Patch 4.1 Notes - February 28 Update

[Vasz]

Flurry haste bonus has been doubled to 16/32/50%.

Erm ..... come again?!!?!

[ReeL]

I can't wait to hear all of the crying from druids..
What I'm really confused about is why on earth is shield bash being removed?

*pummel is now useable in all stances.
That's why.

That's actually a buff to buff fury and arms in pvp, seing as if they now go defensive stance just to intervene or disarm, thus not equipping a shield, they can faster interrupt a cast if needed while being in defensive with no shield equipped

[Prag]

I can completely understand the gold change on Magtheridon but why Kazzak and Karazhan? On my server I get to see Kazzak maybe once a month and Karazhan takes a bit of time to get through the place, why the hell are they taking out the fun ways of getting gold...am I supposed to play the auction house? Am I supposed to squeeze every copper out of everything while holding down and beating the new players so they immediately know that nobody is ever supposed to have fun when gold is involved?

WoW is a game of options, several ways of getting experience, several ways of obtaining items, several ways of getting gold...and now they're going to mess with the only fun way. *very annoyed*

I 100% agree with this.

Buying low and selling high is somehow more acceptable than going back to instances that are just gathering dust.

If I were a game designer, I'd want people to want to still see the work that took hundreds of hours, even if it's just for a tiny chunk of gold.

They can nerf whatever class abilities they want in the name of balance, but nerfing fun for the sake of nerfing it is ridiculous. Did they really expect people to get by on 25 Dailies x 16g per day? iLvl 346 Blues go for 4k+ on US-Illidan (listed as Full). iLvl359 epics go for upwards of 48k (Fury of Angerforge trinket as an example) or 60k (BOE Caster cloak).

They're basically saying: Play the AH, buy your gold or forever be poor.

[Xayla]

Arrrrh, stop with combat rezes, I'm sick of paying repair bills 2 times per fight !

Die less noob!

[Rukh]

Also, wow people. Worked up much about a PTR update? I can understand comments like 'I don't think that will work well I hope it doesn't go live' or 'I understand why they're nerfing our AoE like every other class but I hope they give us a buff' etc, but 'WTF BLAZZARD I'M CANCELLING MY ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOUR CHANGE ON PTR', its like really? Over a PTR change??? You could see "patch update: all shadowpriest abilities are being nerfed by 50%, it doesn't mean its going live nor that its effecting you.

[Prag]

Also, wow people. Worked up much about a PTR update? I can understand comments like 'I don't think that will work well I hope it doesn't go live' or 'I understand why they're nerfing our AoE like every other class but I hope they give us a buff' etc, but 'WTF BLAZZARD I'M CANCELLING MY ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOUR CHANGE ON PTR', its like really? Over a PTR change??? You could see "patch update: all shadowpriest abilities are being nerfed by 50%, it doesn't mean its going live nor that its effecting you.

I'm certainly not going to quit over any realistic change they make, but in defense of the people you're mocking, I can count on one hand the number of major PTR changes have been reverted since Wrath.

So, yeah it's probably easy for you to say "Get over it, it's a PTR and it might not go live", but in reality, the chances of them NOT going live are slim. I can also see how people get tired of seeing the rapid ups-and-downs of their class. It just pushes FOTM rerolls when your Class is constantly going from top of the chart potential to barely worth a raid slot.

[Inhumase]

What the fu*k? Why are they nerfing Disc Priest again?

absolutly agree m8. disc priest is inadaptable in pvp. bloody sh!t.

[amielle]

Makes me happy my account is going inactive now - nerfing boomkins again? Really? WHY?

[talrob]

Thought it had been a while since they buffed their 'hero class.' Lets give them battle rez and buff their silly aoe damage spell (ok I know the aoe damage is the same but it was already nuts now its more favourable on single targets also).

- Jealous shadow priest

[Kuja]

Aura Mastery: This ability no longer increases the benefit granted by Crusader Aura.

Is it just me or wasn't that change made already? o_o dejavu!

[Freia]

To be honest, the devs must have gotten their lunch money taken by druids on several occasions. God forbid a class that can actually beat a Frost Mage.[COLOR="red"]

Several classes can beat frost mages. Spriests, dks, sub rogues, Warlocks, anyone with a dispeller on them since mages have no dispel protection. Stop complaining about them.

Powerword:Barrier nerf....really? They need to redesign the spell. It is a small area that you need to have people stack under for it to be effective. It is so situational, the nerf is not needed. Lets nerf the absorbs and damage mitigation of a spec that relies on them to be effective.

[kukuluku]

i don't like the spell reflection nerf as warrior tank V_V

[kaskadereno]

Woo hoo they are nerfing Spell Reflect FINALLY! That will be a weight lifted off my shoulders! 25 sec CD is balanced. And Shield Bash is gone. Frickin awesome. GJ Blizz.

[Luminar]

Flying in Ghostlands!! YAY! Next: Draenei and Blood Elf starting zones! *crosses fingers*

Unfortunately, I don't think they'll be updating flying for Eversong Woods or Azuremyst + Bloodmyst Isles. There's not really a reason to, actually. If you're Alliance, when's the last time you went to Exodar on a character with flying? I myself haven't been to Exodar since I leveled my Draenei Warrior. Same with Horde and Silvermoon.

The main reason they updated flying for Ghostlands is, due to the Zul'Aman revamp, people who have flying will begin going through that area again and it would be a step back in time to have flight taken away in that area.

[McNeil]

Shield bash removed?? That was one of my favorite abilitys!!!!!

[Karnige]

why are people crying about the nerfs? It's just to balance the game.

[zoktar]

hmm well no more raise ally in 25mans i guess.

[Myah]

If they're gonna keep nerfing Priest's Shields, they really should give us something new =~

[kojinshugi]

Flame Leviathan: 160g
Magtheridon: 500g
Gruul the Dragonkiller: 250g
Doom Lord Kazzak: 500g
Karazhan: 418+ gold

Grand Total: 1828+ gold in around 2+hrs

Like working the AH doesn't make thousands more in the same amount of time.

Working the AH doesn't introduce any new gold into the economy.

Blizzard doesn't care how much gold you have, they care about how much of it you create.

[Kitoya]

The gold amounts on the following encounters have been substantially reduced: Flame Leviathan, Magtheridon, Gruul the Dragonkiller, Doom Lord Kazzak, and all encounters in Karazhan.

OMFG??? for real they are accualy worried ppl farm gold there?? maybe they should worrie about bugs more.... like the Rep achievement for guilds...but no they worrie about gold sure....