Patch 5.3 PTR - Build 16924
Build 16924 will be deployed to the PTR realms soon.
New Strings
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
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Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Unholy
- Unholy Might now increases your Strength by 10%, down from 15%.
Guardian
- Mastery: Nature's Guardian now increases your armor by 16%, up from 12%.
Beast Mastery
- Exotic Beasts now reduces the cooldown of your Pet Special Abilities by 1%, down from 30%.
Pets
- Rabid now has a 1.5 min cooldown, down from 2 min.
- Burrow Attack now has a 14 sec cooldown, down from 20 sec.
- Sonic Blast now has a 2 min cooldown, up from 1 min.
- Frostbolt healing reduced by 13%.
Frost
- Frostbolt damage reduced by 13%.
Protection
- Shield of the Righteous now reduces the physical damage you take by 25, down from 30.
Patch 5.3 PTR Notes Update - May 7
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Classes
- Death Knight (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- Talents
- Gorefiend's Grasp can now affect a maximum of 4 player targets. The number of non-player targets that can be affected remains unlimited.
- Unholy
- Festering Strike now deals 175% weapon damage, down from 200%.
- Scourge Strike now deals 165% weapons damage, up from 135%.
- Unholy Might now increases the Death Knight's Strength by 10%, down from 15%.
- Talents
- Rogue (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- Talents
- Cloak and Dagger now requires the Rogue to be in Stealth. Shadow Dance will not remove the Stealth requirement for Cloak and Dagger. has a range of 20 yards, down from 30 yards.
- Shuriken Toss now deals 100% more damage in the initial ranged attack, damage is no longer doubled when used on targets farther than 10 yards away, and energy cost has been increased to 40 energy, up from 20.
- Combat
- Revealing Strike now lasts 24 seconds, up from 18 seconds.
- Subtlety
- Find Weakness now bypasses 100% of armor against non-player targets, and bypasses 50% of armor when used against other players (was 70% armor bypass for all targets).
- Talents
- Warlock (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- Talents
- Blood Horror no longer activates from attacks made by pets.
- Talents
Quests
- The Strength of One's Foes: All bosses in Mogu’shan Vaults, Heart of Fear, and Terrace of the Endless Spring now have a chance to drop either a Sigil of Power or Sigil of Wisdom
Pet Battles
- Battle Pets
- Tiny Blue Carp, Tiny Green Carp, Tiny Red Carp, and Tiny White Carp are now tradable, and can be caught more than once.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
- Dungeons
- Minimum level requirement to enter and equip items found in the following dungeons via Dungeon Finder have been adjusted.
- Gate of the Setting Sun is now available in Normal difficulty, and accessible to level 89 characters.
- Grim Batol is now accessible at level 84, down from level 85.
- Lost City of the Tol'vir is now accessible at level 84, down from level 85.
- Magisters' Terrace is now accessible at level 68, down from level 70.
- The Mechanar is now accessible at level 68, down from level 70.
- Minimum level requirement to enter and equip items found in the following dungeons via Dungeon Finder have been adjusted.
PvP
- PvP Power conversion ratio to obtain 1% damage at level 90 has been changed from 265 to 400.
- PvP Items
- The amount of PvP Power and Resilience on gems have been reduced by 50%.
- Big Zokk Torquewrench has returned from their leave of absence.
- Glorious Conquest Quartermasters (Acon Deathwielder, Ethan Natice) have returned after refitting their wares.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
- To facilitate a more balanced team composition, players now need to select a role when queuing up for a Battleground or Rated Battleground.
Items
- Justice Heirloom vendors now have Heirloom shields in stock.
- Kirin Tor and Sunreaver Beacons are now usable from inside the Throne of Thunder.
UI
- Dungeon Journal has been reorganized. The model view has moved into a sub-tab and replaced with a listing of bosses for the dungeon or raid.
Pet Battle Spectating
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Yea, who needs arena spectating when you've got this
The pet battle spectating is not really "spectating" as such. You do not get to watch players versus other players, you only get to see them when they are fighting a wild pets. Before this change all you would see when a player was battling wild pets was them just standing there idly, now the battle will be visible to outside parties and not just to the player battling the wild pets. This means that the "pet battle spectating" is not really a new system for watching pet battles that had to be developed, it was simply a change to make wild pet battles visible to outside observers.
The same cannot be said for an arena spectating mode though. In order for us to create a system for arena spectating we would need to build a system from the ground up. While the ability to spectate arena matches is something that we would definitely love to implement into World of Warcraft, at this current point we have no plans for it.
Its coded message to PvP community "We dont give a fck about PvP or you, pokemon is all that matters"
That's as far from the truth as it gets, there is loads of new content and changes on its way for PvP in patch 5.3;
- Balance adjustments/changes
- New Arena
- New Battleground
- Conquest point catch-up system
- PvP gear changes
- PvP stat changes
- Battle fatigue changes
- And more...
If we did not care for the state or well-being of PvP in World of Warcraft we would say so, however the reality is that we do care for PvP and we are constantly making changes and additions in order to improve it.
Mists of Pandaria Collector’s Edition - Limited Quantity Available
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
If you missed out on getting your own Mists of Pandaria® Collector’s Edition, here’s your second chance. We have a limited quantity in our warehouse that we will be making available on a first-come, first-served basis on the Blizzard Store for $69.99. We won’t be printing any more of these exclusive sets, so pick one up before they disappear into the mists forever.
In addition to an exclusive art book, behind-the-scenes DVD/Blu-ray set, soundtrack, and mouse pad, the World of Warcraft ®: Mists of Pandaria Collector’s Edition includes all the in-game items also found in the Digital Deluxe version. Take a look at the full contents here.
To upgrade your account with the digital items from the Collector’s Edition once you receive your copy, you can log in to Battle.net account management and enter the game key here.
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