Cataclysm Beta - Build 13277, Cataclysm Race Changes, Dial-In Authenticator

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Cataclysm Beta - Build 13277
A new beta build will be deployed on beta realms tonight!

Lil'Ragnaros and Moonkin Hatchling
The models of the upcoming companion pets are finally available.

Achievements Changes

Feats of Strength

• Insane in the Membrane no longer requires the Shen'dralar reputation.

Player - General

• Helping Scribes Pay the Bills has been removed.

Guild - Quests

• A Daily Routine now requires you to complete 15 000 quests, down from 25 000.
• Daily Driver now requires you to complete 30 000 quests, down from 50 000.
• The Daily Grind now requires you to complete 75 000 quests, down from 100 000.

Guild - Player vs. Player

• Kill Squad now requires you to get 100 000 honorable kills, down from 500 000.
• Guild Gankers now requires you to get 250 000 honorable kills, down from 1 000 000.
• Creepjackers now requires you to get 1 000 000 honorable kills, down from 2 500 000.

Player - Quests

• Thousand Needles Quests now requires 60 quests, down from 64.
• Unearthing Uldum now requires 108 quests, down from 120.
• My Very Own Broodmother now requires you to complete the quest within 90 seconds of striking the crystal. (Old - Killing Aesora within 50 seconds)

Player - World Event

• Bros. Before Ho Ho Ho's no longer requires Brother Anton in Nijel's Point.

Spell Changes

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

• Virulence now increases your chance to hit with your spells by 3/6/9%, up from 2/4/6%.

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

• Thrash now deals [ 3% of Attack Power + 152 * 3 ] additional bleed damage, up from [ 3% of AP + 152 ] damage.

Restoration

• Efflorescence's healing effectiveness now diminishes for each player behond 6 within the area.

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

• Arcane Barrage cooldown has been changed to 4 sec, down from 5 sec.
• Arcane Explosion now costs 15% of base mana, down from 18% of base mana.

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

• Holy Radiance's healing effectiveness now diminishes for each player behond 6 within the area.

Retribution

• Seal of Truth now scales from 1% of Spell Power and 1.93% of Attack Power, down from 1.33% Spell Power/2.57% Attack Power. Now deals 9% weapon damage when stacked 5 times, down from 15%.

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

• Prayer of Healing base healing value has been increased by 20%.
• Holy Word: Sanctuary's healing effectiveness now diminishes for each player behond 6 within the area.
• Power Word: Barrier duration reduced to 10 sec, down from 25 sec. No longer absorbs a given amount of damage, now reduces all damage done to friendly targets by 30%. While within the barrier, spellcasting will not be interrupted by damage.
• Divine Aegis now also procs from all heals from Prayer of Healing.
• Grace now increases all healing received from the Priest by 4/8%, up from 2/4%.

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

• Backstab now deals 200% weapon damage, up from 150% weapon damage.

Shaman (Forums / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Restoration

• Healing Rain's healing effectiveness now diminishes for each player behond 6 within the area.

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

• Nether Protection now procs from damage absorption from all wards instead of just Nether Ward. When you absorb damage through Shadow Ward, Nether Ward or other effects, you gain Nether Protection, reducing all damage by that spell school by 15/30% for 12 sec.

Pet Skills

• Legion Strike healing reduction changed to 10%, down from 25%.

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

• Heroic Leap now deals [ 50% Attack Power ] damage (up from 100% Weapon damage) within 8 yards (up from 5 yards) but no longer stuns.

Glyphs

• Bloody Healing now increases healing from Bloodthirst by 40%, down from 100%.

Cataclysm Paid Faction and Race Changes

With two new playable races just on the horizon, many players have been asking when they'll be able to convert their existing characters into goblins or worgen. Paid faction and race changes will be available immediately once Cataclysm is released. Realm First achievements for leveling any class to 85 will be available in Cataclysm. However there will be no Realm First achievements associated with leveling characters of a specific race.

There will be a slight change to the way paid services work for goblins and worgen. Goblin and worgen characters wishing to change race or faction cannot be in Lost Isles or Gilneas; they must be elsewhere to initiate the process. There are no restrictions on race/faction change to goblin or worgen.

You can learn more about our promotions and paid services here.

Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator Now Available
The phone authenticator datamined a few weeks ago is going live!

Over the years, Blizzard has provided players with various tools and resources, such as the Battle.net Authenticator and Account Security Awareness pages, to help you keep your account information safe, secure, and in the right hands. As part of our ongoing commitment to account security, we’re happy to announce the release of a new account security feature, the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator.

Similar to the Battle.net Authenticator and Mobile Authenticator application, the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator is an optional tool that provides an additional layer of security against unauthorized account access. The Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator is not a physical token or application run on a mobile device, however. Instead, it is a free opt-in service that will actively monitor an account and request additional authorization from the user when a potentially unauthorized login attempt occurs. (Pretty cool, huh?)

If you sign up for the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator, you will be asked to make a toll-free phone call from a specific phone of your choosing to authorize unusual login attempts with the associated Battle.net account. Please note that you will only be asked to make this phone call when something about your login attempt appears out of the ordinary. For example, if you were to log in from a location from which you do not typically play, you may be asked to call in and provide your selected PIN and a unique, single-use security code before access to the account will be granted.

Sign-up and use of the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator is completely free and is currently compatible with World of Warcraft and Battle.net Account Management logins. So, what are you waiting for? To learn more about this service and find out how you can take your account’s security to the next level, check out the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator FAQ today.

Cataclysm Beta: Battlegrounds Developer Focus Test

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1116853#blog]Attention[/url], Cataclysm beta testers! Want your shot at camping developers at the graveyard? This Thursday, November 11 beginning at 4 p.m. PST, we'll be holding a focus test for Rated Battlegrounds on the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm beta realms. If you want to participate, all you have to do is form a raid group with nine other players and queue for Rated Battlegrounds. We'll be conducting this test in a 10- vs. 10-player setting using Warsong Gulch, Twin Peaks, and Battle for Gilneas as the locations, so be prepared for some sweet, sweet ownage. We're hoping to receive lots of feedback about Rated Battlegrounds, Twin Peaks, and Battle for Gilneas, so be sure to visit our official beta forums. You could be up against a team of developers in any given match, so be sure not to go easy on your opponents, especially if you see names like Mumper and Kalgan!

Lastly, be sure to keep the PvP momentum up by testing the new system. We want to make our new Rated Battlegrounds the best they can be!

[Anium]

kill it with fire!

[Fackit]

The insane just gor alot easier, shendralar was the hardest part when i did it >_<

[Sesshomaru]

Nothing good, apparently.... Oh.. .......... ooo.. OOOOOOOOO!
"There are no restrictions on race/faction change to goblin or worgen." Best news of the day!

[Collected]

Cataclysm not gone gold yet? Any day now?

[Eixel]

.... (up from 100% Weapon damage) within 8 yards (up from 5 yards) but no longer stuns.

QQ

[thilicen]

Does the removal of shendralar from insane in the membrane mean it can be completed in cata as well?

[ruga]

is it just me that's confused about this racechange part:

"Realm First achievements for leveling any class to 85 will be available in Cataclysm. However there will be no Realm First achievements associated with leveling characters of a specific race."

Does this mean worgen/Goblins won't get Realm First Achievements?

[Szyrex]

Meh will they ever stop with the lil' pets

[thilicen]

is it just me that's confused about this racechange part:

"Realm First achievements for leveling any class to 85 will be available in Cataclysm. However there will be no Realm First achievements associated with leveling characters of a specific race."

Does this mean worgen/Goblins won't get Realm First Achievements?

Looks like it. I remember seeing a leveling achievement for worge and goblins where reaching 85 and completing the starting zones were requirements to ensure only characters made from scratch got the achievement. Guess they removed those.

[gingasnaps]

Does the removal of shendralar from insane in the membrane mean it can be completed in cata as well?

I hope so! I have been wanting to do it but ... the idea of librams + lockboxes made me think twice.

[Ssetback]

No Ruga, it just means "realms first human" etc. wont be available

[Ytnim]

is it just me that's confused about this racechange part:

"Realm First achievements for leveling any class to 85 will be available in Cataclysm. However there will be no Realm First achievements associated with leveling characters of a specific race."

Does this mean worgen/Goblins won't get Realm First Achievements?

Worgen and Goblin won't get Realm first level 85 worgen or goblin, since there are no race realm first achievements. If a worgen or goblin were the first of their class to level 85, they would get an achievement though.

[Kelzam]

lol @ all the people buying up pristine black diamonds and librams for 900g+ each lately on my server.

[Seregon]

Something tells me the Insane in the Membrane thing is a datamine bug. Result of the faction going away.

[Deleted]

"Realm First achievements for leveling any class to 85 will be available in Cataclysm. However there will be no Realm First achievements associated with leveling characters of a specific race."

It sounds to me like you can get realm first with a goblin or worgen.
Say you race change a undead mage to a goblin mage and still get the realm first level 85, but they removed the "Realm first goblin lvl 85" or "Realm first troll lvl 85" ....

So to ruga, you can still get the realm first as goblin or worgen, they simply changed it to be with any class instead of any race

[BuNNyRespawned]

lol @ all the people buying up pristine black diamonds and librams for 900g+ each lately on my server.

You sir, deserve every piece of gold you gained!

[Jin84]

Cataclysm not gone gold yet? Any day now?

Where were you, hiding in the mountains?? It's already dated for 7th dec.

[Yunru]

# Power Word: Barrier duration reduced to 10 sec, down from 25 sec. No longer absorbs a given amount of damage, now reduces all damage done to friendly targets by 30%. While within the barrier, spellcasting will not be interrupted by damage.

Sounds like a double nerf and a little buff. I think that 30% damage reduce could be used on some bosses that do heavy aoe (where you have to stack), like twin valkniys on heroic where players had to pop paly aura thingy.

[Micke]

you've written behond instead of beyond like 4 times in that class change post