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Heart of the Valorous Buff: 100% Increased Valor Point Acquisition Between 5/30 - 6/10
posted
2014/05/29 at 8:36 PM
by
perculia
Between May 30 and June 10, you will gain Valor Points 100% faster.
We noticed last evening that
Chinese Battle.net
had a post on
Heart of the Valorous
, describing it as a limited-duration buff. Soon after, a blue US post confirmed this!
This buff work alongside the
Valor of the Ancients
buff, as a 5 VP daily awarded us 12.5 VP once capped on the PTR -- 50% more being an extra 2.5 and 100% more being an extra 5. This means that completing
Empowering the Hourglass
will award a huge 500 Valor Points with both buffs active -- 200 from the base reward, 200 from Heart of the Valorous and 100 from
Valor of the Ancients
.
We suggest doing
Empowering the Hourglass
for 400 VP, and one random heroic scenario with the bonus objective (300 VP). As you complete
Empowering the Hourglass
on the Timeless Isle, you'll definitely pick up enough coins to purchase a
Deeds of Valor
(200 VP). You will also get
Path of the Mistwalker
done at the same time for your final 100 VP. Or, you can just run 5 or so Heroic Scenarios.
We added the table below to help players see how popular ways to gain
Valor Points
are affected by the buffs:
Activity
Normal
Heart of the Valorous
Heart of the Valorous
+
Valor of the Ancients
Empowering the Hourglass
200
400
500
Champions of the Thunder King
150
300
375
1st Heroic Scenario w/objective
150
300
375
Deeds of Valor
100
200
250
LFR Wings
90
180
225
Regular-length MoP heroics
(Siege, Scholo, Shado-Pan reward more)
80
160
200
Path of the Mistwalker
50
100
125
MoP Boss
40
80
100
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Wowhead's Guide to Patch 5.4.8
posted
2014/05/19 at 8:11 PM
by
perculia
Patch 5.4.8 goes
live on Tuesday
and it has additional item upgrades and ways to acquire Valor Points! We've put together all the quality-of-life changes in a patch guide for you.
The patch is now live, and we have discovered a couple of issues:
Bigger Bag
becoming account-wide is causing progress to be reset. Reward Systems Designer Russ Petersen
tweeted that it's being looked into
.
The two achievements for the
Dread Raven
and
Dread Hatchling
are not appearing for some players, but are for others.
Keep in mind that this is
not Patch 6.0
which brings about
increased heirloom droprates
, the removal of hit/expertise, and the removal of
Reins of the Kor'kron War Wolf
.
Read more about 6.0 changes here
.
In addition, several datamined spells providing large buffs will not be active with 5.4.8's launch:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>.<a href="
https://twitter.com/ShadesofBlak">@ShadesofBlak</a>
Additional info for Heart of the Valorous and Gaze of the Black Prince coming later; not going to be active with the patch.</p>— Rygarius (@Rygarius) <a href="
https://twitter.com/Rygarius/statuses/468566927947087873">May
20, 2014</a></blockquote>
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5.4.8 PTR: Stacking Valor Buffs, Deeds of Valor, and New Mount Models
posted
2014/05/15 at 8:55 PM
by
perculia
The 5.4.8 PTR was updated to
the recent datamined build
, so Olivia and I checked out what was new! The new mounts were not seen on the PTR, although we do have 3D models below of them. But we were able to experiment with the new
Heart of the Valorous
buff and determined that it was automatically given to all players across PTR realms and stacked additively with
Valor of the Ancients
--great for alts!
Edited to Add
: Logging in to the PTR today, the zone-wide buff has been removed. We're now not sure how it's attained, but we'll let you know when we find out!
3D Models
These models are for
Warforged Nightmare
,
Nightmarish Hitching Post
, and
Grinning Reaver
. Click on the images below, after the break, to view them in the 3D modelviewer and be sure to check out their animations for extra effects like red trailing fire or savage wings.
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Patch 5.4.8 PTR: Build 18273 New Mounts, Database Updated for Additional Item Upgrades
posted
2014/05/14 at 10:09 PM
by
perculia
5:30pm EST: The PTR is now updated, we've tested how
Heart of the Valorous
works.
9am EST: PvP Designer Brian Holinka just clarified the intent behind the datamined Burst of Speed change.
There's a new Patch 5.4.8 PTR build and it contains new mounts--the
Warforged Nightmare
players can transform their mounts into with
Nightmarish Hitching Post
, and
Grinning Reaver
!
Recently, Blizzard posted about some
gear improvements coming in 5.4.8
, namely additional item upgrades and a new token,
Deeds of Valor
(
Valor Points +100
), which costs 3000 Timeless Coins and grants your character 100 Valor Points.
The
PTR database
is also now updated to show the additional item upgrades coming in 5.4.8!
You can now upgrade your 5.4 items two more times, for a grand total of four upgrades and a +16 ilvl boost. Simply visit an item's page and click on the additional upgrade options, or look at the "Upgrades" column in search results and mouseover the icons.
You can also show Upgrade level 3 and 4 in external tooltips.
To go along with the additional item upgrades,
Garrosh Heirlooms
have all received a +8 item level boost, to remain competitive as they cannot be upgraded with Valor.
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Patch 5.4.8 PTR: Build 18224 Spell Changes
posted
2014/05/07 at 5:16 PM
by
perculia
A new build is coming to the 5.4.8 PTR--there aren't many changes but there are some exciting details on speeding the
legendary questline
up with
Gaze of the Black Prince
! According to
Rygarius on Twitter
, we won't be seeing Patch 5.4.8 notes quite yet.
Click here to see the latest additions!
Spells
New
Drain Soul
:
Drains the soul of the target, inflicting Shadow damage every 1 seconds for 5 sec.
Gaze of the Black Prince
:
Increases reputation gained with the Black Prince by 100%. Increases the chances his most hated foes will relinquish their Secrets of the Empire, Sigil of Wisdom, Sigil of Power, or Titan Runestones.
Heart of the Valorous
:
You earn 100% additional Valor Points.
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Patch 5.4.8 PTR: New Seasonal Events, Cosmetic Tab Added to In-Game Shop, Heroes Rocket Mount
posted
2014/04/01 at 8:57 AM
by
perculia
This morning we datamined a new 5.4.8 PTR build and the servers were briefly up for us to grab some pictures! Read on for a summary of the datamined changes and PTR additions.
Like recent PTRs, this build appeared fairly small with vanity items and shop additions to make up for a lack of spell changes. However, these changes should make players very happy--new seasonal world events with collectible items are on the PTR! The in-game shop also continues to grow with the addition of a
Cosmetic
tab--Warlocks, move over, Mages can get green fire now too.
Finally, while we primarily focus on WoW-related news, we've been including cool tidbits from
Heroes of the Storm
. The Wowhead Rocket was spotted as a new buyable mount on the Heroes alpha--news definitely worth sharing, even if it's not tied to WoW!
Oh, and by the way, APRIL FOOL'S!
Edit: Blizzard just published a preview of 6.0 patch notes--
click here to read them
or skip to the end of the blog! Of particulate note: Proving Ground rating of Gold will be required to post on the forums in Warlords of Draenor.
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http://wowhead.com/latest-additions#date_2014-03-31
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