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Patch 6.1 Garrison, Profession, and Battle Pet Overview Guides; Friday Update Arcade
With
Patch 6.1 coming on Tuesday
, we have even more guides for you outlining popular content--battle pets, professions, and garrisons.
6.1 Profession Updates
by gold-making expert
Elvine
covers all the new recipes, how to obtain them, and what materials you need. If you have any questions, ask
Elvine on Twitter
or in the guide comments.
6.1 Battle Pet Updates
by contributing editor
Serrinne
covers the new pets, achievements, battles, and more. We even have a
separate guide
giving advice on what pets you should use
Ultimate Battle-Training Stone
on. If you have any questions, ask
Serrinne on Twitter
or in the guide comments.
6.1 Garrison Updates
summarize everything from new missions to music scrolls for your jukebox! We've updated all of our
garrison guides
, but it's also handy to have the changes explained in one place.
We've also updated our
Lunar Festival Guide
as
Elder Bluewolf
is now accessible
in Wintergrasp.
Friday Update Arcade
Every week we feature Friday Update Arcade, highlighting news from popular games! This week covers the
Lunar Festival in Heroes of the Storm
, the latest
Humble Bundle
, and more. It even touches on Patch 6.1!
Patch 6.1 PTR Patch Notes for February 13
The latest patch notes have appeared for the Patch 6.1 PTR. Do note that these don't necessarily line up with datamining. We have new info on buffs and nerfs for Feral, Windwalker, and more! Check out the classes tab below.
Blizzard QA Zorbrix has also noted that, as the Patch 6.1 PTR builds are release candidates, character copies are disabled:
Level 90-94 gold and Garrison Resource missions will now continue to appear even if there are no Followers that are level 90-94.
Barn Level 3
traps can now be placed on top of a trap that has already been sprung.
Characters visiting the Garrison are now able to use
Mage Tower / Spirit Lodge Level 3
/
Mage Tower / Spirit Lodge Level 3
portals.
The fireplace in Tier-2 and Tier-3 Alliance Garrison Town Halls can now be used as a cooking fire.
Improvements have been made to the way that cosmetic transformations are handled. Previously, using another transformation would overwrite or cancel an existing effect. Now, characters can retain multiple cosmetic transformations and the one with the highest priority will be visible. If a higher priority transformation is canceled or expires, the next highest priority transformation will then be visible.
Cosmetic transformation effects that don't have mount animations and previously prevented a character from mounting (or were canceled upon mounting) are no longer canceled or need to be canceled or prevent mounting. Instead, the transform is temporarily suppressed and the character will regain the transformation once they dismount.
Many Druid shapeshift forms now have attachment points on the head and back for cosmetic toy effects such as
Blazing Wings
or
Pepe
. Additional shapeshift forms may receive attachment points in the future.
Blazing Wings
effect now lasts for 15 minutes (down from 1 hour) with a 30-minute cooldown (down from 1 hour).
Piccolo of the Flaming Fire
has been rebuilt into a Toy Box item. Players can channel for 30 seconds to cause those around them to dance with a 5-minute cooldown. Additionally, the effect will no longer interrupt eating or drinking.
All rings, neck, cloak, and trinket items that can be acquired in
Nagrand
(A level 98+ zone) or later should now be better suited for the character's loot specialization. This means tanks should no longer receive items with no bonus Armor and healers should no longer receive items with no Spirit from sources like item tokens, quests, or Personal loot mode in Dungeons and Raids for those item slots.
Accounts with an inactive subscription are now able to log in with the same restrictions that Starter Edition accounts have with the additional perk of being able to join guilds that characters on the account already are a member of.
New Graphics Options: Particle Density in graphics settings now have 3 detail levels (down from 5). This may affect the number of particles generated by some particle systems.
Added new ambient occlusion method NVIDIA HBAO+, available on all DirectX 11 capable video cards.
MSAA is once again supported, with additional controls for fine-tuning under Advanced graphics options.
A new SSAA anti-aliasing option is now available for high-end video cards.
Per-pixel deferred point lights have been added to create more realistic lighting throughout Draenor.
Fish caught in Draenor can now be filleted without requiring a set stack number (20 for small, 10 for normal, 5 for enormous fish) while larger fish will still award more resources.
Cruisin' the Chasm
: Resolved an issue where characters were not receiving completion credit after riding the
Rental Chopper
.
Ridin' the Rocketway
: Resolved an issue where characters were not receiving completion credit after riding the
Redhound Two-Seater
prototype.
A number of Main Hand weapons have been converted to One-Hand so they'll work better with transmogrification.
Neural Silencer
now also blocks
Swapblaster
effects.
Reins of the Amber Scorpion
is once again back in stock for purchase from
Ambersmith Zikk
.
Sargerei Disguise
now has a 60-minute cooldown (up from 30 minutes).
Loot eligibility lockouts for Draenor world bosses (
Drov the Ruiner
,
Tarlna the Ageless
, and
Rukhmar
) are now tracked in Raid Info under the Raid tab.
Garden Sickle
now correctly sheathes on the hip.
Fixed an issue where
Rogue
s would automatically fail the
Gladiator's Sanctum Level 3
coliseum scenario when they use the Death from Above talent.
Fixed an issue where characters that underwent a paid faction change may be unable to complete the achievement for
Upgrading the Mill
.
Dungeon Journal entries for
Blackrock Foundry
have been updated with fight mechanics that have changed from hotfixes.
Tanks are now able to use abilities and cooldowns while grabbed by
Hans'gar
or
Franzok
's
Crippling Suplex
.
Primal Gladiator's and Primal Combatant's Badges now have a 2-minute cooldown (up from 1 minute).
Mists of Pandaria era PvP Gloves no longer have an on-equip bonus.
There's now a 10 minute delay between battles after
Grand Marshal Tremblade
or
High Warlord Volrath
has been defeated (down from 30 minutes).
Eye of the Storm
: Icon for the flag should no longer be incorrectly displaying in the center of the map even though it's been picked up by another player.
Death Knight
Breath of Sindragosa
no longer has an initial Runic Power cost, but only applies the
Breath of Sindragosa
for Blood Death Knights.
Defile
now only reduces damage taken for Blood Death Knights.
damage has been increased by 20%
37%
and now only grants Runic Power to Blood Death Knights.
Defile
should no longer be incorrectly redirected by
(
Shaman
).
Druid
Ferocious Bite
damage increased by 5%.
Moonfire
's mana cost has been reduced by 55%.
Shred
damage increased by 20%.
Thrash
(
Cat Form
) damage increased by 20%.
damage decreased by 16.6%.
Moonfire
(Feral) damage increased by 5%
Rake
damage increased by 5%.
Rip
damage increased by 5%.
Swipe
damage increased by 20%.
Ironbark
is no longer usable while silenced.
Nature's Cure
can no longer be cast while in a shapeshift form and is now classified as a Nature School ability
PvP 4-piece set bonus for
Restoration Druid
s has been replaced. The cooldown of
Ironbark
is now reduced by 30 seconds.
Hunter
Beast Mastery: Improved Focus Fire now grants an 8% increase to attack power per
Frenzy
stack consumed (up from 5%).
Marksman: Careful Aim now increases critical strike chance of
Steady Shot
,
, and
Aimed Shot
by 50% (down from 60%).
Chimaera Shot
damage increased by 30.4%.
is now 25% more effective.
Mage
Comet Storm
(Frost) damage has increased by 94% but deals 33.3% less damage in PvP combat.
Charred Glyph
effect can now hit targets up to 60% further away from the primary target, but no longer ignores crowd-controlled targets.
Monk
Rising Sun Kick
(Windwalker, Mistweaver) now causes enemies to take 20% increased damage from the
Monk
's abilities (up from 10%).
Paladin
Holy: Beacon of Light heals should no longer benefit or consume
's effect.
Priest
Halo
now displays an indicator on the ground to make it easier for the casting
Priest
see where the ability is most effective. Additionally, Halo's visual effect has been synchronized so a character will receive the effect when the nova intersects with them.
Psychic Scream
(Shadow) now has a 30-second cooldown (up from 45 seconds).
Power Word: Shield
now absorbs 10% less damage.
Shaman
now protects both party and raid members (up from only party members). Additionally, fixed an issue where
was incorrectly redirecting
Provoke
(
Monk
) and
Growl
(Hunter Pets).
Restoration:
now increases all healing done by 40% (up from 30%).
should no longer cause Frost Shock to trigger a new Mastery:
Earthen Rage
(Elemental). Note that this does not stop
Earthen Rage
effects that are already in progress or in the process of being triggered.
Tier-17 2-piece bonus for
Elemental Shaman
now increases multistrike damage by 1% per stack (down from 2% damage increase per stack).
Tier-17 4-piece bonus for
Elemental Shaman
now requires the Shaman to consume 12
18
charges to trigger (down
up
from 15 charges).
Warlock
(Demonology) damage decreased by 25%.
Warrior
Execute
damage decreased by 11.4%.
now absorbs 24.4% more damage.
Protection:
now increases armor by 10% (up from 5%).
Wowhead Weekly Ep 22: Blood Elves, Selfies, PTR Professions; Filleting and Bait Changes Reverted
Wowhead Weekly is back for another show! It's another recorded one, as Olivia's still in the UK, with her terrible rural internet. Wowhead Weekly is a World of Warcraft podcast with Wowhead Site Manager Perculia and Olivia, where they discuss all things Warlords of Draenor, Wowhead, and more!
Wowhead Weekly is sponsored by
Full Sail University
. If you’ve ever considered working behind the scenes to create video games,
Full Sail University
offers programs that can prepare you for a future in the industry. Whether you’re interested in coding, art, producing, or mobile game development, there’s a game degree program at
Full Sail University
that can teach you the tools, technology, and workflow used by today’s studios.
Wowhead Weekly
This week they're discussing:
The
new Blood Elf models that were added to the PTR
-- check out your Blood Elf in 6.1 by going to
cuckhead.com/list
!
The
S.E.L.F.I.E. Camera
that was added to the PTR -
Perc took some selfies
, and
Olivia took one of her Blood Elf
!
The Garrison Jukebox
- Olivia built one of these and is now enjoying the dulcet tones of Silvermoon in her Garrison.
On the topic of the Garrison Jukebox,
we've datamined all the music, and you can listen to it all on Wowhead
!
Perc talks about our
Garrison Database improvements - the devs have added counter information to followers, and we've got more information on follower re-rolling
We've got news of several Profession Updates on the PTR
We discuss the highlights and worst bits of the latest patch 6.1 PTR patch notes.
Patch 6.1 PTR Patch Notes
The latest set of PTR patch notes have been posted! Remember that datamining doesn't necessarily line up with these.
For more information on the latest PTR news, check out our recent coverage of the
Garrison Jukebox, S.E.L.F.I.E. Camera
,
Heirlooms, Models and More
!
Highlights
Collecting all heirloom items awards a special mount usable by level 1 characters (
Chauffeured Chopper
).
New
neck slot Heirlooms
are now available and allows the character to cast a heal once a minute. This heal shares a cooldown with potions and
Healthstone
s.
Griftah
now sells a
variety of transmogrification items
for
Dingy Iron Coins
. In addition, he now sells a Rogue-specific toy,
Barrel of Bandanas
.
Barrel of Bandanas
spawns a barrel that gives players that use it a random visual bandana buff for 30 minutes.
Follower Weaponry and Armor Set tokens (War Ravaged, Blackrock, Goredrenched) no longer drops from salvage.
Some world events now sell either tier-2 and tier-3 Heirlooms for currency obtained through the event.
You no longer catch bait in your
. However,
Nat Pagle
(Level 3
Fishing Shack Level 3
) will give you any of the standard baits if you ask nicely.
Stoneform
when used, now triggers a 30-second shared cooldown with other PvP trinkets that breaks crowd-control effects.
Tertiary Stats for Avoidance, Speed, and Leach now provide about four times as much benefit per stat point.
Lumber Mill Level 3
and the
Trading Post Level 1
no longer require Garrison Resources to build or upgrade.
Increased the item level of gear awarded from completing daily Challenge Mode quests to 660 (up from 640).
The
Mage Tower / Spirit Lodge Level 2
now accepts
Ogre Waystone
s as work orders awarding
Apexis Crystal
s and a chance to receive an item that allows instant completion of a mission that's in-progress (
Mission Completion Orders
).
Added two mailboxes in around the Black Market near Ring Of Blood in
Nagrand
.
New Character Models: Blood Elf
Character models for Blood Elves
have been overhauled with an increase to fidelity and texture resolution; while retaining the core look and feel of the originals.
Some character models received additional tweaks and adjustments.
Twitter Integration
Characters can now send Tweets for items, achievements, and screenshots from within the game client using the /share command.
This feature can be enabled by accessing a new social settings pane to add or remove a Twitter account.
New Heirloom Collections Tab
The Collections system now supports Heirloom items.
Heirlooms have a tier system to denote the maximum level that the item scales up to.
Wowhead Weekly Returns with Episode 21, Garrison Campaign Follower Rewards, Garona Weapon Models
Wowhead Weekly is back! We've returned from our break, with a recorded show. Wowhead Weekly is a World of Warcraft podcast with Wowhead Site Manager Perculia and Olivia, where they discuss all things Warlords of Draenor, Wowhead, and more! Wowhead Weekly is sponsored by
Full Sail University
. If you’ve ever considered working behind the scenes to create video games,
Full Sail University
offers programs that can prepare you for a future in the industry. Whether you’re interested in coding, art, producing, or mobile game development, there’s a game degree program at
Full Sail University
that can teach you the tools, technology, and workflow used by today’s studios.
This week they're discussing:
The 10th Anniversary Statue
Heirloom Upgrades on the Patch 6.1PTR
The Garrison Jukebox - allowing you to collect new music to play in your Garrison
!
You can track your toybox on Wowhead!
Patch 6.1 PTR - perma-Pepe, new Mount, Raiding with Leashes
New followers:
Garona, a Legendary Rogue; and Harrison Jones
More Garrison news from the PTR: spending resources, UI improvements, Mission updates, World Boss invasions, Materials conversion
Wowhead Weekly will be doing two shows this week to celebrate our return, so check back on the weekend for more!
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