World of Warcraft PTR Patch 4.0.6 Pt. 1
From Blizzard:
General
* Many tooltips have been updated to reflect any changes made via recent hotfixes.
* The guild reward Armadillo Pup now requires revered faction instead of exalted.
* All guild banners now reward bonus reputation in addition to honor and experience.
Dungeons & Raids
* Level 85 players can now choose any normal dungeon via the Dungeon Finder. Choosing Random Dungeon will still not add these lower-level dungeons into the rotation.
* The Vortex Pinnacle
o The wind direction and fun coefficient of the Cyclones that appear in Heroic difficulty during the Altairus encounter have improved clarity.
PvP
* Arenas
o Bloodlust, Heroism, Time Warp and Ancient Hysteria can no longer be cast while in Arenas.
* Battlegrounds
o The Battle for Gilneas
+ The time it takes to capture a flag has been reduced to 5 seconds, down from 8.
o Strand of the Ancients
+ The damage done by Antipersonnel Cannons has been doubled.
+ The missile speed of Rocket Blast (Antipersonnel Cannons) has been increased by roughly 50%.
+ Some Antipersonnel Cannons could shoot the platform they were spawned on. These spawn locations have been fixed.
+ The Battleground Demolisher no longer has two additional seats and now only has room for the driver.
+ A PvP duration flag has been added to Battleground Demolishers. This should make it so crowd control effects cast on unmanned demolishers does not last an extended amount of time.
+ There should no longer be a discrepancy in time when the Battleground Demolishers spawn at the start of each round.
+ The Battleground Demolishers spawned on the docks no longer despawn when the north graveyard is taken by the offense.
+ Massive Seaforium Charges should now be useable in rated Battleground matches.
+ The duration of the Teleport debuff has been lowered to 10 seconds, down from 20.
+ The radius of the Seaforium Blast has been lowered to 10 yards, down from 20.
+ The Teleporters on defense will now teleport players based on which line of gates have been destroyed, rather than directly behind that gate. For example, if a player clicks the Teleporter at the Blue gate when one of the beach gates has been destroyed, it will put the player behind the Red gate.
Races
* The draenei racial trait Gift of the Naaru now heals 20% of the target's health over 15 seconds, rather than a scaling value.
* The dwarven racial trait Stoneform now reduces all damage taken by 10%, rather than increasing armor by 10%. It also increases the dwarf's size when used.
* The gnomish racial trait Escape Artist now has a 1.5-minute cooldown, down from 1.75.
* The human racial trait Every Man for Himself has been reverted back to a 2-minute cooldown, down from 3 minutes.
* The night elf racial trait Shadowmeld can now be used while shapeshifted.
* The tauren racial trait War Stomp can now be used while shapeshifted.
* The worgen racial trait Darkflight now has a 2-minute cooldown, down from 3, and is no longer on the global cooldown. In addition, the movement speed bonus now stacks with existing bonuses, but cannot be activated while Sprint or Dash is active (and they cannot be activated while Darkflight is active).
Death Knights
* Icebound Fortitude now breaks stuns when used, in addition to providing immunity to them.
* Necrotic Strike's absorption effect is now reduced by the target's resilience.
* Talent Specializations
o Blood
+ Crimson Scourge has been redesigned slightly. Instead of a 50/100% chance to make the next Blood Boil free when Plague Strike is used on a target with Blood Plague, the talent now gives a 5/10% chance to provide a free Blood Boil when the death knight lands any melee attack on a Blood Plagued target.
+ Will of the Necropolis no longer refunds a Blood Rune when it resets Rune Tap's cooldown. Instead it makes the next Rune Tap free while Will of the Necropolis is active.
o Frost
+ Howling Blast now deals 40% less damage to all targets other than the primary target of the spell.
+ Might of the Frozen Wastes now also increases all melee damage by 4/8/12% while wielding a two-handed weapon.
o Unholy
+ Desecration is now also triggered by Necrotic Strike.
+ Runic Corruption procs while the aura is already active now add 3 seconds to the existing aura duration, instead of simply refreshing/overwriting the existing aura.
+ Unholy Might (passive) has been reduced to a 5% Strength increase, down from 10%.
* Glyphs
o Glyph of Death's Embrace no longer refunds Runic Power when self-healing via Lichborne.
Druids
* Barkskin is no longer dispellable.
* Healing Touch is now trained at level 78, up from level 3.
* Lacerate damage has been reduced by approximately 20%.
* Mangle (Bear Form) weapon damage (at level 80+) has been reduced to 235%, down from 300%.
* Mangle (Cat Form) weapon damage percent (at level 80+) has been increased to 460%, up from 360%.
* Maul damage has been reduced by approximately 20%.
* Mount Up: This guild perk now applies to Flight Form and Swift Flight Form as well.
* Nourish is now trained at level 8, down from level 78.
* Omen of Clarity can no longer trigger from helpful spells (aka heals), unless the Restoration talent Malfurion's Gift is chosen.
* Rake damage has been reduced by 10%.
* Rejuvenation is now trained at level 3, down from level 8. In addition, its mana cost has been reduced from 26% to 16%.
* Rip damage has been reduced by 10%.
* Shred weapon damage percent (at level 80+) has been increased to 450%, up from 350%.
* Talent Specializations
o Balance
+ The Shooting Stars buff duration has been increased to 12 seconds, up from 8 seconds.
+ Wild Mushroom is now instant cast, down from 0.5 seconds. In addition, the radius of detonation has been increased to 6 yards, up from 3, and damage done increased by 15%.
o Feral
+ Berserk (instant Mangle proc) now has a new Spell Alert identifier. In addition, Berserk no longer breaks Fear or makes the druid immune to Fear.
+ Pulverize weapon damage percent has been reduced to 80%, down from 100%.
o Restoration
+ Empowered Touch now also affects Regrowth.
+ Nature's Bounty no longer affects Swiftmend, but now has a new effect. When the druid has Rejuvenation on 3 or more targets, the cast time of Nourish is reduced by 10/20/30%.
* Glyphs
o Glyph of Regrowth now causes the heal-over-time effect to refresh itself on targets at or below 50% health, up from 25%.
o Glyph of Wrath now increases damage done by Wrath by 10% and no longer requires Insect Swarm on the target.
Hunters
* Aimed Shot! weapon damage has been increased to 200%.
* Aspect of the Wild, Aspect of the Hawk, and Aspect of the Fox can now be cast while mounted.
* Deterrence now provides 100% chance for melee attacks to miss instead of 100% parry chance. This means that attacks that cannot be parried, notably some rogue abilities, can now be prevented by Deterrence, and the hunter will gain the benefit of Deterrence even if disarmed.
* Dust Cloud's cooldown and duration have been modified to make it closer aligned with Tailspin (same effect, different pet).
* Kill Command's damage has been increased by 20%.
* Kill Shot's attack power scaling has been increased by 50%.
* Master's Call now has a 35-second cooldown, down from 1 minute. In addition, the visual effect is more obvious.
* Talent Specializations
o Marksmanship
+ Chimera Shot's attack power scaling has been increased by 20%.
o Survival
+ Into the Wilderness (passive) has been reduced to a 10% Agility increase, down from 15%.
* Pets
o Pets now have 70% of the master's armor, rather than a different value based on which type of pet they are.
o Shale Spiders now correctly have a special ability (Web Wrap).
o Bad Manner (monkey) now properly breaks from damage.
From Blizzard:
General
* Many tooltips have been updated to reflect any changes made via recent hotfixes.
* The guild reward Armadillo Pup now requires revered faction instead of exalted.
* All guild banners now reward bonus reputation in addition to honor and experience.
Dungeons & Raids
* Level 85 players can now choose any normal dungeon via the Dungeon Finder. Choosing Random Dungeon will still not add these lower-level dungeons into the rotation.
* The Vortex Pinnacle
o The wind direction and fun coefficient of the Cyclones that appear in Heroic difficulty during the Altairus encounter have improved clarity.
PvP
* Arenas
o Bloodlust, Heroism, Time Warp and Ancient Hysteria can no longer be cast while in Arenas.
* Battlegrounds
o The Battle for Gilneas
+ The time it takes to capture a flag has been reduced to 5 seconds, down from 8.
o Strand of the Ancients
+ The damage done by Antipersonnel Cannons has been doubled.
+ The missile speed of Rocket Blast (Antipersonnel Cannons) has been increased by roughly 50%.
+ Some Antipersonnel Cannons could shoot the platform they were spawned on. These spawn locations have been fixed.
+ The Battleground Demolisher no longer has two additional seats and now only has room for the driver.
+ A PvP duration flag has been added to Battleground Demolishers. This should make it so crowd control effects cast on unmanned demolishers does not last an extended amount of time.
+ There should no longer be a discrepancy in time when the Battleground Demolishers spawn at the start of each round.
+ The Battleground Demolishers spawned on the docks no longer despawn when the north graveyard is taken by the offense.
+ Massive Seaforium Charges should now be useable in rated Battleground matches.
+ The duration of the Teleport debuff has been lowered to 10 seconds, down from 20.
+ The radius of the Seaforium Blast has been lowered to 10 yards, down from 20.
+ The Teleporters on defense will now teleport players based on which line of gates have been destroyed, rather than directly behind that gate. For example, if a player clicks the Teleporter at the Blue gate when one of the beach gates has been destroyed, it will put the player behind the Red gate.
Races
* The draenei racial trait Gift of the Naaru now heals 20% of the target's health over 15 seconds, rather than a scaling value.
* The dwarven racial trait Stoneform now reduces all damage taken by 10%, rather than increasing armor by 10%. It also increases the dwarf's size when used.
* The gnomish racial trait Escape Artist now has a 1.5-minute cooldown, down from 1.75.
* The human racial trait Every Man for Himself has been reverted back to a 2-minute cooldown, down from 3 minutes.
* The night elf racial trait Shadowmeld can now be used while shapeshifted.
* The tauren racial trait War Stomp can now be used while shapeshifted.
* The worgen racial trait Darkflight now has a 2-minute cooldown, down from 3, and is no longer on the global cooldown. In addition, the movement speed bonus now stacks with existing bonuses, but cannot be activated while Sprint or Dash is active (and they cannot be activated while Darkflight is active).
Death Knights
* Icebound Fortitude now breaks stuns when used, in addition to providing immunity to them.
* Necrotic Strike's absorption effect is now reduced by the target's resilience.
* Talent Specializations
o Blood
+ Crimson Scourge has been redesigned slightly. Instead of a 50/100% chance to make the next Blood Boil free when Plague Strike is used on a target with Blood Plague, the talent now gives a 5/10% chance to provide a free Blood Boil when the death knight lands any melee attack on a Blood Plagued target.
+ Will of the Necropolis no longer refunds a Blood Rune when it resets Rune Tap's cooldown. Instead it makes the next Rune Tap free while Will of the Necropolis is active.
o Frost
+ Howling Blast now deals 40% less damage to all targets other than the primary target of the spell.
+ Might of the Frozen Wastes now also increases all melee damage by 4/8/12% while wielding a two-handed weapon.
o Unholy
+ Desecration is now also triggered by Necrotic Strike.
+ Runic Corruption procs while the aura is already active now add 3 seconds to the existing aura duration, instead of simply refreshing/overwriting the existing aura.
+ Unholy Might (passive) has been reduced to a 5% Strength increase, down from 10%.
* Glyphs
o Glyph of Death's Embrace no longer refunds Runic Power when self-healing via Lichborne.
Druids
* Barkskin is no longer dispellable.
* Healing Touch is now trained at level 78, up from level 3.
* Lacerate damage has been reduced by approximately 20%.
* Mangle (Bear Form) weapon damage (at level 80+) has been reduced to 235%, down from 300%.
* Mangle (Cat Form) weapon damage percent (at level 80+) has been increased to 460%, up from 360%.
* Maul damage has been reduced by approximately 20%.
* Mount Up: This guild perk now applies to Flight Form and Swift Flight Form as well.
* Nourish is now trained at level 8, down from level 78.
* Omen of Clarity can no longer trigger from helpful spells (aka heals), unless the Restoration talent Malfurion's Gift is chosen.
* Rake damage has been reduced by 10%.
* Rejuvenation is now trained at level 3, down from level 8. In addition, its mana cost has been reduced from 26% to 16%.
* Rip damage has been reduced by 10%.
* Shred weapon damage percent (at level 80+) has been increased to 450%, up from 350%.
* Talent Specializations
o Balance
+ The Shooting Stars buff duration has been increased to 12 seconds, up from 8 seconds.
+ Wild Mushroom is now instant cast, down from 0.5 seconds. In addition, the radius of detonation has been increased to 6 yards, up from 3, and damage done increased by 15%.
o Feral
+ Berserk (instant Mangle proc) now has a new Spell Alert identifier. In addition, Berserk no longer breaks Fear or makes the druid immune to Fear.
+ Pulverize weapon damage percent has been reduced to 80%, down from 100%.
o Restoration
+ Empowered Touch now also affects Regrowth.
+ Nature's Bounty no longer affects Swiftmend, but now has a new effect. When the druid has Rejuvenation on 3 or more targets, the cast time of Nourish is reduced by 10/20/30%.
* Glyphs
o Glyph of Regrowth now causes the heal-over-time effect to refresh itself on targets at or below 50% health, up from 25%.
o Glyph of Wrath now increases damage done by Wrath by 10% and no longer requires Insect Swarm on the target.
Hunters
* Aimed Shot! weapon damage has been increased to 200%.
* Aspect of the Wild, Aspect of the Hawk, and Aspect of the Fox can now be cast while mounted.
* Deterrence now provides 100% chance for melee attacks to miss instead of 100% parry chance. This means that attacks that cannot be parried, notably some rogue abilities, can now be prevented by Deterrence, and the hunter will gain the benefit of Deterrence even if disarmed.
* Dust Cloud's cooldown and duration have been modified to make it closer aligned with Tailspin (same effect, different pet).
* Kill Command's damage has been increased by 20%.
* Kill Shot's attack power scaling has been increased by 50%.
* Master's Call now has a 35-second cooldown, down from 1 minute. In addition, the visual effect is more obvious.
* Talent Specializations
o Marksmanship
+ Chimera Shot's attack power scaling has been increased by 20%.
o Survival
+ Into the Wilderness (passive) has been reduced to a 10% Agility increase, down from 15%.
* Pets
o Pets now have 70% of the master's armor, rather than a different value based on which type of pet they are.
o Shale Spiders now correctly have a special ability (Web Wrap).
o Bad Manner (monkey) now properly breaks from damage.
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