Patch 5.4 PTR - Build 17153

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Update (12:50 AM EST): Cleaned up some of the spell changes notes.
Update (8:20 PM EST): Zarhym confirmed that they are exploring the possibility of adding a way for players in certain regions to make purchases directly within the game.
Update (4:30 PM EST): Added Mage Season 14.
Update (4:15 PM EST): Added Paladin Tier 16.
Update (3:45 PM EST): Added Druid Tier 16 and new items.
Update (3:15 PM EST): Added Rogue Tier 16 and Blizzard Store spell.
Update (3:05 PM EST): Added a few more new models.
Update (2:45 PM EST): Added legendary cloaks.
Update (2:40 PM EST): Added new client strings and new icons.
Update (2:30 PM EST): Added Resto Shaman blue post.
Update (2:15 PM EST): Added new NPC models.

Patch 5.4 PTR - Build 17153
Build 17153 will be deployed to the PTR realms soon.

Double Experience In Game Store Buff
A spell for an item to double experience with an "In Game Store" note has appeared. Keep in mind that this does not mean it will be in the US or EU stores, or any store at all!



Legendary Cloaks
The legendary cloaks are here!

Level Type Spec Slot Name
600BackTankBack Qian-Le, Courage of Niuzao
600BackTankBack Qian-Ying, Fortitude of Niuzao
600BackMeleeBack Gong-Lu, Strength of Xuen
600BackSpell SpiritBack Jina-Kang, Kindness of Chi-Ji
600BackPhysical DPSBack Fen-Yu, Fury of Xuen
600BackSpell DPSBack Xing-Ho, Breath of Yu'lon




Tier 16 Armor Sets



Season 14 Mage Armor Set



New Models




New Icons








Strings Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
  • PROJECTED_CONQUEST_CAP - Projected Conquest Cap
  • REALM_SEPARATORS - -@#*
  • WHO_TAG_EXACT - x-



New Items
There were too many new items in this build to list here individually!


Level Type Slot Name
90Junk Vicious War Saddle
90Junk Vicious Saddle
1Other Treasures of the Vale
40Mount Reins of the Vicious Warsaber
40Mount Reins of the Vicious Skeletal Warhorse
90Leatherworking Pattern Pattern: Drums of Rage
378Two-handed AxeTwo Hand Axe of Ordos
90Flask Enduring Elixir of Wisdom


Achievement Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Pandaria Raid
Dungeons & Raids
  • Celestial Challenge (New) Complete the trials of all four Celestials, besting them each in combat on the Timeless Isle. 10 points.
  • Double Trouble Reveal and defeat two Massive enemies in the same quadrant simultaneously and then defeat Spoils of Pandaria complete the Spoils of Pandaria encounter on Flexible, Normal, or Heroic difficulty.10 points.
  • Fire in the Hole! Stomp on 6 superheated Crawler Mines and then defeat the Iron Juggernaut in on Flexible Normal or Heroic Siege of Orgrimmar. 10 points.
  • Go Long Transfer the Mark of Anguish to 5 unique players and at least 5 unique players over a total of 250 yards in or more during a single Desperate Measures phase and then defeat the Fallen Protectors on Flexible, Normal, or Heroic difficulty. 10 points.
  • No More Tears (New) Defeat Immerseus after killing 10 Tears of the Vale.
  • None Shall Pass (New) Defeat the Amalgam of Corruption without allowing any unleashed corruption to fuse with it.
  • Now We are the Paragon (New) Defeat the Paragons after assuming the mantle of three different Paragons.
  • Ordos (New) Defeat Ordos, Fire-God of the Yaungol, atop the Timeless Isle. 10 points.
  • Return From Darkness Defeat the Sha of Pride after escaping the Sha Realm by collecting 10 Orbs of Light in Siege of Orgrimmar on Flexible, Normal or Heroic Difficulty.after no player has gained Pride from Manifestations of Pride while Norushen is alive. 10 points.
  • Strike! (New) Kill 18 Kor'kron Warbringers with Iron Star Impact and then defeat Garrosh.
  • The Immortal Vanguard (New) Defeat Galakras in the Siege of Orgrimmar without having allowed a single friendly NPC to perish in battle on Flexible, Normal, or Heroic difficulty. 10 points.

Rated Battleground
Player vs. Player
  • Hero of the Alliance End a PvP season in the top 0.5% of the rated battleground ladder (requires 50 games played won in the current season). Title Reward: Hero of the Alliance. 10 points.
  • Hero of the Horde End a PvP season in the top 0.5% of the rated battleground ladder (requires 50 games played won in the current season). Title Reward: Hero of the Horde. 10 points.



Resto Shaman - 5.4 Issues and Concerns
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We do have more changes coming for Resto Shaman in 5.4, which you should be seeing on the PTR soon (though possibly not in the next build). However, since we’ve got a long weekend coming up here at the office due to the holiday, we wanted to let you know about a couple changes we’re going to try out for Healing Tide Totem.

First, it’s no longer a talent. Healing Tide Totem is now baseline, available to all three Shaman specs. As you’re all aware, it’s an extremely useful ability, which makes it difficult for us to provide alternative options in that talent tier. Giving Healing Tide to everyone not only lets us work on making that tier more interesting, but it also makes sure no one is missing out on one of Resto’s more powerful tools by selecting the “wrong” talent.

Second, now that Healing Tide is a baseline ability, we feel it’s acceptable to give it a similar treatment to Tranquility or Divine Hymn in 25-man raids. It will now heal up to 12 targets when in a 25-player raid instance (and remains at 5 targets in other content).

There are several other changes still in discussion (such as what we’ll be replacing Healing Tide with in the talent tree, just as one example), but we wanted to at least share what we could before the weekend. We’re hoping to get at least some of them onto the PTR in one of the next builds. Please keep up the constructive feedback – it’s extremely useful!

Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Mounts

Item Set Bonuses
PvP
  • Fortitude Reduces all damage taken by 10%. Instant. Increases Resilence by 2,600.

Death Knight (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

Druid (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
  • Item - Druid T16 Feral 4P Bonus Tiger's Fury generates 5 combo points. After using Tiger's Fury, your next finishing move will restore 5 combo points on your current target after being used.

Mage (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
  • Item - Mage T16 2P Bonus Arcane Missiles causes your next Arcane Blast within 10 sec to cost 25% less mana, stacking up to 4 times. Consuming Brain Freeze increases the damage of your next Frost spell by 0% Ice Lance, Frostbolt, Frostfire Bolt, or Cone of Cold by 20%. Consuming Pyroblast! increases your haste by 750 for 4 5 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

Monk (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

Rogue (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
  • Item - Rogue T16 2P Bonus When you generate a combo point from Revealing Strike's effect, Honor Among Thieves, or Seal Fate, your next combo point generating ability has its energy cost reduced by 5 15. Stacks up to 5 times.
  • Item - Rogue T16 4P Bonus Killing Spree deals 10% more damage every time it strikes a target. Abilities against a target with Vendetta on it increase your mastery by 250 for 5 sec, stacking up to 20 times. Every 4 Backstabs, your Backstab is replaced time you backstab, you have a 4% chance to replaced your Backstab with Ambush that can be used regardless of Stealth.

Shaman (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

Hunter (Forums, Talent Calculator)
  • Explosive Trap base damage halved and AP scaling reduced by 30%. DoT base damage and AP scaling reduced by 15% and 30% respectively.

Monk (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Talents

Brewmaster

Windwalker

Priest (Forums, Talent Calculator)

Talents

Shaman (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Talents
  • Conductivity now increases Healing Rain's duration by 3 sec, up from 1.

Warlock (Forums, Talent Calculator)
  • Seed of Corruption no longer lists SP scaling in the tooltip.
  • Soul Swap has been reworked to copy DoTs, see the tooltip for the new spell details.

Talents

Affliction
  • Nightfall now has a 10% proc chance from damage from your most recent Corruption, rather than a 5% proc chance from Corruption.
  • Seed of Corruption no longer lists SP scaling in the tooltip.
  • Soul Swap has been reworked to copy DoTs, see the tooltip for the new spell details. [/ins]

Warrior (Forums, Talent Calculator)

Arms
  • Slam no longer hits the main target with the cleave component of the damage.

Racials
Worgen
  • All Worgen racials now list a level 10 requirement to use, except Running Wild, which lists level 20.

Professions
Blacksmithing

Cooking
  • Mango Ice Cooking. 2 sec cast. Reagents: Juicycrunch Carrot (2). Aged Balsamic Vinegar, Fresh Mangos (5).
  • PH Cooking. 2 sec cast. Reagents: Juicycrunch Carrot (2). Ancient Pandaren Spices, Fresh Pomfruit (5).
  • PH Cooking. 2 sec cast. Reagents: Juicycrunch Carrot (2). Aged Balsamic Vinegar, Fresh Strawberries, Fresh Shao-Tien Rice (2).
  • PH Cooking. 2 sec cast. Reagents: Juicycrunch Carrot (2). Ancient Pandaren Spices, Delicate Blossom Petals (5).
  • PH Cooking. 2 sec cast. Reagents: Juicycrunch Carrot (2). Aged Mogu'shan Cheese, Fresh Silkfeather Hawk Eggs (5).
  • PH Cooking. 2 sec cast. Reagents: Juicycrunch Carrot (2). Aged Mogu'shan Cheese, Fresh Lushroom (5).

Engineering
  • Jard's Peculiar Energy Source Create a peculiar energy source from Ghost Iron Bars. This can only be done once a day. Engineering. 2 sec cast. 1 sec cooldown. Reagents: Ghost Iron Bar (10).Tools: Arclight Spanner.
  • Pierre Engineering. 10 sec cast. Reagents: Jard's Peculiar Energy Source (15), Living Steel (15). Tools: Blacksmith Hammer.Arclight Spanner.

Inscription

Leatherworking

Tailoring

Raid & Dungeon Abilities
  • Amber Blast Inflicts 150,000 Physical damage to a random player Unlimited range. 2 sec cast.
  • Blaze of Gory Wildfire explodes, dealing 100,000 Fire damage. Instant. 1 Fire damage. Instant.
  • Corrosive Blast Inflicts 600,000 Inflicts 0 Shadow damage and increases Shadow damage taken by 100% for 45 sec. Stacks. Unlimited range. 2 sec cast. 3 sec cast.
  • Fly-by Attack (New) The Paragon Swarmer charges one of the furthest enemies, causing 200,000 Physical damage to all targets in the path. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Ground Slam (New) Korvok slams into the ground causing 75,000 damage to all players within 25 yards. In addition all players are knocked back. 25 yd range. 1 sec cast.
  • Pass Judgment A brutal strike that deals weapon damage and stuns the opponent for 3 1.5 sec. Requires Melee Weapon. 10 yd range. Instant.
  • Poison Blast (New) Shoots poison at enemies, inflicting 85,000 Nature damage, then additional 100,000 damage every 3 seconds for 12 sec. Unlimited range. 1 sec cast.
  • Resonating Amber Instant. Deals 100,000 Physical damage while near a Resonating Amber. Instant.
  • Restrictive Measures Unlimited range. Instant. Restricts the use of Calamity, Clash, Noxious Poison and Instant Poison when present. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Sha Smash Inflicts 4,000,000 Physical damage split amongst all enemies in a frontal cone. Unlimited range. 3 sec cast. 25 yd range. 3 sec cast.
This article was originally published in forum thread: Patch 5.4 PTR - Build 17153 started by chaud View original post
Published on 2013-07-03 05:58 PM
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  1. Shampro's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Shudder View Post
    If that goes in the store it's pay to win and I'm hitting the cancel button.
    Roflmao

    idiot


    [Infracted]
  1. Landrid's Avatar
    How naïve people are not over reacting to the exp buff thing.

    Sure this is not pay to win but it is a way of blizzard moving ever closer to that format of free to play and the swarm of micro transactions.

    Be sensible people this is a crappy thing for blizzard to be doing. It should rather be a buff for those who have already leveled like 5 alts and are bored with the process.
  1. Malackai's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kazlofski View Post
    I saw it in 3D in wowhead... It sorta seemed very small no? Like a druid flight form...
    Getting a nagging feeling it might be a new druid glyph to alter the flight form. just like they did with the orca glyph and the stag glyph :S
  1. Shaley's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Malackai View Post
    Getting a nagging feeling it might be a new druid glyph to alter the flight form. just like they did with the orca glyph and the stag glyph :S
    Incredibly unlikely. It's the same skeleton as Proto-Drakes/Firelands Firehawk mounts.
  1. Shudder's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Methusula View Post
    I really don't see the logic in calling faster leveling pay to win.
    That's what it's called. Free to play games have stuff like this. We already pay a subscription. Someone with more money than me should NOT have an advantage in the game over me. Judging by the outrage starting on the main forums about this I won't be the only one cancelling their sub. Next quarter numbers should be hilarious. They just keep digging that hole.
  1. NatePsy's Avatar


    Sweeeeet, looks like platewearers get Garrosh' shoulders.
  1. artem123's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Methusula View Post
    It damn well better. We are imbuing our cloaks with "legendary power". The proc should cover the stat difference tenfold.

    - - - Updated - - -

    That Storm crow does look pretty badass once you see it in 3D. It has to be the heroic Garrosh drop.
    There's also a iron juggernaut mount icon, which fits the theme more compared to the crow. You could always hope.
    You know, the scorpion thing thats got all those weapons on it
  1. Wilhelm137's Avatar
    For those wondering about the skeletal warhorse and nightsaber they are 100% confirmed to be from pvp and it's highly likely they will not be from rbgs.

    @mumper Need more rbg mounts....said no one ever. Really hope the warhorse and nightsaber are from bgs/arena and not rbg.

    Cory Stockton ‏@mumper 24m
    @Wilhelm116 They are for a wider PVP audience.
  1. Nutri's Avatar
    I hate leveling so much, I'd pay for that Elixir.

    Full looms plus this thing, that'd be a huge QoL improvement to me.
  1. Dravelar's Avatar
    It's funny how the exp buff is not even close to being confirmed and people are already going crazy over it
  1. Shudder's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Dravelar View Post
    It's funny how the exp buff is not even close to being confirmed and people are already going crazy over it
    So should we wait for everything to go live before giving feedback? When they said they were thinking about putting our real names in the forums should we have just waited for that to happen before freaking out? You bitch now so they can see it's a bad idea and remove it. Not hard to understand. Look at xbone.
  1. tankbug's Avatar
    If the shoulders of Garrosh could be worn (which I doubt), it would make up for the total catastrophe that the tier 16 warrior set is.

    Except for the scrolls, the paladin tier looks terrific. Dat helmet...
  1. Kuja's Avatar
    Finally some useful store items. I will buy a stack or two instantly. Leveling alts is sooo boring :x That is assuming it will even go live. :/
  1. Ahleu's Avatar
    That Druid tier looks awesome. Especially the one with the blue on it.
  1. Flower Milk's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Shaley View Post
    You're gonna win your way through Jade Forest and Townlong Steppes at twice the speed! God forbid that more people end up at max level to enjoy the contents of the expansion.
    But the new zones and all the quests in them are a huge part of "the contents of the expansion"...
  1. Dravelar's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Shudder View Post
    So should we wait for everything to go live before giving feedback? When they said they were thinking about putting our real names in the forums should we have just waited for that to happen before freaking out? You bitch now so they can see it's a bad idea and remove it. Not hard to understand. Look at xbone.
    The thing is,the xbone ''features'' were confirmed,this is not,and if it is true,they will reveal it before live anyways.
  1. Delete Me's Avatar
    Am I the only person who reads all the posts before adding a comment?

    As I said before: The elixir requires level 85. It's just for Pandaria.

    The leveling bonus elixir requires a level of 85.

    TLDR... how the heck can it get shorter...

    YOU HAVE TO BE LEVEL 85 TO USE THE ELIXIR THAT GRANTS 50% BONUS.

    I think that's something all of my friends and myself will greatly appreciate, as to me that is the most boring hurdle during the level up process right now.

    - - - Updated - - -

    The link for proof: http://ptr.wowdb.com/items/103557-en...ixir-of-wisdom
  1. Shudder's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Dravelar View Post
    The thing is,the xbone ''features'' were confirmed,this is not,and if it is true,they will reveal it before live anyways.
    The KJC nerf wasn't confirmed, it was datamined, locks freaked out, so they changed it. They didn't wait till it hit live. That's the whole point. We need to bitch now so they know to change it. These companies are starting to seem like little brats that keep pushing to see how much they can get away with.
  1. Chaochamp's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by foxHeart View Post
    We can't do crossrealm heirlooms cause it's like...really complicated, guiz! Oh, here's some paid experience buffs for you to tide you over while we work on the "tech". Well, if we ever get around to it. It's complicated.
    Yep. Stuff like this is why I quit WoW. If XP boosts are allowed to be purchased with real money then my absence from WoW will be finalized. It's bullshit to allow someone to pay their way through a core aspect of the game while undermining the methods already available.

    Quote Originally Posted by foxHeart View Post
    I think that's something all of my friends and myself will greatly appreciate, as to me that is the most boring hurdle during the level up process right now.
    You know Blizzard has all of the power in the world to change that correct? They are simply nickeling and diming their players to avoid artificial longevity that is completely controlled by them. It's cheap, dirty, and fueled by greed.

    Of course this is not confirmed, but words have definitions for reasons.
  1. Anyana's Avatar
    Druid tier is terrible looking sigh
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