5.2 PTR: Blacksmithing Leveling Revamp, Megaera Video

Posted 2013/02/01 at 11:18 AM by perculia

Patch 5.2 Under DevelopmentNew Blacksmithing Training ProjectsTraining ProjectsGhost Iron BarMithril OreCookingTraining Project: Ghost Iron WokVale of Eternal BlossomsCullen HammerbrowJorunga StonehoofSo You Want to Be a Blacksmith...Ghost Iron WokGhost Iron Barvanity weapons, mounts, and petsClick the cut to see all of the blacksmithing plans, and our preview of this week's raid testing!

Recipe

Materials

Skill Info

Training Project: Ghost Iron Pins

1x Ghost Iron Bar

1, 10x

Training Project: Simple Eating Utensils

2x Ghost Iron Bar

21, 7x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Wok

15x Ghost Iron Bar

59, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Ladle

4x Ghost Iron Bar

71, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Poker

20x Ghost Iron Bar

86, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Hook

9x Ghost Iron Bar

121, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Spatulas

15x Ghost Iron Bar

136, 5x

Training Project: Decorative Spoons

20x Ghost Iron Bar

151, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Spade

25x Ghost Iron Bar

186, 2x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Needles

1x Ghost Iron Bar

199, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Barrel

35x Ghost Iron Bar

206, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Saw

30x Ghost Iron Bar

231, 3x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Wire

1x Ghost Iron Bar

248, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Pot

30x Ghost Iron Bar

256, 2x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Cups

40x Ghost Iron Bar

289, 2x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Bowls

65x Ghost Iron Bar

299, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Bells

90x Ghost Iron Bar

326, 4x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Crate

50x Ghost Iron Bar

347, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Picks

100x Ghost Iron Bar

376, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Frames

75x Ghost Iron Bar

421, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Pans

25x Ghost Iron Bar

456, 5x

Training Project: Ghost Iron Statue

80x Ghost Iron Bar

486, 5x

Raid Testing Schedule and Megaera First LookTankSpot

MegaeraEven the most callous among the mogu quaver at the thought of the dark experiments performed at the Thunder King's behest. Long ago, a young cloud serpent was twisted into a multi-headed hydra and left to languish beneath Lei Shen's throne. Now the twisted creature lurks deep in the Forgotten Depths, awaiting the moment it may finally inflict its terrible agony upon others.

One Body, Many Heads:
When one of Megaera's heads is destroyed, her body takes damage equal to the head's maximum health and two heads regrow in its place.

Flaming Head:

Cinders: Megaera's Flaming Heads use this ability when they are within the Concealing Fog.Flaming Heads ignite a random player, inflicting 125000 Fire damage and an additional 55000 Fire damage every 1 sec for 30 sec. In addition, players afflicted with Cinders will cause Icy Ground to melt when they come into contact with it.When Cinders is removed, a pool of flames is created at the target's location that persist for 1 min. The pool inflicts 125000 Fire damage every 1 sec. to all players within 5 yards.
In Heroic Difficulty, Cinders creates a pool of flames at the target's location every 3 seconds.
Ignite Flesh: Megaera's Flaming Heads breathe flames on all players in front of her, inflicting 142500 to 157500 Fire damage every second for 3 sec. Players hit by Ignite Flesh burn for 45000 additional Fire damage every second for 45 sec. This effect stacks.

Frozen Head:

Torrent of Ice: Megaera freezes the ground with a torrent of ice. The torrent inflicts 47500 to 52500 Frost damage every 0.5 second at the point of contact, and leaves behind Icy Ground.

Icy Ground: The ice inflicts 47500 to 52500 Frost damage every 0.5 second and reduces movement speed by 5% per stack. At 10 stacks, the target becomes Frozen Solid.

Arctic Freeze: Megaera's Frozen Heads breathe ice on all players in front of her, inflicting 142500 to 157500 Frost damage every second for 3 sec. Players hit by Arctic Freeze begin to freeze solid and are stunned for 20 sec. if they reach $139843U stacks of Arctic Freeze.

Venomous Head:

Acid Rain: Megaera's Venomous Heads use this ability when they are within the Concealing Fog.Megaera's Venomous Heads spit a globule of acid at a random player, inflicting 350000 Nature damage to all players upon impact. The damage of Acid Rain is reduced the further players are from the point of impact.
,In 10-Player Heroic Difficulty, Megaera's Venomous Heads spit two globules of acid at a time.
,In 25-Player Heroic Difficulty, Megaera's Venomous Heads spit three globules of acid at a time.
Rot Armor: Megaera's Venomous Heads breathe corrosive gas on all players in front of her, inflicting 142500 to 157500 Nature damage every second for 3 sec. Players hit by Rot Armor take 10% increased damage from all sources for 45 sec. This effect stacks.

Arcane Head:

Nether Bomb: Megaera spits an orb of arcane energy near a random enemy location. If the Nether Bomb lands on a player, it inflicts 356250 to 393750 Arcane damage and causes the player to become Empowered. If the Nether Bomb is not absorbed by a player, it inflicts 95000 to 105000 Arcane damage to all players.

Empowered: The nether energy flows through players, increasing all damage done by 50%, healing done by 50%, and Arcane damage taken by 100%.

Diffusion: Megaera's breath inflicts 57000 to 63000 Arcane damage every 0.5 seconds for 1 sec to players within a 100-yard 60-degree cone.Additionally, all players damaged by the breath are affected by Consuming Magic.

Rampage: Megaera begins to rampage whenever more than 2 of her heads are outside of the Concealing Fog, inflicting 55000 Elemental damage to all enemies every second.In addition, Megaera will rampage for 20 seconds whenever one of her heads is cut off and the damage of each element is increased by 75% for each additional head of that element.

Hydra Frenzy: Whenever one of Megaera's heads is killed, the heads remaining outside of the Concealing Fog are healed to full and attack 30% faster. In addition, the cooldown of Ignite Flesh, Arctic Freeze, Rot Armor and Diffusion are reduced by 30%. This effect stacks.

Elemental Blood of Megaera: Megaera's elemental blood increases the damage of all heads of the same type by 10% whenever a new head of that element is created. This effect stacks.

Megaera's Rage: Megaera's heads outside of the Concealing Fog will begin to spit at random players when there are no enemies in melee range. This effect inflicts 243750 to 256250 Elemental damage to all enemies within 5 yards upon impact.

Concealing Fog: Megaera's body and distant heads are shrouded by thick, swirling fog and are unable to be attacked directly.

Watcher

On Thursday, January 31, and Friday, February 1, we will be testing more raid encounters in the Throne of Thunder.

Each encounter should be available at approximately the listed times below for all Public Test Realms.

Thursday, January 31

Tortos - 10 Player Normal
10:30 PST (13:30 EST, 19:30 CET)

Megaera - 10 Player Normal
16:00 PST (19:00 EST, 01:00 CET)

Friday, February 1

Dark Animus - 10 Player Normal
10:30 PST (13:30 EST, 19:30 CET)

Twin Consorts - 10 Player Normal
16:00 PST (19:00 EST, 01:00 CET)

As always, this testing schedule is very fluid and subject to the realities of a beta environment. We might have to change the time of a testing session, change the boss being tested, or cancel a test entirely, due to bugs, server hardware issues, etc. This is particularly true for these early tests as we are still nailing down overall patch stability. Keep an eye on this forum for the latest information, and thank you in advance for testing and providing feedback.

Important Testing Notes

Q: How do I get into the raid zone?

A: At the northeastern edge of the swamp on the Thunder King's island, there is a Shado-Pan camp in a small cave. A sewer grate in this cave will take you directly to the zone-in point for the raid zone. (As more of the island unlocks, players will be able to access the main gate directly.)

Q: What gear do I use to test the raid?

A: As we did for Beta raid testing, we will be scaling players' gear inside the raid in order to facilitate testing. Gear will be scaled (up or down, as appropriate) for the purposes of testing the encounters, depending on difficulty and their location within the zone.

Patch 5.2 Under Development Preview

Blizzard

Lei Shen has consolidated his power on the Isle of Thunder, and if he’s not dislodged, his reborn army will threaten all of Pandaria. But the return of the Thunder King is good news for you, because it means that new challenges and triumphs await you in patch 5.2.

Head over to the Under Development page now for a preview of the major in-development features planned for the next World of Warcraft patch, The Thunder King. Among them: a massive new zone, a new raid, server-wide events surrounding the siege on the Isle of Thunder, new factions, world bosses…and more still. Brace yourself for the storm.

We'll continue adding details of in-development patches to the Under Development page, so check back for more previews in the future.

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Comment by ViohardAwesome! But kinda sad too. :'(Comment by smdolesI for one loved the new way to level cooking in MoP and am looking forward to this change to blacksmithing as I've never had a max BS before. I would welcome a change to all of the professions like this since they can't be done until level 85 it's not like it's really taking anything out of it. It just allows your higher level toons to change professions and level them up more quickly.

I'm hoping they do this for all of the others soon too!Comment by lankybritWow. Do you think they'll eventually do this with all professions? That is, be able to go 1-500 with current tier mats?

I like this.

BTW Perc, the statement you should have made is 'No more flying around Outland for Fel Iron Ore' :)

Oh, and another thing. Blizzard is admitting that CRZ sucks so much that they're removing the need to level professions in CRZ zones.

Cheers.Comment by 436428would be nice if they did this for the other tradeskills too..Comment by smdolesIt's still the same if you're on a toon under level 85. I mean, this is great for higher level toons who want to change professions, it isn't replacing anything really.Comment by 487323This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by AdamsmThe blacksmithing training is extremely disappointing. Where is the fun/work in the new 5.2 system?
Keep the old.Comment by RankkorI just wonder when will they do this for Fishing.

(no, nat pagle doesn't count, you already need max fishing to get those rare fishes, and need LOTS of them to reach exalted with him before you can buy those stupid manuals)Comment by thaedris20never mind misreading stuff :PComment by tPatas someone who started up my BS this expac I'm annoyed that I spent a good week just getting out of vanilla levels of blacksmithing and now at Cata not wanting to farm any more ore that they're doing this.Comment by Iceveiled1 more tiny step towards WoW just playing itself for you.Comment by lankybritas someone who started up my BS this expac I'm annoyed that I spent a good week just getting out of vanilla levels of blacksmithing and now at Cata not wanting to farm any more ore that they're doing this.Comment by Rankkoras someone who started up my BS this expac I'm annoyed that I spent a good week just getting out of vanilla levels of blacksmithing and now at Cata not wanting to farm any more ore that they're doing this.Comment by InygoFYI: most of the mouseovers are linked to the wrong things in the blacksmithing recipies sectionComment by InygoNevermind. you seem to have fixed it while I was posting this lolComment by AzutaelYay, now I can be bothered to skill up BS again on my alt.Comment by 731625The BS changes are so lame.
Go farm mats. That is the challenge to leveling a profession.
Blizz.. quit with the easy mode everything!Comment by lankybritThe BS changes are so lame.
Go farm mats. That is the challenge to leveling a profession.
Blizz.. quit with the easy mode everything!Comment by lordlundar:sees count of ghost iron for each:

0.o

I think I'll stick to the old style.Comment by 1066025This post was from a user who has deleted their account.

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