Changes: Patch 3.1.0 (undocumented changes)

Patch 3.1.0 (undocumented changes)
Release date	April 14, 2009
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Revision as of 07:29, 15 April 2009

This article lists all of Patch 3.1.0's undocumented changes. See the main article for the official list of documented changes.

General

Creature armor has been globally reduced so that debuffed targets should take about the same damage from physical attacks that they did before this change.^[1]
DoT spells that land a critical hit will be reduced with resilience like a normal (non-DoT) spell. The damage will be reduced from the critical hit, but not from the DoT effect.^[2]
DoT crits will "likely" be raised to a 200% crit bonus, up from the 150% currently.^[3]

Achievements

It is possible to track more than one achievement in the Objective frame.
Be Mine will require only six of the eight candies and will retroactively be awarded to players who retrieved six candies during the 2009 Love is in the Air event.^[4]
Glory of the Raider will no longer reward [Plagued Proto-Drake].^[5]
Heroic: Glory of the Raider will no longer reward [Black Proto-Drake].^[5]
Additional achievements have been released for the spring-time world event, Noble Garden.^[6]
Insane in the Membrane is a new reputation-based Feat of Strength achievement, awarding the new title <The Insane>.^[6]
A large number of achievements have been given new icons. Most include but are not limited to; Classic Dungeons, Burning Crusade Dungeons, Fishing, and Holiday Meta Achievements.
Druids that have completed the Swift Flight Form quest chain have recieved a new Feat of Strength achievement, Swift Flight Form

PvP

The vendors in the Hall of Legends and Champions' Hall sell level 70 items once again. The level 80 vendors have been removed.^[6]
Lake Wintergrasp now displays the time remaining until the next battle on the map.^[6]
[Essence of Wintergrasp] has a new icon.
The hole in the floor in the Sunreaver's Sanctuary PvP hall containing portals to Arathi Basin and Eye of the Storm has been covered over.

Classes

Below is a listing of changes to the tooltips of talents and skills for each class. Please note that these may conflict with the official patch notes.^[7]

Death knight

[Anti-Magic Zone] no longer requires a rune to activate.
Chill of the Grave moved from tier 5 to tier 4.
[Morbidity] moved from tier 1 to tier 2.
[Virulence] moved from tier 2 to tier 1.

Druid

[Cat Form] has increased sustained (not burst) damaged.^[1]
[Survival Instincts] now works in Moonkin form.^[1]

Hunter

[Kill Shot] no longer has a minimum range. It can now be used in melee range.
[Sniper Training] has been changed to increase the critical strike chance of your Kill Shot ability by 5/10/15%, and while standing still for 6 sec., you gain Sniper Training increasing the damage done by your [Steady Shot], [Aimed Shot], Black Arrow and [Explosive Shot] by 2/4/6% Lasts 15 sec. (Previously increased damage and critical strike chance based on your range to the target.)

Mage

[Burnout] now only affects Fire spells (previously affected all spells).
Polymorph: Rabbit (new ability) - Transforms the enemy into a harmless rabbit, forcing it to scamper around for up to 50 sec. While wandering, the rabbit cannot attack or cast spells but will regenerate very quickly. Any damage will transform the target back into its normal form. Only one target can be polymorphed at a time. Only works on beasts, humanoids, and critters.
[Hot Streak]'s sound has been changed (previously used the sound which played upon earning a new achievement).
"We are also working on a way to give frost mages Ice Lance 'Shatter combos' in PvE."^[1]
"We are also working on more survivability for Fire spec in PvP."^[1]
"We are also working on making Spirit a more useful and interesting stat for all mages."^[1]

Paladin

All paladin auras have had their tooltip changed to note that they work on the entire raid, not just the party.
[Improved Blessing of Kings] has been removed from the game. Its effect has been merged into [Blessing of Kings].
[Judgement of Light] now procs off spells as well (previously only attacks would trigger this).
[Shield of Righteousness]' description no longer states that the ability causes a high amount of threat.

Priest

[Blessed Resilience] increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 1/2/3% along with its previous effect.
[Borrowed Time] has a new icon.
[Enlightenment] is now a 3 point (down from 5 points) talent and increases your total spirit by 2/4/6% and your spell haste by 2/4/6%.
[Focused Will] now increases spell critical strike chance by 1/2/3% in addition to its previous effect.
[Rapture] is now a 3 point talent. When your [Power Word: Shield] is completely absorbed or dispelled you are instantly energized with 1.5%/2%/2.5% of your total mana, and you have a 33%/66%/100% chance to energize your shielded target with 2% total mana, 8 rage, 16 energy or 32 runic power. This effect can occur once every 12 seconds.
[Reflective Shield] has been moved from tier 7 to tier 5. It is now a 2 point talent and causes 22/45% of the damage you absorb with Power Word: Shield to reflect back at the attacker.

Rogue

[Envenom] now gives an additional 15% chance to apply [Deadly Poison] and a 75% increased frequency of applying [Instant Poison] for 1 sec. plus an additional 1 sec. per combo point. (Previously gave a 15% chance to apply both deadly and instant poison.)
[Expose Armor] now reduces armor by 20%, lasting longer per combo point.
[Hunger for Blood] now has a 30 yard range.
[Improved Poisons] changed to increases the chance to apply Deadly Poison to your target by 2/4/6/8/10% and the frequency of applying Instant Poison to your target by 10/20/30/40/50%. (Previously increased chance to apply Deadly and Instant poison by 2/4/6/8/10%.)

Shaman

[Fire Nova Totem]'s mana cost has been reduced.

Warlock

[Consume Shadows] – this Voidwalker ability is no longer channeled but has a cooldown.^[1]
[Demonic Embrace] is now a 3 point talent. Increases your total stamina by 4/7/10%. (Previously 2/4/6/8/10%.)
[Frailty] has been renamed Improved Curse of Weakness.

Warrior

Arms warriors: Increased damage, possibly through [Overpower] or [Slam].^[1]
Changing stances now has a much reduced cost: you lose a maximum of 20 rage (10 with [Tactical Mastery]). For example, if you have 100 rage and change stances, you will have 80 rage remaining. If you have 10 rage and change stances, all of your rage is lost. In addition, we may change the penalties associated with some stances.^[1]
You now gain rage when damage done to you is absorbed, such as through a Power Word: Shield.^[1]
Additional rage may be gained when the warrior blocks, dodges, or parries.^[1]
[Sunder Armor] now reduces target's armor by 4% per application and stacks up to 5 times. (Previously reduced armor by a set amount.) Since creature armor has been reduced, the net effect should be that this debuff is slightly less mandatory in PvE and is not disproportionately more powerful against cloth targets in PvP.^[1]

Professions

Some recipes have been added to the game, including epic boots and belts for all classes.
Crafted PvP gear has been converted to armor sets and given set bonuses. 4 pieces gives an extra +75 stamina, 6 gives an extra +50 resilience. ^[7]

Alchemy

Mixology - increases flask duration by 1 hour

New recipes were added:^[7]

[Elixir of Minor Accuracy]

Blacksmithing

New recipes were added:^[7]

Enchanting

New recipes were added:^[7]

Enchant Boots - Lesser Accuracy

Engineering

New recipes were added:^[7]

High-powered Flashlight

Jewelcrafting

New recipes were added:^[7]

[Amulet of Truesight]

Leatherworking

New recipes were added:^[7]

Tailoring

New recipes were added:^[7]

Cooking

Requirements of some Cooking recipes have been lowered.
You can now buy a [Chef's Hat] for 100 .

Fishing

You can now catch [Musselback Sculpin], [Glacial Salmon] and [Nettlefish] in Wintergrasp, all three are reagents for cooking [Fish Feast].

User interface

Wrath of the Lich King dungeons and raids now have their own maps. ^[7]^[6]
Interface Menu includes a new option in Combat Text, that of Target Effects with a sub option to show it for other players' targets.
Glyphs have been moved from the Spellbook to the Talents window.
"Talent Points" label has been renamed "Unspent Talents", and "Points spent in (category) Talents" has been reworded to "(category) Talents".
Sound - Sound Effects has a new option, Enable Pet Sounds.
Ctrl-S (switching sound on/off), Ctrl-M (switching music on/off) and Alt-Z (switching UI on/off) will display a message on the middle of the screen.
The tooltip for the experience bar now shows the percentage of experience for the level.
The loading screen for Northrend is now the world map.

Items

Commendation Badges have been added to help players raise their reputation the main capital and racial factions. Each awards 250 reputation for the named faction: ^[7]
Kirin Tor ring upgrades and changes - If you purchased an original ring, an upgrade will be available for an additional 1,250: ^[8]
[Shattered Fragments of Val'anyr], a legendary mace can be crafted by combining 40 [Fragments of Val'anyr]. Note that this item cannot be created on the PTR.
New Icons for the following pets: [Baby Blizzard Bear], Cockroach, [Frosty's Collar] & [Nurtured Penguin Egg].
New Icons for the following mounts: [Ebon Gryphon], [Snowy Gryphon], [Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade] and virtually all the Elekks to reflect their color.
Icon for Acherus Deathcharger reverted to 3.0.2 version.
[Wind-Up Train Wrecker] 250 is now available for sale at The Wonderworks.
[Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth]:
- you can now accept quests etc. while mounted
- you are no longer immune to fall damage while mounted
- you no longer have a pet icon bar to throw your passengers out, there is a new special graphic beneath the minimap instead, where you see who is on your mammoth and can dismiss them
- the two vendors switched their places

Glyphs

Glyph icons have been updated. Each glyph has a glowing background, the color of the glow matches the class color the glyph belongs to. IE: Orange glow = Druid glyph, Blue = Mage, etc.

Updated glyphs are listed below. ^[7]