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New Vol'jin Scenario, 5.1 PTR Patch Notes Updated

posted 2012/11/14 at 1:50 PM by perculia

Dagger in the Darktwo new Alliance scenarios

Brawler's Guild invitations can now drop from select Horde and Alliance NPCs.

Spirit of Harmony can now be purchased for 600 at the Conquest Quartermaster.

Level 90 players can now queue for Wintergrasp and Tol Barad via the PvP tab to battle one another in these epic conflicts.

Dagger in the DarkScreenshotsSummaryStage 1 – The Mission...Stage 2 – We Ride!Stage 3 – Guards!Stage 4 – Into the CaveStage 5 – The SourceStage 6 – The BroodmasterStage 7 – InvestigationFinal Stage – Ambush!Achievements

You Mean That Wasn't a Void Zone?: Destroy all remaining eggs before Broodmaster Noshi reaches 20% health in the Dagger in the Dark Scenario.

Watery Grave: Kill 3 of the Darkhatched Lizard-Lord's reinforcements using his Water Jets ability in the Dagger in the Dark Scenario.

You Mean That Wasn't a Void Zone?: Defeat Rak'gor Bloodrazor without any member of your party standing in a Healing Ward in the Dagger in the Dark Scenario.

News Round Uplast night's hotfixesThe Light and How to Swing ItClick the cut for all the blue posts, including the 5.1 PTR Patch Note Updates!Patch 5.1 PTR Patch Note Updates

Blizzard

General
Players can visit their faction strongholds in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms to begin the quest to summon their war fleets to the continent of Pandaria. (Alliance players that couldn't previously complete the starting quests can now speak with Taradormi at Lion's Landing to travel the timeways and experience those quests... BACK IN TIME).
Players can follow the story of the Pandaren Campaign through a series of special quests tied to their reputation with the landing forces. Heroes assisting with the war effort will join key characters and faction leaders as the growing conflagration spreads across Pandaria... as well as other locations around Azeroth.
Entry into the brawler’s guild is by invitation only. Invitations can be found on the black market auction house, by invitation from somebody within the guild, and occasionally as drops from certain Horde and Alliance NPCs.

Classes
Monk
Spear Hand Strike now costs 10 energy (was 30).

Priest

Spells affected by cast while Spirit Shell is active now fully apply critical effect heals to the shield provided.

Warlock

and can now be dispelled as Magic effects.

Items
Spirit of Harmony can now be purchased for 600 Conquest Points at the Conquest Quartermaster.
Item Enhancements
The Dancing Steel, Jade Spirit, Colossus, and River's Song enchantments now use the Real PPM system utilized by Windsong and Elemental Force.

Sunsong Ranch
A new Seed has been added: Unstable Portal Shard
A mage who fell on hard times back in Dalaran has found a new home on Pandaria. Barnaby Fletcher will occasionally visit Halfhill Market to peddle a new type of seed – and take advantage of the Tillers’ hospitality.
Unstable Portal Shards grow into consumable items which can be used to open a portal from Sunsong Ranch to a major faction city.

Seeds now stack to 50.
Runty crops now have a spell visual to help call attention to themselves.
Growing crops now display the duration until the crop is ready to harvest.
Characters who have earned the Friends on the Farm achievement will no longer find gifts while harvesting Cooking Ingredient crops – instead, they have a chance to find special seeds such as Magebulb Seed, Enigma Seed, Songbell Seed, and more.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Non-boss enemies in Mogu'shan Vaults, Heart of Fear, and Terrace of Endless Spring now respawn much more slowly.
Raid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons. Enemies in these raids that previously required more than one player to defeat are now more easily dealt with by players battling alone.
Scenarios
New level 90 Scenarios have been added, including additional faction specific Scenarios:
Assault on Zan'Vess
Alliance
Lion's Landing
A Little Patience

Horde

Domination Point
Dagger in the Dark

PvP
The growing conflict between the Horde and the Alliance has spilled across the face of Azeroth: level 90 players can now queue for Wintergrasp and Tol Barad via the PvP tab to battle one another in these epic conflicts.
Arena matches now have a 25 minute time limit (was 45 minutes).
Rated Battlegrounds now share the same spell restrictions as Arenas.

Bug Fixes
Swooping Plainshawks no longer use abilities from the Bird of Prey Hunter pet family.
Fixed an issue that could cause crops to fail to appear when players entered Sunsong Ranch while several hundred yards up in the air.
Players who have learned the Terrible Turnip pet can now continue to find Ominous Seed when harvesting Cooking Ingredient crops.
Classes
The responsiveness of many abilities and effects has been improved, including: Renewing Mist, Halo, Rogue Poisons, , Rime, Killing Machine, , Sudden Doom, , , Crimson Scourge, and Sudden Death.
The following spells now display less intense visual effects for other players: Hellfire, Death and Decay, , , and Explosive Trap.
Earthquake's sound effect is now quieter.

Heart of Fear Raid Finder Loot Issue Hotfixed

Blizzard

We’ve applied a hotfix to resolve an issue where players in Raid Finder were being saved as having killed a boss after a wipe in Heart of Fear. The hotfix is active and doesn't require a rolling restart to take effect. Heart of Fear is now safe for your Raid Finder adventuring needs.

For the small number of players who were ineligible for a chance at loot as a result of this bug before it was fixed, we're currently discussing the best resolution and will provide an update as soon as we can. In the meantime, we thank you for your patience and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Does the solution only affect people who killed the bosses or also the people were just locked incorrectly? I wiped and didn't kill a boss and got saved apparently. Am I now unsaved and can go safely or do I need to wait for a solution?

Terrace of Endless Spring Now Available and Raid Schedule

Blizzard

The latest Normal difficulty Mists of Pandaria Raid dungeon is now available: Terrace of Endless Spring. All Heart of Fear bosses are also now available in Raid Finder.

To access the new Raid Finder dungeons, you will need to meet a minimum item level (ilevel) requirement of 470.

Here is the current schedule for these Raid releases:
Wednesday, November 14 - Second half of Heart of Fear on Raid Finder and Normal Terrace of Endless Spring
Wednesday, November 21 - Heroic Terrace of Endless Spring and Terrace of Endless Spring on Raid Finder

Mega Blocks Contest

Blizzard

Everything is in the name. Announcing the 'Build Big, Win Big' contest, one of the largest giveaways we've ever done. We even pulled an original World of Warcraft brown Collector's Edition from the Blizzard Vaults! From now until December 10, take your Mega Bloks World of Warcraft sets and stack, rearrange, redesign and recombine ‘em into never-before-seen creations.

We want to see how big, impressive and creative you can be with the World of Warcraft Mega Bloks. Once you're ready, snap some pictures of your masterpiece and submit them through our official "Build Big, Win Big" Facebook Contest Page. The form will ask for your name, the name of your creation, and its recipe (ex: Deathwing Stormwind Assault, Goblin Zeppelin, Gnome Flying Machines). There will be 16 lucky winners.

In the United Kingdom you can find the products at ToysRUs, Smyths, Argos or at Argos Online.

What You Could Win:

Grand Prize (1 of 1)

ALL FIVE World of Warcraft Collector’s Editions
- World of Warcraft, Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, and Mists of Pandaria with option to have them signed by the development team

Complete "yet to be released" Winter 2012 Mega Bloks World of Warcraft collection
Exclusive Mega Bloks "Jade Chen Stormstout" Figure
World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game Spectral Tiger Mount Code
World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game Spectral Kitten Code
1 year subscription for World of Warcraft
Doomhammer Replica
SteelSeries World of Warcraft Wireless Mouse with Stand
World of Warcraft Monopoly Collectors Edition
Hardcover copy of Pearl of Pandaria Comic Book
Wyvern Plushie (and in-game code)
Gryphon Plushie (and in-game code)

Runners Up (5 of 5)

Complete "yet to be released" Winter 2012 Mega Bloks World of Warcraft collection
Exclusive Mega Bloks "Jade Chen Stormstout" Figure
World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game Rooster Mount Code
World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game Rocket Chicken Code
SteelSeries World of Warcraft Wireless mouse with Stand
World of Warcraft Monopoly Collectors Edition
Hardcover copy of Pearl of Pandaria Comic Book
Wyvern Plushie (and in-game code)
Gryphon Plushie (and in-game code)

Honorable Mentions (10 of 10)

Two (2) selections from the Winter 2012 Mega Bloks World of Warcraft collection
Exclusive Mega Bloks "Jade Chen Stormstout" Figure
World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game Ethereal Plunderer Code
Hardcover copy of Pearl of Pandaria

Official Rules:

All official contest rules are listed at our official "Build Big, Win Big" Facebook Contest Page.

How We’ll Judge:

Each week entries we’ve received will be posted to the official World of Warcraft Facebook page for the world to see. Winners will be determined by a panel of esteemed Blizzard brick fans and judged on originality, creativity and size of build. Note that only entries which exclusively contain Mega Bloks World of Warcraft sets will be considered valid. We’re sure the existing sets are enough to spark your creativity, so at least for this contest no throwing other toys, crafts, or cats into the mix!

That's it, so get to building!

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Comment by nik666Just one word: WINTERGRASP!Comment by zomg5Vol' Jin hurt? damn you scumbag GarroshComment by felhunternoes! not vol'jin!

too arms! kill those scumbags who try too murder our Hero!

now i kinda dont wanna do this scenario cause i dnt want too see vol'jin getting stabbed.Comment by GarrodaMonks really needed that Spear Hand Strike buff. I had to pop Energizing Brew every time I wanted to interrupt a cast.Comment by ArganonbobRaid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons.Comment by regmaGlad to see Barnaby Fletcher (aka Washed-Up Mage) is out of The Underbelly sewers and in some fresh air.

Also I hate to see what lame things Garrosh would do if he copied the Mogu's army for his use.
(which may happen when we face off against him unless this is taken care of before)

And I'm kind of glad to see Blizz mention Wintergrasp as it's been kind of "dead" since Cata came out with Tol Barad. So maybe I can finish getting the last achivements now without asking for help :)Comment by SteamhammerCharacters who have earned the Friends on the Farm achievement will no longer find gifts while harvesting Cooking Ingredient crops – instead, they have a chance to find special seeds such as Magebulb Seed, Enigma Seed, Songbell Seed, and more.Players who have learned the Terrible Turnip pet can now continue to find Ominous Seed when harvesting Cooking Ingredient crops.Comment by SalimanLevel 90 players can now queue for Wintergrasp and Tol Barad via the PvP tab to battle one another in these epic conflicts.Comment by dexor123Finally i can farm pre-MoP raids for mounts :D
oh, and HOW COULD GARROSH DO THAT D'':
cant wait till the end of the expansion. }:)Comment by 795147This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by BosephHeydenThe entry into non-MoP raids without having to find a guildie that was about to disconnect anyways to group with is an entry of the same variety as the mass looting they introduced back at the start of MoP/end of Cata: great, makes life easier, and makes you forget that you'll be finished with the new stuff shortly :P.Comment by thegalaxygoddessOh my dear fuzzy garters I would LOVE to win that contest, but alas I am not creative enough nor can I afford those sets.Comment by LordplatypusThe horde are up to no good as usual i see.Comment by TheDancingTreeWhoa, the Kor'kron are embracing the methods of the Mogu? Vol'jinn is right. That is NOT what the Horde stands for. Fantastic, make the Horde look even more evil <.<

Good Job Vol'jinn is a Troll, otherwise he wouldn't have survived that neck wound xDComment by GitarookefkaPre MoP raids allowed to be soloed with no problem?

Oh Blizz, of course i'll go on a date with you! <3Comment by DracovariusRaid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons. Enemies in these raids that previously required more than one player to defeat are now more easily dealt with by players battling alone.Razorgore the UntamedKaelthasReliquary of the LostComment by FoxpawHopefully this includes things like the chess event. I would absolutely LOVE getting the bow off the last boss of Karazhan for transmog on my hunter, but the chess event is a @#$%^ to solo. Maybe they'll just make it so that its not required to get to him.Comment by jamesjiaoRaid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons.Comment by mgg4wowRaid groups are no longer required to Enter pre-Mists of Pandaria dungeons...

Nothing there about being able to solo All the content. I supposed most bosses can be soloed at this point, but as has been pointed out, there are some mechanics that players will need to group for.Comment by Interest Spirit of Harmony can now be purchased for 600 Conquest Points at the Conquest Quartermaster.Raid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons.

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