3.0.8 PTR Notes Update

baz00ka — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:39:35 GMT

jesus ofc they get half the abilities from w3 since they made the effin game based on it...

tukutabuli420 — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:16:39 GMT

ok ive been reading and reading about all this dk duel wield vs 2h .....i dont understand what there trying to do .....why dont they just nerf the damage to howling blast instead of trying to tweek it out of dw spec ...i mean all the so called benifits of duelwielding over 2h ive noticed are 1% of overall damage(blood caked blade) all my damage is either melee or howling blast im not exactly the broken spec and havnt 2h since i started my dk but in comparisons im doing equal dps as equal geared dk's (except blood) so besides nerfing the damage to howling blast theres nothing to be done without killing frost in general ...in a 1 mob vs me situation im avg dps and in mass mob vs me im killer damage isnt that what aoe is for? sorry ive never posted before but im tired of hearing complaints about dw dk's ......... Triptin horde ravenholdt

jasdub — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:40:14 GMT

I think blizzard needs to stop tweaking things on the PTR and release the patch already.

Morgomir — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:42:57 GMT

they get half their ability ideas from warcraft 3

crimsonbadger — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:24:00 GMT

The changes to Shadow of Death seems to be a bit excessive.

Wyveryx — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:21:09 GMT

"Mirror Image: The Mirror Image Polymorph ability now has a range of 8 yards. In addition, Mirror Images will no longer have excessive threat values assigned to them when they are created."

Is it just me or are they making this a little less useful? As things stand right now, when i cast these buggers and get hit with any type of AoE, they're dead. True, if they last long enough to can mildly increase my overall deeps, but not enough to really weave it into a rotation or start. So I basically have used it as a means to drop threat, as i think other mages have as well.

Kinda wonder where the devs are getting their ideas.

angelrock — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:11:47 GMT

oops, misspelled your name Kody my apologies.

angelrock — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:10:30 GMT

The buck stops at Ghostcrawler desk right now Cody. They (blizzard) had to know how many would be in raid instance servers per night. Poor planning in my opinion. The fix is out there' they could implement it tonight if they chose too. Minor patches don't have to be on Tuesdays :)

Kody — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:14:55 GMT

To be fair, Ghostcrawler doesn't have anything to do with the servers. And honestly, I think most servers are overcrowded at the moment due to everyone returning and playing at the same time due to the expansion.

angelrock — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:10:25 GMT

slayer; A blue (Zarhym) posted this:

Unfortunately, the optimizations we are prepared to make in order to reduce latency and disconnections in Naxxrammas cannot be added in a hotfix. A patch is required. I'm unable to provide a release date for the next minor content patch including these optimizations, but I'd wager it's imminent.

forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html

Looks like not to a patch is done. Hopefully soon. Ghostcrawler failed again with all his tools to foresee the obvious, everyone is in the same server, lol.

Gojii — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:45:56 GMT

perivious patch notes; Shaman: "Mental Quickness and Static Shock have switched positions in the talent tree." "New Talent: Shamanism-Your Lightning Bolt spell gains an additional 2/4/6/8/10% and your Lava Burst gains an additional 4/8/12/16/20% of your bonus damage effects."

So that blood tank dk i dragged up through nax was a waste! Oh well i'll level a real tank like a pally ><

slayer0098 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:26:14 GMT

wow shadow of death has an 15 min cd and [Glyph of Death and Decay] has been changed to grant 20% additional damage instead of its current effect. i like that the fear was to much op for pvp i guess the kids got there way again. still nothing about the lag fix for the servers gg blizz epic fail again

IRID1UM — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:46:43 GMT

What's with the shaman talent points?