3.1 PTR is up!

[Multibocks]

Anyone plan on doing any raid testing? Im interested in hearing about as I am not in a raid guild.

MMOChampion announcement ('http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=40176.0')

[elsegundo]

dual specs available now?

[Souca]

Actually, it's just that the character copy page has had its counters reset. I checked this morning and there was no PTR patch available. I checked again now and there is still not patch. The link has also be changed to indicate this as well.

- Souca -

[Multibocks]

woops, well it might be tonight as the 3.1 Test Realm Forums are up now too.

[jettzypher]

great news...except the char copy queue is packed. average weight is about 9 days...gonna be tough to get in and even if you do, theres probably gonna be logon queues and horrible lag.

[mmcookies]

Please let manaheal totems stack...
Please let manaheal totems stack...

[EaTCarbS]

Please let manaheal totems stack...
Please let manaheal totems stack...Seriously, this is probably one of the biggest issues for Shaman teams imo.
So damn stressful!

If they don't stack, ill be trading 2 shamans for a hunter and a boomkin >.<

maybeh.

[Hachoo]

If manaheal totems stack tank + 4 shaman teams will be so ridiculously overpowered it will be awesome.

Right now the only decision I ever have to make is whether to use mana spring or healing stream totems. If I don't have to make that decision anymore, I'll never have to rest, I'll hardly ever have to heal, my DPS will skyrocket due to hardly ever having to heal, etc. It will be F'ing AWESOME!

[Gares]

I might switch my Resto Shammy to Elemental Again if this happens so I can 4 Box Naxx as well.

[Redbeard]

Any word of patch notes yet? Theyve made some big claims for class changes and then have made some comments such as "were not going to get this in to 3.1" ... Id like to see what theyre giving us.

[puppychow]

I copied 3 of my guys over before the massive stampede to the copy servers (was only 2 hour q's when I copied :), i'll report back on how shaman totem stacking is when the patch is up.

[EaTCarbS]

I copied 3 of my guys over before the massive stampede to the copy servers (was only 2 hour q's when I copied :), i'll report back on how shaman totem stacking is when the patch is up.Awesome, this is greatly appreciated :D

[mmcookies]

3.1 patch is now downloadable
and the real character copy is up

but did they decide to skip the manaheal totems?
i'm only seeing the cleansing totems streamlined in the patch notes

[Stormweasel]

How much for dual-spec? I think that is just about the only pressing question I have about 3.1

Edit - reports on MMO Champion have it at 1000G but of course subject to change

[Multibocks]

Some neat stuff in this patch, however this has me going "WUT"



Siphon Life (Tier 5) is no longer a spell. It is a passive talent that When you deal damage with your Corruption spell, you are instantly healed for 40% of the damage done.

[Souca]

Some neat stuff in this patch, however this has me going "WUT"




Siphon Life (Tier 5) is no longer a spell. It is a passive talent that When you deal damage with your Corruption spell, you are instantly healed for 40% of the damage done.
They mentioned this some time back. The idea that affliction locks have to juggle around 6 dots was just silly. So they baked Siphon Life into a debuff instead of one more spell to cast. Kinda like how Misery and other debuffs get applied when you cast spells. It's a good change that was needed. They had made claims pre 3.0 that they wanted to make affliction lock rotations easier and they actually made them harder by adding more spells; this is a move in the right direction and I think it might even be a small nerf depending on how much damage your corruption does. Previously Siphon Life did it's own damage that convereted to a heal at 100%, so this means one less dot on a target, but now they are just converting the damage from Coruption.

Hmm, looks like my patch will be done by time I get home from work. Yet another day of squirming at the office between the PTR and the 2009 Arena realms going up today.

- Souca -

[mmcookies]

has anyone checked the emblem vendors yet?

[Multibocks]

yea Im searching to see if anyone has checked them, Im really really hoping for new stuff as I have 100+ rotting on my shaman right now.

[Multibocks]

I'm reading that ghetto hearth has been removed in the new patch. I really hope that this is a mistake, but I'm not holding my breath. It's too bad really, if you dont run shaman or have a mage it's a pain in the ass getting around.. even with epic flyers.

[Hachoo]

I've never had to ghetto hearth before (never done it at all). I only use my hearthstone like once every 3 days anyway - usually just fly everywhere, though I admit w/o epic flyers this would suck.

[Multibocks]

I have epic flyers on both my teams and I positively use hearthstones all the time. I however do a lot of tradeskills and AH shopping, so I wish there were an AH in dalaran. Apparently trying to ghetto hearth now sends you to the nearest GY. LAME.

[Tombs]

I'm reading that ghetto hearth has been removed in the new patch. I really hope that this is a mistake, but I'm not holding my breath. It's too bad really, if you dont run shaman or have a mage it's a pain in the ass getting around.. even with epic flyers.With dual specs and an auction house alt you should almost never need to go to old world. The only time I use my hearthstone is after an instance if no mage is present. I am not a respec fiend though so I rarely need to do that, but with dual specs that reason to travel back in time so to speak will be gone too.

[Souca]

I have epic flyers on both my teams and I positively use hearthstones all the time. I however do a lot of tradeskills and AH shopping, so I wish there were an AH in dalaran. Apparently trying to ghetto hearth now sends you to the nearest GY. LAME.Grrr. They could at least put portals in major cities to places like Dalaran or Shattrath. I mean, it's not like they would ruin the game play or anything. just set level requirements on them, 65 for Shatt and 75 for Dalaran. And another thing, whats with the boat from Menethil to Valgarde taking the scenic route? That stupid boat takes forever. When you are sitting in Valgarde waiting to get back to Ironforge or Stormwind and you get to see it head around that bend before it gets to you in another 5 minutes, I just don't see what they were thinking.

Okay, on to positive notes. They are adding another legendary. Usable by Paladins, Priests, Druids, and Shaman. Yes, Shaman. I'll ignore the fact that they screwed mages and warlocks when they took Aitesh out and they gave Pallies yet another legendary, but I'm excited that there is a slim possibility of a legendary boxing team now. So who will be the first to sport [Val'anyr, Gavel of Ancient Kings] ('http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/february/fragmentsvalanyr.jpg')on their whole team?

- Souca -

[elsegundo]

pallys priests droods shamans? ooh ooh ohh i know!! is it a mace??? lol

[Multibocks]

I'm reading that ghetto hearth has been removed in the new patch. I really hope that this is a mistake, but I'm not holding my breath. It's too bad really, if you dont run shaman or have a mage it's a pain in the ass getting around.. even with epic flyers.With dual specs and an auction house alt you should almost never need to go to old world. The only time I use my hearthstone is after an instance if no mage is present. I am not a respec fiend though so I rarely need to do that, but with dual specs that reason to travel back in time so to speak will be gone too.

You must not do much on the AH, as this is where it is necessary. I will have to buy ports back to Dalaran to do anything remotely interesting after putting up auctions/checking for cheap stuff. Yes an alt could do it, but I like my main/slaves to do it so I can check their tradeskills. I sometimes use the ghetto hearth 4 times an hour when leveling professions or selling stuff in trade. Sigh.

[Tombs]

I'm reading that ghetto hearth has been removed in the new patch. I really hope that this is a mistake, but I'm not holding my breath. It's too bad really, if you dont run shaman or have a mage it's a pain in the ass getting around.. even with epic flyers.With dual specs and an auction house alt you should almost never need to go to old world. The only time I use my hearthstone is after an instance if no mage is present. I am not a respec fiend though so I rarely need to do that, but with dual specs that reason to travel back in time so to speak will be gone too.

You must not do much on the AH, as this is where it is necessary. I will have to buy ports back to Dalaran to do anything remotely interesting after putting up auctions/checking for cheap stuff. Yes an alt could do it, but I like my main/slaves to do it so I can check their tradeskills. I sometimes use the ghetto hearth 4 times an hour when leveling professions or selling stuff in trade. Sigh.I've made somewhere around 15k off of the auction house since wrath release and another 10k or so in trade chat sales. I push a dozen or so items through the AH everyday. Inscription is a little more portable for trade chat sales, so I hang out in Dalaran on my main, I'll barter the deal in whisper then deliver the glyph or whatever on my alt in Org if necessary. I agree that if you're leveling a profession off of the AH you're not going to want to do that through an alt, but that shouldn't be an everyday ordeal either. If I am just scanning for simple mats I have a notepad on my desk that I scratch them into. There are ways around needing ports and ghetto hearth they just require a little give and take on old habits.

[Multibocks]

or you could just ghetto hearth whenever you wanted....


in the end they changed it because they need you to waste time, because you wasting time = less getting done = more things to do = longer subscription to game. I dunno, I wish I would have leveled a mage to alleviate this situation and it would be a nonissue.

[Bigfish]

Interesting Ghetto Hearth Story: If you fly in to a 5-man instance with 10 people in a raid, half of them get booted to their hearth.

In other news, switching to your dual-spec just requires you to be out of combat and not in an arena/BG.

Um, Hell Yeah!

3 Cheers for on the fly role selection!

[Multibocks]

I just *had* to link this after I read it:

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/february/AzjolNerub3.jpg


LOL!

[Chranny]

I just *had* to link this after I read it:

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/february/AzjolNerub3.jpg


LOL!

Fail! lolIs that a...

[Multibocks]

Ya know that explains so many things about how I felt after wiping over and over in that instance.......

[Multibocks]

New Legendary Mace animation with texture!

Clicky ('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c2icK9Wkkw')