PTR 3.1.0 – Build 9626
February 27, 2009 – 4:08 amPosted by: Haguenau
Update 09:00 CET – Added Mounts and Banners screenshots.
Update 07:30 CET – Added Argent Tournament rewards. Few more screenshots to come.
A new build has been deployed on test servers. The Talent Calculator has been updated.
Argent Tournament
A few rewards are available from the Argent Tournament NPCs. If you don’t really know what’s the Argent Tournament yet please check the following blue posts. (Note: A lot of the features related to the tournament will be added after Patch 3.1, the most interesting part of it probably won’t be added to the game before Patch 3.2 according to Zarhym’s post
They all require a new currency: Champion’s Seals
- Tabard – 50 Seals
- Faction Banner – 15 Seals
- Faction Mount – 100 Seals
- Faction Pet – 40 Seals
- Argent Hippogryph – 250 Seals
- Epic Weapons – 25 Seals
- Rare Armor / Neck / Trinkets – 10 Seals
Equipment
Both Horde and Alliance versions are available in game, but the stats and models are exactly the same for the moment.
Tabards
Banners
Mounts
New models
The sandbox spectral tiger isn’t new but I forgot to post it in the first news. (This is a TCG reward, more about it soon)
Profession Changes
Tailoring
Emerald Bag *New* – 4 x Moonshroud, 6 x Frost Lotus
Set Bonuses
The following sets have been created to give set bonuses to crafted armor sets:
- Eviscerator’s Battlegear
- Ornate Saronite Battlegear
- Overcaster Battlegear
- Savage Saronite Battlegear
- Stormhide Battlegear
- Swiftarrow Battlefear
- Frostsavage Battlegear
All these sets will give you:
- 4 Pieces – +75 Stamina
- 6 Pieces – +50 Resilience
Reputation
New commendation Badges have been added for all cities, this is most likely related to the Argent Tournament.
Darnassus Commendation Badge — Increases your Darnassus reputation by 250.
Exodar Commendation Badge — Increases your Exodar reputation by 250.
Gnomeregan Commendation Badge — Increases your Gnomeregan Exiles reputation by 250.
Ironforge Commendation Badge — Increases your Ironforge reputation by 250.
Stormwind Commendation Badge — Increases your Stormwind reputation by 250.
Orgrimmar Commendation Badge — Increases your Orgrimmar reputation by 250.
Sen’jin Commendation Badge — Increases your Darkspear Trolls reputation by 250.
Silvermoon Commendation Badge — Increases your Silvermoon City reputation by 250.
Thunder Bluff Commendation Badge — Increases your Thunder Bluff reputation by 250.
Undercity Commendation Badge — Increases your Undercity reputation by 250.
New Mounts
Argent Hippogryph – Summons and dismisses a rideable Argent Hippogryph mount. This is a very fast mount. This mount can only be summoned in Outland or Northrend.
Ironbound Proto-Drake (Unconfirmed screenshot) – Summons and dismisses a rideable Ironbound Proto-Drake. This is a very fast mount. This mount can only be summoned in Outland or Northrend.
Rusted Proto-Drake (Unconfirmed screenshot) – Summons and dismisses a rideable Rusted Proto-Drake. This is a very fast mount. This mount can only be summoned in Outland or Northrend.
Glyphs changes
- Glyph of Shred – Each time you Shred, the duration of your Rip on the target is extended 2 sec, up to a maximum of 6 sec. (Old – Increases the damage dealt by Shred to stunned and incapacitated targets by 20%.)
Priest (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
- Glyph of Fade – Reduces the cooldown of your Fade spell by 9 sec. (Down from 15 sec)
- Glyph of Mass Dispel — Reduces the mana cost of Mass Dispel by 50%. (Up from 20%)
- Glyph of Mind Control — Reduces the chance targets will resist or break your Mind Control spell by an additional 17%. (Old – Increases the duration of your Mind Control spell by 30 sec.)
- Glyph of Smite — Your Smite spell inflicts an additional 20% damage against targets afflicted by Holy Fire. (Old – Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Smite by 100%.)
- Glyph of Scourge Imprisonment — Reduces the cast time of your Shackle Undead by 0.5 sec. (Old – Increases the chance of success for your Shackle Undead spell by 8%.)
Rogue (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
- Glyph of Backstab – Each time you Backstab, the duration of your Rupture on the target is extended 2 sec, up to a maximum of 6 sec. (Old – Increases the damage dealt by Backstab to stunned and incapacitated targets by 20%.)
- Glyph of Hunger For Blood — Increases the bonus damage from Hunger For Blood by 3%. (Old – 1% per application)
Warlock (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
- Glyph of Demonic Circle — Reduces the cooldown on Demonic Circle by 4 sec. (Old – 0.4 sec)
Undocumented Changes/Spell Comparison
Please note that the stats of the spells here are taken directly from the game files and might be different from the officiel patch notes. This is a list of the differences between tooltips of classes spells, just don’t jump to any conclusion just because a change is here and wait until it reaches the live server.
A few spells introduced in 3.1 have been changed, make sure you check the original PTR 3.1 Patch Notes and Undocumented Changes post.
- Frost Fever now lasts 15 seconds. (Up from 12 seconds)
Unholy
- Blood Plague now lasts 15 seconds. (Up from 12 seconds)
- Ghoul Frenzy is now instant cast.
Druid (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
Restoration
- Revitalize now also affects Wild Growth.
Hunter (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
Pet
- Thunderstomp (Gorilla) has been removed as a pet skill and replaced by Pummel – Pummel the target, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec. (20 Focus, 5 yd range, Instant, 10 sec cooldown)
- Thunderstomp is now a pet talent available to any Tenacity pet. Now your bears, crocs or ESPECIALLY CRABS can join in the AE tanking fun.
- Savage Rend (Raptor) now temporarily boost the raptor’s damage by 10% for 30 seconds.
- Furious Howl (Wolf) now only affects the wolf and its master, duration increased from 10 to 20 seconds.
Priest (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
Discipline
- Grace doesn’t reduce damage dealt to the target anymore but now increases the healing received from the Priest by 3% (Up from 2%)
- Renewed Hope now also give you a 100% chance to reduce all damage taken by 3% for 20 sec to all friendly party and raid targets when you Power Word: Sheild a friendly target.
Rogue (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
Assassination
- Hunger for Blood now has a 30 yards range.
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Subtlety
- Tricks of the Trade now removes the threat caused by your next damaging attack. (Old – Your next attack)
Warlock (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
Demonology
- Enslave Demon has been changed, it is no longer more difficult to control a demon if you repeatedly enslave the same demon.
- Nemesis no longer reduce the cooldown of Soulstone.
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