Patch 2.3.0 (undocumented changes)

Patch 2.3.0 (undocumented changes)
Release date	November 13, 2007
Initial version	7382
Interface .toc	20300
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General

• New hippogryph Flying Mount added. Costs 2,000 and requires Template:Exalted with Cenarion Expedition.
• New neutral flightpath in the Hatchet Hills in Ghostlands, just outside Zul'Aman. The flight path is connected to Light's Hope Chapel in Eastern Plaguelands (both sides) and Tranquillien in Ghostlands (Horde only); the flight master is Kiz Coilspanner.
  • It goes without saying that with the addition of this new flight path, flights from Quel'thalas to Lordaeron and beyond are now possible, making the game flow a bit smoother.
• A refined "Status Bar" option has been added to the Interface options menu giving you the choice to display the numeric values on the various UI bars such as Health or Reputation. This is changed from the earlier options which were "On You and Targets" and "On Party".
  • The font used to display these numerics has changed from Arial Narrow (as in chat boxes) to Friz Quadrata TT (as in user and guild names).
• Drinking system messages have been expanded to include what a person getting drunk is drinking. (Example: "Thatoneguy seems a little tipsy from the  [Rhapsody Malt].")

Auction House

• New Auction House API(QueryAuctionItems([getAll])) allows you to scan the whole Auction House. This can only be used once every 15 minutes.

PvP

• There are a few new pvp oriented trinkets for 2.3. All versions of the trinket have a click effect to gain 1750 max health (kind of like the old lifegiving gem effect), along with a passive effect (your choice of 47 spell damage, 40 spell crit rating, 80 attack power, 40 melee crit rating, or 88 healing).

Arenas

• New Arena System: Personal Ratings
  • The Personal Rating will be unique for each team the character belongs to.
  • It will rise and fall using the same formula as the Team Ratings.
  • It will only be affected by the games that the player plays in, not all team games.
  • Eligibility for end of season rewards will be determined by the Personal Rating, which must be within 100 of the team's rating.
  • It can't be padded by joining a new team. The Personal Rating will reset for the bracket when a new team is joined.
• Season Three - Season Three gear will require a certain amount of arena rating points. Furthermore, the rating requirement is based on a new personal arena rating that is independent for each member on a team.
  • Weapon Rating - 1850
  • Shoulder Rating - 2000

Battlegrounds

• New Battleground rewards: Boots, Belt, and Bracers
• Season 1 arena rewards will be available from the battleground honor vendors.
• Capturing a mine in Alterac Valley now will give to your side 1 reinforcement per 45 seconds. If your team control both mines you will get 2 reinforcements per 45 seconds.

Classes

Hunters

• Untalented firing range of 5-35 yards, eliminating the deadzone.

Mage

• [Ice Block] no longer stops character from falling. i.e. You will continue falling after you have activated it, and will take no fall damage if you land while in the block.

Warlock

• Spellstone has had its use text fixed and now properly says that it dispels instead of removes magical effects.
• Soulstone animation now appears on the target of the stone and not the casting warlock.

Warrior

• A number of abilities are currently bugged on the test realm, seemingly the result of tinkering with abilities that have a minimum range.

Professions

Cooking

• New recipes added for fish found near Karazhan and Zul'Aman
• A new recipe for Skullfish Soup will allow cooks to create a mana regenerative consumable with a ‘well-fed’ buff that requires one of the new types of fish found near Karazhan and Zul’Aman.

Enchanting

• All old world dungeons have had their loot revisited. Players will now find that all loot dropped inside instances will be of Superior (blue) quality. This would effectively increase the availability of Shards and possibly [Nexus Crystals] for enchanters restricted to running pre-BC dungeons, and in a trickle-down effect, to the rest of the server population.

Items

• Badges of Justice will also be available off Karazhan and Zul'Aman bosses. You will be rewarded 1-2 Badges of Justice per boss.

World Environment

• Boats and Zeppelins that carry players are now populated with NPC crews, some of which are vendors.
• The boat between Teldrassil and Darkshore, and the one between the Forgotten Coast and Feathermoon Stronghold now use the night elf ship model, rather than the human ship model.
• All Netherdrake mounts will now leave a trail of energy behind them while traveling.

Sound

• Night elf and Dwarven inns have new music added.
• Karazhan has 14 new soundtracks for different parts of the dungeon.