Patch 4.0.1 - PTR Build 13131

[Boubouille]

Patch 4.0.1 - PTR Build 13131
The test realms have been updated with a new PTR build, this build is tagged as (Release) and seems to be a release candidate for live servers, it's a very small patch with only a few changes to spell data. You can still expect the patch on October 5th or 12th as far as I'm concerned.

Achievements Changes
A couple of beta achievements have been updated and some of the "old" achievements have been reverted to fit the 4.0.1 environment (you have to kill Thrall in Orgrimmar instead of Garrosh, etc ...). Blizzard is definitely polishing for live release.

Guild Achievements - Raids & Dungeons

• Call of the Crusade - Guild Edition now requires you to defeat every boss in ToC Heroic instead of just Anub'arak.

Raids & Dungeons

• Crushing Bones and Cracking Skulls now requires you to kill 3 Angered Earth elementals, down from 10.
• Arrested Development now requires you to kill Corla before any Zealot becomes evolved.
• Don't Need to Break Eggs to Make an Omelet now requires you to kill Erudax without letting a Faceless Corruptor hatch.
• Heroic: Omnitron Council is now named the Golem Council.

General

• The Keymaster - Obtain the keys listed below.

Quests

• Don't Want No Zombies on My Lawn now requires you to survive 25 waves, up from 15.
• Bloom and Doom is now a Feat of Strength

Spell Changes
This is a 4.0.1 build and beta is 4.0.3, I strongly suggest that you do not consider these changes as upcoming beta changes, they might be 4.0.1 only. (A couple of changes from the latest beta build have been reverted)

Druid (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Balance

• Dreamstate Rank 1 now restores 15% of your total mana, up from 10%.
• Overgrowth is gone.

Feral

• Stampede Ravage effect now lasts 10 sec, up from 8 sec.

Hunter (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Marksmanship

• Aimed Shot now scales from 31% of Ranged AP, up from 26%.

Beast Mastery

• Focus Fire now has a 15 sec cooldown, down from 30 sec.

Mage (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Frost

• Ring of Frost now has a 3 min cooldown, up from 2 min.

Paladin (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Holy

• Speed of Light now grants 10/20% spell haste, up from 5/10%. Now grants 20/40% movement speed, up from 10/20%.
• Infusion of Light now has an additional effect, Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy Shock by 5/10%.

Protection

• Judgements of the Wise now grants you 30% of your base mana over 10 sec, up from 25%.

Priest (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Discipline

• Power Word: Barrier is now instant cast, down from 0.5 sec cast.
• Atonement now heals for 50/100% of the damage dealt, up from 40/80%.

Shadow

• Shadowy Apparition base damage increased by 700%. (From 62.5 to 500)

Holy

• Prayer of Healing now has a 2.5 sec cast time, down from 3 sec.

Shaman (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Elemental

• Stoneclaw Totem now has a 20 sec cooldown, down from 30 sec.

[Vongimi]

Awesome! Love the change to PW:B, it was odd using at .5 second cast time (lol had it interrupted once... it sucked... with 25% haste even)

[Simca]

Good holy paladin buffs.

Are you sure there are no Ret Paladin changes, Boub? Most Rets are reporting a significant (2k+) DPS increase this patch.

Maybe it was just bug fixes, who knows.

[Evilmoo]

what do you mean overgrowth is gone? Oo

[taz030485]

EDIT: I miss read it :P Disregard

[Skvadrin]

sounds good to me!

[zarbus]

not much just buffing a spell by 700% how about you

[Merham]

They took aoe root away?! You kidding me? >.<

[Keosen]

Shadow

* Shadowy Apparition base damage increased by 700%. (From 62.5 to 500)

Holy shit, this thing already was hitting too hard while dotting and running, i could easily pull 11k with SWP-run-tab-SWP-tab

[Penegal]

What about Warrior changes :? I read their DPS is currently close to none, people deny them Heroic Dungeon and Raid spots.

[Tals]

Good holy paladin buffs.

Are you sure there are no Ret Paladin changes, Boub? Most Rets are reporting a significant (2k+) DPS increase this patch.

Maybe it was just bug fixes, who knows.

That's from the Exorcism and Two Hand Spec changes in the last build.

[Deleted]

If the PTR is release version then i really think its 5th october!

[dadou131988]

If the PTR is release version then i really think its 5th october!

Yeah well I really hope they are not going to make EU wait a week longer...

I have to ask, where are the racial changes?
I'm pretty sure they promised us that all races would get revamped racials...
Or am I wrong?

[furydeath]

WoW that 2 min CD for Ring of Frost didnt' last long.

[WaitingforSWTOR]

overgrowth is gone

fuck

[ruga]

I wonder if we could get them to name one of their Patches "(boubstoptellingoursecrets)" :P

[Simca]

Holy shit, this thing already was hitting too hard while dotting and running, i could easily pull 11k with SWP-run-tab-SWP-tab

It's just base damage though, so it's only going to hit around 500 damage harder.

[Garnik]

inb4 "zomg druids is bad now, gonna play my mage instead since druids is bad lulz!"

[Deleted]

Holy shit, this thing already was hitting too hard while dotting and running, i could easily pull 11k with SWP-run-tab-SWP-tab

Spriests on beta were complaining about low DPS. Looks like you're winning on the fact that Blizzard listens to QQ!

If the ETA is 5th October, then the PTR will go down tonight or tomorrow.

[Tezmata]

The priest class changes seem to always be all buffs or all nerfs. Nice to see that the "release" patch is all buffs, and some pretty hearty ones! Instant PW:B seems to fit very well, as does the lowered cooldown on Prayer of Healing (easier to maintain its Chakra state). Atonement is a tiny tweak but its going to put it at just the right place. Shadowy Apparition is a little strange. People were noticing it already had pretty high DPS, so this is an unexpected change. I haven't done much testing as a shadow priest on the PTR, so that may have mostly been from multi-dotting Target Dummies.