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Patch 4.1 - Build 13850 - New Items, Icons, and Updated Map!
A new patch has hit the PTRs and with it comes a few new items worth mentioning, as well as some new / changed icons and an updated Wailing Caverns map! Yeah, that's right - Wailing Caverns.
You might remember that the last major
PTR Patch Notes update
mentioned removal of the "maze section" of
Wailing Caverns
. The map has been updated to reflect this change.
New Items
We've also uncovered a few new items from this latest patch, including some which I'd assume are rewards players can obtain in the new goodie bags from the
Dungeon Finder's new Call to Arms system
!
Brilliant Blazejewel
Delicate Blazejewel
Shimmering Wyrmling
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Patch 4.1 - PTR Build 13850 - Spell Changes
A new PTR patch has just been released, and with it came a few minor class changes.
Notable changes include:
: Holy damage buffed from 9% to 15%.
: Nerfed, warlock still gains 3% per stack and the linked target only gains 1% per stack. Down from 3%.
: In addition to it's current function, guild challenges will also reward gold that is deposited directly into the guild bank.
: Changed to only heal the target if the dispel is successful.
Be sure to check out this latest batch of PTR patch 4.1 spell changes after the break!
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Patch 4.1 Guild Challenges Detailed by Blizzard
Blizzard has just recently released extensive details about the new Guild Challenges that are coming with Patch 4.1. Unfortunately, they aren't as robust as many players had hoped, but there's always opportunity for an update down the line! These challenges (as
we mentioned before
) task players with completing dungeons, raids and rated battlegrounds in guild groups for a large guild experience and monetary reward (at the appropriate guild level / reputation level).
Patch 4.1 will go live with three guild challenges:
Guild Raid Challenge:
Kill any Cataclysm raid boss while in a guild group. Requires at least 8 (in 10-player) or 20 (in 25-player) guild members in raid. Can be completed 1 time per week, rewards 3000000 guild experience.
Guild Dungeon Challenge:
Complete any Cataclysm regular or heroic dungeon while in a guild group. Requires at least 3 guild members in party. Can be completed 7 times per week, rewards 300000 guild experience.
Guild Rated Battleground Challenge:
Win a Rated Battleground while in a guild group. Requires at least 8 guild members in raid. Can be completed 3
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (March 25 - March 29)
Just a tiny batch of new hotfixes, all of which were implemented between March 25 - March 29. Maybe Blizzard is finally running out of things to fix? Yeah, right. Don't worry, 4.1 will bring a whole new mess of changes and bugfixes all too soon! Nothing too incredibly interesting today, though I'm sure it was funny how players were using
prior to the fix, and I'll definitely welcome the lack of aggressive mobs near one of the more common
Uldum
archaeology digsites!
Dungeons & Raids
The Bastion of Twilight
A bug has been fixed that could cause
Flame Strike
during the Ascendant Council encounter (Heroic difficulty) to target an existing fire patch, instead of creating a new one.
Guilds
The guild perk "
" no longer allows players to summon guild mates inside dungeons, raids, Battlegrounds, or Tol Barad when the battle is in progress. It will also not function while the player is on any transport.
Quests & Creatures
Uldum
Hostile NPCs are no longer present at the Temple of Uldum once the cutscene from picking up "
Harrison Jones and the Temple of Uldum
"
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Patch 4.1 - PTR Build 13812 - New Items
There are a lot of new items we've pulled up from this patch. This time it's mostly about epics from the new 5-mans and new BoAs for leveling as a tank!
See the full list of latest additions by clicking here!
Notable finds include:
There are a whole bunch of new BoAs for leveling as a tank, including heirloom legs:
Burnished Legplates of Might
Finally a FoS for those of us who worked hard to impress the Shen'dralar before the faction got removed:
Agent of the Shen'dralar
Several new epics from the new incarnations of ZG and ZA (
see them here
)
More signs that the Children's Week holiday is getting a rehaul:
Orphan's Alliance Balloon
New BoA Items
Bloodsoaked Skullforge Reaver
Burnished Helm of Might
Burnished Legplates of Might
Burnished Breastplate of Might
Burnished Pauldrons of Might
Burnished Dark Iron Ring
Ripped Sandstorm Cloak
New Epics
Amani Scepter of Rites
Collar of Bones
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Guild Challenges Implemented on Patch 4.1 PTR
The
previously mentioned
guild challenges
have just started showing up on the PTR! You can rest assured that we'll have them added to our
PTR website
but for now you can take a look at the updated interface and get an idea of what kind of "challenges" we'll be facing! These challenges will be an awesome way to earn tons of guild experience and appear to have weekly caps -- For example, the Heroic dungeon challenge can be completed 7 times, most likely in a row with the changes to the
Daily Heroic system
! Sounds awesome to me!
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Patch 4.1 - PTR Build 13793 - New Items
There are a lot of new items we've pulled up from this patch, way too many to tack onto
the previous post about spell changes
. This time around, the theme seems to be new vanity items and new epics now on certain rare mobs as well as achievements.
See the full list of latest additions by clicking here!
Notable finds include:
We were told that
Poseidus
was getting a new loot table a while back: "Loot from the creatures Garr, Julak-Doom, Mobus, and Poseidus has been adjusted to be commensurate to their rarity and invested effort." Well, there's some proof it's happening!
Reins of Poseidus
is back and there is a new spell datamined:
Subdued Seahorse
Not to be outdone, it looks like those other rares are now getting epic drops as well:
Garr's Reinforced Girdle of Memories
and more below!
Guild challenges will now be tracked by achievements and there are a lot them, like:
A Difficult Challenge
That winged lion from the Blizzard Store? He'll be called
Winged Guardian
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Patch 4.1 - Rise of the Zandalari Official Preview
Blizzard hit us today with the official content preview for Patch 4.1: Rise of the Zandalari. It's a well-written summary of the threats adventurers will be facing soon and explains what role Vol'jin will be playing and the numerous threats that Stranglethorn contains. It also shows us some of the new vanity drops we'll be seeing.
In years past, the Zandalar tribe, encompassing the wise and scholarly progenitors of the trolls, heroically assisted the Horde and the Alliance with thwarting the nefarious activities of their brethren in Zul'Gurub and Zul'Drak. Yet the chaos unleashed by the recent Cataclysm has reshaped the Zandalari's philosophy about the world and the dwindling remnants of their race. Led by a mysterious prophet known only as Zul, the Zandalari have issued a call to Azeroth's embattled troll populations: unite into a single mighty empire and save their race from extinction.
Thus far, the Gurubashi and Amani trolls have answered the summons and received aid from the Zandalari, allowing them to rebuild their respective capitals in Zul'Gurub and Zul'Aman. Not all trolls, however, have so eagerly adopted the Zandala
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PTR Patch 4.1 Notes Updated (3/22)
The PTR Patch 4.1 notes have just been updated!
Notable changes include:
All trade goods available for purchase with Honor or Justice Points from the associated commodities vendors have had their prices reduced by 50%.
Maelstrom Crystal
s are now available for purchase with Honor or Justice Points from the associated commodities vendors.
Players will now gain proper guild experience rewards for PVP objectives!
Many previously "locked" old-world dungeon objects no longer require keys.
Be sure to check out the full list of major class changes after the break!
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Changes to Valor Points and "Heroic Dailies" in Patch 4.1
Blizzard poster Lylirra has just revealed some details about the upcoming changes to the "daily" dungeon system and documents the new procedures for earning Valor Points this way. You can check out the full Blizzard posts after the break, but the basic rundown is:
You can earn
up to
980 VP per week from random Heroic dungeons.
Of that 980 VP, only 490 VP can be earned from tier 1 Cataclysm Heroics. The remaining 490 VP must be earned by running Rise of the Zandalari Heroics (tier 2).
Alternatively, you can reach the 980 VP cap exclusively by running tier 2 Heroics.
The 980 VP you can earn from running tier 1 and tier 2 random Heroic dungeons will count towards your weekly overall cap of 1250 VP.
And, as stated before, if you want to maximize your VP gains, you can still reach the overall weekly cap of 1250 by defeating raid level content.
What do you think? Personally, I'll enjoy being able to run all of my Heroics on a day that I can dedicate the time rather than sitting in queues every day, but how do you think this will affect Dungeon Finder queue dura
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PTR Shows New Daily Dungeon System + New Wowhead Feature: Event Calendar
There are a lot of in-game events nowadays. There are Call to Arms for battlegrounds some of us still haven't set foot in, the Darkmoon Faire is always coming and going, and then there are things like actual holidays and fishing tournaments. Keeping track of them can be confusing--or at least it
was
confusing. That all changes today as we've now added
an event calendar
to Wowhead that will show you what's going on in Azeroth right from the comfort of your own browser.
http://www.wowhead.com/events#calendar
Since it was an otherwise slow day, we also hopped on the PTR to confirm whether or not the daily dungeon had been changed--and it has! Players will now be able to do seven dungeons a week instead of one dungeon per day. Cue sighs of relief from everyone, I'm sure. I'd personally rather do seven dungeons in a row with a group of guildmates over the weekend than squeeze one in every day.
There were some new graphic setting
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Patch 4.1 - PTR Build 13750 - 3D Models (Lions and Ice Cream and Bears, Oh My!)
That's right -
ice cream
. There weren't very many new models this patch but the ones that were included definitely stand out. In addition, we've (also) decided to post the winged lion model that you may have already seen floating around other sites. This model was actually added a few builds ago but looks rather unfinished at this time. We will, of course, post an updated version as soon as its available. So... what do you think it is?
In addition to the lion, we've also got a new Amani Bear model which is simply a recoloring of the old
Amani War Bear
. No word yet on whether or not this is the finished version of the upcoming
Amani Battle Bear
, or simply a dungeon NPC or otherwise, but judging by the fact that the Zul'Gurub raptor looks to have gotten a recolor as well, this may be the case. Laaaaaaaaaaame. Oh, well!
Also, ICE CREAMS. OM NOM NOM.
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Patch 4.1 - PTR Build 13750 - Karazhan Maps Finally Here
When we were hit with
a lot of new maps last week
unexpectedly, everyone kept asking where Karazhan was. The answer was apparently in this build.
There are
a lot
more maps after the break--you didn't forget how big Karazhan is, did you?
Also, it looks like the new boss in
Baradin Hold
that was added in last weeks set of maps is now removed which means this patch is definitely on track to be released before the new arena season starts.
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Patch 4.1 - PTR Build 13750 - New Icons, Items, and Spell Changes
A new PTR patch has just been released. There have been the usual things you've come to expect--tooltip fixes, minor spell tweaks, and so on--mostly in response to last night's
PTR Patch Note update
. However, in this build there are also new items datamined, new icons, and some new maps which we'll cover in another post.
Notable changes include:
New items like
Haunted War Drum
,
Vrykul Drinking Horn
, and
Ancient Amber
have been added--these look like archaeology finds to me! Perhaps Blizzard is making good on their word to add new things for us to dig up
A new glyph for the
Mage
class:
Charred Glyph
Some more evidence that a redone Silithus coming very soon, with a new quest item (
Hive'Ashi Secretion Gland
) and some new quests like
Befoulers of the Wind
Midsummer Fire Festival
got its items buffed up to respectable ilevel of 353 as well:
Cloak of the Frigid Winds
,
Frostscythe of Lord Ahune
,
Shroud of Winter's Chill
,
Icebound Cloak
,
The Frost Lord's Battle Shroud
, and
The Frost Lord's War Cloak
Scourer of the Eternal Sands
was added to make the rare drop,
Reins of the Grey Riding Camel
, give a FoS and a
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Patch 4.1 - Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub Items on PTR
As I'm sure many of you have noticed, the upcoming patch 4.1 marks the return of the classic
Zul'Aman
and
Zul'Gurub
raids as 5-player Heroic dungeons, featuring item level 353 epic quality loot! These items have just shown up in the latest PTR data and we've got 'em! Unfortunately, the items are not yet implemented as drops and do not yet feature unique models, so we do not yet have specific boss drop data or pretty 3D models - yet! However, as soon as the information is available, we'll definitely update - so stay tuned!
As always, you can check out our PTR site's Latest Additions right here:
4.1 PTR Latest Additions (3/11)
Check out all of the new Heroics' loot (in fancy tables) added in the latest PTR patch after the break!
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Patch 4.1 - PTR Build 13726 - Latest Additions
Of course, what PTR update would be complete without some snazzy new items and such to show off! Unfortunately, there's not a ton of additions this time, but there are still a few interesting ones, such as the new Zul'Aman bear mount and a strange new companion!
You can check out the latest additions
here
and
here
, because Koper lives in the
future
!
Also, lolwut:
Crafty's Pole
Achievements
Ohganot So Fast!
Mounts
Amani Battle Bear
(
Amani Battle Bear
)
Companions
Legs
(
Legs
)
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Patch 4.1 - PTR Build 13726 - TONS of New Dungeon & Raid Maps!
A new patch has hit the 4.1 Public Test Realm! This latest patch included maps for all Burning Crusade dungeons and raids that did not previously feature one! The patch also included new maps for the upcoming
Zul'Gurub
and
Zul'Aman
5-player dungeons!
Zul'Gurub
Zul'Aman
Burning Crusade zones which now feature a brand spankin' new map include: Auchenai Crypts, Baradin Hold, Coilfang Reservoir, Caverns of Time: Old Hillsbrad, Caverns of Time: The Black Morass, Gruul's Lair, Hellfire Ramparts, Hyjal Summit, Magister's Terrace, Magtheridon's Lair, Mana Tombs, Sethekk Halls, Shadow Labyrinth, Sunwell Plateau, Tempest Keep, The Arcatraz, The Blood Furnace, The Botanica, The Mechanar, The Shattered Halls, The Slave Pens, The Steamvault, and The Underbog!
Also,
Baradin Hold
's map has been updated with a new wing and boss skul
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Patch 4.1 - PTR Build 13726 - Spell Changes
A new PTR patch has just been released, and with it came a few minor class changes and (mostly) a bunch of tooltip and typo fixes. Many of these class changes were previously announced with last week's
PTR patch notes update
.
The only particularly notable change in this latest set of spell diffs:
Hunter
-
Multi-Shot
and
Distracting Shot
now have a 40 yard range, up from 35 yards.
Priest
- If the tooltip change is to be believed, it appears that the
buff duration has been removed. This means that
states will no longer expire after 1 minute and instead last indefinitely until cancelled or changed.
Be sure to check out this latest batch of PTR patch 4.1 spell changes after the break!
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Blizzard Posts on Upcoming 4.1 Features (Including Guild Challenges!)
It looks like Patch 4.1 will include a feature we weren't expecting -
guild challenges
! I'm sure many of you remember the
heated discussion regarding guild reputation
on the official forums a while back, where many players suggested adding guild quests as a method of earning reputation and experience. Looks like Blizzard agreed! We don't have any details yet on these quests or what they'll entail or reward, but you can be sure that as soon as the information is available we'll bring it to you!
Warriors and clothies will be happy to learn that ZA/ZG will also feature appropriately itemized pre-raid ranged slot weapons, something that many players were extremely disappointed over the Justice Points vendor lacking. In addition, as a little something for archaeologists - players will appropriately leveled archaeology will be able to unlock the new Edge of Madness bosses in Zul'Gurub! Players may recall that in Classic Zul'Gurub, this event required an alchemist to farm annoying materials (
Blood of Heroes
, yecch) to create the potion required to start the event. Now, this awesome random b
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Patch 4.1 - 3D Models - Huge Assortment of Firelands Raid + PVP Weapons
Wow! We've found a
ton
of new weapon models for you guys to check out, featuring loot from the upcoming (well, patch 4.2)
Firelands Raid
as well as new PVP weapons! Each item features tons of recolors, so it's uncertain as to which ones will be used when they are assigned to live items. In the meantime, you should definitely check them all out!
Of course, remember that even though these items were found in the 4.1 PTR files, we will most likely not see the items that they are attached to until 4.2 hits the PTRs (unless they start showing us Firelands raid goodies sooner, like those
trinkets
)!
It's been a while since we've had such a huge assortment of new weapon models to show off and we're really excited to find more as new PTR patches come out, so keep checking the blog! Simply click on any model preview to open a lightbox where you can view the model in Java or Flash. If you need any help using our 3D Model Viewer be sure to check out its
help page
!
Check out the massive assortment of snazzy new models after t
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