PTR 3.2 - Build 10147, Background Downloader

[Boubouille]

Update - Nothing happened on PTRs tonight, we can assume that the testing is indeed on Monday.

PTR Patch 3.2 - Build 10147
Another minor build, the live release is definitely getting closer.

TCG Mounts Changes
As I posted earlier this week, it seems that the Trading Card Mounts Bind on Pickup Removal is intended, all the spells used by the server to "create" the mounts in the player inventory have been changed and now point to new items.

This is probably to end all the scams going on with these mounts. I guess you will just get one mount for each code now, and will be able to use it or sell it at the auction house if you want to.

Spell Comparison

Death Knight (3.1 Skills List / 3.1 Talent + Glyph Calc.)
Blood

• Blood Strike now has its total damage increased by 12.5% for each of your diseases on the target. (Down from 25%)

Hunter (3.1 Skills List / 3.1 Talent + Glyph Calc.)
Survival

• Explosive Trap now lasts for 30 sec. (Down from 1 min)

Paladin (3.1 Skills List / 3.1 Talent + Glyph Calc.)
Holy

• Exorcism now deals damage to any enemy target instead of non-player enemy targets only.

PTR Raid and Dungeon Testing (July 25)

Here's the current schedule for Trial of the Crusader PTR testing:

On the European test realms:

Faction Champions – Monday Night, July 25, starting at 19:00 CEST. Normal and Heroic.

Some of the tests will have multiple bosses and difficulties available for testing, as noted above.

We’re going to try and have Test Patchwerks (Tank and DPS versions) available in the Argent Coliseum for testing. Instead of the previous tank test patchwerk that increased melee damage over time, the 3.2 tank test patchwerk will just hit VERY hard (as hard as Algalon) all the time to allow for more lengthy sustained tank parses. We're always interested in seeing combat logs and parses for all raid testing on the PTR, but especially test patchwerk logs. These are extremely helpful to our class team.

This schedule could change at a moment's notice due to server, bug, or patch status. I'll try to keep everyone informed as much as possible. The Trial of the Crusader and the bosses to be tested will remain also open a variable length of time. How long they stay open depends upon a host of factors including designer availability, bug status, etc. These bosses are very much a work in progress, and this is a test server.

Second part of Patch 3.2 available on Background Downloader
Another part of the patch is available on the background downloader, make sure you launch it to download as much as possible before the live release of the patch!

[Phresh]

Damn, that's not much >

[Dalinth]

Finally, no more TCG scamming... that should save some GM headaches.

[Narit]

now i can buy TCG cards with out fear!

[Sollace]

So in the end they took away the one (there might have been more) dps buff for dks? Def time to lvl my shaman.

[Marvdatboi]

lol, guess it's time to save up for a tcg mount.

[ensane_pl]

Does the same change apply to TGC tabards i.e. tabard of flame becoming trade-able like the mounts?

[DrRight]

With this being a very minor update, and the announcement about the drakes not going away, are we going to see this patch in....say... two weeks already?

[Gore123]

With this being a very minor update, and the announcement about the drakes not going away, are we going to see this patch in....say... two weeks already?

No.

[Varicose]

With this being a very minor update, and the announcement about the drakes not going away, are we going to see this patch in....say... two weeks already?

Don't know about 2 weeks...I'd say in about a month.

[rainCZ]

Too much changes

[Celebronde]

How do you access the background downloader?

[Suicidal Zebra]

Undocumented: Crusader Strike, Divine Storm and Judgement no longer interact in any way with SoV, they neither add to the DoT stack nor proc the 33% direct damage when 5 stacks have been applied. Hammer of Righteousness is unaffected.

CS, DS and Judgement still interact in the same way as previously with SoCommand.

[deathonabun]

Ok. So I have a question and I'm wondering if anyone can answer this with any certainty. Is there any inidication whether or not TCG mounts currently in the inventory of players on live will become BoE when the patch goes live? ...or will they stay soulbound?

[Luciferstwin]

In your wow folder there is an .exe program names background downloader.

That's the one

Background downloader isnt working. I have mine set to download while playing and after, and ever tried running the .exe....no go.

[zaphon]

Ok. So I have a question and I'm wondering if anyone can answer this with any certainty. Is there any inidication whether or not TCG mounts currently in the inventory of players on live will become BoE when the patch goes live? ...or will they stay soulbound?

I'm going to spend a few hundred gold and take a chance. I have both the Spectral Tiger and Magic Rooster on live, so why not. But I'm guessing the answer is going to be no.

[Firebug]

Yay! bait and switch the frost dps dks!
You nerf frost dps spec to the ground, but say its ok because they are buffing blood strike to 50% bonus damage per disease! Then 25%! Then back to 12.5% like it was before, but we still have the frost nerfs!

[deathonabun]

I'm going to spend a few hundred gold and take a chance. I have both the Spectral Tiger and Magic Rooster on live, so why not. But I'm guessing the answer is going to be no.

I have all of them but the turtle (which is still going to be bop for some reason?). What's really interesting is that the spectral isn't even unique... meaning if you knew for sure they would become boe, you could make a killing by buying as many as you could carry.

I've already bought a few of the mounts on a just-in-case basis, and I'm going to DL the PTR and do a character copy to see what that does.

[zaphon]

I have all of them but the turtle (which is still going to be bop for some reason?). What's really interesting is that the spectral isn't even unique... meaning if you knew for sure they would become boe, you could make a killing by buying as many as you could carry.

I've already bought a few of the mounts on a just-in-case basis, and I'm going to DL the PTR and do a character copy to see what that does.

I'll answer it for you. If you buy a few and do a character copy, they become BoE. I'm guessing this will get changed before live, but I'm with you. I'm going to sink a few hundred gold and buy a few and see what happens. If I knew for sure, I've got a ton of money sitting in my guild bank that I could use to literally fill up a tab or two of my guild bank with mounts.

[Deleted]

Does the same change apply to TGC tabards i.e. tabard of flame becoming trade-able like the mounts?

Only the mounts.