3.1 PTR is up!

[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

[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.