Patch 5.3 PTR Notes Update - April 22
Lots of interesting changes today, with the highlights below:
- Experience needed to increase from level 86 to level 90 has been reduced by 33%
- Reduced the number of Lesser Charms of Good Fortune needed for the Mogu Runes of Fate weekly quest to 50, down from 90.
- Shado-Pan Assault belts now require Friendly reputation to purchase, down from Revered.
- Shado-Pan Assault chest pieces now require Honored reputation to purchase, down from Revered.
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
General
- Experience needed to increase from level 86 to level 90 has been reduced by 33%.
Classes
- Druid (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator
- General
- Tranquility now targets 12 raid members (up from 5) each time it heals when used in a 25-player instance. This change also applies to players using the Symbiosis version of Tranquility.
- Restoration
- Ironbark now has a cooldown of 60 seconds, down from 2 minutes.
- Swiftmend's area-of-effect component now heals injured allies within 10 yards, up from 8 yards.
- Wild Mushroom: Bloom now heals all allies within 10 yards (up from 8 yards) for 100% more, and includes bonus healing from Rejuvenation overhealing.
- Item Sets
- Restoration PvP 4-piece set bonus now reduces the cooldown of Ironbark by 30 seconds (down from 90 seconds).
- General
- Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- General
- Revive Pet now has a cast time of 4 seconds, down from 6 seconds.
- General
- Monk (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- Mistweaver
- Revival now has a healing cap of 15 raid members (up from 6) when used in a 25-player instance.
- Mistweaver
- Paladin (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- General
- Devotion Aura can now be used while the Paladin is silenced.
- Glyphs
- Glyph of the Battle Healer now heals a nearby injured friendly target, excluding the Paladin, for 20% of damage dealt while Seal of Insight is active, down from 30%.
- General
- Priest (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- Glyphs
- Glyph of Smite no longer causes the additional 20% damage dealt by Smite to transfer into Atonement.
- Discipline
- Atonement now heals nearby friendly targets for 90% of the damage dealt, down from 100%.
- Penance now deals 10% less damage, but healing done is increased by 10%.
- Holy
- Divine Hymn now targets 12 raid members (up from 5) each time it heals when used in a 25-player instance.
- Shadow
- Vampiric Embrace now has a healing cap of 15 raid members (up from 6) when used in a 25-player instance.
- Glyphs
- Warlock (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- General
- Demonic Gateway cast time has been reduced to 4 seconds, down from 5 seconds, gains its first charge after 5 seconds (down from 13 seconds), and gains a new charge every 10 seconds (down from 15 seconds). The summoned gateway has 100% of the summoning Warlock's health, 100% of the Warlock's resilience, and can now be attacked and killed by enemy players.
- Item Sets
- Warlock PvP 2-piece set bonus no longer reduces cooldown on Unending Resolve and have been replaced by the former 4-piece set bonus where the Warlock's Twilight Ward absorbs damage from all magical schools.
- Warlock PvP 4-piece set bonus now increases damage dealt by Agony, Corruption, Doom, Immolate, and Unstable Affliction by 10%.
- General
Pet Battles
- General
- Pandaren Spirit Pet Supplies now has a chance to drop a family specific rare Battle-Stone.
- Battle Pet Quests
- A new achievement and reward has been added for characters that complete every Pet Battle daily quest in a single day.
- Protection for bad luck streaks have been added to Battle-Stones from pet supplies bags and wild battles. Each bag or battle that does not provide a stone has a progressively better chance to award a stone to the player.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
- Raids
- Bonus Roll
- Reduced the number of Lesser Charms of Good Fortune needed for the Mogu Runes of Fate weekly quest to 50, down from 90.
- Terrace of Endless Spring
- Players no longer need to have defeated Grand Empress Shek'zeer to enter the Terrace of Endless Spring in Normal difficulty.
- Throne of Thunder
- Primordius
- The Genetically Unmodified Organism achievement has been redesigned. It now requires players to defeat Primordius while none of the players in the raid received a harmful mutation.
- Bonus Roll
- Dungeons
- Completing the Challenge mode daily quest now awards a Heroic Cache of Treasures with a chance to contain an epic item!
Items
- Shado-Pan Assault belts now require Friendly reputation to purchase, down from Revered.
- Shado-Pan Assault chest pieces now require Honored reputation to purchase, down from Revered.
- The following PvP trinkets now have a cooldown of 2 minutes, down from 5 minutes.
- Bequeathed Insignia of the Alliance
- Bequeathed Insignia of the Horde
- Inherited Insignia of the Alliance
- Inherited Insignia of the Horde
- Inherited Mark of Tyranny
- Insignia of the Alliance
- Insignia of the Horde
- The following trinkets have on-use effects reduced by 33%, but have a 100% increase to duration when used in a Battleground or Arena.
- Fabled Feather of Ji-Kun
- Renataki’s Soul Charm
- Steadfast Talisman of the Shado-Pan Assault
- Wushoolay’s Final Choice
- The following trinkets have on-use effects reduced by 75%, but have a 400% increase to duration when used in a Battleground or Arena.
- Delicate Vial of the Sanguinaire
- Gaze of the Twins
- Primordius’ Talisman of Rage
- Talisman of Bloodlust
- All other trinkets above ilevel 502 have on-use effects reduced by 50%, but have a 100% increase to duration when used in a Battleground or Arena.
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