Patch 3.3.0 (undocumented changes)

Patch 3.3.0 (undocumented changes)
Release date	October 1, 2009
Initial version	10554 (PTR)
Interface .toc	30300 (changes)
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This article lists all of Patch 3.3.0's undocumented changes. See the main article for the official list of documented changes.

Classes: General

Death Knights

• Pet
  • Avoidance (passive): Now reduces the damage your pet takes from area-of-effect damage by 90%, but no longer applies to area-of-effect damage caused by other players.
• The unnamed 1-handed version of the [Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle] mentioned in the patch notes is  [Rune of the Nerubian Carapace].

Shamans

• Pet
  • Avoidance (passive): Now reduces the damage your pet takes from area-of-effect damage by 90%, but no longer applies to area-of-effect damage caused by other players.

Races

Blood Elves

•  [Arcane Torrent], tooltip updated, "Non-player victim spellcasting is also interrupted for 3 sec."

Classes

• Mana cost of lower ranked spells has been decreased for many abilities and classes. See below for specifics.
• Tooltips for all silencing abilities ( [Arcane Torrent],  [Silence],  [Silencing Shot], and  [Strangulate]) have been updated to also state, "Non-player victim spellcasting is also interrupted for 3 sec."

Death Knights

• [Runeforging]
  • [Rune of the Nerubian Carapace] added, "Affixes your rune weapon with a rune that increases Defense by 25 and total Stamina by 2%. Modifying your rune weapon requires a Rune Forge in Ebon Hold."

• Blood
  •  [Strangulate], tooltip updated, "Non-player victim spellcasting is also interrupted for 3 sec."

• Unholy
  • [Desecration], duration increased to 20 seconds (old, 12 seconds)
  •  [Night of the Dead], damage reduction now only applies to creature AoE, but the amount of damage reduction has been increased. Creature AoE damage reduction to the death knight's pet is 45/90% (old - 40/70%, applied to all AoE's)

Druids

• Mana cost has been reduced for lower ranks of all of the following abilities:  [Entangling Roots],  [Gift of the Wild],  [Healing Touch],  [Hurricane],  [Insect Swarm],  [Mark of the Wild],  [Moonfire],  [Regrowth],  [Rejuvenation],  [Soothe Animal],  [Starfire],  [Tranquility],  [Typhoon], and File:Spell Nature wrathv2.png [Wrath].
• Balance
  •  [Nature's Grace], no longer procs from DoT spell crits (Old - procced from all spell crits)
  •  [Genesis], now only applies to spell DoT effects, (Old - all DoT's). Possibly just a tooltip clarification.

• Feral
  •  [Swipe], range increased to 8 yards (Old - 5 yards)
  •  [Infected Wounds], no longer stacks (Old - Stacks up to 2 times.)

• Restoration
  •  [Rejuvenation], duration reduced by 20%, but heals per second will remain constant. Now Rejuvenation heals 1352 over 12 seconds, still at a rate of 112.6 HPS (Old - 1690 over 15 seconds, 112.6 HPS)
  •  [Improved Barkskin], now grants additional armor contribution, and dispel protection has been increased. Now grants 160% additional armor contribution from cloth and leather items while in File:Ability Druid TravelForm.png [Travel Form] or while not shapeshifted, and reduces the chance your Barkskin is dispelled by 70% (Old - No armor contribution increase, dispel chance reduced by 60%)

Hunters

• Mana cost has been reduced for lower ranks of all of the following abilities:  [Aimed Shot],  [Arcane Shot],  [Counterattack],  [Explosive Shot],  [Freezing Trap],  [Hunter's Mark],  [Mend Pet],  [Mongoose Bite],  [Multi-Shot],  [Raptor Strike],  [Scare Beast],  [Serpent Sting],  [Volley], and  [Wyvern Sting]

• Marksmanship
  •  [Silencing Shot], tooltip updated, "Non-player victim spellcasting is also interrupted for 3 sec."

• Survival
  •  [Explosive Trap], trap duration reduced to 30 seconds, DoT increased to 900 + RAP, (old - 60 second duration, DoT was a flat 900 damage and not based on RAP).
  • [Point of No Escape], tooltip clarified
  •  [Misdirection], changed to transfer threat when the hunter attacks and threat continues to be transferred for 4 seconds (old - transfers threat of the first 3 attacks)
  •  [Lock and Load], cooldown reduced to 22 seconds (old - 30 seconds).

User Interface

• The Map can be switched (using the button adjacent to the close button) between full screen (covering the screen) and a smaller version. The full screen will show (from left to right, from top to bottom) the following:

• The map with the zone, continent or planet you are on;
• The quests you are on;
• The quest text, displaying the quest;
• The quest rewards on completing it.

The smaller screen will show the following:

• The map with the zone, continent or planet you are on;
• The quests you are on.

Professions

Blacksmithing

• The following patterns have been added:
  • [Puresteel Legplates]
  • [Protectors of Life]
  • [Legplates of Painful Death]
  • [Hellfrozen Bonegrinders]
  • [Pillars of Might]
  • [Boots of Kingly Upheaval]

Leatherworking

• The following patterns have been added:
  • [Legwraps of Unleashed Nature]
  • [Blessed Cenarion Boots]
  • [Bladeborn Leggings]
  • [Footpads of Impending Death]
  • [Lightning-infused Leggings]
  • [Earthsoul Boots]
  • [Draconic Bonesplinter Legguards]
  • [Rock-steady Treads]

Enchanting

• The following patterns have been changed:
  • [Enchant Weapon - Black Magic], now occasionally increases haste by 250 instead of inflicting a curse.
  • [Enchant Weapon - Unholy Weapon], now also inflicts additional shadow damage.

Tailoring

• The following patterns have been added:
  • [Leggings of Woven Death]
  • [Deathfrost Boots]
  • [Lightweave Leggings]
  • [Sandals of Consecration]

Quests

• The quest log displays the reputation rewards when completing the quest: Displayed are:

• The faction you will gain reputation with;
• The amount of reputation you will gain.

Items

• Mounts
  • Hippogryph mounts like the  [Argent Hippogryph] now have a proper walk animation when on the ground.
• [Edge of Ruin] now correctly supports glow effects from enchants.

World environment

• The front door to Icecrown Citadel is now open, leading into a dead end — presumably to make room for the future instance portal.
• The Undercity Guardians in Undercity are being replaced by orcish Kor'kron Overseers.