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Patch 5.3: New Battle Pets and Pet Battle Changes
Patch 5.3 not only has a variety of new battle pets to capture, but some rewards for PvP Pet battles, quest improvements, and ability changes to make battles less predictable!
New battle pets are being added to Burning Crusade raid bosses, as well as
Throne of Thunder
bosses.
Players can get a pet and title from PvP Pet Battles,
Stunted Direhorn
and
Trainer
.
Players can now see Battle Pet Tamers on their minimap.
The Beasts of Fable quests have been broken down into three smaller quests.
Bad luck protection has been implemented for Pet Supply rewards, and some quests have more rewards now.
Spectator mode has been added to all wild and player pet battles.
Click the cut to read the guide!
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World Event: Battlefield Barrens Preview
Blizzard recently posted a blog covering an exciting new world event coming in 5.3, Battlefield Barrens--the conflict between the Alliance and Horde heat up as Garrosh's Kor'kron forces continue to exert their radical control in Orgrimmar and the Northern Barrens.
Over the past month, we've covered this exciting world event extensively. Click the links below to read our past articles! (We'll also be compiling and updating our coverage into a massive guide when 5.3 hits.)
Garrosh's influence can be seen in
the Valley of Spirits being shut down
, a
Horde digsite in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms
, and Kor'kron camps in the Northern Barrens.
To unlock this world event, you'll need to do several
new scenarios and a quest chain showing the underlying politics behind your faction
.
Once the world event is unlocked, you can collect Kor'k
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Preparing for Patch 5.3: Escalation
Patch 5.3 seems to be going live pretty soon, and Blizzard has a blog prepping you on how to get ready for the new patch and the most important things to remember:
Experience required to level from 85-90 will be reduced by 33%.
Item Upgrades are returning, but the costs are greatly reduced and you can't upgrade Season 13 PvP gear.
The cost of heirlooms is reduced by 60%.
Lesser Charms of Good Fortune will now drop from some rare mobs.
PvP gear is getting some huge changes--resilience is being removed and all characters get 65% base resilience instead.
Click the cut for the full blog!
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Updated 5.3 PTR Patch Notes, Build 16924 Spell Changes
The 5.3 PTR Patch Notes were
just updated
. Of particular interest:
Find Weaknesses now only bypasses 50% of armor when used against other players, and 100% of armor against non-player targets. Before, it was 70% for both.
All bosses in Mogu’shan Vaults, Heart of Fear, and Terrace of the Endless Spring now have a chance to drop either a Sigil of Power or Sigil of Wisdom.
Justice Heirloom vendors now sell heirloom shields--
Weathered Observer's Shield
,
Flamescarred Draconian Deflector
Multiple Tiny Carp pets can be on a team, and they can also be traded.
Several dungeons have had their level requirements lowered and there is now normal-mode difficulty for Gate of the Setting Sun (which requires level 89).
Along with the updated 5.3 Patch Notes, there was a small new PTR build.
Classes
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Unholy Might
:
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Mists of Pandaria Mahjong Set, Quest for Epic Boots in 5.3
Path of the Last Emperor
In 5.3, players who have completed the
Battlefield: Barrens
step in the Barrens can head back to Pandaria, learn about the continent more with an old scholar, and get rewarded with some ilvl 502 boots!
The Old Seer
: Locate Seer Hao Pham Roo on the slopes of Mount Neverest in Kun-Lai Summit.
Hellscream is using Pandaria's secrets to wage war against the world - and even his own people. Is this really what the last pandaren emperor had in mind when he cloaked the continent in mists? And why did the mists suddenly disappear? I must have answers! In my travels, I met an old scholar, an expert on the last emperor. Please, seek out Seer Hao Pham Roo. Last we spoke, he was planning to retrace the emperor's steps by scaling Mount Neverest... but he was far too old to attempt such a climb.
Path of the Last Emperor
: Attach the climbing rope to each Rope Anchor along the path to help Seer Hao Pham Roo reach Seeker's Point.
In his time of uncertainty, the last emperor walked a lonely path up this mountain, until he had at last found his answers. I am here to walk the same path, and it seems you have questions of y
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News Roundup: Darkmoon Faire Guide, Congratulations Lore, Ghostcrawler Tweets
Darkmoon Faire
The Darkmoon Faire is back in town this week. If you've been too busy in
Throne of Thunder
to stop by the Faire in 5.2 yet, there are two new hats,
Darkmoon Top Hat
and
Darkmoon Fishing Cap
, as well as the chance to get a Darkmoon pet inside
Darkmoon Game Prize
from dailies.
Darkmoon Top Hat
grants a 10% experience and reputation gain for one hour. It does not stack with the carousel buff
WHEE!
, but does stack with
Mr. Popularity
,
Diplomacy
,
guild banners
, and
heirlooms
.
Darkmoon Fishing Cap
grants +5 fishing, and when the Faire is open, you can summon a pool of shipwrecked debris.
Wowhead's
Darkmoon Faire Guide
has all the details, and check out user guides
Darkmoon Island, Let the Adventure Begin!!!
by
tmpfate
and
Darkmoon Faire Made Easy
by [url=
http://www.cuckhead.com
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5.3 PTR Profession Changes, All Profession Guides Updated
5.3 Profession Changes
The 5.3 PTR doesn't have nearly as many changes for professions as Patch 5.2 did, but there's some changes to gathering professions as well as the fishing carps!
Herbalists and miners with low skill can still interact with Pandaria nodes. Instead of getting an herb or ore though, they'll simply get fragments. The number of fragments will increase based on their skill level.
Mining:
Ghost Iron Nugget
: Combine 10 for
Ghost Iron Ore
.
Kyparite Fragment
: Combine 10 for
Kyparite
.
Herbalism:
Torn Green Tea Leaf
: Combine 10 for
Green Tea Leaf
.
Rain Poppy Petal
: Combine 10 for
Rain Poppy
.
Silkweed Stem
: Combine 10 for
Silkweed
.
Snow Lily Petal
: Combine 10 for
Snow Lily
.
Fool's Cap Spores
: Combine 10 for
Fool's Cap
.
Desecrated Herb Pod
: Combine 10 for
Desecrated Herb
.
In addition,
Tiny Red Carp
,
Tiny Green Carp
,
Tiny Blue Carp
,
Tiny White Carp
appear to be cageable on the latest 5.3 PTR build. Currently, these fish have a very low chance to be caught on live, and are both BoP and unable to be caged--meaning if you want it, you had to catch it yourself.
Profession
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5.3 PTR: Build 16911 - Spell Changes and More, Blizzard's Scenario Preview
A small 5.3 PTR build is coming soon, with some changes for
Death Knight
and
Rogue
. PvP Dev Holinka also clarified
on Twitter
that
Find Weakness
now will be 50% against players, and 100% for mobs.
Blizzard also posted a lore overview this afternoon of the four new scenarios coming in Patch 5.3, as well as details on heroic scenarios. Check out our previews, including achievements and fun zone buffs like
Power Word: Arrrr
!
The Secrets of Ragefire, Battle on the High Seas
Blood in the Snow, Dark Heart of Pandaria
Heroic Scenarios
Click the cut to see the PTR spell changes and scenario blog!
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5.3 PTR: New Achievements and Rewards
Fifty new achievements are coming in Patch 5.3, and some have titles, pets, and mounts as rewards! We've highlighted the cool rewards you can get and listed all the new achievements by category.
Achievement Rewards
Mounts and Pets
:
For completing
Raiding with Leashes II: Attunement Edition
and collecting the 10 new battle pets from Burning Crusade raids, players get
Tito's Basket
. To learn more about battle pets in the patch, check out our
5.3 Battle Pet Preview
.
For winning 250 pet battles,
Brutal Pet Brawler
, players get
Stunted Direhorn
.
Players who have collected 200 mounts,
Mount Parade
/
Mount Parade
, get an
Armored Blue Dragonhawk
/
Armored Red Dragonhawk
.
Titles
:
Completing the meta-achievement for the new battleground,
Master of Deepwind Gorge
, rewards the title
Gorgeous <Name>
. To learn more about Deepwind Gorge, check out Blizzard's battlegrou
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5.3 Arena and Battleground Preview, Glorious Conquest and Lei Shen Hotfixes
Patch 5.2 Hotfixes: April 30
Rygarius
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder
Lei Shen
Lei Shen
's hitpoints have been reduced by 10% on Raid Finder difficulty.
Static Shock from the North Conduit now deals 300,000 damage at 0 energy, down from 650,000 on Raid Finder difficulty.
PvP Preview and Hotfixes
Today's news covers a few PvP topics--hopefully
School of Hard Knocks
got you interested in PvP! Blizzard previewed two PvP areas coming in 5.3: a new battleground,
Deepwind Gorge
, and arena,
The Tiger's Peak
.
Deepwind Gorge
is a 15 vs 15 battleground where players try to control three gold mines to acquire the most gold. There is a meta-achievement for this battleground,
Master of Deepwind Gorge
, and completing it rewards the fabulous title
Gorgeous
. Other achievements include:
Capping Spree
Deepwind Gorge All-Star
Deepwind Gorge Perfection
Deepwind Gorge Veteran
Deepwind Gorge Victory
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5.3 Scenarios: Secrets of Ragefire and Battle on the High Seas
Besides the
scenarios tied into the main 5.3: Escalation questline
, there are two more scenarios coming in 5.3.
The Secrets of Ragefire
features the Goblin-only Gob Squad investigating mysterious disappearances in Durotar, while
Battle on the High Seas
is a naval battle between the Alliance and Horde.
Both scenarios feature numerous vanity touches and fun buffs like
Power Word: Arrrr
. There's some spoilers, so we're putting the details of the scenarios behind a cut!
Check out our other 5.3 Scenario coverage:
Blood in the Snow and Dark Heart of Pandaria
Heroic Scenario Overview
Click the cut to read more about 5.3 scenarios!
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5.3 PTR: Build 16896, Pet Battle Spectator Mode, Brawler's Guild Video
There's a really small new build coming to the PTR soon--only three spells. We've included the spell changes below, as well as some more interesting details on the Brawler's Guild and Pet Battle Spectator Mode also on the 5.3 PTR.
NPC Abilities
Silk Barrage
:
MothranMothallus gathers for a silk barrage.
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Mothallus' Spinneret
:
Grants 1258 haste for 20 sec.
Mothallus' Spinneret
:
Your damaging attacks and abilities have a chance to grant 1258 haste for 20 sec.
Brawler's Guild
In this video by Lore, we're taking a look at some of the Brawler's Guild features coming in 5.3, most notably new special areas only Rank 8 players can access! Lore also provides an overview of the new rewards as well as the additional bosses, getting some f
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5.3 PTR - Build 16888 - Spell Changes, 5.2 Hotfixes
A new build is coming to the 5.3 PTR very soon--check out the latest version of the
5.3 PTR Patch Notes
, updated April 22nd, to see what's been a confirmed change. Some datamined changes reflect the Patch Note changes to spells like
Tranquility
and
Divine Hymn
healing more players in 25-player instances.
There were only few additions in this build--Murkimus got an upgrade,
Murkimus' Tyrannical Spear
, and two new Tournament Arena Realm achievements were added,
Tournament Participation 2013
and
Tournament Glory 2013
.
Check out the latest additions!
There was also a single hotfix added to the 5.2 Hotfix Blog yesterday--but it's pretty big if you like killing world bosses.
Rygarius
Creatures
Fixed an issue where bonus rolls on
Nalak
did not work properly for players coalesced from a different realm.
Click the cut for the 5.3 spell changes!
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5.3 PTR Patch Notes - April 22 Updates, Lesser Charms and World Boss Loot Hotfix
The 5.3 PTR Patch Notes were updated today. Big changes include the following:
Experience needed from 85-90 was reduced by 33%.
Pandaren Spirit Pet Supplies now has a chance to drop a family specific rare Battle-Stone.
Completing the Challenge mode daily quest now awards a Heroic Cache of Treasures with a chance to contain an epic item!
Protection for bad luck streaks have been added to Battle-Stones from pet supplies bags and wild battles. Each bag or battle that does not provide a stone has a progressively better chance to award a stone to the player.
Reduced the number of Lesser Charms of Good Fortune needed for the Mogu Runes of Fate weekly quest to 50, down from 90. Edit: Seems like the Lesser Charms of Good Fortune change got sped up a bit--it's a hotfix happening late tonight!
Numerous class changes, including
Tranquility
now targeting 12 raid members when used in a 25-player instance.
Many trinkets have had their on-use effects reduced, but their duration increased, when used in a Battleground or Arena.
Lesser Charms and World Boss Loot Hotfixes
Two big changes are coming via hotfixes soon--Mogu Runes of Fate require 50 Lesser Charm
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5.3 PTR: Legendary Questline and Celestial Capes Preview
As we
covered last week
, parts of the 5.3 legendary questline have been datamined, with ilvl 600 capes as rewards for defeating one of the four celestials. Today we're taking a closer look at
Chapter IV: Celestial Blessings
, including datamined quests, transcripts of audio between Wrathion and the Celestials, and the distinctive 3D Models for the capes.
5.3 Legendary Quests
A Reckoning
sends you to talk to Wrathion after the defeat of the Thunder King.
The Thunder King is dead, and his instruments of oppression are being picked over by the Alliance and Horde for their own ends.
We come now to the climax of the pandaren campaign. Hellscream's machinations have brought the Alliance down on his head - but even more importantly, he's fractured the unity of the Horde. As the Pandaren say: "The Wok is Hot." Something is about to give, and all of our work comes down to this.
I need time to plan. See me as soon as your faction is ready to make its move!
Celestial Blessings
: You must defeat one of the four celestials--each Celestial's challenge is designed
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Ask the Devs—5.3 PTR Edition
Blizzard's latest
Ask the Devs
covers PvP in Patch 5.3. There are some big changes in store, including an ilvl 496 cap in arena and RBGs, as well as resilience removed from all current PvP gear. Players asked questions about the following topics:
PvP Item Level Cap: since all gear will scale down to 496 in arenas and RBGs, players were concerned about PvE trinkets with strong procs, and if the feeling of excitement is now gone when you buy/upgrade gear.
Resilience: Players now get 65% base resilience, and resilience is removed from all current PvP gear. However, PvP resilience remains on heirlooms as well as gems and enchants, but may change in the future. Tank flag carriers now take additional damage in battlegrounds as a way to discourage PvE-geared tank flag carriers.
Rewards and Incentives: Elite gear is now meant to be a vanity reward, similar to the Challenge Mode transmog sets. The team agrees that there's room for more PvP rewards in between, such as a reward for winning 50 Battlegrounds.
Class Changes: Players were most curious about changes to
Demonic Gateway
(requires a four second cast time, is attackable), and
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5.3 PTR - Build 16853 - Spell Changes, Brawler's Guild Shirts, and More
A new build is coming to the 5.3 PTR soon! For a confirmed list of changes, check out the
official 5.3 PTR Patch Notes
, last updated April 15th. Several of today's datamined changes, such as
A Test of Valor
requiring 3000
Valor Points
, down from 6000
Valor Points
, were already in the notes.
Check out the latest additions!
Patch Highlights
The Alliance get a new title for
Hordebreaker
-- The Hordebreaker.
Darkspear Revolutionary is the title for Horde players completing
Darkspear Revolutionary
.
Many more shirts have been datamined that appear to be rewards for defeating optional bosses in Brawler's Guild, such as
Digmaster's Bodysleeve
.
: Your Smite spell inflicts an additional 20% damage against targets afflicted by Holy Fire, but that additional damage does not get transferred by Atonement.
Item - Paladin T14 Holy 4P Bonus
:
Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Shock spell by 21 sec.
Brawler's Guild
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5.3 PTR Patch Notes - April 15
The 5.3 PTR Patch Notes were just updated! In addition to class changes, there's some big quality of life changes:
Shado-Pan and The August Celestials daily quests no longer have a faction prerequisite to be Revered with the Golden Lotus.
A Test of Valor: Reduced the amount of Valor needed for this achievement to 3000 Valor Points, down from 6000.
Picking up the Alliance or Horde flag while in a Rated Battleground now increases damage taken by 50% for characters in a tanking specialization, and increases damage taken by 20% for characters in a non-tanking specialization.
Tyrannical weapons will not have earned Conquest Point requirements.
Blink Strike has been redesigned. On live, it causes your pet to instantly teleport behind an enemy target up to 40 yards away from your pet and inflict 600% normal damage. On the PTR, it is called Blink Strikes, is a passive ability, increases the pet's Basic Attack damage by 50 %, can be used from 30 yards away, and causes the pet to instantly teleport behind their target.
Intimidation
is now a level 30 talent.
is now a stackable effect up to 2, and causes the next Holy Shock to also heal other allies within 1
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5.3 PTR: Transmog and Vanity Armor
The 5.3 PTR is filled with ways to get vanity items--there are even some for PvP! Whether you're looking for new transmog gear or want a prestige item to show off beating a tough boss in Brawler's Guild, this patch has something for everyone.
Transmog: Cosmetic Armor and UI Improvements
A new armor type has been added: Cosmetic. So far, there is one cosmetic armor item,
Griftah's Authentic Troll Shoes
. This item can be transmogged onto any cloth, leather, mail, or plate item for that same slot.
Griftah's Authentic Troll Shoes
turn your boot armor invisible, replicating the barefoot look all trolls have. It costs 500
Kor'kron Lumber
and is a reward from the Darkspear Rebellion--
learn more about it here
.
When transmogging the item, we noticed that you can transmog any item from void storage or your bank now--it's not just the gear limited to your bags. You can expand the transmog display to see icons of all transmoggable items for a slot.
Legendary Questline Capes
Players completing
Cloak of Virtue
as part of the l
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5.3 PTR - Build 16837 - Spell Changes, Loading Screens, and More
Last night there was a small PTR build with a handful of items, a loading screen for the new battleground, brief Deathwing audio, and some spell and tooltip changes. As Ghostcrawler
pointed out
, check out the official
patch notes
before asking if a tooltip fix is an actual buff or nerf.
Check out the latest additions!
Patch Highlights
There were only a handful of junk items, such as
Bling-Bons
, which are probably tied to new Brawler's Guild bosses.
Several PvP achievements for the new battleground:
Capping Spree
,
Deepwind Gorge All-Star
,
Master of Deepwind Gorge
.
New Warrior Specialization:
. Whenever you are struck by a Stun or Immobilize effect, you generate 15 Rage over 10 sec.
Two new titles:
Instigator
,
Gorgeous
Deepwind Gorge Loading Screen
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