PTR Patch 4.1 - Build 13793

Update 09:30PM CEST - It also looks like Reins of Poseidus is now an epic item, it will probably a loot from the rare NPC Poseidus in Vashj'ir.
Update 08:30PM CEST - Extinct Turtle Shell is now bound to account apparently and seems to be a potential Archaeology reward.
Update 08:00PM CEST - Added item changes/additions.
Update 07:45PM CEST - Added the final/clean version of class spells and professions changes.
Update 07:00PM CEST - Added the final/clean version of the Achievements changes.

PTR Patch 4.1 - Build 13793
A new build is finally being deployed on PTRs!

Item Changes

Originally Posted by MMO-Champion

Mounts

Winged Guardian - Blizzard Store Mount (See Blizzard Store Mount - Winged Lion)

Companion Pets

Rare Elite Monsters Loot

Misc Epic Loot

Achievements Changes

Originally Posted by MMO-Champion

Dungeons & Raids
Cataclysm Dungeon

Ring Out! will only rewarded if all players defeat Daakara without leaving the turquoise stonework.
Here, Kitty Kitty... now requires you to defeat High Priestess Kilnara after having fed 4 Temple Rats to Bethekk's Pride. Now rewards 10 points, up from 0.

Exploration
Eastern Kingdoms

Explore Silverpine Forest no longer requires you to explore The Greymann Wall
Explore Westfall no longer requires you to explore Gold Coast Quarry
Explore the Cape of Stranglethorn no longer requires you to explore The Sundering.

General

You'll Feel Right as Rain Feel 1000% better by eating Chocolate Cookies.
Represent now also includes Renowned Guild Tabard and Illustrious Guild Tabard.
Cataclysmically Delicious now only includes Cataclysm food and rewards 20 points, up from 10 points.
Drown Your Sorrows now only includes Cataclysm beverages.

Guild (bottom tab)
General

You Have Been Challenged Complete a guild challenge.
Challenging Complete 50 guild challenges.
A Difficult Challenge Complete 100 guild challenges.
Raid Challenges Complete 50 guild raid challenges.
Rated Battleground Challenges Complete 50 guild rated battleground challenges.
Dungeon Challenges Complete 50 guild dungeon challenges.

Player vs. Player
Arathi Basin

We Had It All Along *cough* now requires you to win by 50 points or less. Up from 10 points.

Battle for Gilneas

One Two Three You Don't Know About Me now requires you to assault 2 bases, down from 3.
Out of the Fog now requires you to defend 2 bases, down from 3.
Not Your Average PUG'er now requires you to defend a base 10 times by recapping the flag, down from 50.
Jugger Not now requires you to win the Battle for Gilneas by 100 points or less, up from 10 points.
Battle for Gilneas All-Star now requires you to assault and defend 1 base, down from 2.

Rated Battleground

In Service of the Horde is now Veteran of the Horde and rewards the "Veteran of the Horde" title.
Veteran of the Horde is now Warbringer of the Horde and rewards the "Warbringer" title instead of "Veteran of the Horde". Now requires to win 300 rated battlegrounds, down from 500.
In Service of the Alliance is now Veteran of the Alliance and rewards the "Veteran of the Alliance" title.
Veteran of the Alliance is now Warbound Veteran of the Alliance and rewards the "Warbound" title instead of "Veteran of the Alliance". Now requires to win 300 rated battlegrounds, down from 500.

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks Perfection no longer requires you to not die.

Professions
Fishing

The Limnologist no longer requires you to catch Bloated Smallfish or Bloated Trout.

Spell Changes

Originally Posted by MMO-Champion

Class Skills
Companions

Guardian Cub Right Click to summon and dismiss your Guardian Cub. Instant
Pterrordax Hatchling Right Click to summon and dismiss your Pterrordax Hatchling. Instant
Voodoo Figurine Right Click to summon and dismiss your Voodoo Figurine. Instant

Mounts

Amani Battle Bear: Summons and dismisses a rideable Amani Battle Bear.
Subdued Seahorse Summons and dismisses a rideable Subdued Seahorse. This mount is a zippy swimmer.Due to his capricious nature, swim speed is not affected by effects that increase or decrease mount speed. 1.5 sec cast
Winged Guardian Summons and dismisses a Winged Guardian. This mount changes depending on your Riding skill and location. 1.5 sec cast

Death Knight (Forums / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Blood

Blood Strike base additional damage has been increased by 25%, from 680 to 850.
Blood Strike Off-Hand now scales from weapon damage instead of offhand weapon damage. (Not sure if it's relevant, but listing it)

Frost

Obliterate base additional damage has been reduced by 37.5%, from 1040 to 650.

Unholy

Desecration no longer triggers against targets that are immune to movement slowing effects.

Druid (Forums / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Feral

Ferocious Bite now scales from 32.7% of AP with 3 combo points, up from 23.27%. (Tooltip fix)
Savage Defense now only procs from non-periodic critical strikes.
Stampede now also causes Ravage to not have a positioning requirement.

Restoration

Nature's Swiftness now increases the amount healed by 50% if the spell is a healing spell.

Balance

Cyclone now lasts 6 sec, up from 5 sec.
Starfall - Shapeshifting into an animal form or mounting cancels the effect. Any effect which causes you to lose control of your character will suppress the starfall effect.
Starlight Wrath now Reduces the cast time of your Wrath and Starfire spells by 0.15/0.25 sec, up from 0.1/0.2 sec.

Hunter (Forums / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Survival

Freezing Trap - Only one target can be Freezing Trapped at a time.
Lock and Load - Effect lasts for 12 sec.
Noxious Stings now only increases your ranged damage.

Marksmanship

Multi-Shot now deals 138% weapon damage, up from 118%.

Pet - Generic Hunter

Bloodthirsty now heals over 5 sec.

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

Frostbolt base damage has been increased by 10%, from [ 657 - 838 ] to [ 723 - 922 ]
Fingers of Frost now increases Ice Lance damage by 25%, up from 15%.
Ice Barrier now scales from 87% of Frost Spellpower, up from 80.7%.

Arcane

Arcane Blast now has a 2.2 sec cast time, down from 2.5 sec. Base damage reduced by 12%, from [ 1933 - 2247 ] to [ 1710 - 1988 ]

Paladin (Forums / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Protection

Sacred Duty now also procs from Avenger's Shield. Now lasts 10 sec, down from 15 sec.

Holy

Illuminated Healing now absorbs for 12% of the amount healed, up from 10%. Each point of Mastery increases the absorb amount by an additional 1.5%, up from 1.25%.

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

Rapture now instantly energizes you with 5/7% of your total mana, up from 4/6%.

Rogue (Forums / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Subtlety

Cheat Death now cannot occur more than once per 90 sec, up from 1 minute.

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

Fire Nova now has a 100 yards range, up from 40 yards.

Enhancement

Dual Wield now increases chance to hit with melee attacks only.
Seasoned Winds no longer procs from interrupts with Grounding Totems.

Warlock (Forums / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Glyphs

Glyph of Soul Swap now gives Soul Swap a 15 sec cooldown, up from 10 sec.

Warrior (Forums / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Protection

Gag Order chance to silence the target now also affects Pummel.

Fury

Enraged Regeneration - Enraged, and new Enrage effects may not be gained while active.
Slam now deals 145% damage plus 624, down from 174% weapon damage plus 748.
Whirlwind now reduces the cooldown when it hits targets with the main-hand weapon.
Raging Blow now deals 100% weapon damage, down from 120%.

Arms

Colossus Smash now bypasses 100% of the armor but bypasses less armor on players.
Mortal Strike now deals 150% weapon damage, down from 175%.
Overpower now deals 125% weapon damage, down from 145%.
Improved Slam now increases Slam's damage by 10/20%.

Professions
Inscription

Forged Documents now requires 1 x Blackfallow Ink, down from 3.
Glyph of Frost Armor now requires Ink of the Sea instead of Midnight Ink
Glyph of Soul Swap now gives Soul Swap a 15 sec cooldown, up from 10 sec.

Cooking

Darkbrew Lager now requires Skin of Dwarven Stout x 2 and Jug of Bourbon

Jewelcrafting

Jewelcrafting: Punisher's Band - Creates Punisher's Band. Reagents: Elementium Bar x 4, Chimera's Eye x 4, Amberjewel x 4, Volatile Earth x 75
Aquamarine Signet now requires Jeweler's Setting instead of Flask of Mojo.
Figurine - Black Pearl Panther no longer requires Flask of Mojo.
Figurine - Ruby Serpent no longer requires Flask of Big Mojo.
Figurine - Truesilver Boar no longer requires Flask of Mojo.
Figurine - Truesilver Crab no longer requires Flask of Mojo.

Alchemy

Shadow Oil no longer requires Fadeleaf.

Engineering

Gnomish Goggles no longer requires Flask of Mojo.
Gnomish Shrink Ray no longer requires Flask of Mojo.

Enchanting

Enchanting: Enchant Shield - Blocking is now Enchant Shield - Mastery and increases mastery rating by 50 instead of increasing block rating by 40.
Enchant Weapon - Heartsong now procs from healing or dealing damage with spells.

Leatherworking

Barbaric Belt no longer requires Coarse Gorilla Hair.
Big Voodoo Cloak no longer requires Flask of Big Mojo.
Big Voodoo Mask no longer requires Flask of Mojo.
Big Voodoo Pants no longer requires Flask of Big Mojo.
Big Voodoo Robe no longer requires Flask of Mojo.

Tailoring

Admiral's Hat now requires 5 x Bolt of Mageweave, up from 3. No longer requires Long Elegant Feather.

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Published on 2011-03-25 05:50 PM

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168 Comments

Nathanyel - 2011-03-26

Originally Posted by jesy

you think Cataclysmically Delicious is retroactive? can we start eating now?

The previous implementation definitely was retroactive, this new one, not so sure, depends on how they code it. If they pull the data from Different foods eaten/Different beverages consumed, then yes, it will be retroactive. However, that may mean a larger coding effort, and since that stuff still is current content, they simply might not bother.
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Deyadissa - 2011-03-26

Originally Posted by Typhron

That's not exactly fair to Trion since they're not really, stupidly biased the game hasn't been out for a month yet. It's not even the first content patch and people like you are spitting in their face.

I regret seeing who gets your business if that's how you treat who you toss your money at. :V

It's day 32 now in Rift.

And the problem is class balance, not content... but now that you mention it, the content is lackluster for both PvE and PvP.
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Typhron - 2011-03-26

Originally Posted by Deyadissa

It's day 32 now in Rift.

And the problem is class balance, not content... but now that you mention it, the content is lackluster for both PvE and PvP.

My statement stands. Somewhat stronger now that you really are just fishing for anything. [s]And, as nitpicky not-that-stupid I am, I feel I should say something. Content patches affects classes, like every single mmo in the past...forever, actually. Right out of text based mmos that used to charge you for the hour. Couldn't be a bigger miscalculation if you tried. Which it seems you have, if only to justify not sounding like idjit.[s] not the point.

On one hand you have a game that's budding that's only been out for 30 days at most(including the pre-release time which started on the 25th, 22 days including only time past the official day, which was the fourth), and on the other hand you have an aging game that's been out for 6 years. No matter what game, you're going to go with the one which causes you to bitch more at the other.

I was merely pointing out how 'nice' that is.

But, like I said. Your money, your sense of entitlement. Me and the rest of the world going to turn some more.
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Cows For Life - 2011-03-26

Originally Posted by Edea

The whining about mages is getting old now. They only seem OP to low rated people, they dont do as well in high rating. That said i dont think ice lance was the right thing to buff, frostbolt buffs is the right direction

Funny thing is, they nerfed feral and balance druids hardcore when there were barely any at high ratings to begin with whereas there actually are a lot of mages up there and have been for 8 seasons now.

Originally Posted by Vehemence

Stop trying to force Slam down our throats, it's still a bad ability!

LOL. That didn't stop them from forcing Focus down the throats of hunters or Eclipse down the throat of druids.
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Pantelija - 2011-03-26

Originally Posted by good diu bro

So Mr high rating, you are trying to say mages are rare in 2200+s? Are we even playing the same game?

Please stop responding to trolls , by responding u are feeding them thus making them stronger

People would have to be either insane or just plain stupid not to see current status of frost mages in PvP , devs Q/A about Frost Mages was spit in the face with their "Frost Mages are fine" , "Frost Mages have high skill cap" , "Frost Mages are only strong on low rating brackets vs noobs" statements , it kinda makes u wonder does those idiots really play the game or just want to piss off as many people they can with nonsense statements...

Also people need to stop raging about warrior changes , they are reverting last prt changes to 4.0.6 value nothing more
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mmoc0035c8cbb7 - 2011-03-26

Stop nerfing warriors you fucking retards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thistlefur - 2011-03-26

Is there any word on a fix for the "of [City Name]" mounts that cost 500g and 5 Seals from the main city faction reps being avail to race change people? Long before Cata I had done all the Tourney Achievements except the battered hilt. Now that I am working on the mounts I am close to being done and went to buy the gold mounts and to start grinding seals for the seal only mounts but found that not one of the vendors had the mounts listed. I would understand maybe not seeing my old city due to losing its faction [even though I had gotten that back up to exalted a.s.a.p.] but not all the rest.
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Biggiej - 2011-03-26

About the warrior nerfs for people who didn't see this before.

Basically what blizzard did is, they were buffing us for the colossus smash nerf(I also thought it was to help us be better sustained dps then burst. I was wrong) So what they did is, since they decided to code colossus smash differently, they decided "Hey we dont need to buff them anymore" And they took away all the buffs in favor of this pvp fix
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mmoc79582ce235 - 2011-03-26

•Glyph of Soul Swap now gives Soul Swap a 15 sec cooldown, up from 10 sec.

Fking tards
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Drakan - 2011-03-26

brainless blizz still couldnt fix the death runes from blood of the north.Already 1 month passed and we still cant test frost spec.
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Sylla - 2011-03-26

Originally Posted by Drakan

brainless blizz still couldnt fix the death runes from blood of the north.Already 1 month passed and we still cant test frost spec.

Complaining about things not working on the TEST realm are we? XD

Originally Posted by Nephyron

No buffs ? we've lost 20% damage on starsurge, hunter lost damage from aimed shot but got in exchange a buff to aspect of the hawk. Where the hell is our buff?
We also need to be able to cast in pvp. Our dots do loldamageinstantdispelled, all we get back is 1 sec more on cyclone?
How predictable blizzard...

Miss the part where we get 0.05 sec off wrath and starfire cast times? It should make up for it (haven't run the sims yet so don't know exactly), as well as being a pvp buff in part (lower cast time means faster eclipses and less chance of being interrupted). Besides, the 1 sec on cyclone coming back is HUGE buff, it means druid / rogue will still rule because of cyclone into sap.
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Alphamage - 2011-03-26

Originally Posted by Paladinwtf

Do you even play at high ratings? Mages aren't all that strong... they're really strong at low ratings because lesser skilled players don't know how to manage one. Once you learn how to fight Mages, you will find them a LOT easier to manage than when you were low skilled.

That is true... Mages are the noob killers. Every single person claiming that Mages are OP should learn to play better first!
Also do not forget that the game is not all about PVP.
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Drakan - 2011-03-26

Originally Posted by sillabear

Complaining about things not working on the TEST realm are we? XD

Ofc we are doing that so they can fix it.Also we are informing people with doing that in other than blizz forums.This shouldnt be a "bug test" realm especially they should fix something that exists over a mounth.We cant "test" balance if there are critical bugs.

---------- Post added 2011-03-26 at 12:23 PM ----------

Originally Posted by Alphamage

That is true... Mages are the noob killers. Every single person claiming that Mages are OP should learn to play better first!
Also do not forget that the game is not all about PVP.

You shouldnt forget that the biggest difference of wow from other mmos is the arena ladder system which means real pvp not the crowd pvp.
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mmoc183e9206b5 - 2011-03-26

Oh no please don't implement the Poseidus mount I just killed him yesterday it'll make me really sad if I did that before the mount was implemented :s
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Nathanyel - 2011-03-26

I'd rather know whether this seahorse mount would be usable outside of Vashj'ir, or even has a distinctively different skin.
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Resentful - 2011-03-26

Originally Posted by Nathanyel

I'd rather know whether this seahorse mount would be usable outside of Vashj'ir, or even has a distinctively different skin.

''Aquatic environment''

So yes very likely it's a mount for any type of underwater situation
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mmoc9440e772b1 - 2011-03-26

Originally Posted by Nathanyel

I'd rather know whether this seahorse mount would be usable outside of Vashj'ir, or even has a distinctively different skin.

would be useless, if it would not be usable outside of Vashj'ir...
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Elrandir - 2011-03-26

Woohoo Wrath and Starfire cast time reduced joy! Cyclone is already 6 seconds on live tho so derp. Now I hope they fix Death runes for frost dk's and don't scare me more with this increased blood strike dmg crap.
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iThoughtSheWas18kappa - 2011-03-26

Woohoo more mage buff >.<...
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mmoc2481a19ed1 - 2011-03-26

Fracking PVP, seriously. If that list goes through, Arms will be utter crap in PVE again. It's not like we are in the worst 1/4 of DPS specs already... oh wait.

Good thing I won't be playing much until Firelands is released, I guess.
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