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| Patchname = Hour of Twilight
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{{BCBS|Policy}}
  
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| Image = [[Image:Patch_4.3.0_Wallpaper.jpg|265px|]]
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{{Policy}}
  
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| Caption =
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=== Vandalism Policy ===
  
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| Release = 2011-11-29
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{{policy/Proposal}}
  
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| Version = 15005
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| toc = TBD
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| Highlights =
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*New 5-man dungeons:
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**[[End Time]]
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**[[Well of Eternity (instance)|Well of Eternity]]
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**[[Hour of Twilight (instance)|Hour of Twilight]]
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*[[Dragon Soul (instance)|Dragon Soul]] raid
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*[[Transmogrification]]
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*[[Void Storage]]
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*[[Raid Finder]]
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*[[Darkmoon Island]]
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| Related = [http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3608419/Public_Test_Realm_Patch_43_Notes-9_27_2011 Public Test Realm Patch 4.3 Notes]
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| Prev = 4.2.2
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| Current = 4.3.0
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| Next = 4.4.0
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}}
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'''Patch 4.3.0''' will include the "largest content update since Cataclysm".<ref name="MMO-C 4.3">{{ref web|url=http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2400-WoW-Lost-300k-Subscribers-Patch-4.3-this-year-Blizzcon-2011-Tickets-Blue-Posts MMO-Champion|title=WoW Lost 300k Subscribers, Patch 4.3 this year, Blizzcon 2011 Tickets, Blue Posts|author=Boubouille|date=2011-08-04|accessdate=2011-10-03|publisher=MMO-Champion}}</ref>
   
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==Patch Trailer==
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==== What is Vandalism? ====
  
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<youtube>2yz4ebjZCPg</youtube>
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See [[WoWWiki:Vandalism]] (and vote on it!).
  
   
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==General==
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==== Cleaning Vandalism ====
  
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*New Dungeon: [[End Time]]
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An act of [[vandalism]] can be removed or reverted with only a comment in the edit summary identifying the type of vandalism (usually spam, unexplained deletes, etc.). Disagreement with the edit should be posted in the related discussion page. Cleaners will be added to the honorary [[:Category:Cleaners|Cleaners category]], unless they request to be removed.
  
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**This new 5-player Heroic dungeon begins the quest to save all with a look at the desolate future of Azeroth, should its defenders fail to stop Deathwing.
   
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*New Dungeon: [[Well of Eternity (instance)|Well of Eternity]]
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==== Record of Vandals ====
  
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**In this new 5-player Heroic dungeon, adventurers travel back 10,000 years in a brazen attempt to retrieve the Dragon Soul.
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[[Vandal]]s should have their user name added to the [[WoWWiki:Known_vandals|known vandals list]] with a some note on the type or level of vandalism and optionally any cleaning information.
  
   
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*New Dungeon: [[Hour of Twilight (instance)|Hour of Twilight]]
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==== Blocking Vandals ====
  
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**This new 5-player Heroic dungeon sets the final stage by bringing players face-to-face with the Twilightā€™s Hammer in present-day Dragonblight, where Thrall and the Dragon Soul must be safely escorted to Wyrmrest Temple so that the assault on Deathwing can commence.
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[[Special:Blockip|Blocking]] by an [[Special:Listadmins|admin]] will occur after a certain number of acts of vandalism, the length of time will depend on the number of acts, and a note to that effect will be added to [[WoWWiki:Known_vandals|known vandals list]]:
  
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* If the user is seen to be posting with non-malicious intent, they will get a warning from the [[admin]] before a block occurs.
  
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* If the vandalizing user is obviously controlled by a [[bot (user)]], the block will start at 1 year.
  
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! style="border-bottom:1px solid white; padding:0px 6px 6px 0px;" |Block Time
  
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||5 acts||7 days (168 hours)
 
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||50 acts||1 year
  
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||100 acts ||10 years
  
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*New Raid: [[Dragon Soul (instance)|Dragon Soul]]
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For reference you can look at the [[Special:Ipblocklist|list of currently blocked users]] or the [[WoWWiki:Block log|log of users who have been blocked]].
  
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**Players have the opportunity to take the fight to Wyrmrest Temple and beyond, assisting Thrall and the Dragon Aspects as they seek to bring an end to the Black Dragonflight once and for all. 10- and 25-person raids will get to take on Deathwing himself, with three levels of difficulty to consider and epic gear to claim.
   
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*New [[Baradin Hold]] boss: [[Alizabal]]
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===== How to Appeal a Block =====
  
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**Alizabal presents an all-new boss challenge to player in 10- and 25-player arrangements who control Tol Barad. This boss will be available with the start of [[Season 11]], one week after the release of patch 4.3.
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Generally there is no recourse to a block, but you could create another user and post an appeal with reasons in the [[WoWWiki_talk:Policy/Vandalism|discussion area of the Vandalism policy]].
  
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*New Legendary Item: {{set|Fangs of the Father}}
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**The most deadly and experienced [[rogue]]s will play a central role in the fate of the world the rogueā€™s way: by manipulating key events from the shadows. Players will travel across continents to accomplish crucial missions of reconnaissance, burglary, infiltration and, of course, assassination. Rogues who succeed will receive a paired set of daggers that will become increasingly lethal as their bearer progresses along the legendary quest. At the height of their strength, they will be imbued with the vile essence of the [[Old Gods]], as well as the maddened fury of the [[Black Dragonflight]] -- bestowing great power upon their bearer. These powers include a stacking increase to Agility which builds until dark wings unfurl from the rogueā€™s back, removing the combo point cost and increasing damage of finishing moves for a short time. In addition, the wings which can be spread on command (with no combat benefit) to slow a rapid descent, allowing the rogue to slowly fall to the groundā€¦ or enact a little death from above!
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*New Feature: [[Raid Finder]]
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**This new grouping feature allows players to quickly and easily form a pick-up raid for a specially tuned version of the current tier of endgame content: the Dragon Soul raid.
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*New Feature: [[Transmogrification]]
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**This new feature allows players to customize their gear like never before: copying the appearance of one magical item onto another.. Youā€™ll find Transmogrification, Void Storage, and Reforging vendors in [[Cathedral Square]], [[Stormwind City|Stormwind]] and [[Drag|The Drag]], [[Orgrimmar]].
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*New Feature: [[Void Storage]]
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**In addition to the bank, players will now have access to a new "deep storage" system, allowing characters to free bag space by setting aside coveted gear. You'll find Transmogrification, Void Storage, and Reforging vendors in Cathedral Square, Stormwind and The Drag, Orgrimmar.
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*[[Reforging]]
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**The former Reforging vendors have been... retired. The ethereals have chosen to take over the business and joined their Transmogrification and Void Storage service providers. You'll find them in Cathedral Square, Stormwind and The Drag, Orgrimmar.
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*[[Darkmoon Faire]]
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**Make your way to [[Darkmoon Island]] during the first week of every month to take in the new Darkmoon Faire, complete with new quests, shows, games, recipes, toys, balloons, souvenirs, snacks, beverages, achievements, and titles.
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*Improved [[Outland]] & [[Northrend]] Quest Flow
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**The amount of experience needed to gain levels 71 through 80 has been reduced by approximately 33%.
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**Many Group quests in Outland and Northrend have been re-tuned to allow players to complete them solo. They are no longer labeled as Group quests.
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**Relevant questgivers have been moved into Outland and Northrend dungeons. The majority of dungeon quests for these zones are now available from within their respective dungeons.
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==Achievements==
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*The achievement [[Master of Alterac Valley]] no longer requires the [[The Alterac Blitz|Alterac Valley Blitz]]<sup>''[sic]''</sup> achievement.
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*The achievement [[Tol Barad Veteran]] now requires 25 victories in [[Tol Barad]], down from 100.
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==Classes==
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===General===
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*[[Vengeance]] for Protection warriors, Protection paladins, Blood death knights, and Feral druids has been redesigned slightly. It no longer ramps up slowly at the beginning of a fight. Instead, the first melee attack taken by the tank generates Vengeance equal to 33% of the damage taken by that attack. In addition, as it updates periodically during the fight, it's always set to at least 33% of the damage taken by the tank in the last 2 seconds. It still climbs from that point at the rate it did previously, still decays when damage is not taken, and still cannot exceed a maximum based on the health and Stamina of the tank.
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*Threat generated by classes in active tanking modes has been increased to 500% damage done, up from 300%. This applies to druids in [[Bear Form]], death knights in [[Blood Presence]], warriors in [[Defensive Stance]], and paladins with [[Righteous Fury]] active.
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*Spells which have an effect broken by taking damage past a threshold ([[Entangling Roots]], [[Fear]], [[Frost Nova]], etc.) now count damage that was prevented by damage absorbs or other damage reducing effects.
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*Buffs
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**All raid and party buffs which grant group members 10% increased attack power have been changed slightly. They continue to provide 10% increased ranged attack power, but now provide 20% increased melee attack power.
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***[[Abomination's Might]]: The melee attack power bonus from this raid buff has been increased to 10/20%, up from 5/10%. The ranged attack power bonus remains 5/10%.
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***[[Blessing of Might]]: The melee attack power bonus from this raid buff has been increased to 20%, up from 10%. The ranged attack power bonus remains 10%.<!--
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***[[Runescroll of Might]]: The melee attack power bonus from this consumable has been increased to 16%, up from 8%. The ranged attack power bonus remains 8%.--><!-- THIS ITEM DOES NOT EXIST -->
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***[[Trueshot Aura]]: The melee attack power bonus from this raid buff has been increased to 20%, up from 10%. The ranged attack power bonus remains 10%.
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***[[Unleashed Rage]]: The melee attack power bonus from this raid buff has been increased to 10/20%, up from 5/10%. The ranged attack power bonus remains 5/10%.
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==={{ClassIcon|Death Knight|Large}} Death Knights===
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*[[Death Strike]] now heals the death knight whether or not the attack misses, or is dodged/parried. As a result of this change, Death Strike no longer refunds its rune cost if it fails to hit the target, as the death knight will still receive the healing effect.
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*[[Blood Presence]] now provides an armor bonus of 55%, up from 30%.
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*Death Knight pets now properly inherit their masterā€™s crit and spell penetration stats.
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*Talent Specializations
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**Blood
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***[[Blade Barrier]] has been redesigned. It now passively reduces damage taken.
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***[[Bone Shield]] now has 6 charges, up from 4.
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***[[Veteran of the Third War]] now reduces the cooldown of [[Outbreak]] by 30 seconds.
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**Unholy
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***The gargoyle called by [[Summon Gargoyle]] should exclusively use its ranged attack regardless of range to the target.
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***[[Unholy Might]] now increases Strength by 25%, up from 20%.
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==={{ClassIcon|Druid|Large}} Druids===
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*[[Wrath]] has a new spell effect.
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*[[Hurricane]] has a new updated visual effect.
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*[[Swipe (Cat Form)]] has been reduced to 340% weapon damage, down from 415%.
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*[[Bear Form]] now provides an armor bonus of 120% at all levels, up from 65% for characters below level 40, making it easier for lower level druids to tank dungeons.
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*[[Bear Form]] now provides a Stamina bonus of 20%, up from 10%.
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*Talent Specializations
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**Balance
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***[[Celestial Focus]] now also reduces [[Cyclone]] spell pushback.
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**Restoration
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***[[Wild Growth]] healing has been reduced by 20%.
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***[[Nature's Focus]] now also reduces [[Cyclone]] and [[Entangling Roots]] spell pushback.
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*Glyphs
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**[[Glyph of Shred]] has been renamed [[Glyph of Bloodletting]], and now also causes [[Mangle (Cat Form)]] to extend the duration of [[Rip]], in addition to its existing [[Shred]] functionality.
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**[[Glyph of Wild Growth]] now also increases the cooldown on [[Wild Growth]] by 2 seconds.
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==={{ClassIcon|Hunter|Large}} Hunters===
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*[[Monstrous Bite]] now reduces the targetā€™s healing received by 25%, up from 10%.
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*Talent Specializations
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**Beast Mastery
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***[[Animal Handler]] now increases Attack Power by 30%, up from 25%.
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***[[Widow Venom]] now reduces the targetā€™s healing received by 25%, up from 10%.
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***[[Burrow Attack]] now does approximately 20% more damage, and has an increased area of effect.
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***[[Froststorm Breath]] now does approximately 20% more damage, and has an increased area of effect.
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**Survival
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***[[Explosive Shot]] damage has been increased by 15%.
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==={{ClassIcon|Mage|Large}} Mages===
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*[[Pyroblast]]ā€™s initial damage has been increased by approximately 26%, and its damage over time has been increased by approximately 100%.
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*[[Fireball]] damage has been increased by approximately 17%.
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*Talent Specializations
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**Fire
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***[[Living Bomb]] damage over time has been increased by approximately 10%, and explosion damage has been increased by approximately 120%.
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==={{ClassIcon|Paladin|Large}} Paladins===
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*[[Holy Radiance]] now has a 3.0-second cast time, no cooldown, and requires a player target. That target is imbued with Holy Radiance, which heals them and all group members within 10 yards instantly, and continues to heal them by a smaller amount every 1 second for 3 seconds.
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*[[Seal of Insight]], when Judged, no longer returns 15% base mana to the paladin. Judging Seal of Insight still causes damage, and melee attacks will still restore 4% of base mana.
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*[[Seal of Truth]], when Judged, now benefits from a multiplier of 20% per stack of Censure, up from 10%.
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*Talent Specializations
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**Holy
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***[[Clarity of Purpose]] now also reduces the cast time of Holy Radiance.
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***[[Illuminated Healing]] (mastery) now also applies to Holy Radiance.
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***[[Infusion of Light]] now applies its cast time reduction from [[Holy Shock]] critical effects to [[Holy Radiance]], in addition to its current effects.
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***In addition to providing haste, the effect from [[Judgements of the Pure]] now increases mana regeneration from Spirit by 10/20/30% for 60 seconds.
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***[[Light of Dawn]] now affects 6 targets (base effect), up from 5.
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***[[Paragon of Virtue]] now lowers the cooldown of [[Divine Protection]] by 15/30 seconds, up from 10/20 seconds.
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***[[Speed of Light]] no longer triggers from Holy Radiance and no longer lowers the [[Holy Radiance]] cooldown. Speed of Light now only triggers from [[Divine Protection]].
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***[[Tower of Radiance]], in addition to its current effects, now also causes Holy Radiance to always generate 1 charge of Holy Power at all times.
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***[[Beacon of Light]] is triggered by [[Word of Glory]], [[Holy Shock]], [[Flash of Light]], [[Divine Light]] and [[Light of Dawn]] at 50% transference and [[Holy Light]] at 100% transference. It does not transfer [[Holy Radiance]], [[Protector of the Innocent]] or other sources of healing.
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**Retribution
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***[[Sanctified Retribution]] now increases the critical hit chance of [[Hammer of Wrath]] by 2/4/6%, down from 20/40/60%.
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***[[Two-Handed Weapon Specialization (paladin talent)]] (passive) now increases damage by 25%, up from 20%.
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*Glyphs
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**[[Glyph of Light of Dawn]] now lowers the number of targets to 4, instead of increasing targets to 6, but increases healing by 25%.
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==={{ClassIcon|Priest|Large}} Priests===
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*[[Divine Hymn]] now affects 5 targets, up from 3.
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*Talent Specializations
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**Discipline
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***[[Atonement]] will now account for the target enemy's combat reach when calculating proper range, enabling it to be used on large creatures such as [[Ragnaros (Firelands tactics)|Ragnaros]] and [[Al'Akir (tactics)|Ala'kir]]<sup>''[sic]''</sup>.
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***[[Divine Aegis]] has a new spell effect.
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**Holy
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***[[Spirit of Redemption]] has been rebuilt to address a few functionality issues and make it more responsive. Spirit of Redemption otherwise remains unchanged.
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***[[State of Mind]] has been redesigned and is now called [[Heavenly Voice]]. Heavenly Voice increases the healing done by [[Divine Hymn]] by 50/100%, and reduces the cooldown of Divine Hymn by 2.5/5 minutes.
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***[[Guardian Spirit]]ā€™s healing bonus has been increased to 60%, up from 40%.
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***[[Holy Word: Serenity]] now has a cooldown of 10 seconds, down from 15 seconds.
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*Glyphs
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**[[Glyph of Circle of Healing]] now also increases the mana cost of [[Circle of Healing]] by 20%.
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==={{ClassIcon|Rogue|Large}} Rogues===
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*[[Wound Poison]] now reduces the targetā€™s healing received by 25%, up from 10%.
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==={{ClassIcon|Shaman|Large}} Shamans===
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*[[Flametongue Weapon]] no longer increases spell damage. It now increases all non-physical damage done by the wielder by 5%.
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*[[Lightning Bolt]] has a new spell effect.
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*[[Wind Shear]] now has a 25-second base cooldown, up from 6 seconds.
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*Talent Specializations
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**Elemental
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***[[Call of Flame]] no longer causes [[Fire Nova]] to extend the duration of Flame Shock.
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***[[Earthquake]] damage has been increased by roughly 75%.
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***[[Elemental Fury]] now removes the cooldown from [[Chain Lightning]].
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***[[Reverberation]] now reduces the cooldown of [[Wind Shear]] by 10/20 seconds, up from 0.5/1 second.
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**Enhancement
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***[[Improved Lava Lash]] now causes [[Lava Lash]] to spread a [[Flame Shock]] debuff from the target to up to 4 nearby targets. This excludes crowd-controlled targets and those who already have a Flame Shock debuff from the shaman.
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***Improved Lava Lash no longer increases base Lava Lash damage by 15/30%. This increase has been rolled into the base Lava Lash skill.
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***[[Mental Quickness]] has been redesigned. Instead of granting the shaman spell power, Mental Quickness now causes Enhancement shaman spells to behave as though the shaman has spell power equal to 55% of attack power. Enhancement shaman spells no longer benefit from spell power from other sources.
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***[[Maelstrom Weapon]] can now also proc from fully absorbed melee attacks.
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**Restoration
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***[[Ancestral Healing]] now also causes the shaman's heals to increase the target's maximum health by 5/10% of the amount healed, up to a maximum of 10% of the target's maximum health, for 15 seconds. This effect does not stack if multiple Restoration shaman are present, and does not apply to heals from procs.
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***[[Riptide]]'s periodic healing coefficient has been increased by 50%. The initial direct heal is unchanged.
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==={{ClassIcon|Warlock|Large}} Warlocks===
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*[[Shadow Bolt]] has a new spell effect.
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*[[Soul Fire]] now scales with 72.6% of spell power, up from 62.5%.
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*The [[Voidwalker (warlock minion)|Voidwalker]] ability [[Suffering]] now works like the hunter pet talent [[Taunt (pet)]].
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*Talent Specializations
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**Demonology
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***[[Master Demonologist]] now grants a base bonus of 18.4% and 2.3% per mastery, up from 16% and 2% per mastery.
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***[[Impending Doom]] is now also activated by [[Soul Fire]].
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**Destruction
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***[[Cataclysm (warlock talent)]] now increases Fire damage by 30%, up from 25%.
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***[[Fire and Brimstone]] now increases the damage of [[Incinerate]] and [[Chaos Bolt]] on [[Immolate]]d targets by 5/10/15%, up from 2/4/6%.
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***[[Burning Embers (warlock talent)]] now deals damage equal to 25/50% of [[Soul Fire]] and Imp's [[Firebolt]], up from 15/30%.
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***Buning Embers<sup>''[sic]''</sup> damage cap has been raised.
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***[[Shadowburn]] now deals Shadowflame damage, instead of Shadow damage.
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***[[Improved Soul Fire]] now lasts 20 sec, up from 15sec.
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*Bug Fixes
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**Fixed a bug that caused Doomguard and Infernal to benefit dramatically more than intended from Demonology Mastery.
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==={{ClassIcon|Warrior|Large}} Warriors===
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*[[Charge]] (and related abilities) should now correctly path to a target even if the target moves during the Charge. This change should decrease the likelihood of the warrior Charging to a different location than the target.
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*[[Slam]] now uses a new character attack animation.
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*[[Colossus Smash]] now uses a new character attack animation.
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*Talent Specializations
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**Arms
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***[[Mortal Strike]] now reduces the target's healing received by 25%, up from 10%.
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**Fury
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***[[Dual Wield Specialization]] no longer increases Physical damage by 5%. It continues to increase off-hand attack damage by 25%.
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***[[Furious Attacks]] now reduces the target's healing received by 25%, up from 10%.
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==Dungeons & Raids==
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*[[Dungeon Journal]] entries have been added for the new dungeons: [[End Time]], [[Well of Eternity (instance)|Well of Eternity]], [[Hour of Twilight (instance)|Hour of Twilight]], and [[Dragon Soul (instance)|Dragon Soul]].
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*Players who use [[Dungeon Finder]] for a random Heroic dungeon will no longer be locked to that instance. Previously, players who entered an instance via the Random Dungeon option were then prohibited from queuing for that dungeon or entering the instance manually via the portal. Players should now always be able to complete a specific Heroic dungeon once per day regardless of any random dungeons completed.
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*Ruins of Ahn'qiraj
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**Bosses in [[Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj|Ruins of Ahn'qiraj]]<sup>''[sic]''</sup> now drop a rare-quality [[Scarab Coffer Key]] which can be used to open the [[Scarab Coffer]]s found within. These keys are zone-bound to Ruins of Ahn'qiraj and have a 17-hour expiration. This change also applies to [[Greater Scarab Coffer Key]]s used to open [[Large Scarab Coffer]]s.
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*Zul'Gurub
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**Players now only have to kill two of the four initial dungeon bosses ([[High Priest Venoxis]], [[Bloodlord Mandokir|Broodlord Mandokir]]<sup>''[sic]''</sup>, [[High Priestess Kilnara]], and [[Zanzil (tactics)|Zanzil]]) to face [[Jin'do the Godbreaker]].
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*Zul'Aman
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**Players now only have to kill two of the four Troll avatars before they may face [[Hex Lord Malacrass]].
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==Guilds==
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*[[Guild Standard]]s are again useable in [[Firelands (instance)|Firelands]]. Duration has been increased to 15 minutes, the effect has a 100 yard radius, and now affects dead players.
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==Items==
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*[[Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest]]: The chance for this itemā€™s effect to be triggered has been reduced.
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==Races==
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*The orc racial [[Blood Fury]] now increases spell power rather than only spell damage.
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==User Interface==
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*North American realms (excluding Brazilian, Latin American, and Oceanic realms) no longer permit letters with accents in character or guild names. Existing character and guild names with special characters will be unaffected by this change.
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*[[Archaeology]] areas of interest will now show on the mini-map, in addition to the World Map.
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*Bag Search
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**A search field has been added to allow players to search bag, bank, guild bank, and Void Storage inventories for specific items.
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*Guilds with inactive guild leaders can now usurp the leader under specific conditions. More information on this coming soon.
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*The Reforging interface has been updated and improved.
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*Quest Tracking areas or points of interest will now show on the mini-map, in addition to the World Map.
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*The World Map now displays the expected character levels for each zone.
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*Added a ā€œpromote everyoneā€ checkbox that will automatically make all raid members, Raid assistants. This checkbox can be found in the Raid Frame and the Unit Frame ā€œpull-outā€ tab.
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*There are now commands for world markers & unit markers.
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*Added new rotation, zoom, and pan controls are now available in all windows with player models in UI frames.
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*Players can now unlearn profession specialization without unlearning the profession (Engineering & Alchemy).
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*[Mac] Added functionality to allow using the Command key instead of the Control key on Apple keyboards. This can be enabled in Mac Options.
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*[Mac] Added functionality to disable Mac OS system keyboard shortcuts so that they do not interfere with keyboard shortcuts in WoW. This can be enabled in Mac Options.
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*Added a feature to interact with NPCs, game objects (mailbox, mining nodes, etc.), and corpses on left-click as well as right-click. There is now an option under Interface:Controls to turn this feature off.
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==General Bug Fixes==
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''Coming soon.''
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==Trailer==
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<youtube>2yz4ebjZCPg</youtube>
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==References==
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{{reflist}}
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{{Patches}}
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[[Category:World of Warcraft patches|4.3.0]]
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Revision as of 12:24, 29 November 2011

Icon-patch-22x22 Patch 4.3.0
ā€œHour of Twilightā€
File:Patch 4.3.0 Wallpaper.jpg
Release date 2011-11-29
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Patch 4.3.0 will include the "largest content update since Cataclysm".[1]

Patch Trailer

General

  • New Dungeon: End Time
    • This new 5-player Heroic dungeon begins the quest to save all with a look at the desolate future of Azeroth, should its defenders fail to stop Deathwing.
  • New Dungeon: Well of Eternity
    • In this new 5-player Heroic dungeon, adventurers travel back 10,000 years in a brazen attempt to retrieve the Dragon Soul.
  • New Dungeon: Hour of Twilight
    • This new 5-player Heroic dungeon sets the final stage by bringing players face-to-face with the Twilightā€™s Hammer in present-day Dragonblight, where Thrall and the Dragon Soul must be safely escorted to Wyrmrest Temple so that the assault on Deathwing can commence.
  • New Raid: Dragon Soul
    • Players have the opportunity to take the fight to Wyrmrest Temple and beyond, assisting Thrall and the Dragon Aspects as they seek to bring an end to the Black Dragonflight once and for all. 10- and 25-person raids will get to take on Deathwing himself, with three levels of difficulty to consider and epic gear to claim.
  • New Baradin Hold boss: Alizabal
    • Alizabal presents an all-new boss challenge to player in 10- and 25-player arrangements who control Tol Barad. This boss will be available with the start of Season 11, one week after the release of patch 4.3.
  • New Legendary Item: Fangs of the Father
    • The most deadly and experienced rogues will play a central role in the fate of the world the rogueā€™s way: by manipulating key events from the shadows. Players will travel across continents to accomplish crucial missions of reconnaissance, burglary, infiltration and, of course, assassination. Rogues who succeed will receive a paired set of daggers that will become increasingly lethal as their bearer progresses along the legendary quest. At the height of their strength, they will be imbued with the vile essence of the Old Gods, as well as the maddened fury of the Black Dragonflight -- bestowing great power upon their bearer. These powers include a stacking increase to Agility which builds until dark wings unfurl from the rogueā€™s back, removing the combo point cost and increasing damage of finishing moves for a short time. In addition, the wings which can be spread on command (with no combat benefit) to slow a rapid descent, allowing the rogue to slowly fall to the groundā€¦ or enact a little death from above!
  • New Feature: Raid Finder
    • This new grouping feature allows players to quickly and easily form a pick-up raid for a specially tuned version of the current tier of endgame content: the Dragon Soul raid.
  • New Feature: Void Storage
    • In addition to the bank, players will now have access to a new "deep storage" system, allowing characters to free bag space by setting aside coveted gear. You'll find Transmogrification, Void Storage, and Reforging vendors in Cathedral Square, Stormwind and The Drag, Orgrimmar.
  • Reforging
    • The former Reforging vendors have been... retired. The ethereals have chosen to take over the business and joined their Transmogrification and Void Storage service providers. You'll find them in Cathedral Square, Stormwind and The Drag, Orgrimmar.
  • Darkmoon Faire
    • Make your way to Darkmoon Island during the first week of every month to take in the new Darkmoon Faire, complete with new quests, shows, games, recipes, toys, balloons, souvenirs, snacks, beverages, achievements, and titles.
  • Improved Outland & Northrend Quest Flow
    • The amount of experience needed to gain levels 71 through 80 has been reduced by approximately 33%.
    • Many Group quests in Outland and Northrend have been re-tuned to allow players to complete them solo. They are no longer labeled as Group quests.
    • Relevant questgivers have been moved into Outland and Northrend dungeons. The majority of dungeon quests for these zones are now available from within their respective dungeons.

Achievements

Classes

General

  • Vengeance for Protection warriors, Protection paladins, Blood death knights, and Feral druids has been redesigned slightly. It no longer ramps up slowly at the beginning of a fight. Instead, the first melee attack taken by the tank generates Vengeance equal to 33% of the damage taken by that attack. In addition, as it updates periodically during the fight, it's always set to at least 33% of the damage taken by the tank in the last 2 seconds. It still climbs from that point at the rate it did previously, still decays when damage is not taken, and still cannot exceed a maximum based on the health and Stamina of the tank.
  • Threat generated by classes in active tanking modes has been increased to 500% damage done, up from 300%. This applies to druids in Ability racial bearform [Bear Form], death knights in Spell deathknight bloodpresence [Blood Presence], warriors in Ability warrior defensivestance [Defensive Stance], and paladins with Spell holy sealoffury [Righteous Fury] active.
  • Spells which have an effect broken by taking damage past a threshold (Spell nature stranglevines [Entangling Roots], Spell shadow possession [Fear], Spell frost frostnova [Frost Nova], etc.) now count damage that was prevented by damage absorbs or other damage reducing effects.
  • Buffs
    • All raid and party buffs which grant group members 10% increased attack power have been changed slightly. They continue to provide 10% increased ranged attack power, but now provide 20% increased melee attack power.
      • Spell deathknight icetouch [Abomination's Might]: The melee attack power bonus from this raid buff has been increased to 10/20%, up from 5/10%. The ranged attack power bonus remains 5/10%.
      • Spell holy greaterblessingofkings [Blessing of Might]: The melee attack power bonus from this raid buff has been increased to 20%, up from 10%. The ranged attack power bonus remains 10%.
      • Ability trueshot [Trueshot Aura]: The melee attack power bonus from this raid buff has been increased to 20%, up from 10%. The ranged attack power bonus remains 10%.
      • Spell nature unleashedrage [Unleashed Rage]: The melee attack power bonus from this raid buff has been increased to 10/20%, up from 5/10%. The ranged attack power bonus remains 5/10%.

Death Knight Death Knights

  • Spell deathknight butcher2 [Death Strike] now heals the death knight whether or not the attack misses, or is dodged/parried. As a result of this change, Death Strike no longer refunds its rune cost if it fails to hit the target, as the death knight will still receive the healing effect.
  • Spell deathknight bloodpresence [Blood Presence] now provides an armor bonus of 55%, up from 30%.
  • Death Knight pets now properly inherit their masterā€™s crit and spell penetration stats.
  • Talent Specializations

Druid Druids

Hunter Hunters

  • Inv misc bone 09 [Monstrous Bite] now reduces the targetā€™s healing received by 25%, up from 10%.
  • Talent Specializations
    • Beast Mastery
      • Ability hunter animalhandler [Animal Handler] now increases Attack Power by 30%, up from 25%.
      • Ability hunter potentvenom [Widow Venom] now reduces the targetā€™s healing received by 25%, up from 10%.
      • Inv qiraj skinsandworm [Burrow Attack] now does approximately 20% more damage, and has an increased area of effect.
      • Spell frost ice shards [Froststorm Breath] now does approximately 20% more damage, and has an increased area of effect.
    • Survival

Mage Mages

  • Spell fire fireball02 [Pyroblast]ā€™s initial damage has been increased by approximately 26%, and its damage over time has been increased by approximately 100%.
  • Spell fire flamebolt [Fireball] damage has been increased by approximately 17%.
  • Talent Specializations
    • Fire
      • Ability mage livingbomb [Living Bomb] damage over time has been increased by approximately 10%, and explosion damage has been increased by approximately 120%.

Paladin Paladins

Priest Priests

Rogue Rogues

  • Inv misc herb 16 [Wound Poison] now reduces the targetā€™s healing received by 25%, up from 10%.

Shaman Shamans

  • Spell fire flametounge [Flametongue Weapon] no longer increases spell damage. It now increases all non-physical damage done by the wielder by 5%.
  • Spell nature lightning [Lightning Bolt] has a new spell effect.
  • Spell nature cyclone [Wind Shear] now has a 25-second base cooldown, up from 6 seconds.
  • Talent Specializations
    • Elemental
    • Enhancement
      • Spell shaman improvelavalash [Improved Lava Lash] now causes Ability shaman lavalash [Lava Lash] to spread a Spell fire flameshock [Flame Shock] debuff from the target to up to 4 nearby targets. This excludes crowd-controlled targets and those who already have a Flame Shock debuff from the shaman.
      • Improved Lava Lash no longer increases base Lava Lash damage by 15/30%. This increase has been rolled into the base Lava Lash skill.
      • Spell nature mentalquickness [Mental Quickness] has been redesigned. Instead of granting the shaman spell power, Mental Quickness now causes Enhancement shaman spells to behave as though the shaman has spell power equal to 55% of attack power. Enhancement shaman spells no longer benefit from spell power from other sources.
      • Spell shaman maelstromweapon [Maelstrom Weapon] can now also proc from fully absorbed melee attacks.
    • Restoration
      • Spell nature undyingstrength [Ancestral Healing] now also causes the shaman's heals to increase the target's maximum health by 5/10% of the amount healed, up to a maximum of 10% of the target's maximum health, for 15 seconds. This effect does not stack if multiple Restoration shaman are present, and does not apply to heals from procs.
      • Spell nature riptide [Riptide]'s periodic healing coefficient has been increased by 50%. The initial direct heal is unchanged.

Warlock Warlocks

Warrior Warriors

  • Ability warrior charge [Charge] (and related abilities) should now correctly path to a target even if the target moves during the Charge. This change should decrease the likelihood of the warrior Charging to a different location than the target.
  • Ability warrior decisivestrike [Slam] now uses a new character attack animation.
  • Ability warrior colossussmash [Colossus Smash] now uses a new character attack animation.
  • Talent Specializations
    • Arms
      • Ability warrior savageblow [Mortal Strike] now reduces the target's healing received by 25%, up from 10%.
    • Fury

Dungeons & Raids

  • Dungeon Journal entries have been added for the new dungeons: End Time, Well of Eternity, Hour of Twilight, and Dragon Soul.
  • Players who use Dungeon Finder for a random Heroic dungeon will no longer be locked to that instance. Previously, players who entered an instance via the Random Dungeon option were then prohibited from queuing for that dungeon or entering the instance manually via the portal. Players should now always be able to complete a specific Heroic dungeon once per day regardless of any random dungeons completed.
  • Zul'Aman
    • Players now only have to kill two of the four Troll avatars before they may face Hex Lord Malacrass.

Guilds

  • Guild Standards are again useable in Firelands. Duration has been increased to 15 minutes, the effect has a 100 yard radius, and now affects dead players.

Items

Races

  • The orc racial Racial orc berserkerstrength [Blood Fury] now increases spell power rather than only spell damage.

User Interface

  • North American realms (excluding Brazilian, Latin American, and Oceanic realms) no longer permit letters with accents in character or guild names. Existing character and guild names with special characters will be unaffected by this change.
  • Archaeology areas of interest will now show on the mini-map, in addition to the World Map.
  • Bag Search
    • A search field has been added to allow players to search bag, bank, guild bank, and Void Storage inventories for specific items.
  • Guilds with inactive guild leaders can now usurp the leader under specific conditions. More information on this coming soon.
  • The Reforging interface has been updated and improved.
  • Quest Tracking areas or points of interest will now show on the mini-map, in addition to the World Map.
  • The World Map now displays the expected character levels for each zone.
  • Added a ā€œpromote everyoneā€ checkbox that will automatically make all raid members, Raid assistants. This checkbox can be found in the Raid Frame and the Unit Frame ā€œpull-outā€ tab.
  • There are now commands for world markers & unit markers.
  • Added new rotation, zoom, and pan controls are now available in all windows with player models in UI frames.
  • Players can now unlearn profession specialization without unlearning the profession (Engineering & Alchemy).
  • [Mac] Added functionality to allow using the Command key instead of the Control key on Apple keyboards. This can be enabled in Mac Options.
  • [Mac] Added functionality to disable Mac OS system keyboard shortcuts so that they do not interfere with keyboard shortcuts in WoW. This can be enabled in Mac Options.
  • Added a feature to interact with NPCs, game objects (mailbox, mining nodes, etc.), and corpses on left-click as well as right-click. There is now an option under Interface:Controls to turn this feature off.

General Bug Fixes

Coming soon.

Trailer

References

 
  1. ^ Boubouille 2011-08-04. MMO-Champion WoW Lost 300k Subscribers, Patch 4.3 this year, Blizzcon 2011 Tickets, Blue Posts. MMO-Champion. Retrieved on 2011-10-03.
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Warlords of Draenor 6.x – Warlords of Draenor
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