Update - Added Illidan's updated model.
Update - Added finalized spell changes.
Update - It seems that Shadowy Gem and Elementium Gem Cluster are the 2 new items you'll gather to build your legendary daggers.


Patch 4.3 - PTR Build 14849
A new PTR build is being deployed on test realms, check out the latest update of the official notes which most likely reflect changes made in this build.



And as usual if it's datamined and not in the official notes, it might just be a bug or a screw up on my side, you know how it works!

Client Strings
An interesting string that hints at a feature to "suspend" your LFG queue, and a "Heat" power type most likely used during the fight against Deathwing.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
  • ERR_JOIN_LFG_OBJECT_FAILED = "You failed to join the instance in progress";
  • ERR_PARTY_ROLE_NOT_AVAILABLE = "%s is unable to fill any of your group's available roles";
  • INTERACT_ON_LEFT_CLICK_TEXT = "Interact On Left Click|TInterface\\OptionsFrame\\UI-OptionsFrame-NewFeatureIcon:0:0:0:-1|t";
  • IN_LFG_QUEUE_BUT_SUSPENDED = "Your queue has been temporarily suspended. You will retain your position in the queue.";
  • MAC_OPEN_UNIVERSAL_ACCESS = "In order to use this option accessibility needs to be enabled. Please check the option \"Enable access for assistive devices\" in the Universal Access System";
  • OPTION_TOOLTIP_INTERACT_ON_LEFT_CLICK = "Interact with objects and friendly non-player characters using left or right click.";
  • POWER_TYPE_DW_BACK_HEAT = "Heat";
  • RF_REWARD_EXPLANATION1 = "Your first completion per week will earn you:";
  • RF_REWARD_EXPLANATION2 = "Each victory subsequent to the first each week will earn you:";
  • SPELL_FAILED_CUSTOM_ERROR_148 = "Target is already affected by Stardust No. 2.";



Item Set Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion

Mage (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Tier 13

Priest (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Tier 12

Rogue (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Tier 13

Shaman (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Tier 12
  • Item - Shaman T12 Elemental 2P Bonus's tooltip was clarified with values: Your damaging spells have a 30% chance to reduce the remaining cooldown on your Fire Elemental Totem by 4 sec.

Tier 13

Warlock (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Tier 13



Achievements
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Dungeons & Raids - Cataclysm Dungeon
  • Heroic: End Time Defeat Murozond in End Time on Heroic Difficulty.
  • Heroic: Well of Eternity Defeat Mannoroth in Well of Eternity on Heroic Difficulty.
  • Heroic: Hour of Twilight Defeat Archbishop Benedictus in Hour of Twilight on Heroic Difficulty.
  • Lazy Eye Defeat Peroth'arn in Well of Eternity on Heroic Difficulty without any party member being detected by an Eye of Peroth'arn.
  • Severed Ties Defeat two Risen Ghouls during Echo of Sylvanas' Calling of the Highborne phase, then defeat the Echo of Sylvanas in End Time on Heroic Difficulty.
  • Eclipse Kill 8,675,309 Twilight Sparks and then defeat Archbishop Benedictus in Hour of Twilight on Heroic Difficulty.

Dungeon & Raids - Cataclysm Raid
  • Ping Pong Champion Bounce the Void of Unmaking 10 times off of players, and then defeat Warlord Zon'ozz.
  • Taste the Rainbow! Experience the following color combinations, and then defeat Yor'sahj the Unsleeping.
  • Maybe he'll get dizzy... Deafeat the Spine of Deathwing encounter after tricking Deathwing into performing the following roll sequence: Left, Right, Left, Right.

Feats of Strength

Guild - Cataclysm Dungeon

Guild - Cataclysm Raid

Guild - Feats of Strength
  • Realm First! Deathwing First guild on the realm to defeat Deathwing in Dragon Soul on Heroic difficulty while in a guild group.



Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion

Professions
General

Enchanting

Death Knight (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Unholy
  • Death Coil now scales from 23% of Attack Power, down from 30%.
  • Unholy Might now increases Strength by 25%, up from 20%.

Druid (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Feral
  • Bear Form now increases armor from cloth and leather items by 120% at all levels instead of only at level 40 and above.
  • Frenzied Regeneration now increases maximum health by 30%, up from 15%. Each point of rage is converted into 0.3% of max health, up from 0.15%.
  • Rake now scales from 14.7% of Attack Power on the initial damage, up from 2.07% of Attack Power. Now scales from 44.1% of Attack Power on the additional bleed damage, up from 37.8%.

Hunter (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Beast Mastery

Survival

Pet

Mage (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Fire
  • Fireball damage has been increased by 17%.
  • Living Bomb damage seems to have been lowered, but the official notes seems to say it's been increased. Probably a bug, the official notes are always right.
  • Pyroblast damage seems to have been slightly lowered, but once again the official notes seems to say the contrary. Official notes win!

Frost

Arcane
  • Arcane Missiles now has a 40% chance to proc from offensive spell, down from 100%.

Paladin (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Holy
  • Divine Plea no longer grants a charge of Holy Power.
  • Holy Radiance no longer grants a charge of Holy Power. Healing effectiveness diminishes for each player target beyond 6.

Priest (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Holy


Rogue (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Combat
  • Ambidexterity now increases the damage of Throw, Deadly Throw, and Fan of Knive abilities instead of increasing the damage of thrown weapons.

Warlock (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Affliction
  • Jinx now increases the cost of the target's abilities instead of reducing his/her power regeneration.

Demonology

Destruction
  • Cataclysm now increases Fire spell damage by 30%, up from 25%.
  • Burning Embers now deals damage over time equal to 50% of the damage done, up from 30%. Now scales from 20% of spell power, up from 12,14%.
  • Fire and Brimstone now increases damage done by Chaos Bolt and Incinerate to targets afflicted by Immolate by 5/10/15%, up from 2/4/6%.
  • Improved Soul Fire now lasts 20 sec, up from 15 sec.

Warrior (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Fury
This article was originally published in forum thread: Patch 4.3 - PTR Build 14849 started by Boubouille View original post
Comments 146 Comments
  1. mmoc020312c146's Avatar
    Looks like they listened to the mage class feedback posts! at last some proper buffs to fire DPS!!!!!!
  1. mmoc8823406b83's Avatar
    Twilight Spark(le)s and rainbow tasting ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKK2218hELk )? Dear Princess Celestia.... Will we get ponies too? DW promised it! (Taste the rainbow have sexual meaning too though)
  1. valcrist's Avatar
    Not even out of PTR already nerfing the warlock changes.. Typical blizzard
  1. thunderdragon2's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Shoukyaku View Post
    Hopefully this is a troll. If not youve lived in a cave since the 80's.
    i neve heard of it but i was born in 88
  1. mmoc37672be2a3's Avatar
    actually on ptr the JC epic gems are givin +77 to maintain th +81 bonus. Only BS is OP and gives an unfair advantage because every other profession gives +80 and 2*50stat extra-will be +100 bonus
  1. Marxman's Avatar
    Yea Blizzard, cause 5% additional Attack Power for Beast Mastery totally makes up the 8,000 DPS difference between BM and MM. Jesus Christ. That's like trying to put out a forest fire with a squirt gun.
  1. thunderdragon2's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Spritely View Post
    That's NOT a tooltip clarification to shaman t12. That's a pretty gigantic nerf.
    explain plz seems correct to me
  1. Sidone's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by valcrist View Post
    Not even out of PTR already nerfing the warlock changes.. Typical blizzard
    I see more "up from" then "down from" or did i miss something.
  1. Malvision's Avatar
    Yea Blizzard, cause 5% additional Attack Power for Beast Mastery totally makes up the 8,000 DPS difference between BM and MM. Jesus Christ. That's like trying to put out a forest fire with a squirt gun.
    Making BM a viable raid spec would be the worst idea ever since it is quite possibly the boringest rotation in all of wow.
  1. Hunterpower's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Malvision View Post
    Making BM a viable raid spec would be the worst idea ever since it is quite possibly the boringest rotation in all of wow.
    Nice opinion, i personally love bm.
  1. Korgoth's Avatar
    So no Arms changes huh. Then I guess Blizzard has no intention of actually buffing arms to be viable in high end pvp. Bad enough all of Season 10 was lost, but now I can't expect to be able to play my warrior in pvp till the next F%$KING expansion. And they can suck my nuts if they think I will be a step and fetchit flag boy for another season. F$%^ that! and F%&$ their new slam graphic!
  1. Firebert's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Malvision View Post
    Making BM a viable raid spec would be the worst idea ever since it is quite possibly the boringest rotation in all of wow.
    Arcane says hi.
    Talking of Arcane, the 100% to 40% on AM is a tooltip fix. Finally.
  1. Marxman's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Malvision View Post
    Making BM a viable raid spec would be the worst idea ever since it is quite possibly the boringest rotation in all of wow.
    Have you ever played an Arcane Mage? Takes boring to a whole new level.

    BM is the most boring rotation of the 3 Hunter specs, but it's also one of the most unique and interesting specs in the game as a whole. You have no idea how much it would mean to me if I could use my giant green Devilsaur in raids again. He's been stabled far too long.
  1. Pebrocks The Warlock's Avatar
    fuck yes! Warlock bufffffffff!!!!!
  1. thunderdragon2's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Marxman View Post
    Have you ever played an Arcane Mage? Takes boring to a whole new level.

    BM is the most boring rotation of the 3 Hunter specs, but it's also one of the most unique and interesting specs in the game as a whole. You have no idea how much it would mean to me if I could use my giant green Devilsaur in raids again. He's been stabled far too long.

    ooooooooooooooo


    giant angry yoshi!
  1. AK_47's Avatar
    Only link I see is that other than the fact "867 - 5309 Jenny" was singed by many groups "The Foo Fighters" are one of them.
  1. Kira2169's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Nest View Post
    Feral buffs? Really blizzard? REALLY? D Glad I've quit already.
    All the feral changes listed above are tooltip corrections with the exception of 0.3% hp per point of rage, unsure if that was an intended change or not.
  1. mmoc15ede24da3's Avatar
    Dammm I love mage changes we need more go go go !!!
  1. mmoc44e8a7d19c's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by xskarma View Post
    Or just being European, it might shock you but lots of songs don't make it when they cross the Atlantic (going either way) I've never heard of it and I have lots of memories of the 80's in terms of music
    Back then the Internet was not as huge as it is today, so it was a lot harder for bands to actually be known abroad.

    However if it really is reference to the song, it means that the number is not just some random gibberish and most likely is not just a placeholder.
  1. Supermantra's Avatar
    They made Illidans uncorrupted character right but the corrupted version and arthas model looked like a fat fluffy shit in the water.

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