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Patch 5.3 Hotfixes: May 23
Tonight's round of Patch 5.3 hotfixes has a much-welcome fix to the in-game sound bug plaguing many users.
Also of interest:
Thrash
's periodic dots can now crit again.
Quivering Filth elites should now drop the
Half-Empty Food Container
pet.
Challenge Card quests for the Brawler's Guild can now be completed while in a raid.
Many
Battlefield Barrens elites
have had abilities nerfed.
Click the cut to read the complete hotfixes for May 23rd!
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Patch 5.3 Hotfixes: May 22
The next round of Patch 5.3 hotfixes continues! Here's the highlights:
If you die by the Seat of Knowledge area in Vale of Eternal Blossoms, you'll get a spectral mount allowing you to fly back up to your body instead of having to Spirit Res.
Force of Nature got several tweaks, including a fix to Resto Treants causing their target to taunt enemies.
AoE healing spells such as
Healing Rain
now have proper caps.
New PvP enchants are now soulbound.
All players that attack Kor'kron elites, regardless of faction, now get credit.
Click the cut for the complete May 22nd hotfixes!
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Patch 5.3: Battlefield Barrens Guide and Noxy Comic
Patch 5.3 introduces a new world event,
Battlefield Barrens
, that explores the conflict between the Alliance, Horde, and Garrosh. There's a ton of stuff to do and collect as part of this event--but it's only around for a limited amount of time. It will be removed when Patch 5.4 hits.
Site artist
Noxychu
also made a comic about this event, capturing the spirit of helping the Darkspear in unexpected ways!
To unlock this world event, which takes place in Durotar and Northern Barrens, you'll need to do several new scenarios and a quest chain, Escalation. showing the underlying politics behind your faction.
Once the world event is unlocked, you can collect Kor'kron supplies through various ways to purchase vanity items and armor like
Xan'tish's Flute
.
Garrosh's influence can be seen in the Valley of Spirits being shut down, a Horde digsite in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, and Kor'kron camps in the Northern Barrens.
Click the cut to read the guide!
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Patch 5.3 Hotfixes: May 21st
The first round of Patch 5.3 Hotfixes is up!
Players farming Karazhan for
Raiding with Leashes II: Attunement Edition
pets should be happy, as the Chess Encounter got nerfed!
Conquest Quartermasters (Armsmaster Holinka and Roo Desvin) have been temporarily disabled due to a bug with the Tyrannical Conquest achievement.
Overturned Caravans now despawn properly and are removed from the world map.
Class changes for Druids, Monks, and Shaman.
Click the cut to read the hotfixes!
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Wowhead's Patch 5.3 Guide
Patch 5.3 goes live on
Tuesday, May 21st
, as things really heat up between the Alliance, Horde, and Garrosh!
While there's no new raid in 5.3, there's plenty to keep you busy--
new Brawler's Guild bosses, heroic scenarios, pet battle rewards, and numerous PvP changes
.
There's also a new world event,
Battlefield Barrens
, in which you assist Vol'jin with the Darkspear Rebellion and collect some unique vanity items along the way. Don't delay though--this world event is only around for a limited time!
We've got summaries of all the new content below, as well as links to blue posts and Wowhead's comprehensive PTR coverage.
Patch Notes and Overview
Experience needed to increase from 85-90 has been
reduced by 33%
.
Players get
more control over loot rewards
with a "Loot Specialization" menu option for bonus rolls, quests, Raid Finder, and Heroic Scenario loot.
Read more here
.
Battlefield Barrens is a
new world event
in which Alliance and Horde players unite to undermine Garrosh and kill his Kor'kron guards for u
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Patch 5.3: PvP Changes, Additions, Cosmetic Rewards
PvP is getting some radical changes and welcome additions in Patch 5.3! Most importantly, resilience is gone from gear, Season 13 gear won't be eligible for item upgrades, and all gear is being scaled down to ilvl 496 in arenas and battlegrounds. These changes are designed to make PvP a more welcoming experience for new players, instead of being something dreaded for
School of Hard Knocks
or
Chapter II: Wrathion's War
where undergeared players repeatedly meet a quick death.
There's also a greater emphasis on cosmetic PvP rewards in 5.3--enchants and special gear for high-ranked players. And since high-level Elite gear is getting a nerf, Elite gear now fills a transmog niche instead of serving as overpowered PvP gear.
Finally, there's a new arena and battleground, for which you'll get the fabulous
Gorgeous
title if you complete the meta.
Click the cut to read the guide!
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Patch 5.3 is May 21st
Blizzard just
confirmed on twitter
that Patch 5.3 is hitting on Tuesday, May 21st! Players can look forward to the new
Battlefield Barrens World Event
,
more Brawler's Guild bosses and vanity items
,
legendary questline developments
,
huge PvP changes
and more. Check out the
5.3 Patch Notes
for a full list of additions and changes.
Warcraft
World of Warcraft Patch 5.3: #Escalation is releasing Tuesday, May 21
Blizzard then linked to their
Prepping for 5.3 Blog
, which covers the essentials to keep in mind this weekend as you plan things out:
Experience required to lev
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5.3 PTR: Hidden Brawler's Guild Items, Tom Chilton Interview
In addition to the new Brawler's Guild bosses coming with Ranks 9 and 10 in Patch 5.3, there are twelve special bosses which each require players doing something creative to unlock.
First, players must find a special item, such as
The Bear and the Lady Fair
. Each item has a unique source.
These items start quests asking the player to return these item to the Brawler's Guild, like
A Tale of Romance and Chivalry
.
Once at the Brawler's Guild, you will then fight the boss associated with the item, in quests like
The Bear and the Lady Fair
.
Beating the boss for the first time will reward you with a significant amount of gold like
Overflowing Sack of Coins
,
Valor Points
, and a themed vanity shirt like
Gorgeous Blouse
.
You can now purchase that boss' Challenge Card and fight them again as much as you like.
Challenge Cards are a new addition to the Brawler's Guild--players can purchase them to fight any boss they've already faced.
Item Sources
Here are some of the interesting quest sources recently brought to our attention:
Users participating in Battlefield: Barrens can purchase
Raptorhide Boxing Gloves
for
Radical Mojo
. Users can get one a week from
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News Round Up: The Elusive Unborn Val'kyr, PvP Changes in 5.3, Build 16958
In today's news, we have an epic blue post talking about all the PvP changes coming in 5.3--they should encourage more players to try PvP instead of being disheartened by a gear gap. We're also investigating the elusive source of a new battle pet,
Unborn Val'kyr
, and have a few new spell changes from a tiny 5.3 PTR build this morning.
PvP in 5.3
With the new scaling system in battlegrounds and arenas bringing everything down to ilvl 496, players behind on gear won't be as big of a squishy target for BiS-geared players--all that awesome PvE gear is getting scaled down. This new system also won't encourage players to keep their scaled-down raiding epics and ignore PvP gear, as the extra stats on PvP gear will give a survivability edge.
CM Nakatoir gave a few examples of players that could currently be discouraged by PvP--a progressed
Throne of Thunder
raider, and someone in starter-PvP gear, both wanting to try something new. In both scenarios, they get crushed by an opponent in Tyrannical gear. The raider, while doing decent damage, is squishy and dies a lot, while the person in PvP gear does poor damage and dies easily to someone in full Tyrannical gear.
While these scenarios were made up, they're fairly accurate bas
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5.3 PTR Patch Notes (Updated May 14th), Build 16954
Following
yesterday's new 5.3 PTR build
, we've got the official updated 5.3 PTR notes today. There's nothing too drastic in the notes, as the PTR has been relatively quiet for a week or two.
Several class changes, including increased cooldowns on some Hunter pet crowd-control abilities, and the reversal of recent DK Unholy nerfs.
Lava Burst deals 25% more damage.
Reborn Blacksmithing weapons can now use an
Eye of the Black Prince
.
There was also a small PTR build today, in which Lava Burst's cooldown went from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds to match the description in the PTR notes:
Lava Burst
:
You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 1382 to 1775 Fire damage. Lava Burst will always deal a critical strike. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst will deal 50% additional damage.
5.3 PTR Patch Note Additions
Death Knight
General
no longer benefits from the damage increase granted by
Tricks of the Trade
.
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5.3 PTR: Build 16946 -- Spell Changes and More
A new 5.3 PTR build is coming soon--Blizzard
tweeted earlier today
that 5.3 isn't coming this week, so enjoy some more class tweaks in the meantime!
There aren't too many new things in this build, except for a few Seesaw-related spells, like
Childlike Wonder
and
Seesaw
.
Classes
Death Knight
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Talents and Specialization
Festering Strike
:
An instant attack that deals 175%200% weapon damage plus 540 and increases the duration of your Blood Plague, Frost Fever, and Chains of Ice effects on the target by up to 6 sec.
Scourge Strike
:
An unholy strike that deals 165%135% of weapon damage as Physical damage plus 597. In addition, for each of your diseases on your target, you deal an additional 25% of the Physical damage done as Shadow damage.
Mage
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News Roundup: Valor Points, Professions in MoP, Player Feedback
In today's news roundup, Bashiok has been busy on the forums these past few days, covering professions, player feedback, and gearing up with
Valor Points
:
In Patch 5.3, item upgrades are returning at a reduced cost (0
Valor Points
instead of 0
Valor Points
) and several Shado-Pan Assault rewards are being moved down from Revered to a lower reputation requirement.
Justice Points
are sidelined for now, and making players rely so much on
Valor Points
at the start of the expansion was an oversight.
In response to players asking about in-game surveys to provide feedback, Bashiok explained that Blizzard already amasses an exhaustive amount of player data, from talents players pick to what dailies are the most popular. Of course, forum feedback is also useful as it provides insights into player choices.
There were also a few interesting content tidbits:
Black Temple was mean to be in the game at Burning Crusade's launch.
While most of Patch 5.3 was planned out a while ago, Battlefield: Barrens was only planned in 5.2.
Players gave lots of feedback on missing Heroic Dungeons at one point, so Heroic Scenarios are a nod to those players.
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Patch 5.3: New Battle Pets and Pet Battle Changes
Patch 5.3 not only has a variety of new battle pets to capture, but some rewards for PvP Pet battles, quest improvements, and ability changes to make battles less predictable!
New battle pets are being added to Burning Crusade raid bosses, as well as
Throne of Thunder
bosses.
Players can get a pet and title from PvP Pet Battles,
Stunted Direhorn
and
Trainer
.
Players can now see Battle Pet Tamers on their minimap.
The Beasts of Fable quests have been broken down into three smaller quests.
Bad luck protection has been implemented for Pet Supply rewards, and some quests have more rewards now.
Spectator mode has been added to all wild and player pet battles.
Click the cut to read the guide!
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Patch 5.2 Hotfixes: May 10
Blizzard just posted a fresh round of hotfixes for 5.2.
Throne of Thunder
: changes to Primordius and Twin Consorts.
Druid
:
Growl
now properly transfers Vengeance.
Warlock
: The Tier-15 Warlock 4-piece set bonus should be fixed.
Several healing reduction effects were previously stacking, when they shouldn't have been.
Click the cut to read the hotfixes!
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Site Updates: Reputation Guides, Reagents Breakdown, Transmog Filters
With the constant talk about the 5.3 PTR, we wanted to take a break and let you know about some of the new things going on at Wowhead! We've updated all of our Mists of Pandaria reputation guides, added a number of helpful filters to transmog sets, and implemented a reagents breakdown on profession pages.
Updated Reputation Guides
With a slight lull in PTRs, we've gone ahead and updated another batch of our Mists of Pandaria guides this week, after we updated all
profession guides last weekend
. With the reduction in experience needed to hit 90, and
Golden Lotus
requirement being removed from
Shado-Pan
and
The August Celestials
rep grinds in 5.3, you may just be interested in checking out some reps on your alts!
Mists of Pandaria: Reputation Overview
Isle of Thunder Content Guide: Kirin Tor Offensive and Sunreaver Onslaught
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http://www.wowhead.com/guide=1648/wowheads-guide-to-the-august-celestials
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World Event: Battlefield Barrens Preview
Blizzard recently posted a blog covering an exciting new world event coming in 5.3, Battlefield Barrens--the conflict between the Alliance and Horde heat up as Garrosh's Kor'kron forces continue to exert their radical control in Orgrimmar and the Northern Barrens.
Over the past month, we've covered this exciting world event extensively. Click the links below to read our past articles! (We'll also be compiling and updating our coverage into a massive guide when 5.3 hits.)
Garrosh's influence can be seen in
the Valley of Spirits being shut down
, a
Horde digsite in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms
, and Kor'kron camps in the Northern Barrens.
To unlock this world event, you'll need to do several
new scenarios and a quest chain showing the underlying politics behind your faction
.
Once the world event is unlocked, you can collect Kor'k
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WoW Down to 8.3 Million Subscribers
Today at 4:30 p.m. EST, Activision Blizzard’s management hosted a conference call and Webcast to discuss the company’s results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 and management’s outlook for the remainder of the calendar year.
In today's press release and call, it states that WoW is down to 8.3 million subscribers, down 1.3 million from the
last Activision Blizzard earnings call
, in which it was revealed that World of Warcraft lost its initial burst of subscribers from Mists of Pandaria and came down to 9.6 million.
During the conference call, they revealed subscribers declined most in the East and expect further volatility since it's the middle of an expansion. Blizzard is looking into ways to make the process of returning to WoW smoother for players as a response to the declining subscriptions.
Quarter 1 was also busy for Blizzard--they announced Diablo III coming to consoles, Hearthstone was revealed at PAX East, and Heart of the Swarm launched in March.
Last year WoW lost a lot
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Preparing for Patch 5.3: Escalation
Patch 5.3 seems to be going live pretty soon, and Blizzard has a blog prepping you on how to get ready for the new patch and the most important things to remember:
Experience required to level from 85-90 will be reduced by 33%.
Item Upgrades are returning, but the costs are greatly reduced and you can't upgrade Season 13 PvP gear.
The cost of heirlooms is reduced by 60%.
Lesser Charms of Good Fortune will now drop from some rare mobs.
PvP gear is getting some huge changes--resilience is being removed and all characters get 65% base resilience instead.
Click the cut for the full blog!
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Updated 5.3 PTR Patch Notes, Build 16924 Spell Changes
The 5.3 PTR Patch Notes were
just updated
. Of particular interest:
Find Weaknesses now only bypasses 50% of armor when used against other players, and 100% of armor against non-player targets. Before, it was 70% for both.
All bosses in Mogu’shan Vaults, Heart of Fear, and Terrace of the Endless Spring now have a chance to drop either a Sigil of Power or Sigil of Wisdom.
Justice Heirloom vendors now sell heirloom shields--
Weathered Observer's Shield
,
Flamescarred Draconian Deflector
Multiple Tiny Carp pets can be on a team, and they can also be traded.
Several dungeons have had their level requirements lowered and there is now normal-mode difficulty for Gate of the Setting Sun (which requires level 89).
Along with the updated 5.3 Patch Notes, there was a small new PTR build.
Classes
Death Knight
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Talents and Specialization
Unholy Might
:
Dark power courses through your limbs, increasing your Strength by 15%10%.
Druid
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Mists of Pandaria Mahjong Set, Quest for Epic Boots in 5.3
Path of the Last Emperor
In 5.3, players who have completed the
Battlefield: Barrens
step in the Barrens can head back to Pandaria, learn about the continent more with an old scholar, and get rewarded with some ilvl 502 boots!
The Old Seer
: Locate Seer Hao Pham Roo on the slopes of Mount Neverest in Kun-Lai Summit.
Hellscream is using Pandaria's secrets to wage war against the world - and even his own people. Is this really what the last pandaren emperor had in mind when he cloaked the continent in mists? And why did the mists suddenly disappear? I must have answers! In my travels, I met an old scholar, an expert on the last emperor. Please, seek out Seer Hao Pham Roo. Last we spoke, he was planning to retrace the emperor's steps by scaling Mount Neverest... but he was far too old to attempt such a climb.
Path of the Last Emperor
: Attach the climbing rope to each Rope Anchor along the path to help Seer Hao Pham Roo reach Seeker's Point.
In his time of uncertainty, the last emperor walked a lonely path up this mountain, until he had at last found his answers. I am here to walk the same path, and it seems you have questions of y
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