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Mists of Pandaria Profession Changes
Important - Professions changes are not complete. There are more changes coming in the future, this is only early beta.

General
Currently all professions have a cap of 600, or Zen Master, which requires level 80 to train. Secondary professions may get daily quests that allow you to level your skill slowly.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Mists of Pandaria Volatile Equivalents



Gathering
Nodes for Mining and Herbalism have not been added yet.



Alchemy
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Flasks
Elixirs
Potions
Transmutes
Misc



Enchanting
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Armor Enchants
Weapon Enchants
  • Enchant Weapon - Windsong - Permanently enchants a melee weapon to sometimes increase your critical strike, haste, or mastery rating by 1,500 for 12 sec when dealing damage with spells and melee attacks.
  • Enchant Weapon - Jade Spirit - Permanently enchants a melee weapon to sometimes increase your Intellect by 1,650 when healing or dealing damage with spells. If less than 25% of your mana remains when the effect is triggered, your Spirit will also increase by 750.
  • Enchant Weapon - Elemental Force - Permanently enchants a melee weapon to sometimes inflict 3,000 additional damage when dealing damage with spells and melee attacks.
  • Enchant Weapon - Dancing Steel - Permanently enchants a melee weapon to sometimes increase your Strength or Agility by 1,650 when dealing melee damage. Your highest stat is always chosen.
  • Enchant Weapon - Colossus - Permanently enchants a melee weapon to make your damaging melee strikes sometimes activate a Mogu protection spell, absorbing up to 7,500 damage.
  • Enchant Weapon - Flowing River - Permanently enchants a melee weapon to sometimes increase your dodge rating by 1,650 for 12 sec when dealing melee damage.
Ring Enchants
Low Level



Jewelcrafting
A new Jewelcrafter only gem and crafted BoE mount have been added along with the new gems and cuts.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Uncommon
Rare
Meta
Other



Inscription
Inscription had several new glyphs added and prime glyphs all removed. For a full list of the new and changed glyphs, see this news post.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Inks
Staves and Off-Hands
Misc



Engineering



Blacksmithing
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion



Tailoring
No new gear or items have been added yet.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion



Cooking
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Cooking Changes
So you might have heard for Cooking in Mists of Pandaria we will have specializations. At the moment we're looking at around 5 branches of cooking, for example: broiling, steaming...etc.

Each of these specializations will focus on a particular stat. So let's say the Steaming specialization allows you to create Agility food. A rogue would find that very interesting, and would probably want to max that one out first. At which point, said rogue would be able to create Agility buff feasts for groups. Cool, huh? But worry not, once you max out in one specialization, you can then work on the other specializations.

Maybe they're gonna make it take ages to fully train all of them.
Well, maybe not ages. But it does mean that until enough time passes for you to train all specializations, you need to—er—specialize. Actually it's the way for other crafting professions too. For example, my jewelcrafter specialized in spell related stat recipes first, since of all my multitude of alts, I prefer my casters. Eventually, of course, she learned many more recipes and of course so did other crafters, so the market changed. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Recipes
Materials



Archaeology
You can find a list of the new Archaeology Items here. There may have been another slight increase in the amount of artifacts at one site, as well as the addition of new artifacts that will teleport you to the next digsite.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
KeystonesDigsites
  • Tiger's Wood Digsite
  • Chun Tian Digsite
  • Shrine of the Dawn Digsite
  • Ruins of Gan Shi Digsite
  • Emperor's Omen Digsite
  • The Arboretum Digsite
  • Thunderwood Digsite
  • Singing Marshes Digsite
  • North Great Wall Digsite
  • South Great Wall Digsite
  • Torjari Pit Digsite
  • Hidden Pass Digsite
  • Paoquan Hollow Digsite
  • North Fruited Fields Digsite
  • South Fruited Fields Digsite
  • Pools of Purity Digsite
  • Fallsong Village Digsite
  • Ruins of Korja Digsite
  • Krasarang Wilds Digsite
  • Lost Dynasty Digsite
  • East Ruins of Dojan Digsite
  • West Ruins of Dojan Digsite
  • North Temple of the Red Crane Digsite
  • Zhu Province Digsite
  • Valley of Kings Digsite
  • Gate to Golden Valley Digsite
  • Snow Covered Hills Digsite
  • East Snow Covered Hills Digsite
  • Remote Village Digsite
  • Destroyed Village Digsite
  • Old Village Digsite
  • Grumblepaw Ranch Digsite
  • Chow Farmstead Digsite
  • West Old Village Digsite
  • Small Gate Digsite
  • Kun-Lai Peak Digsite
  • Town Digsite
  • Gong of Hope Digsite
  • Great Bridge Digsite
  • Orchard Digsite
  • Jade Temple Grounds Digsite
  • South Orchard Digsite
  • Den of Sorrow Digsite
  • Shrine Meadow Digsite
  • Veridian Grove Digsite



First Aid
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion



Fishing
Most fish are unnamed at this time, referred to as "Uncommon Fish 1" or "Common Fish".
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion



Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Druid (Forums)
Guardian Druid Feedback
1) Bear damage in beta is currently too low. That is almost certainly the cause of any threat problems. It isn't anything you're doing wrong.

2) Tanks got gibbed for missing Shield Blocks back when bosses could perform crushing blows (and back when warriors were designed to be the only tank). Mechanics work very differently today. We want bears, and all tanks, to have more control over their own survivability because threat isn't really that hard to maintain once #1 is fixed. You still have emergency buttons for when things go wrong or when you know big attacks are going to land. However we didn't think a tanking model designed around using long cooldowns and standing around the rest of the time would be very fun. So the new design is that using your attacks skillfully will give you some mitigation, in this case Savage Defense. It's not often going to save your life and fumbling it isn't likely to get you killed, but if you play well, your healers may notice and say "Wow, you require less healing than many tanks I run with."

Think of it this way:

Beginner tank - can maintain threat. Probably 100% reliant on healers to stay alive.
Intermediate tank - can maintain threat. Skilled at using long cooldowns to live.
Advanced tank - can maintain threat. Skilled at using long cooldowns to live. Skilled at using short cooldowns to save healer mana and otherwise make things go smoother.

More skilled tanks also know more encounter specifics, such as when adds are coming, when to interrupt spells, when to move bosses and so forth.

Maul is a DPS alternative to Savage Defense, and is comparable to Heroic Strike. You shouldn't need Maul to maintain threat (which as I said above may not be the case on beta right now, but that's the intent).

In what situations would you want DPS instead of mitigation? There are several: Maybe you're an off tank and taking little damage. Maybe you want to solo as Guardian. Maybe you're running a dungeon you out-gear. Maybe a new add just arrived, and it's important to get one swing in before it heads to the healer, assuming you can live without SD for a few seconds. (In that example, you're not spamming Maul to fight to maintain threat; you're just establishing initial aggro, which we still want in the game.)

To be honest, we considered pulling Heroic Strike and Maul from tanks, just because we thought they might be a trap. But we decided there were enough situations where more DPS might be desirable. To use my previous examples, inexperienced tank will use Maul too much. Intermediate tanks might forsake Maul altogether. But expert tanks will know when they should use it.

You can try to keep up Savage Defense as much as you can on challenging content, and the best tanks will, but I would still consider when to use it. I would not save it for a big boss smash that isn't going to land for 20 more seconds (because chances are you can use it now and then later), but if one was going to land in 8 seconds, it might be worth holding Savage Defense for then. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

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  1. GrrForums's Avatar
    hmmm so from teh looks of things Engineering is getn nothing but useless junk again and getn screwed over again

    ---------- Post added 2012-04-03 at 04:05 PM ----------

    Quote Originally Posted by GrrForums View Post
    hmmm so from teh looks of things Engineering is getn nothing but useless junk again and getn screwed over again
    we dont want "kool toys" we want something thats actualy useful and that we can profit off of other then scopes and a mount that costs an arm and a leg to make
  1. kustom's Avatar
    Why all the complaining about beta notes? = / Give them a chance to add everything... then QQ


    "Important - Professions changes are not complete. There are more changes coming in the future, this is only early beta."



    TLDR version.

    "not complete"
  1. Ankram's Avatar
    Blizzard is bonkers if they think doubling 300 to a stat food buff is in line with other racials.
  1. GrrForums's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Oniax View Post
    So as many, my DK is a scribe..
    I there anything in it for plate classes?
    Cause the staffs will be monk/casters/hunter mostly
    Hunters cant use melee weps in MoP Bow/gun/cross only
  1. Alienware209's Avatar
    In the last expansion of WoW are they going to add Diamonds as a mining ore/vein? (Like in Minecraft) and Blacksmithers will be able to make really good armor and weapons...
  1. jishdefish's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by GrrForums View Post
    hmmm so from teh looks of things Engineering is getn nothing but useless junk again and getn screwed over again

    ---------- Post added 2012-04-03 at 04:05 PM ----------



    we dont want "kool toys" we want something thats actualy useful and that we can profit off of other then scopes and a mount that costs an arm and a leg to make
    Speak for yourself. Go get any of the other professions for that.
  1. Kujako's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by alkalined84 View Post
    Why all the complaining about beta notes? = / Give them a chance to add everything... then QQ


    "Important - Professions changes are not complete. There are more changes coming in the future, this is only early beta."



    TLDR version.

    "not complete"
    We can not very well judge what they may do, only what they have done. If we say nothing, then you'll just be back here later claiming we had our chance to speak up about the changes and were silent.

    So to add to the bitching, the new Alchemist Stone is a down grade from the one I have now...
  1. kustom's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kujako View Post
    We can not very well judge what they may do, only what they have done. If we say nothing, then you'll just be back here later claiming we had our chance to speak up about the changes and were silent.

    So to add to the bitching, the new Alchemist Stone is a down grade from the one I have now...


    They also noted that some stats are just placeholders. .

    SO like I said, wait till they complete the notes (probably later today or tomorrow).

    Game won't be out for at least a few months. Plenty of time to speak up. Just give the staff the chance to upload everything LOL.
  1. Kujako's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by alkalined84 View Post
    They also noted that some stats are just placeholders.

    SO like I said, wait till they complete the notes (probably later today or tomorrow).

    Game won't be out for at least a few months. Plenty of time to speak up. Just give the staff the chance to upload everything LOL.
    Or... and keep up with me here... we could discuss the information they provide us as they provide it. Crazy idea I know, but if you try it, it may just work.
  1. kustom's Avatar
    Blizzard will not read this. Good luck with complaints of stats that are just placeholders that will be properly adjusted.
  1. Eronote's Avatar
    Jcs get a mount???? Aaaaawwwww yyyyeeeeaaaa
  1. Kujako's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by alkalined84 View Post
    Blizzard will not read this. Good luck with complaints of stats that are just placeholders that will be properly adjusted.
    And good luck trying to get people to not discuses information Blizzard provides about a game on a forum dedicated to the subject.
  1. mmoc1615415e70's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by alkalined84 View Post
    Why all the complaining about beta notes? = / Give them a chance to add everything... then QQ


    "Important - Professions changes are not complete. There are more changes coming in the future, this is only early beta."



    TLDR version.

    "not complete"
    That's not the point, unfortunately. From what we have seen now and I understand that you are saying it is not complete, we have seen the structural heart of professions for MOP. And it's exactly the same as Cata. Which was exactly the same as WOTLK. Which was the same as TBC. The names change but not much else. It's quite unbelievable and very lazy, needs a rethink. So for me, and perhaps many others I have simply had enough of this. There is no innovation whatsoever. And alas this mirrors much of what we have seen with MOP so far, it's prettyish but we've seen it all before and not enough substance. Of course the good news is that addictions are being killed by the persons that created them in the first place, so it's not all bad.

    I'll give it a month like a lot of players, then I'll be off. Like a lot of players. A lot more this time I would imagine.
  1. mmocafd6fe3fae's Avatar
    So now, when I'm less happiness starved, I'll be happy ?
  1. Shadowswillm's Avatar
    "Mages: Remove Curse now permanently turns on the profanity filter."
    "Hunters: All arrows will now be tipped with rubber padding for the safety of others."

    <3 Daily blink.
  1. SinR's Avatar
    In the end, I know what engineers are getting in 5.1: Screwed. Again.
  1. Gratlim's Avatar
    So a new way for JCs to make tons of $$ with this non BoP mount and engineers screwed again? How original....
  1. mmoc06116e87be's Avatar
    Who said the JC mount will be BoE? I'd be very surprised if it was, making 50% of the horde ride the same mount (we already see 50% of the alliance in NE mounts).
  1. GUZ's Avatar
    ghey
    ghey.......
  1. Stormykitten's Avatar
    As always, they put the basic stuff into professions first, remember that. Looking good so far

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