Warlords of Draenor Beta - Build 18927

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Titan
Kotaku has a nice article on what they know about Titan.

• MMO set in the future on Earth after an alien invasion with a very large world
• Three factions trying to control the planet.
• Do less interesting professions during the day while secretly fighting alongside your faction if you choose to do so.
• Team Fortress, Starcraft II, and The Incredibles all named in comparisons.
• Player run businesses and shops, families, relationships with NPCs, advanced AI that made it feel more like a living world.

Warlords of Draenor Build 18927 - Disconnect on Logout Issue
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Few issues with the captains we're fixing:

- They spawn too often The captains spawn after you reach the slain quota in the UI ("Alliance Slain:"). The slain cap gets reset anytime you lose a point. If you're constantly winning then losing points (which happens a lot in the road) then the cap isn't really that impactful. What we're doing is making it so that the cap will only get reset when you lose a point on your side of the road. We may also tune the cap up or down based on the captain spawn frequency.

- The beam is too obnoxious Part of this is that there are so many of them, but we do agree it's too heavy. We're reducing the beam effect a ton.

- They have too much health Reducing their health significantly.

- NPC AI issues We've noticed the NPCs are acting oddly when being leashed and entering combat. Working on fixes there soon.

Warlords of Draenor Beta - Build 18927
Another beta build is on the way!

Achievement Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Toy Box
Collections

• Having A Ball now rewards 10 points and is account wide.
• The Toymaster now rewards 10 points and is account wide.
• Tons of Toys now rewards 10 points and is account wide.
• Toying Around now rewards 10 points and is account wide.

World Events

• Calavera now rewards 10 points.
• To The Afterlife now rewards 5 points.
• Vientos! now rewards 5 points.

Item Set Bonuses
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion

Death Knight (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)

• Item - Death Knight T17 Frost 2P Bonus Activating Pillar of Frost generates 50 Runic Power. 30 Runic Power.
• Item - Death Knight T17 Frost 4P Bonus While Pillar of Frost is active, your special attacks trap a soul in your rune weapon. When Pillar of Frost fades, your rune weapon discharges the souls at your current target, dealing (15% 60% of weapon damage) damage per soul.
• Item - Death Knight T17 Unholy 4P Bonus When you activate Dark Transformation, 3 1 of your runes are automatically refreshed as Death Runes.

Druid (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)

• Item - Druid T17 Restoration 2P Bonus Nature's Swiftness now works on the next 5 spell casts. 3 spell casts.
• Item - Druid T17 Restoration 4P Bonus When you cast 2 sequential Healing Touch spells, the mana cost of your next Wild Growth is reduced by 50%. 25%.

Hunter (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)

• Item - Hunter T17 Marksmanship 4P Bonus While Rapid Fire is active, your critical strike damage increases by 5% per second. 3% per second.
• Item - Hunter T17 Survival 4P Bonus When you hit a target with Explosive Shot, your multistrike damage is increased by 25% for 3 sec. 50% for 3 sec.

Monk (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)

• Item - Monk T17 Brewmaster 4P Bonus Purifying Brew generates 4 stacks of Elusive Brew. 1 stacks of Elusive Brew.
• Item - Monk T17 Mistweaver 4P Bonus Surging Mist multistrikes cause your next Thunder Focus Tea to generate 1 Chi. Stacks up to 5 times. 2 times.
• Item - Monk WoD PvP Windwalker 4P Bonus Increases the duration of Tigereye Brew by 7 sec. 3 sec.

Paladin (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)

• Item - Paladin T17 Holy 4P Bonus When you cast Word of Glory, you have a 25% 20% chance to be able to cast a free 3 Holy Power Light of Dawn.

Priest (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)

• Item - Priest T17 Shadow 2P Bonus Consuming Shadow Orbs reduces the cooldown of Mind Blast by 1.0 0.5 sec per Shadow Orb consumed.
• Item - Priest T17 Shadow 4P Bonus Each time Devouring Plague deals damage over time, your haste increases by 3% 1% for 4 sec, stacking up to 12 times.

Rogue (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)

• Item - Rogue T17 Assassination 2P Bonus Mutilate and Dispatch critical strikes restore 10 energy. 7 energy.
• Item - Rogue T17 Combat 2P Bonus Increases the chance for Revealing Strike to generate an extra Combo Point by 10%. 20%.
• Item - Rogue T17 Combat 4P Bonus Your finishing moves have a 25% 20% chance to generate 5 combo points and cause your next Eviscerate to consume no Energy.
• Item - Rogue T17 Subtlety 2P Bonus While Shadow Dance is active, your abilities cost no Energy. When you activate Shadow Dance, you gain 60 Energy.
• Item - Rogue T17 Subtlety 4P Bonus For 5 sec after Shadow Dance ends, your finishing moves will refund 5 combo points. When Shadow Dance expires, your next finishing move refunds 5 combo points.

Shaman (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)

• Item - Shaman T17 Elemental 4P Bonus When you consume more than 12 15 Lightning Shield charges with Fulmination, you automatically gain Lava Surge.
• Item - Shaman T17 Restoration 4P Bonus When you gain Tidal Waves, you have a 10% 3% chance to reduce the mana cost of Chain Heal by 75% for 10 sec.

Warlock (Forums / Skills / WoD Talent Calculator)

• Item - Warlock T17 Demonology 2P Bonus Hand of Gul'dan now has 1 additional maximum charge, and Corruption has a 10% 4% chance to generate 1 charge of Hand of Gul'dan when dealing damage.

Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Mounts

• Acherus Deathcharger Summons and dismisses your rideable Acherus Deathcharger. Can be cast in Undead. Summon. 1.5 sec cast. Account wide. 1.5 sec cast.
• Argent Charger Summons an Argent Charger, which serves as a mount. Summon. 1.5 sec cast. Account wide. 1.5 sec cast.
• Argent Warhorse Summons an Argent Warhorse, which serves as a mount. Summon. 1.5 sec cast. Account wide. 1.5 sec cast.
• Vicious War Ram Summons and dismisses your Vicious War Ram. Account wide. 1.5 sec cast. 1.5 sec cast.
• Vicious War Raptor Summons and dismisses your Vicious War Raptor. Account wide. 1.5 sec cast. 1.5 sec cast.
• Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade Summons and dismisses your Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade. This is a flying mount. 1.5 sec cast. Account wide. 1.5 sec cast.

Druid (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Major Glyphs

• Savagery Savage Roar is now always active passively, but its effect is reduced by 5%. Major Glyph. 10%. Major Glyph.

Mage (Forums, Talent Calculator)

• Frost Bomb Places a Frost Bomb on the target for 12 sec. Limit 1 target. Your Ice Lances that benefit from Shatter will trigger the release of a wave of freezing ice, dealing [ 150% [ 120% of Spell Power ] Frost damage to the target and [ 75% of Spell Power ] Frost damage to all other enemies within 10 yards. Unlimited range. Instant.

Talents

• Frost Bomb Places a Frost Bomb on the target for 12 sec. Limit 1 target. Your Ice Lances that benefit from Shatter will trigger the release of a wave of freezing ice, dealing [ 150% [ 120% of Spell Power ] Frost damage to the target and [ 75% of Spell Power ] Frost damage to all other enemies within 10 yards. Mage - LvL 75 Talent. 1.25% of Base Mana. 40 yd range. 1.5 sec cast.

Paladin (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Talents

• Holy Shield Increases your block chance by 10% 15%, and allows you to block spells. Additionally, when you block, you deal [ 1 + 50% 75% of AP ] Holy damage to your attacker. Requires Shields. Paladin - LvL 0 Talent.

Rogue (Forums, Talent Calculator)

• Hemorrhage An instant strike that deals (78% 40% of weapon damage) Physical damage (increased 40% if a dagger is equipped), and causes the target to bleed for an additional [ 3.5% of AP ] damage over 24 sec. Awards 1 combo points. Replaces Sinister Strike. 30 yd range. Instant.
• Main Gauche A vicious attack that deals (225% 140% of weapon damage) Physical damage with your off-hand. 30 yd range. Instant.
• Sinister Strike An instant strike that causes (100% 160% of weapon damage) Physical damage. Requires Melee Weapon. 50 Energy. Melee range. Instant.

Combat

• Mastery: Main Gauche Your main-hand attacks have a 16% chance to trigger an attack with your off-hand that deals 225% 140% weapon damage. Rogue - Combat Spec.
• Revealing Strike Deals (75% Deals (120% of weapon damage) Physical damage, increasing the effect of your offensive finishing moves on that target by 35%, and giving your Sinister Strike a 25% chance to generate an extra combo point. Lasts 24 sec. Awards 1 combo points. Requires Melee Weapon. Rogue - Combat Spec. 40 Energy. Melee range. Instant.

Subtlety

• Backstab Backstab the target, causing (156% 175% of weapon damage) Physical damage. Must not be in front of the target. Awards 1 combo points. Requires Daggers. Rogue - Subtlety Spec. 35 Energy. Melee range. Instant.
• Hemorrhage An instant strike that deals (78% 40% of weapon damage) Physical damage (increased 40% if a dagger is equipped), and causes the target to bleed for an additional [ 3.5% of AP ] damage over 24 sec. Awards 1 combo points. Replaces Sinister Strike. Requires Melee Weapon. Rogue - Subtlety Spec. 30 Energy. Melee range. Instant.

Warlock (Forums, Talent Calculator)

• Corruption (Affliction) Corrupts the target, causing [ 21.6% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 18 sec Your most recently applied Corruption has a 10.0% 6.0% chance to generate a Soul Shard each time it deals damage.
• Corruption (Affliction) Corrupts the target, causing [ 21.6% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 18 sec Your most recently applied Corruption has a 10.0% 6.0% chance to generate a Soul Shard each time it deals damage.
• Corruption (Affliction) Corrupts the target, causing [ 21.6% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 18 sec Your most recently applied Corruption has a 10.0% 6.0% chance to generate a Soul Shard each time it deals damage.

Affliction

• Nightfall Your most recently applied Corruption has a 10.0% 6.0% chance when it deals damage to cause you to regain a Soul Shard. Warlock - Affliction Spec.

Affliction & Demonology

• Drain Life (Affliction, Destruction) Drains life from the target, causing [ 6 + 150.3% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage and restoring 9% 6% of the caster's health over 6 sec.
• Drain Life (Demonology) Drains life from the target, causing [ 6 + 150.3% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage, restoring 9% 6% of the caster's health and generating 60 Demonic Fury over 6 sec.
• Life Tap Restores [ 15% of Total Health ] mana. Warlock - Affliction & Demonology Spec. 15% of Total Health. Instant.

Destruction

• Ember Tap Heals [ 13.64 or 11.00 ]% Heals [ 6.20 or 5.00 ]% of your health. Warlock - Destruction Spec. 1 Burning Ember. Instant.

Warrior (Forums, Talent Calculator)

• Shield Barrier Raise your shield, absorbing [ 235% [ 112.5% of AP ] damage for the next 6 sec. Consumes up to 40 additional Rage to increase the amount absorbed. Requires Shields. 20 Rage. Instant. 1.5 sec cooldown.

Arms & Fury

• Shield Barrier Improve your defenses, absorbing [ 235% [ 112.5% of AP ] damage for the next 6 sec. Consumes up to 40 additional Rage to increase the amount absorbed. Requires Defensive Stance. Warrior - Arms & Fury Spec. 20 Rage. Instant. 1.5 sec cooldown.

Fury & Protection

• Execute (Fury) Attempt to finish off a wounded foe, causing (300% of weapon damage) Physical damage with your main-hand and (150% 300% of weapon damage) Physical damage with your off-hand.

Major Glyphs

• Glyph of Death From Above Reduces the cooldown on Heroic Leap by 15 sec, but the range of Heroic Leap is also reduced by 20 yds. Major Glyph. 15 yds. Major Glyph.

Professions
Engineering

• Blackrock Rifling Engineering 2 sec cast. Reagents: Gearspring Parts (200), Sorcerous Earth (40), Savage Blood (15). Tools: Blacksmith Hammer.

Raid & Dungeon Abilities

• Conflagration Sets an enemy aflame, inflicting 23,125 Fire damage every 1.5 2 sec. over 6 sec. and sending it into a state of panic. While the target is affected, the flames periodically scorch allies within 20 8 yds. for 18,906 Fire damage as well. Limited to 2 targets. 80 yd range. Instant.
• Double Slash Brings both axes down in an arc cleaving flesh and bone inflicting Physical damage and causing the target to bleed for 6,000 Physical damage every 2 sec. for 8 sec. 1 sec cast. 10 yd range. 1 sec cast.
• Hemorrhaging Wounds Increases the damage of Double Slash by 15%. Instant. 15 yd range. Instant.
• Rejuvenating Serum Drinks a potion, healing 5% 4% of maximum health every 3 sec. for 30 12 sec. 20 yd range. 2.5 sec cast.
• Seeking Embers Heavy Spears catch flame, flinging burning embers at a random enemies, inflicting 21,500 16,125 Fire damage. Limited to 1 target. 500 yd range. Instant. 50 yd range. Instant.
• Shadow Word: Pain A word of darkness that causes 10,000 Shadow damage instantly, and an additional 5,000 3,500 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec. over 9 sec. Unlimited range. Instant.

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