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4.3 Dragon Soul Raid Drops
Last night's PTR patch let us see what will drop from the new raid instance, as the dungeon journal was updated for the Dragon Soul bosses finally.
Some notes: the items themselves aren't entirely done nor is this by any means a final draft of the loot and its ilevels. We think the stats are fairly accurate; however, their names are obviously generated with the "Horrific" prefix and some of their text is erroneous, like the season 10 item or the multiple ones that require Avengers' of Hyjal reputation. Still, this serves as a great basis for what's dropping where--as well as what type of boss you'll be facing, lootwise. I mean, Spine of Deathwing is looking like a trinket boss to us!
Dragon Soul
Morchok
Pillarfoot Greaves
Robe of Glowing Stone
Petrified Fungal Heart
Vagaries of Time
Mycosynth Wristguards
Hand of Morchok
Underdweller's Spaulders
Girdle of Shattered Stone
Mosswrought Shoulderguards
Brackenshell Shoulderplates
Sporebeard Gauntlets
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Patch 4.3 - PTR Build 14849 - Spell Changes, Darkmoon Faire Replica Items, and More
A new PTR patch is out; here are the spell differences, icons, maps, and more. Note that while many of the changes are in the
PTR patch notes
, some of them were not (such as Windwalk or Ambidexterity changes).
Latest Additions
Remember when they said Darkmoon Faire would, you know, bring back legacy items?
Well, they're back, baby: the original level 60 dungeon sets are making their return, both the blue and epic sets, such as
Replica Soulforge Breastplate
and
Replica Devout Gloves
.
Click here for a complete list of new (and returning) items!
There's also a whole slew of PvP gear, but most of it is available on the vendors right now, so we'll have to see if that means they moved its location. Still no word on tier 3 or season 3 gear, but I think there's a good chance it's coming.
And not to be outdone,
Elementium Gem Cluster
and
Shadowy Gem
make a show--undoubtedly for making the rogue legendary. (As well as
Spectral Mount Crate
for those ghostly mounts so many people didn't like.)
Achievements (12)
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Public Test Realm Patch 4.3 Notes: Updated 10/13
Some class changes in the PTR notes today: many classes had abilities buffed, especially Warlocks (for example,
lasts 20 seconds instead of 15), Warriors got new character attack animations, and low-level druids should find it easier to tank while leveling now with an armor boost. Another interesting change is the buff to
Guardian Spirit
, making it an even more effective tanking cooldown.
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class="detail"><p><em>Updates to the patch notes below can be found in <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">red</span>. Last updated Oct. 13, 9:30 AM PDT.</em><br />
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The time for testing out many of the upcoming patch 4.3 features is upon us. In this article you’ll find frequent updates to the official patch 4.3 notes as development continues. You can find a list of the major features we’ve discussed thus far on our <a href="
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2973396284"
target="_blank">official forums</a>.<br />
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If you’ll be testing this major content patch, be sure to visit the <a href="
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/1181024/"
target="_blank">PTR Discussion forum</a> o
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4.3 Preview: Chromatic Dragon Pet and Loot Rule Changes
We wanted to post a few models up that Alayton found for us--mostly the Chromatic Dragon pet, which I am betting is the reward for the guild legendary for tier 13, since there already was a Deathwing pet a while ago. There are also the Lunar New Year rewards we speculated one as well as the Scarab pet from the next TCG edition (not archaeology as we had hoped).
As for the Fel Hippogryph, he's actually
Corrupted Hippogryph
from the TCG (thanks to reader Nathanyel for the tip).
New Loot Rules in 4.3
In response to concerns regarding how loot will be distributed in the Raid Finder system, we are making some changes to how loot rolls will work when using the Need Before Greed system in the Raid Finder. When using Raid Finder for the Dragon Soul rai
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Patch 4.3 - PTR Build 14809 - Spell Changes, New Items, and More
There was a small patch last night. Nothing huge--just new maps for the 5-mans as well as some achievements for PvE encounters in 4.3. In any case, we also have a
new data push on the PTR site
so you can check out all the data we've acquired so far. A major thanks to everyone who uses the
Wowhead Client
as well during the PTR, it always helps us!
I'm tacking on some notable blue posts here as sort of a round up as well--heirlooms might be changing in the future and void storage pricing was changed considerably. Hopefully this stops some of the complaining we've seen about the prices!
Heirloom Mechanics
We would like to share an insight on the approach that is the philosophy behind the heirlooms at the moment. This is still something that may change, so please do not take it as set in stone.
In short, the developers agree that the process of mailing heirlooms around constantly is a little annoying. We'd prefer to try and work ourselves away from the method of mailing out BoA items in the future, like pets, mounts, etc. To that end, we have some desig
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Hunter Tier 13 and Visual Retrospective
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class="detail"><p>Adventurers will be tested like never before in 4.3 as they take on Deathwing and his minions, emerging with powerful new treasures. Please enjoy this preview of the hunter tier 13 set, as well as a visual guide to tiers 1 through 12 for <a href="
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3309048">Transmogrification</a>
purposes.<br />
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<p>Hunter – Wyrmstalker Battlegear</p>
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<p><em>We like to tie a Hunter’s Tier armour in with an appropriate donor creature – it suggests the Hunter has actually <em>hunted</em> for the set! As there’s an awful lot of dragons in this patch, a draconic theme was the way to go. We wanted to reference but not simply reproduce the classic Dragonstalker set. To that end, we limited the use of dragon heads to the helm and chained leathery wings around the shoulders which gives the impression of a skeletal drago
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4.3 5-man Dungeon Drops
We managed to get the loot tables for the 5-mans (prettied up by resident volunteer Neutronimity, thanks!)--this is probably a lot more helpful than our datamined list of items as these show what will drop from where and what stats you can start looking forward to picking up.
A quick rundown of the items: they're ilevel 378 and surprisingly solid stats. The trinkets were taken from Bastion of Twilight and Blackwing Descent in procs and on uses, making them equally solid; whose death knight alt wouldn't want to nab a
Rosary of Light
?
As a side note, there are also unique dungeon sets for these 5-mans. While they do not have set bonuses, they do have a noticeable style which
we covered in this post
.
End Time
Echo of Baine
Shared
Girdle of Lost Heroes
Dragonshrine Scepter
Gloves of the Hollow
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4.3 Preview: In-Depth Hour of Twilight Preview, Warlord Blackthorn Dungeon Journal, and More
So before I get onto the cool stuff, a quick congratulations to the five
Diablo III beta winners
:
aceofangel, Jarrho, Arawethion, Rainemard,
and
shevegas23
! You'll have an email sometime this week about your keys.
Anyway, today was another PTR patch so Perculia and I checked it out after our raids tonight--and came up with some interesting stuff, not least of all, a whole lot of screenshots of another 5-man. We also discovered that the dungeon journal entries for Dragon Soul changed, in particular, Warmaster Blackthorn got a new entry which we have included at the bottom of this post.
Hour of Twilight 5-Man Preview
The final stage in this series of dungeons is set in the present-day Dragonblight, now under a full invasion by the Twilight's Hammer. Players must escort Thrall and the Dragon Soul safely to Wyrmrest Temple, where the assault on Deathwing is to commence. But the Twilight's Hammer forces are numerous, and their leadership remains strong. Those attacking the temple are commanded by a man known v
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4.3 Valor Point Changes
<p>With the 4.3 patch we'll be introducing some changes to the way Valor Points (VP) are obtained, as well as the items that they can purchase.<br />
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Changes coming in 4.3:</p>
<ul style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li>Looking for Dungeon -- 150 VP per run, with a cap of seven runs per week. All Cataclysm heroic dungeons introduced in 4.0, 4.1, and 4.3, will provide 150 Valor per run.<br />
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<li>Looking for Raid -- 250 VP per run, with a cap of 500 per week. The 4.3 raid, Dragon Soul, will be split into two separate raids for the Raid Finder. While individual bosses do not drop Valor when using the Raid Finder, you will receive 250 Valor for completing each Dragon Soul raid. Each boss will only drop loot for you once per week, but you will continue to get the 250 Valor for completing each Raid Finder raid, up to the 500 cap.<br />
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<li>10 player raid boss -- 115 VP. There are nine bosses per week, counting Baradin Hold.<br />
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<li>25 player raid boss -- 135 VP. There are nine bosses per week, counting Baradin Hold.<br />
 </li>
<li>Valor Points cap at 1000 per week.<br />
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</ul>
<p>As you
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4.3 Patch Notes Updated
Patch notes are up, some pretty interesting stuff like ZG/ZA nerfs--players will no longer have to kill all bosses before moving onto the end boss which should speed it up quite a bit!
General
New Dungeon & Raid Content
End Time
is now available for testing. Your participation and feedback
here
is appreciated.
The new
Baradin Hold
boss,
Alizabal
, is now available for testing. Your participation and feedback
here
is appreciated.
Transmogrification
This new feature allows players to customize their gear like never before. You'll find Transmogrification, Void Storage, and Reforging vendors in Cathedral Square, Stormwind and The Drag, Orgrimmar. The costs associated with this service are not yet final.
Void Storage
In addition to the bank, players will now
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Patch 4.3 - PTR Build 14791 - Spell Changes, New Items, and More
There's a PTR patch that just hit, we're checking it out--might not be too big. Expect this page to be updated. For now enjoy the spell diffs.
Interesting Stuff
:
The strings we pulled show some hints to the maps for the new raid. The 5-mans have them as well, but those aren't as cool (and you've already seen the first 5-man which had the majority of 'em).
DUNGEON_FLOOR_DRAGONSOUL0 = "Dragonblight";
DUNGEON_FLOOR_DRAGONSOUL1 = "Maw of Unmaking";
DUNGEON_FLOOR_DRAGONSOUL2 = "Maw of Ruin";
DUNGEON_FLOOR_DRAGONSOUL3 = "Eye of Eternity";
DUNGEON_FLOOR_DRAGONSOUL4 = "Skyfire Airship";
DUNGEON_FLOOR_DRAGONSOUL5 = "Spine of Deathwing";
DUNGEON_FLOOR_DRAGONSOUL6 = "The Maelstrom";
Items
We've found
84
new items with today's patch including tons of new epic item level 378 gear! Some of these items currently feature placeholder names hinting at their sources, such as "Twilight Hour," "End Time," and "Eternity." In addition to all this epic gear, there's a handful of new weapons, too!
Ironfeather Longbow
Fanged Tentacle
Mandible of the Old Ones
Clattering Claw
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Chaos Orbs No Longer BoP in 4.3
We have just made the following change in the PTR:
In 4.3, Chaos Orbs are no longer soulbound! Everyone will be able to roll on new orbs that drop, and any existing chaos orbs will become tradeable.
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4.3 Preview: Darkmoon Faire and Rogue Legendary Quests
We have two exciting previews for you today and they both focus on the same content: quests in 4.3. For the first part, we've organized the Darkmoon Faire quests into tables, so you can see what kind of dailies and others you'll be doing during the festivities. We've also included their achievement, so you can see how they factor into achievements.
The second half is the rogue legendary preview--showing the initial quests you'll do. These are awesome and very much based on the class, but you'll have to jump down below to see what Perculia, our resident rogue, thinks! I just play a paladin, after all.
Darkmoon Faire Quests
Darkmoon Defender
(PvP Quest)
Quest
Rewards
Reputation Gain
The Captured Journal
5
Darkmoon Prize Ticket
+250 rep
A Captured Banner
5
Darkmoon Prize Ticket
+250 rep
The Enemy's Insignia
5
Darkmoon Prize Ticket
+250 rep
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Patch 4.3: Tier 13 Set Bonuses Updated
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<strong>Update 9/29</strong>: We've made several adjustments to the tier 13 set bonuses. You'll find the latest stats below (changes are in bold).<br><br>Here's a list of only the bonuses which have changed, followed by the original bonuses: <a href="
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3229376031?page=48#948">http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3229376031?page=48#948</a><br><br>--<br><br>While
we’ve been previewing the visuals of tier 13 on the front page at <a href="
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com">http://www.worldofwarcraft.com</a>
, we thought you might be interested in the magics that lay imbued betwixt their stitches and plating. Behold -- the tier 13 set bonuses!<br><br><em>Please keep in mind that the below data could change during the PTR process prior to the release of patch 4.3.</em><br><br><br><span class="underline"><strong>Death Knight</strong></span><br><ul><br><li>Blood, 2P -- When an attack drops your health below 35%, one of your Blood Runes will immediately activate and convert into a Death Rune for the next 20 sec. This
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4.3 Preview: End Time 5-man Coverage, Dungeon Set 3d Models, Dungeon Journal Entries, and More
Today's been a long day. Like, a really long day.
But I enlisted the help of Perculia and my guildmates; together we tackled the first 5-man End Time (the other two weren't open) for screenshots and videos. We've
also got their drops from the client uploaded on our PTR site
; modelviewer sets of all the new dungeon sets which all match each other, even if they don't have set bonuses; and the dungeon journal entries for every instance. There are a lot of placeholders for the DJ, though, so be warned!
End Time Dungeon Journal and Video Preview
<h1>Echo of Baine</h1>
<p><img src="
http://wow.zamimg.com/uploads/screenshots/normal/249172.jpg"
width="400" style="float:right">Enraged by his failure to protect the world and, most importantly, the Horde, this time-ravaged shade of Baine Bloodhoof lingers within the ruins of the Obsidian Dragonshrine. Although he's still as powerful as the tauren high chieftain from the present, within this shattered future Azeroth, this guilt-ridden echo is little more than a discordant vessel
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4.3 Preview: Season 11 PvP Sets
We've datamined the season 11 arena sets and here they are for you to check out--some really gorgeous sets, especially the paladin set. Remember to click on the images to load our awesome modelviewer so you can preview the images for yourself and take your own screenshots if needed!
Warlock
Priest
Death Knight
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4.3 Preview: Rogue Legendary and Priest Tier 13
Check out the initial lore behind Fangs of the Father, the new Rogue legendary, as well as the official preview of Priest Tier 13, which we covered yesterday in our
preliminary 4.3 PTR guide
.
Fangs of the Father
"They wanted to hold me, to keep watch over me – a prisoner in all but name. But I will NOT be held accountable for the sins of my father. My destiny will be my own."
- Wrathion, the Black Prince
The Contract
Patch 4.3 will offer the most deadly and experienced rogues the opportunity to finally play a central role in the fate of the world the rogue’s way: by manipulating key events from the shadows. Players will travel across continents to accomplish crucial missions of reconnaissance, burglary, infiltration and, of course, assassination. Those familiar with the events that unfolded in the Badlands since the Cataclysm struck may recall the story of Rheastrasza, the ambitious red dragon who acquired a black dragon egg and magically purified it, cleansing it of the Black Dragonflight’s corruption. While those
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4.3 Preliminary Guide: 3d Models, Items, Holiday Changes, and More
4.3 news is finally here and it's a dataminer's paradise. Perculia and myself have spent the past six and a half hours going through the
1600+ items
on Wowhead's PTR site and summed up our first impressions: what's new, what's cool, and what's useful. Below you'll find everything in this build; from epic gem stats, new vanity pets, and an explanation of preliminary item levels, this mini-guide should prove helpful if you hate database hunting. We've also highlighted some of the radical class changes, putting them next to Ghostcrawler's commentary from earlier today.
Oh, and we have some cool models to share--if you're into that sort of stuff.
One quick thing: take all of this with a grain of salt. This is the first build of this patch's PTR. It's messy, it's unforgiving, and it's definitely a few cards short of an entire Darkmoon Faire deck.
Datamined Items
Gear
PvE
All of the ilevels are confusing, so let's break it down how this new gear is laid out.
5-mans will likely be giving 378 gear and it looks like they'll
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Patch 4.3 - PTR Build 14732 - Spell Changes, New Items, Maps, and More!
Patch 4.3 just hit the PTR after a long wait--and we're datamining away, finding stuff for you.
This post will be updated as we find more.
Interesting discoveries
:
You can dethrone a guildmaster of an inactive guild in 4.3. GUILD_IMPEACH_POPUP_CONFIRM = "Dethrone";
GUILD_IMPEACH_POPUP_TEXT = "Your guild master has been flagged as inactive. You may assume control of the guild. Do you want to remove the guild master?";
Latest Additions
Click here to see the new items!
Weapons (84)
One-Handed Axes
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Cleaver
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Cleaver
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Hacker
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Hacker
No'Kaled, the Elements of Death
Hand of Morchok
Two-Handed Axes
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Decapitator
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Decapitator
Experimental Specimen Slicer
Bows
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Longbow
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Longbow
Guns
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Rifle
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Rifle
Ruinblaster Shotgun
One-Handed Maces
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Bonecracker
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Bonecracker
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Gavel
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Gavel
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Pummeler
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Pummeler
Morningstar of Heroic Will
Vagaries of Time
Maw of the Dragonlord
Two-Handed Maces
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Bonegrinder
Cataclysmic Gladiator's Bonegrinder
Ataraxis, Cudgel of the Warmaster
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Patch 4.3 PTR Patch Notes Now Available
General
Transmogrification
This new feature allows players to customize their gear like never before. You'll find Transmogrification, Void Storage, and Reforging vendors in Cathedral Square, Stormwind and The Drag, Orgrimmar. The costs associated with this service are not yet final.
Void Storage
In addition to the bank, players will now have access to a new "deep storage" system, allowing characters to free bag space by setting aside coveted gear. You'll find Transmogrification, Void Storage, and Reforging vendors in Cathedral Square, Stormwind and The Drag, Orgrimmar. The costs associated with this service are not yet final.
Reforging
The former Reforging vendors have been... retired. The ethereals have chosen to take over the business and joined their Transmogrification and Void Storage service providers. You'll find them in Cathedral Square, Stormwind and The Drag, Orgrimmar.
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