Update - Legendary Dagger Bonuses

Update - Added Item Sets Changes.
Update - Added new items in a separate post.

Update - Added Chromatic Dragon Mount Video.

Taiwan Realms now get Raid Resets twice a week
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
The new raid lockout changes for Taiwan and Korea adjust the lockout timers for the patch 4.0 and 4.2 raids. The lockout timers for these raids will now reset twice weekly instead of once. These raid lockout changes are being made to allow players to raid more often and get more chances at epic loot drops. Players will be able to down current Cataclysm raid bosses twice a week, accelerating players’ progression.

We are testing these new raid lockout changes in Taiwan and Korea first. Our goal is to expand this change to other regions in the future, but we don’t have anything further to announce at this time with regard to North American implementation.

Death Knight Tier 13
Yep. Seriously. Like, seriously dude. This is a Model Viewer render, I will update those screenshots if necessary when I fixed my tools and give you a render closer to the one you could get in-game. (But those might be just fine)



New Models - Chromatic Dragon and Chromatic Dragon Mount
This is a Model Viewer render, I will update those screenshots if necessary when I fixed my tools and give you a render closer to the one you could get in-game. (But those might be just fine)





Patch 4.3 - PTR Patch 14890
A new PTR build is being deployed on test realms.

Item Sets Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Druid (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)

Shaman (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)


Client Strings
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
  • ERR_LFG_JOINED_RF_QUEUE = "You are now queued in the Raid Finder.";
  • ERR_PARTY_LFG_BOOT_VOTE_REGISTERED = "Your request to kick %s has been successfully received.";
  • ERR_SOR_STARTING_EXPERIENCE_INCOMPLETE = "You must complete your starting experience before you can redeem your Scroll of Resurrection rewards.";
  • INELIGIBLE_BOSSES = "You will not be eligible to loot the following: %s";
  • LFG_MUST_SELECT_ROLE = "You must select one role.";
  • LFG_ROLE_UNAVAILABLE = "The group does not need players for this role.";
  • PLAYER_DIFFICULTY3 = "Raid Finder";
  • RF_COOLDOWN_ADDITIONAL_PEOPLE = "and %d other |4player:players;.";
  • RF_COOLDOWN_OTHER = "The following players in your group have recently queued for a Raid and may not yet queue again:";
  • RF_COOLDOWN_YOU = "You recently queued for a Raid.\nYou may queue for another in:";
  • SPELL_FAILED_CUSTOM_ERROR_149 = "You cannot deconstruct Elementium Gem Clusters while collecting them!";


Achievements Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Dungeons & Raids

Cataclysm Raid
  • Heroic: Madness of Deathwing now rewards the "Savior of Azeroth" title instead of "Avenger of the Five Flights"
  • Destroyer's End Defeat Deathwing on Normal or Heroic Difficulty in the Dragon Soul raid. Title: Destroyer's End
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me Defeat Morchok in Dragon Soul on Normal or Heroic Difficulty without any two players (three players on 25-player mode) ever being within 5 yards of each other while Morchok is channeling Black Blood of the Earth.
  • Holding Hands Destroy the final Crystal Conductor during Hagara's lightning phase on Normal or Heroic Difficulty, while all raid members are part of the final Lightning Conduit.
  • Chromatic Champion Destroy Deathwing in Dragon Soul on Normal or Heroic Difficulty after beginning the encounter on each Aspect's platform:
  • Minutes to Midnight wording clarified to "on Normal and Heroic difficulty"
  • Deck Defender wording clarified to "on Normal and Heroic difficulty"
  • Ping Pong Champion wording clarified to "on Normal and Heroic difficulty"
  • Taste the Rainbow! wording clarified to "on Normal and Heroic difficulty"
  • Maybe He'll Get Dizzy... wording clarified to "on Normal and Heroic difficulty"

Feats of Strength

Guild - Feats of Strength


Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion

Companion Pets

Mounts
  • Experiment 12-B Summons and dismisses a rideable Experiment 12-B. This is a flying mount. 1.5 sec cast
  • Heart of the Aspects Summons and dismisses the Heart of the Aspects. This mount changes depending on your Riding skill and location. 1.5 sec cast
  • Blazing Drake Summons and dismisses a rideable Blazing Drake. This is a flying mount. 1.5 sec cast

Death Knight (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Blood
  • Blood Presence now increases armor contribution from cloth, leather, mail and plate items by 55%. Up from 30%.

Druid (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Feral
  • Bear Form now increases Stamina by 20%, up from 10%.

Restoration

Balance

Hunter (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Survival
  • Explosive Shot now scales from 27.3% of Ranged Attack Power, up from 23.2%.

Paladin (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Retribution
  • Seal of Truth now scales from 13.5% of Attack Power, up from 9.65%.

Holy
  • Beacon of Light now affects your Word of Glory, Holy Shock, Flash of Light, Divine Light and Light of Dawn. (And I have no idea if it's a change or a wording change)

Shaman (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
  • Earthquake now scales from 11% of Spell Power (Going to assume it's just a tooltip fix to actually reflect spell power changes in-game)

Warlock (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Demonology
  • Master Demonologist now increases damage done by demon servants and damage dealt while transformed by 18.4%, down from 20%. Each point of Mastery increases damage by an additional 2.3%, down from 2.5%.

Warrior (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
Fury
This article was originally published in forum thread: Death Knight Tier 13, Taiwan Double Raid Reset, Chromatic Dragon, PTR Build 14890 started by Boubouille View original post
Comments 328 Comments
  1. ZenX's Avatar
    (DK) T13 is definitely better than T12, but does not seem to worth wait as other parts except head and shoulders are more leather looking and are mediocre, unless it has a color-shifting aura of red,blue and green as procs on attacks, Blizz have literally lied to us as this is a pretty "meh" armor, nothing ground-shattering about it.
  1. Sting's Avatar
    That is not a chromatic dragon. Gyth is a chromatic dragon, this is more like a golden dragon.
  1. posessor's Avatar
    Overall yes I agree it is a negative thing for some such as people in high end guilds but obviously the people that want andwould benefit from this change outweighs it there is no point arguing any further because neither of our views will change
  1. Kaldriss's Avatar
    i feel like people want to be cool and act like the crowd so they all use caps and rant about how bad a tier this is, but in reality it only really has a few flaws, and im gonna wear it proudly
  1. Skyforge1's Avatar
    DK tier was really disapointing considering how long we waited
  1. Anjerith's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Skyforge1 View Post
    DK tier was really disapointing considering how long we waited
    It is a mixture of Lichking Armor and the various experiences the Death Knights have gained along the way. It is plainly superior to everything we have had before.

    The fact that anyone could complain because it "took so long" insinuates that because it took long, you thought it would be super mega-amazing and the definitive Tier gear for all classes *ever*. I want to assure you that you will never see a Tier set that matches these standards.
  1. mmoc33a43a8ab0's Avatar
    i'm feeling sorry for the DKs.

    WTF ios that serpent/dragon/lolyellow mount?
  1. VanishO2's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by posessor View Post
    Have you ever thought that maybe enough people want this change? Just because you think the wotlk model was better and you think one lockout a week is enough does not mean you are right that is just your opinion. That's the thing though you aren't forced to do anything. Blizz aren't forcing you to raid more in fact if you don't want to raid now you don't have to it's not mandatory. It's just giving the option to the people that do want to. The only people I can see this affecting is the top guilds that have to do that extra raiding if they want to stay competitive for world firsts etc but like you said blizzard don't cater to the minority. The majority wants more content but quite alot also want more shots at the high end gear and what better way to give that chance to them by adding another lockout to the week?
    Yes, and came to the conclusion that no, not enough ppl want this change. If they did, no reason to start in (guess why) places where ppl are more prone to farm non-stop. They're shooting everywhere to keep their customers and they'll check if this does the trick for the lack of content.

    I don't think the wotlk model was better, it was just as crap as this new twice per week. Just way easier to say "no, I don't want to do it and it's not needed nor will affect my performance on 25".

    Wanna see the magic of two-way road? Thinking that everyone wants to raid the same more and nobody will be forced to it is just your opinion.

    This is a multiplayer game, this is a MMO, not a single player game. If it was just like that, nobody would give a crap about it. But you need others to acomplish it and others need you. As long as someone thinks that is the way to go, you're screwed and just need to leave.

    As ppl alread said, the game, community, guilds and all are setup for 1 lockout per week. Adding another lockout of the same level isn't just a "fun thing do to when bored and having nothing to do with your life other than WoW on that same character". Any guild that wants progression (of any kind, not only the last heroic boss of the patch) will be heavly impacted by it.

    What happened with the mentality of "you can play anytime you want and not get screwed"? Why are we able to do all of our 7 heroics of the week in one day instead of the old forced 1 per day for all the 7 days of the week? Because then you can play when you can and not stay behind others just because they can log every day to do their daily randoms. It's the same for raid. We get one lock out because it needs 10 or 25 players to group together at a given time to try it. You have the entire week to get the best schedule for the group without screwing it because you're loosing lockouts for not being able to have all the 10/25 3h or 4h a day the entire week.

    Stop thinking about you and start thinking about the game and the community as a whole. Who will pick you with your once a week schedule if there is someone who can show up for both raids and gearing hell faster than you? See one of the problems? See how you're getting forced to raid twice even if you're not "on top world guild"?
  1. Zandilar's Avatar
    Is it just me, or is that dragon mount flying backwards in the youtube vid? Those wings looks like they're flapping the wrong way for forward propulsion.
  1. VanishO2's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by posessor View Post
    Ok so let's see how the 2 lockouts a week affect you. Week A: you clear the raid on the weekend it resets let's just say week B MondayWeek B: you now have the choice to pug that raid on mon ties wed. It resets Thursday. You raid and clear it that weekend. So ultimately the only affect the lockout has on you is it gives you an option to get more gear. It is optional you don't have to do it. I don't see how this is a negative thing.
    Again, LFR will be there for you. The game is not centered around raid pugs. This is the only audience who can /cheer at this change and right now they're not the marjority anymore since Blizzard changed to focus to guilds. For this audience, if they could just spam the current raid non-stop as they can the heroics in LFD, would be great and the best thing ever.

    And you're not even taking into account WHEN the raid will unlock. It can just unlock in the middle of your raiding schedule. Would be fun to find half of your group somehow locked and unable to raid right on the exactly time frame everyone can raid together? LOL huh? Now you have to join their lockout (if they didn't clear it) or pug others in their place, raid 1 less day, etc. These problems won't show up if you raid twice on diferent characters for example. You satiate your lust for purples and raiding non-stop without compromissing others.

    See how many problems will show up? Sometimes it's up to Blizzard to set something to prevent more cons than pros. Even the worst decision ever made in the world, there will be someone who will find something good came with that decision, someone who will get something good for them out of that, wich does not mean it's the way to go. It's common place for everyone to work on it. This time they're failing their job. Don't believe that with this change, things will remain the same, most ppl will not raid twice, etc. The "1 raid only" players will become minority, because most guilds will get around into a way to raid twice to keep competitive and progressing and their players to hold their raiding spots. If you're unable to join the "raiding twice" bandwagon, you're just screwed trying to find a guild that only raid once.
  1. mmoc255ca14fd2's Avatar
    Day One. Blizz: Here u go warriors get ur fury buff, its nothing big but its been long time since we did anythink good for u. Day Two. Blizz: Sorry warriors many great "mages" cryd that they could get more then 360k crit in bg's so we have to take it back
  1. Varyk's Avatar
    Love love love the DK T13.
  1. mmoc1b829edf9e's Avatar
    The Dragon mount looks like it's actually from MoP..? The art style is definately more Asian/Chinese than any dragon we've seen so far. (Dragon-body is more stretched/slim/curved) Would be kinda strange if it were a reward for the Dragonsoul Raid..?
  1. mmoc9820a55f46's Avatar
    Heart of the Aspects Summons and dismisses the Heart of the Aspects. This mount changes depending on your Riding skill and location. 1.5 sec cast
    Any idea what this is supposed to mean, especially the location aspect?
  1. mmocced9c7d33d's Avatar
    The DK set loox nice, the chromatic dragon skin is awesome...but why isn't purple?? I was thinking sometimes it would be cool if there was a golden Dragon based on the Holy Light...but what's this?.. if it's chromatic shouldn't be purple or at least white? Or maybe a Holy Light Dragon should be white?

    I don't like the animation, the Chinese dragon animation, is kinda annoying, it would be better if it didn't look like it was trying to swim..
  1. Rhey's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Anjerith View Post
    It is plainly superior to everything we have had before.
    This is the worst set ever in the wow history
  1. mmoc8066f1ff47's Avatar
    The Chromatic dragon looks awesome! The new titles are also awesome. DK T13 is okay imo
  1. azrielen's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Butger View Post
    The Dragon mount looks like it's actually from MoP..? The art style is definately more Asian/Chinese than any dragon we've seen so far. (Dragon-body is more stretched/slim/curved) Would be kinda strange if it were a reward for the Dragonsoul Raid..?
    This was my thought as well. It's GORGEOUS. The gold and armor style and widely different style of dragon head definitely make me think it's Pandaria-based.

    I wonder if it has something to do with the collector's edition, since it's being put in so early.
  1. Rotted's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by scvd View Post
    skulls.....
    Death Knight.....

    Sex on 4 legs mount,

    and Im loving the dk shoulders, think its going to be a transmorph on the helmet though
  1. mmocb372ace37b's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Killrogg View Post
    Any idea what this is supposed to mean, especially the location aspect?
    Considering we get a chromatic dragon mount I'll guess that is the Heart of The Aspects

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