Patch 4.3.2 on Test Realms

Originally Posted by lockbox

Interesting. It's almost like the PTR is for testing and may contain bugs...

Come on, there's bugs and then there's just plain flat out ridiculous. The "optimization" deletes files then redownloads them (which can be expensive for people who have bandwidth caps). Obviously they didn't test it one bit before throwing it out there.

This is mount number two that has a floating icon above it's head , first being the darkmoon bear . Personally i dislike the floating thing it looks so out of place and i hope that blizz won't start making floating icons for every new mount that comes out from now on, it kind of ruins the mount.

Mother of God4.2 gb for me :O

Hope this fixes the bug that wont let Wild Growth target full HP targets, there's a workaround via a macro but its still annoying as hell.

Originally Posted by Pasture

HR is the best AoE spell of any class in stacked situations without any bonus from the 4 set at all. In addition, this nerf has been live for weeks already, so no difference for you if you didn't already notice.

Best AOE spell be careful of your wording clearly it's not as good as a druids tranq or a priests DH. I take your point it's very powerful and probably the best aoe heal when stacked but just watch your wording :P.

The SV "buff" is more of a convinience thing than an actual dps increase - but the numbers will rise slightly nontheless. We've seen tons of (justified) SV love lately, now if they could just bring in the 20% AP aura for hunters, fix the BM bugs, increase the BM dps (ie through mastery, srs, cs as, autoshot) and increase MM dps (through ss i'd say), so that all specs are competitive and fun, i'd be a really happy hunter! oh and that dragon looks cool and the pet seems promising, i really hope they're ingame rewards and not some darned tcg -or even worse- shop items.

Wow this "small patch" is a 4.4gb download for me.

I don't get the bombardment change. I know right now it only affects the next Multi-shot, but it would proc off of that one, which would lead to another proc on the next one. So on and so forth. This doesn't really change much. Also, the LnL change, I wasn't aware people used it for AS anyways, but maybe I don't play surv enough(its just my OS).

The Fel Drake looks sick, can't wait to see how the pet looks. As for where to get it, my guess is TCG reward.

Feldrake and Eye of the Legion? Burning Legion coming back in MoP perhaps? Would be amazing. Or a surprise 4.4 Sunwell-style patch with some lore-twist with Burning Legion invading Azeroth again...

Originally Posted by 4KhazModan

I don't get the bombardment change. I know right now it only affects the next Multi-shot, but it would proc off of that one, which would lead to another proc on the next one. So on and so forth. This doesn't really change much. Also, the LnL change, I wasn't aware people used it for AS anyways, but maybe I don't play surv enough(its just my OS).

actually, the bombardement talent has been working like the new tooltip says since cata hit. it's only a rewording of the (wrong) tooltip!
there was a short time period after 4.3 when the proc was only for the next shot, but it caused issues with flight times and such, so they reverted it quite fast.

Maybe BT gets a revamp? Illidan uses his second vile and this has a drop chance from him when you kill him? Whether you'd like that or not I would. 2.1 was the patch I 1st started playing. Never got to experiance that encounter. (As well as a D3 release date confirmation at the same time?)

Originally Posted by xstaindx

TIME_PLAYED_ALERT = "You have been playing for %s. Excessive gameplay can cause inconvenience in your daily life.";


LOL.

Common feature of most other MMOs that I play.... the one other that I know of off the top of my head is GuildWars. At the 4 hour mark it begins to urge players to go take a break.

It's mostly a liability avoidance feature. If Blizzard can say that they put a message in the game telling people to get up and move around and take a break, people can't sue them for their kids playing WoW until they pass out/die.

Originally Posted by Ril-gania

actually, the bombardement talent already works like this. it's only a rewording of the (wrong) tooltip!

Really? I thought it was more like: M1-M2-(bombardment)-M3-(bombardment)-SS-SS-M4-M5-(bombardment)
In other words, M3 would only proc bombardment because firing it after M2 marked 2 consecutive multishot casts.

Originally Posted by stgeorge78

Come on, there's bugs and then there's just plain flat out ridiculous. The "optimization" deletes files then redownloads them (which can be expensive for people who have bandwidth caps). Obviously they didn't test it one bit before throwing it out there.

This. Also, some more information on "optimization" would be interesting to see.

Example: Game keeps usage statistics for areas that I have not been to recently and then removes those from my hard drive. I then roll a new toon and visit those areas, now the download servers must feed all that information to me yet again and probably will effect gameplay initially.

Storage is cheap. If optimization is about moving data around and making them make more sense and not having everything spread out amongst 97 different mpq's, then I'm all on board.

Uuuuh, awesome Feldrake... ... ... ¬¬

Originally Posted by Boltonsquad

WTB Vial of Shadows nerf and a tentacle nerf from the stupid sword!

Mate no offence but that sword has no stats at all and you can also target the tentacles and kill it fast so please stop asking for nerfing stuff like that.

Anyone know from where we get this Feldrake mount?

Originally Posted by 4KhazModan

I don't get the bombardment change. I know right now it only affects the next Multi-shot, but it would proc off of that one, which would lead to another proc on the next one. So on and so forth. This doesn't really change much. Also, the LnL change, I wasn't aware people used it for AS anyways, but maybe I don't play surv enough(its just my OS).

The Fel Drake looks sick, can't wait to see how the pet looks. As for where to get it, my guess is TCG reward.

The change to LnL prevents hunters from using one of the charges on arcane shot. Which often happens when dumping your focus and the proc pops up.

hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooooooo reskin!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!

Originally Posted by 4KhazModan

Really? I thought it was more like: M1-M2-(bombardment)-M3-(bombardment)-SS-SS-M4-M5-(bombardment)
In other words, M3 would only proc bombardment because firing it after M2 marked 2 consecutive multishot casts.

yeah, well, that's how they intended bombardement to work at first, i guess. but it caused huge problems due to latency, flight time and 1-second-gcds, and no on really noticed how it really worked until they implemented it in 4.3. so this was what happened when it was launched:

ms1 (40 focus, the arrows are still on their way so they don't proc a new bomb) - ms2 (costs 40 focus because the buff still isn't there because the arrows of ms1 only landed an instant ago and the server didn't reward the buff yet) - bomb of ms1 procs - sad hunter - ms3 (20 focus)
so basically, nearly every other ms was without bombardement, which was of course a huge nerf.
the good thing about the "new" old mechanic is, spamming MS on few adds might already be viable if they live long enough to compensate for the initial 40 focus costs. you don't need to worry about not critting every MS (the fewer targets there are, the lower the chance of a crit which means a bomb refresh) as the buff will hold 5 secs nontheless.

Originally Posted by Skroesec

Star Wars is out and Blizzard puts this in.They're like the building sailing ships in the age of cruise missiles and aircraft carriers.

Comparing a patch to a brand new game.... Seems logical.........