being added to the game. (Source)
* New relics are added to support all talent trees in patch 2.3 for Shaman, Paladins and Druids. Most of the arena-system existing Relics have been renamed to create a more consistent naming convention (Source)
* +Healing bonus will give 33% of spell damage as well (1500 Healing bonus will give you 500 Spell damage) (Source)
Raids & Dungeons
* (3) New daily quests are available in the Lower City for 5 man heroic and non-heroic dungeons (Once at a time, a bit like battlegroundw weekends, each day you will get quests for a different dungeons). The following non-heroic dungeons are concerned : Shattered Halls, Steamvault, Shadow Labyrinth, Black Morass, Botanica, Mechanar, and Arcatraz. All dungeons will get quests in Heroic mode. If you're getting the non-heroic and the heroic quest on the same day for the same dungeon, you can complete both by running it in heroic mode once. Non heroic quests will reward you with a Ethereum Prison Key (various reputation), gold, and reputation with the Consortium. Heroic quests will give you 2 Badges of Justice, gold, and reputation with the Consortium.
* (2) Mobs inside Sethekk Halls will now continue to award Lower City reputation all the way into Exalted. Previously they stopped giving reputation in non-heroic mode just before players hit revered.
* (2) The number of creatures that must be killed in the Karazhan Servants Quarters area before a miniboss spawns has been reduced.
* New 10-Man Raid - Zul'Aman!
* New Title - Champion of the Naaru: Awarded to those who complete the Tempest Keep attunement quest at level 70. (Won't be available anymore at lvl 80) (Source)
* Heroic Badges drop from Zul'aman and Karazhan bosses.
* The amount of items available from the Heroic Badges vendor has been considerably increased.
Factions
* (3) You can buy now buy Super Mana and Health Potions from Ogri'la quartermaster. They're usable everywhere and costs 50 Apexis Shard.
* (3) New Flying Mount added. Requires 2,000g and Exalted with Cenarion Expedition. (280% Speed) (Source)
PvP
* (3) New battleground rewards are available : boots, belts, and wrists. (Source)
* (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)
* (2) Spells now cast for free before a Battleground begins
* (2) Spells now cast for free for 5 seconds after resurrecting at a Spirit Healer in Battlegrounds
* (2) Additional Honor is rewarded upon conclusion of Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin, and Eye of the Storm
Mages
* (2) Detect Magic removed. All players may now see their target's beneficial effects at all times
* (2) Frost Ward and Fire Ward now gain additional benefit from +Dmg
* (2) Frost Ward and Fire Ward (Ranks 5, 6) have had their base absorb lowered
* Damage coefficient reduction is removed from Improved Fireball/Frostbolt. (Source)
* New spell : Ritual of Refreshment. It will allow players to pick up their own stack of food/water, similar to a Soulwell. (Source)
* Evocation restores 15% of your total mana every 2 seconds instead of being a spirit-based mana regen increase. (Source)
* Arcane Meditation is being increased to 10/20/30% mana regeneration. (Source)
* Ice Barrier gains additional benefit from spell damage bonuses. However, the base absorb values of ranks 5 and 6 have been reduced. (Source)
Shamans
* (2) Item - Tidefury Raiment now grants additional mana to Water Shield
* (2) Item - Totem of the Thunderhead now grants additional mana to Water Shield
* (2) New Talent - Shamanistic Focus: After landing a melee critical strike, you enter a focused state. The focused state reduces the mana cost of your next Shock spell by 60%
* New Talent replacing the 2 Handed weapons one - Elemental Focus: Puts you in a "focused state" after landing a melee critical strike, reducing the mana cost of your next Shock spell by 60% (Source)
* All shaman can equip 2-Handed Axes and 2-Handed Maces without spending talent points. (Source)
* Frost shock is no longer subject to diminishing returns. (Source)
* Shamanistic rage also reduces all damages taken by 30% for the duration of the ability (30 seconds) in addition to its current effect. (Source)
* Spirit weapons reduces melee threat by 30% instead of 15%. (Source)
* Mental Quickness adds 10/20/30% to spell damage and healing bonuses based on your total Attack Power in addition to it's current effects. (Source)
* Lightning Overload now has a 4/8/12/16/20% chance to proc (Source)
* Lightning Overload damage has been decreased by 50% (Source)
* Lightning Overload now causes 0 threat (Source)
* Lightning Mastery reduced to .1/.2/.3/.4/.5 seconds (Source)
* Mana Spring Totem now restores mana at a rate of 20 mana every 2 seconds (Source)
* Water Shield now costs 0 mana to cast, and the mana per globe has been substantially increased (Source)
* Water Shield's duration has been reduced to 1 minute, and grants mana for each globe left upon ending (Source)
* Elemental Focus will now reduce the mana cost of your next two damage spells by 40% (Source)
* Lightning Bolt casting time reduced to 2.5 seconds, and mana cost decreased (Source)
* Chain Lightning casting time reduced to 2 seconds, and mana cost decreased (Source)
Druids
* (1) Many new macro inputs as well as druid 'cancelform' becoming an instant like 'dismount'. (Source)
* Cure Poison and Abolish Poison may now be cast in Tree of Life form (Source)
* Remove Curse may now be cast in Moonkin form (Source)
* Rebirth cooldown reduced to 20 minutes (Source)
* Intensity increased to 10/20/30% mana regeneration. (Source)
Warlocks
* (2) Banish may no longer be cast on targets tapped by other players
* Ritual of Souls has had it's casting time significantly reduced. (Source)
* Healing Reduction effects now affect all Drain spells and abilities (i.e. Mortal Strike will affect Drain Life) (Source)
Warriors
* (1) Weapon Mastery has been changed to reduce the duration of Disarm effects by 25/50% (Source)
* Mace Specialization proc has been reduced (Source)
* Mace Specialization Rage increased to 7 instead of 6 (Source)
* Tactical Mastery now greatly increases threat from Mortal Strike and Bloodthirst while in Defensive Stance (Source)
* Devastate now combines the effects of Sunder Armor into it's effect, and is affected by all talents and items that affect Sunder Armor (Source)
Priests
* (1) New Dwarf/Draenei ability - Chastise: Causes Holy damage and incapacitates target for 2 seconds (Source)
* (1) Fear Ward will now be available to all Priests at level 20 (Source)
* (1) Fear Ward duration reduced to 3 minutes, and cooldown increased to 3 minutes (Source)
* Power Word: Shield gains additional benefit from spell damage and healing bonuses. However the base absorb values for ranks 10, 11, and 12 have been reduced. (Source)
* Pain Suppression is castable on a friendly target, it reduces the target's threat by 5% and reduce the damage it takes by 40%. (Source)
* Pain Suppression cooldown is reduced to 2 minutes. (Source)
* Meditation is increased to 10%/20%/30% Mana regeneration. (Source)
* Prayer of Healing, Circle of Healing and Holy Nova (healing effect) gain additional benefit from damage and healing bonuses. (Source)
* Circle of Healing base amount of healing is reduced, but it gets more bonus from +healing effects. If you have more than +1338 healing you will see it heal for more. (Source)
Paladins
* (2) Vindication (Retribution) frequency and duration increased and now reduces all attributes by 5/10/15%, not just Strength and Agility.
* (2) Pursuit of Justice (Retribution) is now 3 ranks and increases movement speed by 5/10/15% and also reduces the chance you'll be hit by spells by 1/2/3%.
* Exorcism's mana cost has been lowered (Source)
* Holy Wrath's mana cost has been lowered (Source)
* Hammer of Wrath's mana cost has been lowered (Source)
* Vengeance has been increased to 30 seconds (Source)
* Improved Seal of the Crusader effect added to base abilitiy (Source)
* Improved Seal of the Crusader now gives the effects of Sanctified Crusader (Source)
* New Talent - Sanctified Seals (replacing Sanctified Crusader): 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% (Source)
* Crusader Strike cooldown is being lowered to 6 seconds. (Source)
Rogues
* (2) Poisons now enchant weapons for 1 hour
* Fleet Footed increased to 15% speed increase
* Deadly Throw traveling speed is being increased significantly, it will reach your target faster and the snare will last one second longer. (Source)
* Ruthlessness won't be triggered by Deadly Throw anymore, and Ruthlessness will be changed to only affect melee finishing moves as a whole. (Source)
* 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. (Source)
* Shadowstep can be used at any time (even when you're not stealthed). After the use of Shadowstep threat caused by the next Ambush, Garrote, or Backstab will be reduced by 50%. The cooldown will be increased to 40 seconds. (Source)
* Dirty Deeds increases the damage of special attacks by 10%/20% against targets that are below 35% health in addition to its current effect. (Source)
Hunters
* (2) Trueshot Aura (Marksmanship) no longer costs mana to cast and will last until cancelled.
* (2) Serpent Sting, Immolation Trap and Explosive Trap now all gain additional damage based on 10% of your ranged attack power.
* (2) Wyvern Sting (Survival) is now instant cast and has a maximum duration of 10 seconds in PvP.
* (1) 20 and 24 Slots ammo pouches have been added (Source)
* Arcane Shot (Rank 6+) will now dispel 1 Magic effect in addition to damage (Source)
Engineering
* New Plans - Field Repair Bot: Dropped by Gan'arg Analyzers in Blade's Edge Mountains. (Source)
* New Field Repair Bot will repair and buy like a normal repair bot, but might also sell reagents. (Source)
* Flying Mount added for Engineers. Regular and Epic version. (Source)
Enchanting
* (2) Duration of Wizard and Mana oils has been increased
Fishing
* Fish nodes Tracking may be learned from a journal fished from crates (Source)
* New fish added near Karazhan and Zul'Aman (Source)
Cooking
* New Daily Quests (Source)
* New recipes added for fish found near Karazhan and Zul'Aman. (Source)
Interface
* (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)
Surely it cannot get any better than this...-1/3rd of +Healing will count as +Dmg
-Level 20-60 Quest EXP has been increased, while EXP to Level has been decreased
Shamans
-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
-Lightning Overload now has a 4/8/12/16/20% chance to proc
-Lightning Overload damage has been decreased by 50% (boo~ :lol)
-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
Yes dispel gets rid of only beneficial magic effects.. just think of it as your dispel magic/purge button but with a cooldown and longer distance use. Hunters will now be a full-on force against casters - everyone is going to hate Arcane Shot and will call for a nerf but I think it's what Hunters need.Buggy Loop said:Wow, i've got no experience with the dispel magic in wow so maybe someone can explain it to me, will it dispell only beneficial magic effects on the target? I hope so. All 3 of these changes are kickass for pvp.
I know many Priests and Mages will be happy with this.* (2) Spells now cast for free before a Battleground begins
* (2) Spells now cast for free for 5 seconds after resurrecting at a Spirit Healer in Battlegrounds
speedpop said:Also this is pretty big too.
I know many Priests and Mages will be happy with this.
Kintaro said:Why do I always get burned out around level 30? I don't get it. No matter what the class I play and enjoy, I hit 30 or 32 or something and I'm wiped.
Any suggesitons on how to break this? Currently happening on my Rogue and Mage. =/
I have several characters at 30. Tried to get a Priest up but the furthest I got with him was 36.. I think the only thing that kept me sane during my Shaman lvl 30-40 days was instancing with the guild a lot, and causing havoc in STV at times.Kintaro said:Why do I always get burned out around level 30? I don't get it. No matter what the class I play and enjoy, I hit 30 or 32 or something and I'm wiped.
Any suggesitons on how to break this? Currently happening on my Rogue and Mage. =/
Kintaro said:Why do I always get burned out around level 30? I don't get it. No matter what the class I play and enjoy, I hit 30 or 32 or something and I'm wiped.
Any suggesitons on how to break this? Currently happening on my Rogue and Mage. =/
Eric P said:the easiest way to beat this is to have some people to consistently level with
Yeah, I decided to drop inot the mage forum after swearing off it for a while, and although the response was fairly positive, there were still plenty of people crying about no real "fixes".speedpop said:Just checked the WoW official Shaman forum to see what they thought of this and it was probably a wrong decision. Already we've got wankers crying over the "stealth nerf" due to quicker casting times of Lightning Bolt and how they are being forced to go deep into Elemental to get Lightning Overload to compensate for DPS changes. The mathematics was brought out showing this all and all I could do was :lol
explodet said:Yeah, I decided to drop inot the mage forum after swearing off it for a while, and although the response was fairly positive, there were still plenty of people crying about no real "fixes".
Boo hoo.
Elemental shaman changes sound neat, although I'm probably going to stick with enhancement as I've already got 2 spellcasting 70s. I may need to finally spec out of Nature's Swiftness, it wasn't doing me a world of good lately anyway.
I'm now curious to see how the warlocks are reacting - they got little to no changes. Although with my experience with a lvl 70 lock they're still pretty damned good as they are.
I don't know, I enjoyed the Draenei area on Azuremyst Island yet it was more Bloodmyst Island that was a pain in the arse at times.ManaByte said:My mage is 70 now, so I started a Dranei shaman, and the Blood Elf leveling area and progression is 100x better. You can really tell how rushed they were with the second race after Pandarens got smashed by China.