Rewards for the Amphitheater of Anguish questline (similar to Ring of Blood) have been added to the game.
Violet Citadel (Dalaran) populated with new npcs (Rhonin, leader of the Kirin Tor)
Jewelcrafting: 18 New Epic Gems
Blacksmithing: The 1-handed epic weapons have been buffed & Titanium Weapon Chain
Major changes to mana cost on spells and downranking
Almost every class specific spell had their mana cost changed, they now have a % instead of a flat amount. "This is base mana cost, not total modified by int cost".
Furthermore, major changes to downranking of spells have been put into the game, lower ranks of spells now almost always cost as much as your highest rank.
Two new tailoring embroiders
- Master's Spellthread - Permanently embroiders your pants with master's spellthread, increasing spell power by 50 and Stamina by 30.
- Sanctified Spellthread - Permanently embroiders your pants with sanctified spellthread, increasing spell power by 50 and Spirit by 20.
Brand new Icecrown Map
Login screen revamped again
Undocumented Class Changes
Death Knight
Blood
- Bloodworms: 3/3 Your weapon hits have a 12% chance to spawn 2-4 Bloodworms. Bloodworms attack your enemies, healing you as they do damage for 20 sec or until killed. (Healing amount remains the same)
- Sudden Doom now lasts 15 seconds (was 10 seconds).
Frost
- Chains of Ice cooldown has been removed.
- Icy Talons description changed: You leech heat from victims of your Frost Fever (old: your Icy Touch), so that when their melee speed is reduced, yours increases by 20% for the next 20 sec.
- Lichborne cooldown lowered from 5 minutes to 1 minute. Duration reduced from 30 seconds to 10 seconds.
- Aneurysm has been removed.
- Endless Winter has been reworked and moved to Aneurysm's position, it now requires Chillblains: Your Chains of Ice has a 50/100% chance to cause Frost Fever and the cost of your Mind Freeze is reduced to 20/0 runic power.
- Frigid Dreadplate changed: Enemies who hit you in melee have a 30/60/100% chance to become unsettled, decreasing their chance to hit for 5% for the next 12 sec. (old: decreasing their attack speed)
- Runic Power Mastery stats changed: Scaling runic power abilities behave as if you had an additional 20% runic power. (old: 2% runic power)
- Acclimation now affects the whole raid.
Unholy
- Anti-Magic Shell: Runic Power cost increased from 10 RP to 20 RP.
- Morbidity moved to Tier 1 in unholy
- Virulence moved to Tier 2 in unholy
- Blood-Caked Blade: Your autoattacks have a 5/10/15% chance to cause Blood-Caked Strike, which hits for 50% weapon damage times the number of your diseases on the target. (Was 60%)
- Night of the Dead: Hitting a target with Plague Strike or Scourge Strike reduces the cooldown of your next Raise Dead and your next Army of the Dead by 30 sec / 1 min. This effect stacks up to 5 times. (was bugged to be 1 min for both ranks)
- Desecration range component increased from 2 yards to 7 yards around the target.
Druid
Feral
- Savage Roar: Attack power increased from 25% to 35%.
Hunter
Nothing reported or discovered just yet. Keep checking back.
Mage
Arcane
- Torment of the Weak description changed: All damage you cause to Ensared targets is increased by 2/4/6%. (old version: All damage done to slowed targets is increased by 2/4/6%.)
Frost
- Fingers of Frost description/duration changed: Gives your Frost damage spells a 5/10% chance to apply the Fingers of Frost effect, which treat your Frost spells cast on the target as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 4 sec. (old version: Gives your Frost damage spells a 5/10% chance to apply the Fingers of Frost effect, which treat your next 2 Frost spells cast on the target as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 10 sec.)
Paladin
Protection
- Divine Shield wording change: Protects the paladin from all damage and spells for 12 sec, but increases the time between his or her attacks (old: your attacks) by 100%. Once protected, the target cannot be made invulnerable by Divine Shield, Divine Protection or Hand of Protection again for 3 min.
Priest
Nothing reported or discovered just yet. Keep checking back.
Rogue
Nothing reported or discovered just yet. Keep checking back.
Shaman
Nothing reported or discovered just yet. Keep checking back.
Warlock
Affliction
- Improved Felhunter description changed: Your Felhunter gains mana equal to 100/200% (old: 50/100%) of the damage done by it's Shadow Bite ability, and increases the effect of your Felhunter's Fel Intelligence by 1/2%.
- Dark Pact: Drains 700 of your summoned demon's Mana, returning 200% (old: 100%) to you.
- Haunt description changed: You send a ghostly soul into the target, dealing 645 to 754 Shadow damage and increasing all damage done by your damage-over-time effects on the target by 20% (old: 0%) for 12 sec. When the Haunt spell ends or is dispelled, the soul returns to you, healing you for 20% of all damage done to the target.
Warrior
Nothing reported or discovered just yet. Keep checking back.
