[WOW] BETA invites go out in EU! US servers tommorrow morning?!?

[Tdog]

Beta upgrade page ('https://beta.worldofwarcraft.com/expansion/')

MMO Champion ('http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=10360.0')

Wowinsider ('http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/07/18/wotlk-european-beta-invites-going-out/')

WOW DK Forums ('http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html;jsessionid=F5796396F5526432150D9D2DFEE5 7425.app11_07?forumId=7572246&sid=2000')

[BigSmitty]

http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/07/17/wotlk-beta-patch-notes-and-other-news/

I'd say it's a pretty good bet invites will go out in the next week or so.

[Tdog]

Actually wowinsider.com and mmo-champion.com seem to think its going to be closer to a few days if not as early as tommorrow. Would make sense to open it up on a friday for the weekend...

Either way they released quite a bit of info about paladin on wowinsider.com ('http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/07/17/wotlk-beta-patch-notes-and-other-news/') , as well as other classes...


Paladin
All Auras now affect all party and raid members within the area of effect. Anticipation (Protection) moved to tier 1, now increases chance to dodge by 1/2/3/4/5%. Avenger's Shield (Protection) cast time reduced to .5 seconds, duration increased to 10 seconds. Avenging Wrath no longer causes Forebearance, damage increase reduced to 20%, now increases healing done by 20%. Blessing of Freedom renamed Hand of Freedom. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. Now costs 6% of base mana. Blessing of Light and Greater Blessing of Light removed. Their effects have been folded into all relevant abilities. Blessing of Protection renamed Hand of Protection. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. All ranks now cost 6% of base mana. Blessing of Sacrifice renamed Hand of Sacrifice, is now only 1 rank and transfers 20% of the damage taken to the caster, duration reduced to 12 seconds, cooldown increased to 2 minutes. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. Now costs 6% of base mana. Blessing of Salvation renamed Hand of Salvation, now reduces total threat on the target by 2% per second for 10 seconds while also reducing all damage and healing done by 10%. Only one Hand spell can be on the target per paladin at any one time. Now costs 6% of base mana. Conviction (Retribution) now increases critical chance with all spells and melee attacks. Divine Intellect (Holy) moved to tier 2, increases total Intellect by 3/6/9/12/15%. Divine Intervention cooldown reduced to 20 minutes. Divine Protection and Divine Shield now cost 3% of base mana. Divine Purpose (Retribution) now reduces chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks by 1/2/3%. Divine Strength (Holy) moved to tier 1 in the Protection tree. Greater Blessing of Salvation removed. Hammer of Justice now costs 3% of base mana. Hammer of Wrath is now considered a Retribution spell, moved from Holy, mana cost reduced, missile speed increased, now usable on targets below 35% health. Healing Light (Holy) moved to tier 2. Holy Shield (Protection) cooldown reduced to 8 seconds. Holy Shock (Holy) range changed to 20/40 yards when used on enemies/friends respectively, cooldown reduced to 6 seconds. Holy Wrath is now instant cast, causes a 3 second stun, cooldown reduced to 30 seconds, radius reduced to 10 yards. Illumination (Holy) moved to tier 3. Improved Concentration Aura (Protection) moved to the Holy tree. Improved Concentration Aura moved from the Protection tree to tier 4 in the Holy tree. Improved Devotion Aura (Protection) moved to tier 4, reduced to 3 ranks, now increases armor of Devotion Aura by 17/34/50% and increases all healing done to units affected by Devotion Aura by 1/2/3%. Improved Hammer of Justice (Protection) now reduces cooldwon by 10/20/30 secs. Improved Righteous Fury (Protection) threat bonus folded into base spell, talent still reduces all damage taken by 2/4/6%. Improved Sanctity Aura (Retribution) renamed Sanctified Retribution, now causes all units affected by Retribution Aura to cause 2% more damage. Improved Seal of Righteousness (Holy) moved to tier 1, renamed XXX, now affects Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Vengeance and Seal of Corruption. Improved Seal of the Crusader (Retribution) renamed Heart of the Crusader and the effects now apply to all Judgement spells. Judgement of Justice will no longer prevent Fear effects, only prevent NPCs from fleeing (e.g. at low health). Lay on Hands no longer drains all mana, cooldown reduced to 20 minutes. Pure of Heart (Holy) reduced to 2 ranks, now reduces duration of Curse and Disease effects by 25/50%. Redoubt (Protection) moved to tier 2. Repentance (Retribution) mana cost changed to 9% of base, duration increased to 1 minute (10 second PvP duration), now usable against Demons, Dragonkin, Giants, Humanoids and Undead. Retribution Aura damage increased and now gains damage based on Holy spell power. Righteous Fury now increases threat caused by Holy damage by 90%. Sanctified Light (Holy) now also increases the critical chance of Holy Shock. Sanctity Aura (Retribution) removed. Seal of Justice/Judgement reduced to 1 rank with all the effects of the previous rank 2, the Judgement effect no longer prevents Fear. Seal of the Crusader has been removed. The effects of Judgement of the Crusader have been folded into all relevant abilities. Seal of Vengeance damage over time effect duration increased to 18 seconds. Spiritual Focus (Holy) moved to tier 1. Stoicism (Protection) moved to tier 2, now reduces duration of Stun effects by 10/20/30% and reduces chance your spells will be resisted by 10/20/30%. Toughness (Protection) moved to tier 3. Turn Undead (ranks 1 and 2) removed. Turn Evil now granted at level 24, mana cost changed to 9% of base. Unyielding Faith (Holy) moved to tier 2. Looks like paladin's are getting a new type of spell called "Hand" spells. Mostly turning some of the lesser blessing into "Hand" spells rather than "Blessing" spells. Most of it looks good for paladins, although I am curious how the new Hand of Salvation (replacing blessing of salvation) will work out.

[Gadzooks]

Read on General that the EU invites went out, so there's a possibility the US will go out tonight...fingers crossed!

[Tdog]

Read on General that the EU invites went out, so there's a possibility the US will go out tonight...fingers crossed!I hate all you europeans that got your invites >: ( ('http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/07/18/wotlk-european-beta-invites-going-out/')

[Aradar]

Most of it looks good for paladins, although I am curious how the new Hand of Salvation (replacing blessing of salvation) will work out.

Read this under the Shaman section: Tranquil Air Totem has been removed. (Threat is being addressed by modifications to the base threat of players and/or "baked" into tanking abilities.)

Guess this would explain modification of Blessing of Salvation as well.

Edit: Was going to point out other things of interest but I'll just post the whole list:

All totems are now considered on the "Physical" school, and no longer magical spells.
Ancestral Knowledge (Enhancement): Now increases your Intellect by 2/4/6%, instead of increasing your total Mana by 2/4/6/8/10%.
Call of Flame (Elemental): Now also increases the damage of your Lava Burst spell by 2/4/6%.
Call of Thunder (Elemental) now also increases the critical strike chance of your Thunder spell.
Concussion (Elemental) now increases the damage of your Thunder and Lava Burst spells.
Convection (Elemental) is now a 3-point talent, down from a 5-point talent. Now lowers the mana cost of Thunder and Lava Burst.
Earth's Grasp (Elemental) is now a tier-1 talent, up from tier-2.
Elemental Detestation (Elemental) is now a tier-2 talent, up from tier-4.
Elemental Focus (Restoration): Now also can proc off Lesser Healing Wave and Healing Wave, and can be used on all healing spells.
Elemental Fury (Elemental) now requires Elemental Focus as a pre-requisite
Elemental Precision (Elemental): Chance to hit reduced to 1/2/3% from 2/4/6%, but threat reduction increased to 10/20/30% up from 4/7/10%.
Enhancing (Enhancement) Totems is now a Tier 1 talent, up from Tier-2.
Flametongue Totem is now a flat spell damage totem. All ranks have been modified.
Frostbrand's snare effect has been increased to 50%, up from 25%.
Ghost Wolf's mana cost is now 13% base.
Grace of Air Totem has been removed. (Agility has been rolled over into Strength of Earth Totem)
Improved Fire Totems (Elemental) is now (again) Improved Fire Nova Totem. It now has a 50/100% chance to stun all targets for 2 sec.
Improved Lightning Shield (Enhancement) is now Elemental Shields, and is in Tier-1.
New ranks have been added of Water Shield, starting at level 20. (Level 20, 27, 34, 41, 48, 55, 62, 69)
New Spell: Earthliving Weapon - Imbue the Shaman's weapon with earthen life. Increases healing done by x and each heal has a 20% chance to proc Earthliving on the target, healing an additionaly over 12 sec. Lasts 30 minutes.
New Talent: Cleanse Spirit (Restoration) - Cleanse the spirit of a friendly target, removing 1 poison effect, 1 disease effect, and 1 curse effect.
New Talent: Elemental Shields (Enhancement): Increases the damage done by your Lightning Shield orbs by 5/10/15%, increases the amount of mana gained from your Mana Shield orbs by 5/10/15% and increases the amount of healing done by your Earth Shield orbs by 5/10/15%.
New Talent: Mental Dexterity (Enhancement) - Increases your Attack Power by 33/66/100% of your Intellect.
Rockbiter ranks 5 through 9 have been removed. Windfury Weapon is intended to replace Rockbiter at level 30.
Shapeshifting will no longer cancel Water Walking.
Shield Specialization (Enhancement) - Now a 2-point talent, and increases the chance to block with attacks by 10/20%, and increases the amount blocked by 5/10%.
Stoneskin Totem now increases armor instead of reducing physical damage.
Storm Reach (Elemental): Now also increases the radius of your Thunder spell by 10/20%.
Strength of Earth Totem now also increases agility.
Tranquil Air Totem has been removed. (Threat is being addressed by modifications to the base threat of players and/or "baked" into tanking abilities.)
Unleashed Rage is now raid wide.
Windfury Totem is now a flat 20% melee haste totem. All ranks have been modified.
Windwall Totem has been removed.
Wrath of Air is now a flat 10% spell haste totem.

Edit2: Macros and key bindings are now saved server-side so there is no longer a need to reconfigure them when logging in using another computer. Guess we won't be able to link them anymore on our side.

[Kyudo]

Euro here, but still waiting for the lottery results :O

From what I've heard though it'll be a staged rollout with only a few invites going out initially, then more later.

[Unholy[S]haman]

O gawd I want one so bad! Im kinda bored of BC wow now, guilds finished bt and probably going to stop raiding now, no more fun left and i want to see the new content badly :)

I wonder how much people will be selling them for (seeing as they arent bound to your account.)

[Kyudo]

And this one was at $165 when I checked at 2pm UK time (9 hours ago)!

Zomg, some people will do anything!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Wrath-of-the-Lich-King-Beta-Key_W0QQitemZ220258842074QQihZ012QQcategoryZ106453 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Sanctume]

Righteous Fury now increases threat caused by Holy damage by 90%.

I hope that's enough for the removal of Blessing of Salvation.

Hand of Salvation is a huge nerf to dps for someone needing it.

[Anozireth]

Does anyone know of any real person that's actually gotten a key and wasn't in the alpha? Auctions posted on ebay don't mean much IMO...

[Basilikos]

Re-read the WoWInsider material on this. It was fake, I believe. No one in the EU got invites, it was just part of a scam. At least it was last time I checked...

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Netheara[sic] posted that invites had started on the official WoW forums. So unless they're shifting gears and just tweaking people, they've started. ;)

[Carnage]

And this one was at $165 when I checked at 2pm UK time (9 hours ago)!Looking at the previous bids, it looks like a big scam - the same people with 0 feedback bidding on it and boosting the price. Anyone prepared to spend that on it would know they can run out and get 10 battlechests and have 10x chance of getting a key :)

[Icetech]

haha guess i picked the wrong time to cancel my accounts:) doubt they will be sending me a invite:)

[Basilikos]

Netheara[sic] posted that invites had started on the official WoW forums. So unless they're shifting gears and just tweaking people, they've started. ;)

True, but she also confirmed that the EU emails going out were not real.