It's over 9000

Yep, the last build was over 9000, it was 9014. Some nice things added, HotR got buffed from three times the weapon DPS to four times the DPS:

Old:

HotR dmg = DPS * 3

New:

HotR dmg = DPS * 4

A very solid buffthat makes up for the ShoR nerf. Now the tanking weapons dominate the SP weapons. Esactly like Warriors. We choose between Threat (DPS wpn) and Mitigation (Tanking wpn). But I don't think we need to use a Threat weapon, our threat is already insane.

We will get Shield Slam earlier (Proof inside)

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=38363

Venture Co. Libram of Protection Binds when picked up Unique Relic Libram Requires Level 74

Equip: Your Shield of the Righteous deals an additional 96 damage.
"Walk softly and carry a big book"

So, why having this on level 74 when you train ShoR on level 75? Strange.

Nerf Varien

Bolvar and Saurfang Jr. seemed pretty friendly during the fight, doing the whole "Legolas and Gimli" thing. Heck, they acted like they'd been campaigning together for years. And Bolvar looked really pissed when Arthas killed Saurfang Jr.

But now, Varien's going to waste time and resources attacking the Horde again. Most likely Kil'jaeden's plan from the beginning. He sacrificed Varimathras just like he did Mal'ganis. Maybe Varien will get a nice new sword for the War from a mysterious benefactor too?

Of course, that's if any of the other faction leaders listen to him, he's a bit out of touch. He goes on with his "I was a slave gladiator to the Horde" rant, oblivious to the fact that Thrall had to deal with that since he was like 5yrs old. And he did have a master who healed his wounds like Rehgar Earthfury. No, Thrall got Blackmoore with his "Good, you won the match. I'll only beat you into the ground once today! Aren't you happy!".

Entire Battle for the Undercity quest, in the end the SW king storms in and try to attack the Horde, but Jaina stop the madness and teleport the king and his bodyguard back to SW. That makes be think about Jaina, she will play a big part in the Wotlk lore. Jaina, Tirion, Varien, Thrall. Big roles indeed.

Armsman ftw

A very nice enchant!

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?spell=44625

Caravan Mammoth is ftw

For 15 000 gold you will get:

*Mount that can carry 3 other players
*Mailbox
*Vendor

All in one mount, this is pretty nice, I think I will get one of those.

We are cleaving Arthas' heart!

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?quest=13403

WTF?

New nice items

S2 > T6

This diagram is made by Scotthew on Maintankadin.

As you can see, the S2 Slicer ranks higher than Tempest of Chaos from Archimonde, pretty nice, but stupid imo. But I won't complain, I own the Slicer but not the Archie sword.

Wrathgate cinematics

http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/viewtopic.php?t=14300

Holy shit!

Holy crap!

Give me this mount, looks uber!

Update to ShoR

Shield of Righteousness was going to scale way too well as a multiplier on block value. We already saw cases where it was 40% or more of paladin dps with very few hits. I'm not sure if you got the entire change in with the hotfix, but it's now 100% of block with a flat component and two ranks. See how it feels in the next beta build.

This looks good. Adding a flat damage + 100% of the Block Value. Much like Warriors. I suspected they would be doing something like this after they nerfed it from 240% -> 100% of the BV.

So its two ranks then. I hope that it's one rank at 65 and rank 2 on level 75. Would be very nice!

Hug shield is huge

I like huge shields. I always wanted the Illidan one, but I guess I have to live with this.


This is a interesting weapon, I might get it.

Last Laugh

A pretty cool weapon, it's not unique or mainhand, so maybe DK's should DW those when they tank. Anyway, this axe combined with the shield is pure win. The name is also nice. I have the last laugh when I ninja it from our Warriors.

I know what our 11p will be

Last Stand.

How do I know this? Do I have connections with Blizz? Do I sleep with Kalgan? No. As we know, Hammer of justice just got a interrupt added, this was also given to Druid's, exactly the same, just that they have it in their Bash.

Now. Druid's got a Last Stand in the latest push, that is why we also will get one. 1 copper on that.

Polymorph

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=42752

Glyph of Polymorph
Major Glyph
Classes: MageUse: Your Polymorph spell also removes all damage over time effects from the target.

Oh yes, this is VERY good if some idiot lock/priest dot the target that should be sheeped.

The battle for Undercity

Wow....

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=10043237769&sid=2000

GET TO DA CHOPPA WITH A MATE!

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=10043218992&pageNo=3&sid=2000#53

"Guys, there is a reason the motorcycle is on vendors for 5 gold. We're trying to hammer out all of the bugs before declaring it ready for prime time.

The motorcycle is intended to be a FUN mount that lets you and a buddy cruise around the world in style. It will be an engineering crafted item that will not require engineering to own/drive.

Thanks for the feedback/bugs. Keep 'em coming."

<3 Ghostcrawler

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=10043218252&pageNo=2&sid=2000#32

Protection -- We want more tanks in the game. Main tanks. We think it's fun to have a diversity of players and see how different spells, abilities and class mechanics get used to solve problems. A Protadin with the right skill and gear should be able to tank any fight in the game. Previously, we tried to push Prot into the offtank and AE tank roles. While your abilities are still really well suited for AE in particular, overall our philosophy has changed and we want you to be able to do anything the other tanks do. Note that this means other tanks will get better at AE tanking though. Prot represents a special challenge when not tanking because you can both heal and do dps and some players want to do either. Or both. One final comment, that you have already seen, is we want you to gear like a warrior: collect Strengh and Stam and use tanking weapons instead of caster weapons.

Retribution -- You're a melee dps class, and one of only a handful of classes that can fill the "mana battery" role. With the changes to the way raid buffs work, we are blurring the lines a lot more between "pure" dps classes and hybrids that have the potential to respec if their dps doesn't work out. But we don't penalize classes for having awesome buffs the way we used to. Also remember that one of Ret's big limitations before was just getting in the group with the good melee buffs. That problem is solved. If you're good and know your stuff cold, you should be able to be up there with the rogues and hunters. Maybe not every fight, but not 500 dps below them either.

Holy -- You're still the best high-throughput, single target healer in the game. I suspect you're still going to get called on to heal the tank a lot. Holy was in a really good place in BC, so much so that other healers (probably priests more than anyone else) began to get overshadowed. To shift things back a little, as well to just challenge the player base, we introduced a lot more fights with AE damage and movement. Unfortunately, those mechanics hit Holy. Hard. At the same time, CoH and CH seemed to be able to handle any encounter. Beacon of Light isn't a panacea to solve all of those problems, but it is designed to help. It still needs a little work, but I think the basic spell design is sound.

Tanks nerfed

ShoR nerfed to 100% (the tooltip hasn't changed yet)

Bear AP talent nerfed from 60% to 6%

Devastate nerfed from 80% to 50%

DKs are already doing shitty damage

Looks like they're using the "baked in salv" to completely backpedal and destroy the whole "tanks do more damage" thing

FUCK YEAH! We got a interrupt!

So BLOODY NICE, thanks Blizzard!

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9956668989&pageNo=1&sid=2000#7

We did add the interrupt to Hammer of Justice. This was done solely so that Protection paladins wouldn't feel like they couldn't tank mobs that needed to be interrupted but were stun immune. We just think that interrupt capability crosses over the line into something that a tank needs to do his job.

And also this nice shield.

New tanking trinkets

Epic

Defender's Code
Binds when picked up
Unique
Trinket
850 Armor
Requires Level 80
Use: Increases parry dodge by 455 (10.17% @ L80) for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

Rune of Repulsion
Binds when picked up
Unique
Trinket
Requires Level 80
Equip: Increases your parry rating by 95 (1.7% @ L80).
Use: Increases parry rating by 375 (6.71% @ L80) for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

Repelling Charge
Binds when picked up
Unique
Trinket
Requires Level 80
Equip: Increases defense rating by 84 (15.02 @ L80).
Use: Increases maximum health by 3025 for 15 sec. (3 Min Cooldown)

Valor Medal of the First War
Binds when picked up
Unique
Trinket
Requires Level 80
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 84 (1.88% @ L80).
Use: Increases dodge rating by 335 (7.49% @ L80) for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

Blue

Essence of Gossamer
Binds when picked up
Unique-Equipped
Trinket
+111 Stamina
Requires Level 80
Equip: When struck in combat has a chance of shielding you in a protective barrier which will reduces damage from each attack by 140, up to a total of 4000 damage absorbed. Lasts 10 secs.

Figurine - Monarch Crab
Binds when picked up
Unique
Trinket
+63 Stamina
Blue Socket
Yellow Socket
Socket Bonus: +9 Stamina
Requires Level 75
Requires Jewelcrafting (400)
Use: Increases dodge rating by 300 (11.28% @ L75) for 10 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

Indestructible Alchemist's Stone
Binds when picked up
Unique
Trinket
+75 Stamina
Requires Level 75
Requires Alchemy (400)
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 50 (1.88% @ L75).
Equip: Increases the effect that healing and mana potions have on the wearer by 40%. This effect does not stack.

Lavanthor's Talisman
Binds when picked up
Unique-Equipped
Trinket
Requires Level 80
Equip: Increases your shield block rating by 74 (3.97% @ L80).
Use: Increases the block value of your shield by 440 for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

Note: I've just mentioned tanking trinkets. Plenty of new threat and healing trinkets, too.

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?items=4.-4&filter=cr=131;crs=1;crv=0#0-2+1

Behold!! Shield of Righteousness

This just reminds me of a miniature version of the shield Blazer throws at Arthas in tales of the past 3. Something I always wanted.