How awesome is 2.3 going to be?

[Elbonio]

How awesome is the next content patch (http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html) going to be!

Just a few examples:

Zul'Aman

Zul'Aman is a 10-player, level 70 outdoor instance located in the Ghostlands. Players will be able to confront six new bosses including the Forest Troll Warlord Zul'jin.


Guild Banks


The Guild Bank is a shared repository for an entire guild and will be accessible through Guild Vault objects near existing banks. The Guild Bank will allow players with the appropriate permissions to store items and money for use by the rest of the guild.

Permissions to withdraw and deposit money and items are controlled by the guild leader through the guild controls menu.

The Guild Bank is divided up into separate tabs so that the guild leader may restrict access or group items into distinct categories.


Up to 6 purchasable tabs each containing 98 item slots
Permissions to view/deposit/withdraw per tab
You may use your Guild Bank withdraw limits to pay for item repairs (now enabled on all merchants)
Transaction logs of the last 50 actions in the bank viewable on a per tab basis

Faster levelling 20-60

The amount of experience needed to gain a level has been decreased between levels 20 and 60. In addition, the amount of experience granted by quests has been increased between levels 30 and 60.

Many elite creatures and quests in the level 1-60 experience have been changed to accommodate solo play.

Better instances

The Requirement for Heroic Keys has been lowered to Honored

All old world dungeon bosses have had their loot revisited. Players will now find that the loot dropped inside instances will be of Superior quality

Level 1-60 dungeon quests have had their experience and faction rewards increased.


Good news for mages!

(NEW SPELL) Ritual of Refreshment available on trainers at level 70. Makes manabiscuits for EVERYONE (no more making 20 stacks of water/food)

Improved Fireball: The reduction in damage coefficient caused by this talent has been removed. Finally un-nerfing this.



2.3 is going to be ace.

[her0n]

Faster grinding! :O

This makes me want to re-sub again...

/slaps self

[Lucifa]

Faster levelling 20-60

The amount of experience needed to gain a level has been decreased between levels 20 and 60. In addition, the amount of experience granted by quests has been increased between levels 30 and 60.

Many elite creatures and quests in the level 1-60 experience have been changed to accommodate solo play.

But I prefered 1-70 (60) than to actually hitting 70.

Now it won't take as long = less fun :(

But this makes it a bit nicer I suppose.

Level 1-60 dungeon quests have had their experience and faction increased

[Narella]

I'm looking forward to the guild bank, mainly. Probs Zul'Aman, too.

[Towneh]

Only really looking forward to the expansion i'm afraid, i'm finding it hard to actually log on at all these days :/

[Tsung]

Maybe i might come back... Finish off leveling that Druid I had... Now all they need to add is housing :).. Does this mean that if the amount of XP needed is lower, then everybody between 20-60 will get a free level or two when the patch is applied?.

[Lucifa]

Maybe i might come back... Finish off leveling that Druid I had... Now all they need to add is housing :).. Does this mean that if the amount of XP needed is lower, then everybody between 20-60 will get a free level or two when the patch is applied?.

They mentioned this in the forum.

If you are 50% to go now, you'll be 50% to go after the patch, but obviously needing less to get 100%.

So it's a percentage conversion, not a value conversion.

[ez64]

its re roll time!!!!

[Rec0il]

My rogue gets a buff and I can finally keep up with sword spec rogues in PvE!!! Mace spec will be the way forward (I hope).

Zul Aman is just going to be a glorified Zul Gurub imo - meh again it will be another farming zone - gotta beat Karazhan in all honesty!

Guild Banks will be cool aswell, doesnt the new mage manawell thingy have to use 2 arcane dust everytime?

[Knight ArmagoN]

oh god.... no.... no.... my wallet, it is saying lude things to me.....

Where's my cube..... i need MY CUBE ............................... :cube:

Oh THANK GOD

:heartcube: Everything will be alright.... soon...... soon......

[bright_]

mace spec still won't keep up with swords even with the 5% critical strike damage buff, the same for daggers with the 6% backstab damage buff. The problem is swords are simpler to play and you can have much better rotations with them. However, it'll be nice to see some buffs for the other specs, even if they stay behind swords :) (i r rogue too)

The thing i'm most looking forward to will be Zul'Aman to be honest, we've just got 3/4 in TK, and still only have 1 boss down in SSC. Our guild seems to have a few noobs whom only have a half idea how to play so we still can't get morogrim down, or Hydross. Lurker is easy, but then he always was. I'm looking forward to being able to relax in a 10 man again for a little bit, with knowing that im playing with the good people from the guild rather than the tards :)

One interesting thing is if the Retri paladin's changes will help them get any places in raids now, they always did okay-ish DPS (nothing compared to a fury warrior, or rogue but meh) their main problem was massive threat issues, because of their inconsistent DPS (big burst damage).

The only thing for the guild banks is the predicted costs look pretty insane.

[RoboStac]

The only thing for the guild banks is the predicted costs look pretty insane.

Only if your guild stores every single item that ever drops. It's 1g for the first 98 slots, then 10g for another 98, and 100g for another 98. After that it starts to get silly, but thats still nearly 300 bank slots for 111g?. I can't really see a need for most guilds to use more than the second lot.

Not a huge fan of the nerf to arcane spec for mages (45second Mystical Skyfire Diamond), it's currently good fun, and needing to respec each patch to get the best pve build is starting to get tiresome. At least patches have a long time between them now.

Ritual of refreshment looks useful, and 2 arcane dusts hardly a huge cost.

[her0n]

Only if your guild stores every single item that ever drops. It's 1g for the first 98 slots, then 10g for another 98, and 100g for another 98. After that it starts to get silly, but thats still nearly 300 bank slots for 111g?. I can't really see a need for most guilds to use more than the second lot.

Not to mention that guilds will still be able to use Alt characters as banks in addition to the new guild bank!

[Killy]

Epic Helicopter w/Hula Dancer.
That is all

[tucool]

Not to mention that guilds will still be able to use Alt characters as banks in addition to the new guild bank!

What about an alt char guild bank :P

All it would take is 10 alt chars to sign a 10g charter (each of them chars has 18? slots) then they have a guild bank and with 111g they have another 300 slots.

Which = 480 slots for 121g (assuming all alts in the 'alt guild' are bank chars without additional bag space.

On top of that you have all the alt guids actual bags and for a mere few hundred g more you could equip each of them chars with additional bag/bank space.

Literally thousands of bank slots for about 500g :D

[Bootz]

Spent one night in ZA with some guildies and got to the last boss (well 20% on him then went to bed). I don't see myself going there much when its released.

[RocketKnight]

Maybe i might come back... Finish off leveling that Druid I had... Now all they need to add is housing :).. Does this mean that if the amount of XP needed is lower, then everybody between 20-60 will get a free level or two when the patch is applied?.
If you do, I might be tempted to come back and play an alt character with you.

[oxy]

\o/ no more rep grind for revered

[kandy]

kiss goodbye to heroics, its hard enough finding a decent group anyway and now it will be flooded with nubs.

anyway, all the gear will be worthless after the expansion, I don't know why they are bothering with ZA etc. hopefully the expansion is delayed about 6 months.

[Freelance]

/sigh, i'll bet you were the same sort that stopped raiding when TBC beta came out and people noticed that there was better kit from leveling quests. stop waiting for what's over the horizon and play for what's available and fun now. if not you may as well suspend your account and wait until bliz stop putting out expansions and play wow in it's final state when nothing will be replaced ever. otherwise it's a waste of time and not fun, amirite?

[kandy]

No not at all, its more there is a TON of content in TBC, most guilds haven't reached Black Temple yet and there is ZA etc. coming out, 2 months before the expansion??

1 year for a new expansion since TBC just seems way to quick to be honest.

[Towneh]

TBC too quick, I wish :(

[Bluey]

/sigh, i'll bet you were the same sort that stopped raiding when TBC beta came out and people noticed that there was better kit from leveling quests. stop waiting for what's over the horizon and play for what's available and fun now. if not you may as well suspend your account and wait until bliz stop putting out expansions and play wow in it's final state when nothing will be replaced ever. otherwise it's a waste of time and not fun, amirite?

Indeed, you shouldn't be playing the game fullstop if an expansion pack is going to kill it for you, because that cow is going to be milked for its cash

[kandy]

What I actually said is they are bringing the expansion out to quickly......

[Pumpkin]

No not at all, its more there is a TON of content in TBC, most guilds haven't reached Black Temple yet and there is ZA etc. coming out, 2 months before the expansion??

Hmm, for some yes, however, need more content, everythings already dead.

[Killy]

Being someone who doesn't raid ANY new content is good :D

[Elbonio]

Patch 2.4 is bringing the Sunwell Plateau: a 5-man (normal and heroic) and a 25 man raid

not to mention Sunwell Isle, a whole new area with new quests.


WotLK is way off yet.

[bright_]

aye, i'd say we're looking at a year from now if anything.

[Strych]

Hmm, for some yes, however, need more content, everythings already dead.
I agree, but surely the way forwards is to add more high-level bosses and epix for the hardc0re, rather than rendering it pointless for EVERYONE by doing a TBC-style "oh, look, this level 61 green is better than my tier 3 I spent 6 months raiding for"

[Killy]

There needs to be more class based quests which also leads to phats

[Elbonio]

There needs to be more class based quests which also leads to phats

agreed.

WTB epic mage quest please.

[Freelance]

What I actually said is they are bringing the expansion out to quickly......

i'll agree with this if/when they actually announce a date. the "every 12 months" thing looks pretty unlikely at the moment. i'll guess 2.3 will release in november, 2.4 early next year, and they haven't said that's where tbc patches stop. then any buildup to wrath will begin, and will take a few months at least.

in conclusion, less QQ more pewpew

[Steadders]

I like the "all the gear is useless after the patch" argument.

Isn't all the gear "useless" anyway? You're always working towards personal satisfaction, not the item that you'll retire on.

[Damz]

Looking forward to the patch. When the lvling changes come in i'll actually get round to lvling my druid and priest. Looking forward to a couple of the changes to rogues and looking forward to Zul'Aman. I like the design of the armour and weapons from there.

[Elbonio]

also new badge of justice rewards and badge of justice will also drop from karazhan and zul'aman bosses as well as heorics.

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29434#comments

[bean]

Many elite creatures and quests in the level 1-60 experience have been changed to accommodate solo play.

This might get me subscribing again...

I'm not too bothered about the faster levelling, but previously I just ran out of stuff I wanted to do - and didn't play enough to get decent groups for harder instances.

[andyf]

Latest 2.3 changes:
http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=2124.0

Racial Abilities

* Humans: Mace Skill now increases the critical strike chance with maces and two-handed maces by 1%.


Druid

* Challenging Roar: The chance for this ability to land successfully on its targets is now increased by hit rating.
* Entangling Roots: This ability will no longer be overwritten when the new Entangling Roots would do less damage.
* Feral Charge: It is now possible for the interrupt and root effects from this ability to be resisted separately.
* Growl: The chance for this ability to land successfully on its target is now increased by hit rating.
* Natural Perfection (Restoration) - Now also grants the Natural Perfection effect after being critically hit, reducing all damage taken by 1/3/5% for 8 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times.
* Natural Perfection: This talent can now trigger while the Druid is sitting.
* Tree of Life: It is no longer possible to have the bonus healing aura from this ability while not actually in Tree of Life Form.


Hunter

* Expose Weakness: The triggered effect from this talent will no longer use up charges of Misdirection.
* Misdirection: If a Hunter attempts to use this ability on a target which already has an active Misdirection, the spell will fail to apply due to a more powerful spell already being in effect. This will not trigger the cooldown or cost any mana.
* Wyvern Sting: This ability will no longer be overwritten by lower ranks of Wyvern Sting.


Mage

* Ignite: This talent is no lingered triggered by damage dealt by Molten Armor.
* Righteous Defense: The chance for this ability to land successfully on its targets is now increased by hit rating.


Priest

* Blessed Recovery: This talent can now trigger while the Priest is sitting.
* Blessed Resilience: This talent can now trigger while the Priest is sitting.
* Focused Will (NEW Discipline Talent) - After taking a critical hit you gain the Focused Will effect, reducing all damage taken by 1/3/5% and increasing healing effects on you by 4/7/10% for 8 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times.
* Mind Vision: Now consumes the Inner Focus buff when cast.
* Prayer of Mending: This ability will no longer be overwritten when the new Prayer of Mending would do less healing.
* Silent resolve: This talent now benefits the triggered buffs from Blessed Resilience, Blessed Recovery, and Martyrdom.


Rogue

* Dirty Deeds: This talent will no longer interfere with getting the bonus damage from the Druid ability Mangle on Rupture and Garrote.
* Hemorrhage: This ability now does 125% of weapon damage.
* Shadowstep (Subtlety) can now be used at any time, not only while stealthed. Now increases the damage and reduces the threat caused by the next damaging ability. Cooldown increased to 30 seconds. Range changed to 25 yards. (Minimum range removed)


Shaman

* Earth Shield: This ability will no longer be overwritten when the new Earth Shield would do less healing.
* Elemental Mastery: It is no longer possible to get two consecutive guaranteed critical strikes from using this ability.
* Eye of the Storm: This talent can now trigger while the Shaman is sitting.


Warlock

* Unstable Affliction: The silence from this ability is now subject to diminishing returns.


Warrior

* Blood Craze: This talent can now trigger while the Warrior is sitting.
* Challenging Shout: The chance for this ability to land successfully on its targets is now increased by hit rating.
* Enrage: This talent can now trigger while the Warrior is sitting.
* Taunt: The chance for this ability to land successfully on its target is now increased by hit rating.

[andyf]

Professions
Engineering

* The Crashin' Thrashin' Robot is now Bind on Use rather than Bind on Acquire so non-engineers can use them as well.


Items

* Band of the Eternal Restorer: As this item now provides some bonus spell damage, spell damage effects can trigger it. In addition, healing over time effects can now trigger it when they could not before.
* Eye of the Dead: As this item now provides some bonus spell damage, spell damage effects can now consume its charges.
* Free Action Potion: The buff from this potion can no longer be dispelled or taken via Spellsteal.
* Hallowed Wands: These items no longer work on Druids who are shapeshifted.
* Hallowed Wands: These wands no longer function in the Old Hillsbrad Caverns of Time event.
* Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats: The larger and oranger buff no longer causes Battle Elixirs to be removed and can stack with them.
* Lightning Capacitor: This item now has a 2.5 second cooldown on acquiring Electrical Charges.
* Noggenfogger Elixir: Consuming this potion now has a shared 3 second cooldown with other types of non-combat potions.
* Ogri’la Reputation Rewards: All epic and superior quality items are now disenchantable.
* PvP Trinkets: Insignia of the Alliance, Insignia of the Horde, Medallion of the Alliance, and Medallion of the Horde now clear the debuff from Judgement of Justice.


Raids & Dungeons
Auchindoun: Sethekk Halls

* The Shadow Labyrinth Key can now be looted from the Talon King's Coffer next to Talon King Ikiss in the Sethekk Halls.

Auchindoun: Shadow Labyrinth

* Blackheart the Inciter: This stun associated with this creature’s charge ability will now properly be considered a stun for talents, abilities, and items that interact with stuns.

Black Temple

* High Nethermancer Zerevor's Blizzard and Flamestrike will now last their full duration.

Hellfire Citadel: Hellfire Ramparts

* The Reinforced Fel Iron Chest can now only be looted by players who are present during some portion of a successful attempt of the Vazruden and Nazan encounter. In addition, on Heroic difficulty the chest now contains a Badge of Justice for each player present.

Karazhan

* Karazhan Chess Event: The Dust Covered Chest can now only be looted by players who are nearby when the event is completed successfully. In addition, the chest now contains 2 Badges of Justice for each player present.

Tempest Keep: The Mechanar

* The Mechanar: The Cache of the Legion can now only be looted by players who are present during some portion of a successful attempt of the Gatewatcher Gyro-Kill and Gatewatcher Iron-Hand encounters. In addition, on Heroic difficulty Gatewatcher Gyro-Kill and Gatewatcher Iron-Hand no longer drop Badges of Justice. Instead, the Cache of the Legion contains a Badge of Justice for each player present.


World Environment

* The gas clouds in Netherstorm are now always visible. Abilities on goggles that previously allowed the player to detect these invisible gas clouds will now show all gas clouds on their minimap instead. This will stack with other tracking types.

[Culture]

I haven't even bothered to add up the numbers but has anyone actually worked out how many badges you are going to need for the set you want?
I am guessing 3-4 badges per heroic run and you will need around 200 - 250 badges for all the things you need. You're going to be there a long time :/
And this is why i stopped playing - what a waste of time.

[Blind]

I haven't even bothered to add up the numbers but has anyone actually worked out how many badges you are going to need for the set you want?
I am guessing 3-4 badges per heroic run and you will need around 200 - 250 badges for all the things you need. You're going to be there a long time :/
And this is why i stopped playing - what a waste of time.


You could say that about any game. In fact most games you play for an hour and what do you get from it, nothing.

I don't think you can play thw waste of time card on WoW exclusivley.

[tucool]

You could say that about any game. In fact most games you play for an hour and what do you get from it, nothing.

I don't think you can play thw waste of time card on WoW exclusivley.

WoW was the single largest waste of time of my life to date. I played a shaman to 70 and raided him up to the end of T5 content. I acheived nothing.

xfire says 2300 hours of wow in the past year (96 days) in one year!

I played CSS for 300 hours since 2004, still a waste of time but nothing like the sheer amount you have to put into wow to get anywhere.

[Elbonio]

I haven't even bothered to add up the numbers but has anyone actually worked out how many badges you are going to need for the set you want?
I am guessing 3-4 badges per heroic run and you will need around 200 - 250 badges for all the things you need. You're going to be there a long time :/
And this is why i stopped playing - what a waste of time.

it's unlikely most people are going to want EVEYTHING. I'm of only average gear and there's only 2-3 items i want.

They drop in kara and ZA from 2.3 so there's 15 a week right there - that you wont even notice if you're raiding anyway.

The heroics are all pretty much unlocked for everyone now so you can do one of those per night per dungeon, if you did say 4 heroics per week - which many people will do - that's another 12-15.


That's about 30 badges a week for someone who is playing a fair amount - 5 or so nights per week. They'll be able to afford what they want in no time at all.


The point you seem to be making is that the enjoyment people get out of the game is buying epic gear?

It's not, people play it because they enjoy doing the dungeons, the raids and PvP - the gear is just a good way of allowing you to continue to progress as you do this.

I want to get better gear so I can play the harder instances, not so that i can look at myself on the armory and go "wow... nice purplz"

If they took away the need for good gear to do the end game content then we might as well all type "IMPULSE 9" and be done with it...

[Freelance]

discussions like this make me wonder why some people play some games, although i recognise that different people have fun in different ways. if you've got to run heroic instances X times (finding it boring/not fun) before you can afford a piece of armour and then start having your fun, and not having fun in the process then i think you're playing the wrong game

[Elbonio]

no that's my point - I do enjoy doing the instances, the tokens are not why im doing them.

Once i have the tokens and have better gear I can then move onto doing harder instances, but to get there means playing the earlier ones.

It's no different than playing the first level of Quake with the intent on getting to the last level.

[Rec0il]

mace spec still won't keep up with swords even with the 5% critical strike damage buff, the same for daggers with the 6% backstab damage buff. The problem is swords are simpler to play and you can have much better rotations with them. However, it'll be nice to see some buffs for the other specs, even if they stay behind swords :) (i r rogue too)

The thing i'm most looking forward to will be Zul'Aman to be honest, we've just got 3/4 in TK, and still only have 1 boss down in SSC. Our guild seems to have a few noobs whom only have a half idea how to play so we still can't get morogrim down, or Hydross. Lurker is easy, but then he always was. I'm looking forward to being able to relax in a 10 man again for a little bit, with knowing that im playing with the good people from the guild rather than the tards :)

One interesting thing is if the Retri paladin's changes will help them get any places in raids now, they always did okay-ish DPS (nothing compared to a fury warrior, or rogue but meh) their main problem was massive threat issues, because of their inconsistent DPS (big burst damage).

The only thing for the guild banks is the predicted costs look pretty insane.

Well im close to being 0.6% average behind the sword rogues in my guild - I also happen to have the 2 best maces ingame from Black Temple so my DPS isnt as bad as some other mace spec rogues!

All depends on the rotations aswell - I just got a sword from Mount Hyjal aswell now - so im gonna try swords aswell!

[Bonkers]

You have to remember - you may have done this instance 50 times before. But usually im on vent with 4 other people having a laugh and a chat whilst doing it. It isnt ALL bordem!!

[Culture]

....

The point you seem to be making is that the enjoyment people get out of the game is buying epic gear?

It's not, people play it because they enjoy doing the dungeons, the raids and PvP - the gear is just a good way of allowing you to continue to progress as you do this.

I want to get better gear so I can play the harder instances, not so that i can look at myself on the armory and go "wow... nice purplz"



Yes it is entirely to go further in the game, you need to maximise your classes ability. The problem is that is does become boring and it stops being enjoyable. After doing the same dungeon for the x time i (personally) find it tedious as its the same stuff. It is also frustrating when it all goes wrong and you end up wasting time.
If you enjoy doing the same encounter again and again then all power to you and have fun with it. I find the scripted nature of the entire game predictable and tedious. By adding in the neccessary repetition of these scripted components you turn the game (for me) into a boring time sink.

Just to point out that i also consider end game content the same and i was playing in a very active raiding guild when i quit.

[SystemId]

Culture, scripted content on farm is the reason I avoid raiding entirely. I've been through years of end game content and eventually your just going through the motions day, after day, after day. The only challenging aspect of the game left for me is Arena. That and leveling an alt are the only enjoyment I'm getting out of the game at the moment.

I don't think this game has done much for the mpuk community, other then bring out the worst in people.

Happy birthday me.

[Elbonio]

For some reason I like doing any instance, no matter how many times ive done it :keke:

[Towneh]

I don't think this game has done much for the mpuk community, other then bring out the worst in people.

[rick_2k]

Faster grinding and better solo play?!

I think its time to start again!:)

[Freelance]

https://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=2766101883&sid=1
arena season 3 should start on the 20th nov, 2.3 should get released next week

[Cen0bitE]

the xp changes have got me levelling an alt rogue after i abandoned my raiding priest (shadow) due to shocking itemisation right up to black temple.

am in no mad rush to get 70 tbh, i can start ganking once i get to 40ish anyway :P

[SystemId]

With one day left to farm wowinsider has posted a list of popular reagents you might want to farm before 2.3 is launched. With Season 3 arena due 21/11/07 and with Eye of the Storm weekend around the corner, you may want to use the opportunity farm honor that last bit of honor.

After 2.3 get ready to level all those alts you could never be bothered with!
I'll be enjoying my 310% speed arena mount.

[andyf]

2.3 is fun. I took some screenies of the fun so far!

AB for Rogue is good fun! (http://andyf.shackspace.com/wow/2.3AB.jpg)

Hemo is good again! cheer! (http://andyf.shackspace.com/wow/2.3hemo.jpg)

Dirty Deeds and Assassination gives big fat crits! (http://andyf.shackspace.com/wow/2.3eviscerate.jpg)

[eXceSSum]

Blizzard have released a pretty cool trailer (http://media.worldofwarcraft.com/movies/video_loader/wow_video.htm?vid=zulaman-en&dir=movies/zulaman&img=zulaman) for Zul'aman.

[Woogie]

havent respecced to give my sublty rogue another chance so cant comment on the rogue changes yet..

that trailer was very good though :)

[kandy]

oooh, I didn't realise that this patch includes enabling the game to spread across multiple cores (dual/quad core CPU etc.)

I wondered why Shattrah no longer slowed down to **** :p

[Joey]

best

patch

evar

[Bootz]

fear ward - tick
sporebat pet - tick
azure whelping - tick

I'm sorted!

[eXceSSum]

Lot's of little helpful additions, such as spells being free before BGs

[andyf]

bootz, as if you ever pop out of shadowform to cast fear ward!

I have to say, I'm going to avoid the official forums more than ever. Why? Hunters got some joy this patch. Aimed shot that reduces healing done for a time, arcane shot that dispels magical buffs on a target. Dead zone reduced to almost nothing.

What happens? Hunters bitch about being unable to trap two or three (if survival) targets at once.

guh ...

[Woogie]

For those priests out there.... Does fear ward/heals cancel shadow form and instantly start healing like healing when in bear form instantly takes you out of the form and starts casting heals?

[Elbonio]

sending mail is now much much better - 8 items per mail

[Cyphus]

;689420']best

patch

evar

This.

ZA is challenging enough to be interesting, but doesn't seem to be so hard that you feel like you're hitting your head against a brick wall.

Mailing multiple items at a time = win.

Tracking all on one button round the mini-map and able to track *useful* things like repair vendors, etc = win.

1 hour long temporary weaon enchantments (poisons, wizard oil, etc) = win

No more Blinding powder \o/

[maximumweasel]

Don't listen to Cyphus.
He's not worth your time.

In other news the best thing about this patch is that it didn't break ALL OF MY ADDONS.

Thank the lords.

The second best thing is that in my healing gear I now have a world of spell damage.

Third best thing is water shield = a silly 10mana/5.

Also that gyrocopter = awesome.

[Bootz]

For those priests out there.... Does fear ward/heals cancel shadow form and instantly start healing like healing when in bear form instantly takes you out of the form and starts casting heals?

Yes it brings you out of shadow and starts the cast.

Also shadow priests can now use noggen (skeleton) and deviate delight costumes, and still be in shadow :D <3 Shadow ninja!!!

[Killy]

bootz, as if you ever pop out of shadowform to cast fear ward!

I have to say, I'm going to avoid the official forums more than ever. Why? Hunters got some joy this patch. Aimed shot that reduces healing done for a time, arcane shot that dispels magical buffs on a target. Dead zone reduced to almost nothing.

What happens? Hunters bitch about being unable to trap two or three (if survival) targets at once.

guh ...

Coming from you andyf, I'll just laugh :D

[bright_]

woo gyrocopter. wish i had epic one though :(

Changes have been useful for buffing, although nerfing kael'thas has meant a guild full of tards on my server killed him the day after =\

hunters can also not now drink in boss enounters, FD has been nerfed

[andyf]

FD not nerfed, bug fixed!

[Towneh]

Also shadow priests can now use noggen (skeleton) and deviate delight costumes, and still be in shadow <3 Shadow ninja!!!

At last, after the years of suggestion forum posts, priests finally get their deserved buff ;)

[SystemId]

I can't fault 2.3. I keep finding undocumented changes they added to make my life easier.

For instance I decided to level Polearms and the weapon skill level drastically increased to match the mob I was hitting. An increase of about 190 weapon skill in seconds.

[Elbonio]

the sparkle effect on quest items and herbs, mines etc makes life easier


the "track..." option is AWESOME. No longer do I have to go around finding the nearest repair vendor, reagent seller or whatever - i can just track it on the map.

The hover-over icons are also v helpful

[Damz]

the sparkle effect on quest items and herbs, mines etc makes life easier

Certainly made my life easier. Enjoying the patch hugely so far, it's the smaller changes that have supplied the biggest reward i think.

[Joey]

the only change so far that i've thought is a bit odd is that fear no longer has any effect on aggro, so if your tank gets caught off guard or your horde priests haven't quite got used to the presence of fear ward or the alliance priests haven't adapted to having a proper cooldown on fear ward then you could be in for a bumpy ride.

not sure yet whether this is a deliberate change or a bug; if it's deliberate i suppose it's just going to take a couple of tweaks to playstyle - notably that pve priests should start speccing unbreakable will since it won't get them killed anymore and may well prevent a raid wipe if they resist an aoe fear and heal the tank while everyone else is running around screaming...

EDIT: yes I know now that it's a deliberate, noted change. now i've thought about it more it's one that I welcome

[Joey]

;689420']best

patch

evar
I'm so wrong...

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html

Mages
Cold Snap (Frost) cooldown reduced. It is now in the Ice Block position in the talent tree. This ability will no longer reset the cooldown on Fire Ward.
Conjure Mana Gem (Rank 6 - Emerald) now restores 1800 to 3000 mana and has three charges.
Ice Block (Frost) is now available on the trainer to all mages at level 30.
Icy Veins (NEW Frost Talent) decreases casting time of all spells by 20% and increases the chance your chilling effects will freeze the target by 25%. Lasts 20 sec. 3 min cooldown. It is now in the Cold Snap position in the talent tree.

[SystemId]

Are you complaining? Looks like a huge buff to me.

[Baz]

this is making me seriously consider resubbing....

[RocketKnight]

Are you complaining? Looks like a huge buff to me.
No, he's saying that his previous statement of "best patch ever" is wrong. Because ice mages are getting a massive buff soon, the next patch will be the best patch ever. :) He's right too. Ice spec for the win!

[Joey]

actually alex it's a massive buff to all mages

Icy Veins (NEW Frost Talent) decreases casting time of all spells by 20% and increases the chance your chilling effects will freeze the target by 25%. Lasts 20 sec. 3 min cooldown. It is now in the Cold Snap position in the talent tree.

I posted these as raiding specs on the guild forums earlier today
Fire (http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/talents/mage/talents.html?2100000000000000000000050520201230333105312510530020010000000000000)
Arcane (http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/talents/mage/talents.html?2520050300030150333125100000000000000000000000535000010000000000000)

Our own mini-bloodlust. Finally we'll be beating the warlocks in point-blank fights.

[RocketKnight]

The cast time needed decreasing. We're supposed to be glass cannons, if we can't ever get a shot away because of the cast time we're just glass. :p:

[RiFT DKM]

and the most important thing, i can go retloladin in raids now AND keep up with the MS warriors .... rawr :O

was getting rather tired of constant heal botting.

[SystemId]

Rogues
Ambush (All Ranks) - Damage changed from 250% to 275%

Its a buff. A small buff but its still a buff.