Patch 4.1 PTR Notes - March 9 Update

Glyphs
* Glyph of Mend Pet is now Glyph of Greater Proportion, which increases the size of the pet slightly.

Cooooooollllllll....

Hunter Bug Fixes
* Distracting Shot and Multi-Shot are now properly 40-yard range.
* Multi-Shot now properly has a 1-second global cooldown.

Nice. Although the Multi-Shot Cooldown seems HORRIBLE if you're not Survival. But I'm egocentrically happy, as I am.

Mage
* Blizzard damage has been increased by 70%.

My alt mage still not in level cap, but I had a feeling that Blizzard sucked. 70%, WOW, that's more than proof enough.

Discipline
* The direct damage portion of Holy Fire can now trigger Evangelism.

SWEEEEEETAH! That feels SO right.

" * The Dungeon Finder now attempts to avoid putting damage-dealing classes with the same armor type in a group"

But... I LIKE running with Hunters on my Shaman.

Still no Ret Paladin changes... was hoping for any WOG adjustments...

" * The Dungeon Finder now attempts to avoid putting damage-dealing classes with the same armor type in a group"

But... I LIKE running with Hunters on my Shaman.

Well, if you're ENHANCEMENT Shaman, I think you'll be instead EVEN happier. If you're ELEMENTAL, I HOPE you'll NOT be considered as the same armor-class as Hunters.

Another Mage buff? Still buffing the top dps calss? WTF is wrong with you?

Originally Posted by Buu

Well, if you're ENHANCEMENT Shaman, I think you'll be instead EVEN happier. If you're ELEMENTAL, I HOPE you'll NOT be considered as the same armor-class as Hunters.

Even as Enhancement I like having hunters with me, the amount of control and CC they can provide to a flagging group is worth a lot more to me than any potential loot conflicts might detract (and I don't really need heroic gear anymore anyway), and also the buffs they provide are complementary to mine. I'd rather have a successful run where I don't get loot than a run where the uncontested loot doesn't even drop because the group fails.

And, I don't know if it will count or not for Ele, I read it to mean "Cloth/leather/mail/plate", didn't think it would distinguish "int mail vs. agi mail" but given that that distinction IS coded into the need roll ability, it is a possibility.

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

Restoration

* Malfurion's Gift now reduces the cooldown of Tranquility by 2.5/5 minutes.

Does this mean Omen of Clarity gets replaced?

1-New Dungeon finder is great way towards fixing the queues... Allhailjah!

2-AoE buffs: First scaled to the ground, now slowly buffed back so we have the delusion that its our gear+skill, and not Blizzard maneuvres+control over game

3-Flag cap is being shortened, so the average fking sap-blind-polymorph-cyclone-trap-whatever cap on your face while you ragexplode on /bg

4-Wiping happiness can be summarized with a song: "down down down, dumbingdumbing down down down, duuumbingdumbing dooown uoooouoooh"

Originally Posted by Gotai

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

Restoration

* Malfurion's Gift now reduces the cooldown of Tranquility by 2.5/5 minutes.

Does this mean Omen of Clarity gets replaced?

If i remember from a previous set of notes this was supposed 2 be added as an extra and not replace.

Mages definitely needed buffing..... Let's all roll Mage >.<

I wonder what the next Hunter change is? Instant taming? No need to ice trap that pesky elite you want to tame.. just click it and click tame and viola, it's yours.

And the res change. What I find odd is how it's taken them so long to do that. So many corpse runs. I wonder what the argument against it was for all these years and now suddenly it's possible. Makes me wonder if Blizzard have had a major change of heart in regards to certain 'features' and now any change is possible. Makes me nervous. Either they're doing it because they simply want to please the player base... or they're doing it because the player base is vanishing rapidly.

Arcane buffs! They're sweet....but probably won't bring it up to fire's standard yet.

Originally Posted by Afakaz

But... I LIKE running with Hunters on my Shaman.

And I don't like running with Shaman on my Hunter. They need on all my god damn gear and nearly always win. :/

And thank you Blizzard for making our pets at last feel even more soulless than they already were when you took out the nice little pet loyalty system.

Originally Posted by lanerios

Hey guys!

I heard people liked hunters. Let's destroy that foolish idea! Let's remove their resources first by removing the need for arrows/ bullets. But wait! It's not enough! Let's remove the pet loyalty system as well, because you know it requires active brain cells!

I've played a hunter for years and sick and tired of such useless changes. Stop dumbing the game down blizzard >_>

Oh yes, bloodthirsty and/or glyph of mend pet were totally rocket science. And don't get me started on buying 40k arrows once a week, man, I feel like I should get grade in quantum physics for that.

There it is. They have finally removed any sort of depth from Hunter's. No more ammo, no more fun spells, only spell you need for a pet is Tame Pet. They went from being an interesting and in depth class with meaning and a lot of fun mechanics to a guy that stands there shooting. Why not just get rid of pets all together. Remove everything but auto shoot. There ya go, a Hunter.

---------- Post added 2011-03-10 at 12:41 AM ----------

Originally Posted by gorelather

Hahahaha. I remember when I first rolled a hunter. I figured I wouldn't need to constantly feed my pet because no other mmo I've played has had that retarded feature. Fast forward a few hours and my fluffy little wolf has ran away. Wtf? I haven't rolled a hunter since. That was some seriously flawed and un-fun design, and I'm glad it completely dead now

Wtf is the point then? It's an RPG. You are supposed to be playing the role of your character. This game is getting to be so damn automated now that there is absolutely no depth to anything now. Just click this button for phat lewts. I enjoyed feeding my pet. Animals usually need food to stay alive, and having a pet that was Level 6 best friend meant alot. I've had the same cat since I started playing.

Originally Posted by ilo

Oh yes, bloodthirsty and/or glyph of mend pet were totally rocket science. And don't get me started on buying 40k arrows once a week, man, I feel like I should get grade in quantum physics for that.

aaaw is fluffy angry? Did I insult fluffy? It's so cute! /care

The pet system, the arrows. It made hunters unique. What are you now? Random petclass X. Taurous has the right idea. It removed what made hunter, a hunter. But I guess a silly fanboy can't see that. It's cute though, it really thinks it's witty.

Player Base: "Arms burst in PvP is WAY too strong!"

Blizzard: "Kay, we buff Arms mastery nao."

Player Base: *Rolls eyes*

I do not, just do not understand why people are against the removal of pet happiness. It has been a complete non issue for an entire expansion now, just requiring you to spam Mend Pet. This is something they should have done ages ago. Pet happiness doesn't add anything to the game.

And those of you who say the new glyph is useless have no sense of fun. I for one will love carting around giant pets.

Pet happiness - this didnt exist ever since 3.0, hunters had certain talents that increased it automatically and most importantly Glyph of Mend Pet, every tick of the HoT increased pet's happiness slightly. Dramaqueens, this ruins the game? omg

Ressing corpses gone - yay! Only took 6 years

Dungeon finder categorizing DPSers by armour - awesome. Also it might, finally, force at least some of those damn plate DPSers to tank or heal because I assume plate DPS queue will be insane - you barely see non plate hybrid (priest, shaman, druid) in a DPS role but when it comes DPS DK/Warr/Paladin you have usually 2 in each group.

Why i have a feeling that "fix" to Lash of Pain will somehow result in a nerf on live ?

Kinda tipical for blizzard , instead of buffing Felguards single target damage they are "fixing" Succubus to make it less worthy...