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Patch 5.2 Hotfixes: April 18th
Blizzard just posted some more Patch 5.2 hotfixes. Of particular interest:
Crane Rush
in the Twin Consorts encounter now deals 5 million damage, down from 30 million damage in Raid Finder difficulty.
Brutal Talisman of the Shado-Pan Assault
and
Vicious Talisman of the Shado-Pan Assault
have had their +use effects changed only for PvP combat: they are half as potent but last twice as long.
Classes
Warlock
Destruction
Fixed an issue where targets of
Havoc
were receiving more damage than intended from
Immolate
.
Quests
Eyes of the Thunder King
: Engaging Unblinking Eyes and Focused Eyes will now place all members of the raid in combat, preventing players from releasing when they die.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder
Ra-den
Fixed an issue where it was possible to have 2 instances of Unstable Vita active during the Ra-den encounter.
Twin Consorts
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5.3 PTR - Build 16853 - Spell Changes, Brawler's Guild Shirts, and More
A new build is coming to the 5.3 PTR soon! For a confirmed list of changes, check out the
official 5.3 PTR Patch Notes
, last updated April 15th. Several of today's datamined changes, such as
A Test of Valor
requiring 3000
Valor Points
, down from 6000
Valor Points
, were already in the notes.
Check out the latest additions!
Patch Highlights
The Alliance get a new title for
Hordebreaker
-- The Hordebreaker.
Darkspear Revolutionary is the title for Horde players completing
Darkspear Revolutionary
.
Many more shirts have been datamined that appear to be rewards for defeating optional bosses in Brawler's Guild, such as
Digmaster's Bodysleeve
.
: Your Smite spell inflicts an additional 20% damage against targets afflicted by Holy Fire, but that additional damage does not get transferred by Atonement.
Item - Paladin T14 Holy 4P Bonus
:
Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Shock spell by 21 sec.
Brawler's Guild
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News Round Up: Legendary Guide Updated, Battle Chest Sale
Today's news roundup features a lengthy discussion on WoW's RNG loot system. While
5.3 will reduce the amount of bad bonus roll streaks
, some players are frustrated by feeling unrewarded for killing a boss.
There's also a Warcraft Battle Chest Sale until the 23rd, and the 2013 Student Art Contest Winners have been selected--as prizes, they'll get a mentorship with a member of the World of Warcraft art team!
Legendary Guide Updated
With
Pinnacle of Storms open on LFR
, more players may find themselves completing their legendary metagems. We've updated our
Legendary Quest Guide
with some user comments and videos on the challenging single-player scenario, The Thunder Forge, you'll need to complete after getting 20
Secrets of the Empire
.
There's also been a confirmed issue with ilvl 502 gems not working on upgraded ilvl 504 helms:
Yes, it is intend
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Patch 5.2 Hotfixes: April 16
Classes
Druid
Glyphs
Charred Glyph
should now properly remove the periodic component of
Regrowth
while active.
Quests
Secrets of the First Empire
: Fixed an issue where an excessive amount of Trillium Bars could be removed while completing the quest.
Securing A Future
: Lady Jaina Proudmoore should reappear properly if the player logs out while completing the quest.
Creatures
Maturing Raptor
should spawn more frequently now.
Trained Saurid
should spawn more frequently now.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder
Durumu the Forgotten
Durumu the Forgotten
will now have a longer delay before resuming his attacks while the maze of Eye Sores despawn.
Iron Qon
During the final phase of the encounter,
Iron Qon
's Quilen champions should no longer try to reposition themselves in 10-player and 25-player Heroic difficulty.
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Throne of Thunder: "Pinnacle of Storms" LFR Overview
Today, the fourth and final wing of
Throne of Thunder
LFR is scheduled to go live this week: players can fight
Iron Qon
,
Twin Consorts
, and
Lei Shen
for ilvl 502 loot, including shoulder tokens from
Iron Qon
and helm tokens from
Twin Consorts
. You will need a minimum average item level of 480 to queue up--if you're stuck on how to get there, check out our
gearing guide
.
Check out our overviews of the other three LFRs:
Last Stand of the Zandalari
:
Jin'rokh the Breaker
,
Horridon
, and the
Council of Elders
Tier 15 gloves and
Living Sandling
.
Forgotten Depths
:
Tortos
,
Megaera
, and
Ji-Kun
. Tier 15 legs and
Ji-Kun Hatchling
.
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5.3 PTR Patch Notes - April 15
The 5.3 PTR Patch Notes were just updated! In addition to class changes, there's some big quality of life changes:
Shado-Pan and The August Celestials daily quests no longer have a faction prerequisite to be Revered with the Golden Lotus.
A Test of Valor: Reduced the amount of Valor needed for this achievement to 3000 Valor Points, down from 6000.
Picking up the Alliance or Horde flag while in a Rated Battleground now increases damage taken by 50% for characters in a tanking specialization, and increases damage taken by 20% for characters in a non-tanking specialization.
Tyrannical weapons will not have earned Conquest Point requirements.
Blink Strike has been redesigned. On live, it causes your pet to instantly teleport behind an enemy target up to 40 yards away from your pet and inflict 600% normal damage. On the PTR, it is called Blink Strikes, is a passive ability, increases the pet's Basic Attack damage by 50 %, can be used from 30 yards away, and causes the pet to instantly teleport behind their target.
Intimidation
is now a level 30 talent.
is now a stackable effect up to 2, and causes the next Holy Shock to also heal other allies within 1
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News Round Up: In-Game Mistborn Tribute, Scenario Analysis
In-Game Mistborn Tribute
Reddit members
recently discovered a very cool tribute to the Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, with
Kelsier
and
Allomancy
references!
Rogues can visit
Reislek's Ghost
outside of Ravenholdt and copy his appearance using
Glyph of Disguise
while pickpocketing him.
Next, visit
Orsur
at the bottom of Ravenholdt Manor while disguised--he'll only be visible with
Charred Glyph
or
Extra-Dimensional Ghost Revealer
. Don't mount up when heading to him, as you'll lose the disguise.
After interacting with him, he'll give you
Survivor's Bag of Coins
and you'll get the buff
Survivor's Bag
!
To get "coins" for your bag, pickpocket humanoids--you'll get between 1-4. Coins will display as a buff,
Survivor's Bag
and can stack up to 50.
If you have the coin buff, you can propel yourself backwards around a zone without landing until you run out of coins--this can only be used outside. Simply target an area you'd like to move away from.
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5.3 PTR: Transmog and Vanity Armor
The 5.3 PTR is filled with ways to get vanity items--there are even some for PvP! Whether you're looking for new transmog gear or want a prestige item to show off beating a tough boss in Brawler's Guild, this patch has something for everyone.
Transmog: Cosmetic Armor and UI Improvements
A new armor type has been added: Cosmetic. So far, there is one cosmetic armor item,
Griftah's Authentic Troll Shoes
. This item can be transmogged onto any cloth, leather, mail, or plate item for that same slot.
Griftah's Authentic Troll Shoes
turn your boot armor invisible, replicating the barefoot look all trolls have. It costs 500
Kor'kron Lumber
and is a reward from the Darkspear Rebellion--
learn more about it here
.
When transmogging the item, we noticed that you can transmog any item from void storage or your bank now--it's not just the gear limited to your bags. You can expand the transmog display to see icons of all transmoggable items for a slot.
Legendary Questline Capes
Players completing
Cloak of Virtue
as part of the l
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5.3 PTR - Build 16837 - Spell Changes, Loading Screens, and More
Last night there was a small PTR build with a handful of items, a loading screen for the new battleground, brief Deathwing audio, and some spell and tooltip changes. As Ghostcrawler
pointed out
, check out the official
patch notes
before asking if a tooltip fix is an actual buff or nerf.
Check out the latest additions!
Patch Highlights
There were only a handful of junk items, such as
Bling-Bons
, which are probably tied to new Brawler's Guild bosses.
Several PvP achievements for the new battleground:
Capping Spree
,
Deepwind Gorge All-Star
,
Master of Deepwind Gorge
.
New Warrior Specialization:
. Whenever you are struck by a Stun or Immobilize effect, you generate 15 Rage over 10 sec.
Two new titles:
Instigator
,
Gorgeous
Deepwind Gorge Loading Screen
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5.3 PTR Patch Notes - April 11
The
5.3 PTR Patch Notes
were updated this afternoon with a few additions.
The biggest changes include:
Healing abilities and spells which automatically pick targets now follow consistent rules for targetting logic. Targets with lower % health will be preferred, and players are weighted more heavily than pets.
Players with full health no longer count towards the cap for area-of-effect healing abilities and spells.
Summoned pets/totems will chain cast spells with no delay between casts.
All creatures Level 90 and above have a chance to drop Lesser Charms of Good Fortune.
Two new purchasable items using Elder Charms of Good Fortune have been added to the quartermasters on the Isle of Thunder.
For more recent PTR coverage, check out our blogs on the Darkspear Rebellion
faction rewards
and
quests
.
Click the cut to read the latest patch note additions!
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5.3 PTR: Battlefield Barrens - Scenarios, Quests, and Lore
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.
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 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
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New Brawler's Guild Content in Patch 5.3
This article covers 5.3 PTR information which may be outdated. Check out
Wowhead's Brawler's Guild Guide (Updated for 5.3)
for the latest details.
The Brawler's Guild is getting some updates in Patch 5.3! Blizzard shared the following developments in today's blog:
Two new ranks with eight new bosses.
Challenge Cards
-- can open up quests leading to twelve new bosses, such as
Challenge Card: The Bear and the Lady Fair
.
Players can now revisit past fights by buying a Challenge Card for a specific encounter, such as
Challenge Card: Millhouse Manastorm
.
New VIP lounge for Rank 8 players.
In addition, we've discovered
Far Sight totems allowing players to get a better view of the fight on the 5.3 PTR
, and have also datamined some shirts named after bosses:
Floot-Tooter's Tunic
,
Grandpa Grumplefloot
Paper Shirt
,
Ro-Shambo
-- perhaps this is tied to
Scissors
?
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Patch 5.2 Hotfixes: April 10 - Throne of Thunder and Shado-Pan Assault Trinkets
Today's round of Patch 5.2 hotfixes has a lot of tweaks for bosses in
Throne of Thunder
-- most notably,
Disintegration Beam
now dissipates sooner before reaching the end of Durumu's maze.
In addition,
Brutal Talisman of the Shado-Pan Assault
and
Vicious Talisman of the Shado-Pan Assault
were overpowered in PvP and received a nerf--only during PvP combat. They'll work exactly the same during PvE content.
Click the cut to read the full notes!
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5.3 PTR: Battlefield Barrens Rewards and Currency Overview
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.
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 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 Bloss
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Patch 5.2 Hotfixes: April 9 - Durumu Maze Improvements
While a new
5.3 PTR build
just hit, Blizzard is still paying attention to 5.2 player concerns.
Durumu the Forgotten
's maze was never a player favorite, and it just got some improvements. These improvements were added to the hotfix blog on April 9th.
Classes
Hunter
Talents
now has a 25% decrease to damage, cast time, cooldown, and focus cost.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder
Durumu the Forgotten
Safe spots in the maze of Eye Sores now appear earlier, before the Disintegration Beam starts moving.
Adjustments were made to visual effects for Eye Sores to make it easier to see the maze.
Primordius
Mutated Abomination
effect once again reduces his damage taken from non-Fully Mutated players by 75% on 10-player and 25-player Heroic difficulty only.
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5.3 PTR - Build 16825 - Hearthstone Promotion Mount, Achievements, Icons, and More
After a week-long break, the 5.3 PTR is getting some updates! There's a new promotional mount for Hearthstone, some vanity items tied to the Darkspear Rebellion, a pet that changes appearance based on the seasons, and new Brawler's Guild achievements.
There were a number of spell changes as well, but
Ghostcrawler just posted
that some are tooltip fixes and should be taken with a grain of salt.
Check out the latest additions!
3D Models
The
Blossoming Ancient
's companion tooltip states that the pet will change color depending on the season. Here's fall, winter, summer, and spring!
In addition, we have a model for [item=
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5.3 PTR: New and Heroic Scenarios Overview
Four new scenarios and six heroic-difficulty scenarios are coming in Patch 5.3. If you're looking for something harder than dungeons but easier than Challenge Modes, Heroic Scenarios should be a good fit. Plus, in this current PTR build, you can get 0
Valor Points
in one, which isn't a bad deal.
In this initial preview, we'll look at the details, rewards, and UI for heroic scenarios, as well as the lore and stages for the four new scenarios. They should be testable soon on the 5.3 PTR, as Blizzard has recently
made feedback threads
for all of them.
Check out our other 5.3 Scenario coverage:
Blood in the Snow and Dark Heart of Pandaria
Secrets of Ragefire and Battle on the High Seas
Heroic Scenarios
Heroic scenarios should appeal to players that enjoyed learning heroic dungeons in the middle of past expansions. The basic information has been taken f
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Patch 5.2 Hotfixes: April 8
Creatures
Zandalari Beast Handler
is now properly seated in a saddle while riding a Direhorrn.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder
Giorgio's Caduceus of Pure Moods
is no longer being awarded to Elemental and Restoration Shamans on Raid Finder difficulty or via bonus rolls.
Primordius
During the
Primordius
encounter, spells which dispel a single harmful effect (
Sear Magic
,
Singe Magic
, or Mass Dispel) will no longer work if any of the positive effects are active on the target (
Improved Synapses
,
Keen Eyesight
,
Thick Bones
,
Clear Mind
, or
Fully Mutated
).
Ra-den
Fixed an issue that could prevent Ra-den from absorbing Essences of Anima/Vita as intended.
Engaging Ra-den now resets the cooldown on
Reincarnation
for Shamans.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where some situations could cause players to not receive credit towards
Pay to Slay
or
It Was Worth Every Ritual Stone
achiev
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Darkmoon Faire In Town -- Patch 5.2 Changes
The Darkmoon Faire is back in town this week! We've updated our Darkmoon Faire guide for Patch 5.2, and also checked it out on the 5.3 PTR, where we did not find any new major changes.
Check out the complete Darkmoon Faire guide here!
Patch 5.2 launched right in the middle of last month's fair, so if you missed it with all
the new 5.2 things
to do, here's a recap:
There are two new hats,
Darkmoon Top Hat
and
Darkmoon Fishing Cap
, as well as the chance to get a Darkmoon pet inside
Darkmoon Game Prize
from dailies.
Darkmoon Faire Hats
The stylish
Darkmoon Top Hat
be obtained through several means:
Small chance to be found in
Darkmoon Game Prize
, the new reward for completing Darkmoon Faire dailies.
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Darkmoon Prize Ticket
from
Gelvas Grimegate
.
When you use the item, you initially summon a bunch of fireworks. For the duration of the buff, your character will appear to wear a fun purple hat. This hat periodically sparkles and has small fireworks.
D
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Battle Pet Tamer Guide: Locations, Quests, and Rewards
Battle Pet Tamers are a great way to level up pets and get battle pet rewards, but they're sometimes hard to track down since they're scattered all over the place. 5.1 also added the
Safari Hat
for completing
Taming the World
, which boosts battle pet experience gained by 10%.
This guide covers the locations of all the battle pet tamers, as well as the tamer quests and rewards. We've also included maps and screenshots to the pet tamers, and if you'd like to see the exact stats and breeds of their pets, you can easily find them on the
trainer pet pages
, now flagged as Untameable!
If you want to take an in-depth look how to defeat the pet tamers, check out
Battle Pet Dailies - A guide to all the dailies involving Pet Battles
by user
ishirra
, who covers the trainer's pet types, their abilities, and suitable families to counter the trainer teams with. If you want to see a quick list of what dailies are available for each faction, check
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